College of Health News

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UAA 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 UAA 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 UAA

 |  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 UAA 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.

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UAA 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.

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Adapting for the Next Generation: ANCSA at 45

 |  Melissa Green  | 

"Adapting for the Next Generation: The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act at 45 and 32d Annual Alaska Native Law Conference" was held on Oct. 14, 2016, at the UAA/APU Consortium Library on the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) campus, which drew more than 75 attendees including lawyers, Alaska Native village and corporation representatives, state and federal agency staff, and UAA faculty and students.