While the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) held its 46th annual conference in St. Louis, July 31-Aug. 5, Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing sponsored the NBNA Summer Youth Enrichment Institute.  While the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) held its 46th annual conference in St. Louis, July 31-Aug. 5, Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing sponsored the NBNA Summer Youth Enrichment Institute. Started in 2010, the institute is a one-day enrichment program offered to children and teens, ages 9 to 18, during NBNA's annual conference.

Goldfarb's Post-masters Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program launches in fall 2018.
With a $5,000 scholarship available to new students.      Jean Davis, PhD, RN, FAAN sums up the doctor of nursing practice (DNP) program at Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing in a single word – rigorous.

In April, a group of faculty, students and alumni from Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing joined Nurses2Peru on a medical mission to Peru. Read one student's experiences during the trip. In April, a group of faculty, students and alumni from Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing joined Nurses2Peru on a medical mission to Peru. They took suitcases filled with medical supplies, thanks to support from Kindness In A Box, and set off with a purpose: offering healthier lives to Peruvian people living along the Incan trail.

Gretchen Drinkard, PhD, RN, the Jack Taylor Senior Associate Dean for Academic Programs at Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing, is set to retire in July 2018. Looking back on her nursing career, she shares why she became a nurse and how she plans to stay connected to the profession. Gretchen Drinkard, PhD, RN, grew up a world away from the comforts many of us enjoy in the United States.

On Saturday, April 21, 2018, Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing hosted its 25th and 50th reunions for the 1993 and 1968 graduating classes. On Saturday, April 21, 2018, Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing hosted its 25th and 50th reunions for the 1993 and 1968 graduating classes. The Barnes-Jewish College Alumni Association holds this special event annually; this year’s reunions took place in conjunction with the college’s spring commencement ceremony.

Goldfarb's new online program is flexible for working nursing students and is designed to prepare graduates for a health care leadership role. Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing is now offering a new Master of Science in Nursing degree with curriculum focusing on the health care system and managing the health of groups of people. Developed for BSN-prepared registered nurses, the program is open to full- and part-time students, and all required classes are online to provide flexibility for those who are working and busy with other commitments.

GOLDFARB is a yearly magazine of Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing. It is designed to share news and information with alumni, the nursing community and friends throughout the St. Louis community.

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Find out what a typical day looks like for one nursing student, Stacie Smith, at Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing. Stacie shares how she learns, practices and stays motivated (beyond her caffeine intake) through her 16 to 18 hour days. Meet Stacie Smith, a student at Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing who is nearing the end of her 20-month program. She’ll graduate in August 2018 with a BSN degree – and a desire to work in adult critical care.

Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing has received a 2018 Nursing Education Incentive Program (NEIP) grant from the Missouri State Board of Nursing and the Missouri Department of Higher Education. Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing has received a 2018 Nursing Education Incentive Program (NEIP) grant from the Missouri State Board of Nursing and the Missouri Department of Higher Education. Goldfarb will use the $150,000 grant to purchase technology designed to augment nursing instruction.