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Bob Cannon, BJC Group President and Peter Edison, Board Chair of Goldfarb School of Nursing announced that Nancy Ridenour, Ph.D., APRN, FAAN, who has served as the Maxine Clark and Bob Fox President of Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing since 2017, has made the decision to retire…

Did you tune in to our virtual homecoming celebration on October 24, 2020? Even though we weren’t able to host an in-person event due to COVID-19, we took our longstanding school tradition and brought it online. Did you tune in to our virtual homecoming celebration on October 24, 2020? Even…

Waiting isn’t easy. It can often be difficult to find patience for something so greatly anticipated--and so it is with the 2020 presidential election. Many waited most of the night or woke this morning, eager to know the “winner!” The evening progressed, the night returned and sun arose--votes…

A message from Dr. Michael Ward, Ph.D., RTR, FASRT, FMoSRT

Vice Dean for Student Affairs & Diversity

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – Combining Our Talents for a Better Future:  Talking about Race – Commit Yourself to Change

In today’s times the very subject…

Jean Hoffman and  Linda Urden were named 2020 Distinguished Alumni Awardees at this year’s homecoming virtual celebration. Both Jean and Linda have exhibited a commitment to nursing education, research and service. Jean  Hoffman

After more than a 50-year…

The American Nurses Association (ANA) recently reappointed a prominent leader of the Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing to the board of American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Michael D. Ward, PhD, RTR, FASRT, vice dean for student affairs and diversity and professor at…

More than ever before, consumers are beginning to recognize that nursing has become more diverse and requires an expanded set of skills. Furthermore, the profession has begun to gain significant prominence in the minds of consumers, prompting them to trust nurses more for their medical care. The…

Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing, in partnership with the Division of Rheumatology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, received an Educating Nurses in Rheumatology with Certificate Initiative grant through Pfizer’s Independent Grants for Learning and…

October 4 – 10 is National Mental Health Awareness Week

Long before COVID and long after COVID, the importance of improving mental health will remain essential. However, essentiality does not always yield the focus and awareness that is warranted. October 4 – 10 is National Mental Health…

A nursing interview can be stressful at any point in time, but the unknowns that come with online interviews carry a slightly different set of challenges. While you should always prepare for a nursing interview, the preparation is a little different for a virtual interview, where you control the…