Division of Nursing News
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- Posted 06.13.24
- 3 minute read time
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- Posted 05.01.24
- 5 minute read time
![Nursing student, Keya Tabb, posing with nursing tools](https://www.uwa.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DSC_8459-1024x843.jpg)
- Posted 02.19.24
- 5 minute read time
![UWA students participate in mass casualty simulation event.](https://www.uwa.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Gholston.jpeg)
- Posted 05.04.23
- 7 minute read time
Dalton Meador, a sophomore at the University of West Alabama, is unabashedly proud of his academic major. He fancies a career in health care, and he enjoys sports. Athletic training fulfills both desires.
![UWA nursing students.](https://www.uwa.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Facilities.jpeg)
- Posted 07.27.22
- 4 minute read time
Nursing students at the University of West Alabama benefit from the experience of the Ira D. Pruitt Division of Nursing faculty and a rigorous curriculum that prepares graduates for licensure examinations and employment.
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- Posted 05.27.22
- 8 minute read time
![UWA student nurses at clinic](https://www.uwa.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Nurses.jpeg)
- Posted 04.19.22
- 4 minute read time
For the first time since the University of West Alabama’s nursing education program was established in 1974, a cohort of nurses are on their way to earning a bachelor’s degree in nursing from UWA.
![Kelly McClure.](https://www.uwa.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/K-McClure_0361.jpg)
- Posted 01.28.22
- 8 minute read time
Nursing seeped into Kelly McClure’s world not by accident or epiphany, but via something just as effective. Youthful curiosity, fleeting as it often is, won out
![UWA students Devon Williams and Cameron Preston.](https://www.uwa.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/UWA-Nurses_9984_0.jpg)
- Posted 01.05.22
- 6 minute read time
Initially, at least, Cameron Preston’s career aspirations didn’t include scrubs and stethoscopes. The University of West Alabama, where he’s a senior, was less than an afterthought. “Actually, I wanted to go to the NBA,” he said. “But God had other plans for me.”