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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has honored the work of pharmacists who developed procedures to reduce the amount of urine cultures ordered by physicians.

The demand for respiratory therapists in the nation is projected to grow 12% for the decade from 2024 to 2034. That growth is four times the demand for the average of all occupations, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Consequently, health systems in South Dakota offer a variety of incentives for new and in-training respiratory therapists. Below is a list of the incentives provided through Avera Health, Monument Health, Sanford Health, Brookings Health System, Huron Regional Medical Center and Madison Regional Health System.

As you sit down to read this newsletter, we are nearing the halfway point of the semester already. We have many things to celebrate as we continue to be a thriving and innovative College of Nursing.

The ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ College of Nursing added five new employees to its rolls this fall, with the new faces spread out between the college’s sites in Brookings, Sioux Falls and Rapid City.

ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ, Black Hills State University and Monument Health celebrated the grand opening of the newly renovated and expanded nursing facility at BHSU-Rapid City on Sept. 30. The event marked a significant milestone in a collaborative effort to strengthen health care education and workforce development in western South Dakota.

One hundred and fifty-five people took advantage of free health screenings offered by pharmacy students from ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ at the State Fair Aug. 29.

Two ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ colleges and another South Dakota Board of Regents institution have teamed up to offer a revamped bachelor’s degree program with two new specializations at ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ. The new Bachelor of Science in health studies is a partnership between ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ’s College of Education and Human Sciences and College of Nursing, with help from Dakota State University. The South Dakota Board of Regents approved the program in December, and it started this fall.

As technology and medical treatment methods have advanced, quite rapidly in recent years, the methods of presenting the Bachelor of Science in Nursing curriculum also need to adapt.

Motivated by the opportunity to conduct research, Abby Seydel switched from ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program to the Doctor of Philosophy in nursing program in fall 2023. In May, she became the 50th and most recent graduate of the program that started 20 years ago this fall.

Selma Kendrick ’69 founded two bone marrow transplant programs during her 48-year nursing career and held executive positions at large Phoenix hospitals. However, she never forgot what she witnessed going to school on the reservation at Eagle Butte, and that experience impacted the way she gave back through ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ later in her life.