Vital Signs Newsletter - December 2022 - University of Mississippi Medical Center

Message from Dean Sanford

Greetings to our UMMC School of Nursing family! I hope our December newsletter finds you enjoying the cooler temperatures and planning for a joyful time at the holidays. I remain honored to be your dean and excited to see the wonderful outcomes produced by committed faculty, staff and students.

MNA Convention: Lighting the Way

We were able to return in person to the Mississippi Nurses’ Association (MNA) Convention this year! This year’s theme was Nurses Are Hope: Lighting the Way for Patients. The UMMC School of Nursing displayed this concept and theme through faculty attendance, representation as a vendor, session speakers, and poster presenters.

SON at State of the Science Congress

The Council for the Advancement of Science (CANS), a signature initiative of the American Academy of Nursing, held the 2022 State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research on September 15-17, 2022, in Washington, DC. The biennial event focused on the complex relationships between social and structural determinants of health, with respect to advancing health equity.