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People serving food at Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission Read More

Addiction, homelessness focus of ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Think Tank talk

 |  Tracy Kalytiak  |  , ,

Addiction and homelessness plague scores of people in Anchorage. Those topics will be the centerpiece of a Feb. 2 ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Think Tank session, which is co-hosted by the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ School of Nursing, with Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission featured as the guest agency.

Jill Green talking to patient Read More

ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ DNP alumna: 'Vivitrol's the path to an opioid-free life...it gets you clean'

 |  Tracy Kalytiak  |  , ,

A monthly injection of Vivitrol calms cravings for heroin, giving real help to addicts emerging from prison and, as ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ DNP alumna Jyll Green discovered, providing a good chance of keeping them from going back behind bars.

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Four DNP graduates reach nursing's educational pinnacle, at ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼

 |  Tracy Kalytiak  |  ,

Four women—Jyll Green, Jill Rife, Leigh Keefer and Robin Bassett—became the first class of graduates to accept Doctor of Nursing Practice degrees from ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ at fall commencement.

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Criminal Justice Reform: A Discussion of Senate Bill 91

 |  Melissa Green  | 

"Criminal Justice Reform: A discussion of Senate Bill 91 — Reducing the prison population while enhancing public safety" was a discussion of Senate Bill 91: Omnibus Criminal Law & Procedure; Corrections Act. SB 91, based upon recommendations of the Alaska Criminal Justice Commission, was signed into law in Alaska in July 2016.

Jacquiline Solano Read More

ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ occupational therapy: ‘I want to be part of that’

 |  Green & Gold  | 

Finding a career in medicine has always been Jacqueline Solano's goal. Nursing was her original career choice when she started college. As a certified nursing assistant, she spent a summer working at Providence Alaska Medical Center's transitional care unit and met a patient who changed her life-a woman in her late 60s who had just had a stroke.