At the UW School of Nursing, we are preparing nurses to care for the very young and the very old, from community health departments to critical care units in hospitals. We are developing nurse scientists to enrich our knowledge base at each of these levels. Moreover, we are educating nurse leaders to broaden the impact of nursing knowledge upon the health care system much as one pebble spreads a network of ripples across a pond. We are providing nursing education through programs at three UW campuses as well as to individuals living in remote rural areas using computer-based learning technology. But none of this will matter if future students don't hear about the powerful contributions nurses make and the meaningful careers so many of us enjoy.
Students come to nursing schools because they want to make a difference in the world.
Now more than ever, nursing offers that opportunity. Dr. Nancy Fugate Woods is dean of the University of Washington School of Nursing.