DNP students target kidney disease, ER processes for final projects
Two WSU College of Nursing doctoral students presented their research as their final step in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree.
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Sandra Haynes named WSU Tri-Cities chancellor
By John Sutherland, University Communications RICHLAND, Wash. – Sandra Haynes, a senior administrator at Metropolitan State University of Denver, is the new chancellor of Washington State University Tri-Cities.
New study to investigate role of sleep in chronic pain
Washington State University will lead a study to understand the relationship between sleep and chronic pain, part of a nationwide effort to address the rising abuse of opioid pain relievers.
Adults with disabilities benefitting from Affordable Care Act
By Addy Hatch, College of Nursing SPOKANE, Wash. – As politicians continue to wrangle over the future of the Affordable Care Act, newly published research shows the law has been clearly beneficial for at least one group of Americans – working-age adults with disabilities.
Nursing instructor helps students understand the healing power of pets
People love their pets, but for senior citizens, a companion animal can also be powerful medicine.
Oh, my aching joints! Is weather to blame?
A growing number of small-scale studies are identifying barometric pressure — the weight of the atmosphere that surrounds us, or simply the weight of air — as the leading culprit.
Marijuana use may not aid patients in opioid addiction treatment
New research led by Marian Wilson, Ph.D., of the Washington State University College of Nursing found that frequent marijuana use seems to strengthen the relationship between pain and depression and anxiety, not ease it.
Oh, my aching joints! Is weather to blame?
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – A smattering of studies supported by legions of testimonials suggest that many of us feel weather in our bones.
Marijuana use may not aid patients in opioid addiction treatment
SPOKANE, Wash. – Many patients who are being treated for opioid addiction in a medication-assisted treatment clinic use marijuana to help manage their pain and mood symptoms.
Horse therapy helps teach nursing students the value of presence
Some patients are nonverbal, for example, or can’t communicate with health care providers because of a language barrier. Some patients are a little scary. And horses, like patients, react to a person’s body language and can sense when someone isn’t “truly with them,” explains Jayne Beebe, a senior instructor at the WSU College of Nursing in Yakima.
