A collaboration that began twelve years ago while Barbara Bowers, PhD, RN, FAAN, associate dean for research and Charlotte Jane and Ralph A. Rodefer Chair at the UW–Madison School of Nursing, was doing research and teaching part of the year in Australia, has blossomed into a globe-spanning partnership between Bowers and Australian Catholic University sociology …
As America’s population ages, the demand for nurses trained to care for older adults is growing. By 2030, adults over the age of 65 are expected to make up 20 percent of the U.S. population, and advances in medical care mean that this population lives longer and becomes frailer and is more acutely ill as it …
Around the UW–Madison School of Nursing, graduate Melanie Krause, PhD, RN, is somewhat of a “household” name. She was always a student that would make the time to connect with as many faculty and staff as she could, even if they studied pediatrics and she studied older adults. As the first graduate of the school’s Early …