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UND nursing students to offer free blood pressure screenings Nov. 12 and 24

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Nursing students from UND’s College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines (CNPD) are providing free blood pressure screenings at a table at UND’s Memorial Union (2901 University Avenue in Grand Forks) in November. As part of its drive to help keep UND North Dakota’s only North Dakota Health and Human Services-designated Cardiac Ready Campus, the future […]

Clearing the path to UND

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North Dakota Governor’s School students get hands-on healthcare training at UND. In a skills lab in the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Simulation Center, Russ Kauffman, assistant professor in the School’s Department of Physician Assistant (PA) Studies, is explaining to a collection of high schoolers how to apply a form-fitting fiberglass splint […]

Pack the Pantry campus challenge is Feb. 20 through March 6

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The UND College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines (CNPD) is kicking off the UND Pack the Pantry Campus Challenge, a friendly campus-wide competition to support UND’s Food for Thought Food Pantry from Feb. 20 to March 6! Here’s how it works Create your team: This is open to all UND groups on campus or online. Create your team here […]

School of Medicine & Health Sciences releases Eighth Biennial Report on Health Issues for the State of North Dakota

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As the North Dakota Legislative Assembly continues its 69th session, the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) and its partners have been hard at work preparing the Eighth Biennial Report on Health Issues for the State of North Dakota (Report). The 2025 Report, required of the School’s Advisory Council per North Dakota Century Code, updates […]

‘Finding ways we can all grow together’

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Late in 2023, Dr. Victoria Haynes joined the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences to serve as its Associate Dean for Multicultural Education. Despite her busy schedule, Dr. Haynes sat down with North Dakota Medicine to discuss her new role at UND, what medical colleges across the U.S. can do to help produce more […]

Simulation in Healthcare Week, featuring food trucks, to be held Sept. 18-22 at UND

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The medical simulation teams at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) and College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines (CNPD) are celebrating Simulation in Healthcare Week 2023 with a series of events Sept. 18-22, including open houses for both programs’ medical simulation facilities on the UND campus. The largest and most active center of […]

UND releases its Seventh Biennial Report on Health Issues for the State of North Dakota

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As the North Dakota Legislative Assembly kicks off its 68th gathering, the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) and its partners have been hard at work preparing the Seventh Biennial Report on Health Issues for the State of North Dakota (Report). This Report, required of the School per North Dakota Century Code, updates legislators […]

Naloxone training at SMHS on Nov. 30

Categories: Education, Events

UND College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines students, in coordination with UND Student Health Services and the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, is offering Naloxone training at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) in November. Participants will be trained on the administration of nasal naloxone and given information on emergency-use […]

Bridging Research and Practice Committee to host interprofessional conference Oct. 21

Categories: Education

The state’s interdisciplinary Bridging Research and Practice Committee will host a professional conference at the Fargo Holiday Inn on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, entitled “Interprofessional Collaboration, Health Sciences Research and Evidence-based Practice.” The conference is being hosted by the North Dakota Nurses Association and you can register here or via the QR code above. Join a multiprofessional group […]