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To be a nurse is the opportunity to affect the lives of patients in a positive way. That’s what initially drew Bedelia Russell to the profession. Now as Associate Professor of Nursing in Tennessee Tech University’s Whitson-Hester School of Nursing … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Dr. Melissa Geist!  She is the recipient of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) 2018 Board Certified Nurse Award in the Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner category. She will be publicly recognized using the ANCC Certification social media … Continue reading →

Welcome Back Upper Division Students! Don’t forget the Welcome Back Pizza Party is today (Tuesday the 29th) at Dead Hour in our Rotunda!

The Whitson-Hester School of Nursing is pleased to announce that TTU faculty member Dr. Kim Hanna has been appointed as our Interim Dean beginning August 7th.

Addressing the changing health care system and the increasing need for nurses prepared at the baccalaureate and graduate levels, Tennessee Tech’s Whitson-Hester School of Nursing and the College of Nursing at East Tennessee State University have established a joint program … Continue reading →

Faculty, staff and students from Tennessee Tech and the Universidad Tecnologica de La Habana recently teamed up to help senior citizens in Cuba. With funding provided by a U.S. Embassy Mission to Cuba grant, nursing and chemical engineering students in … Continue reading →

The Spring 2018 Upper Division/Traditional BSN application is now available online.  Applications are due no later that August 1st!

Check out how TTU Nursing Alum Cecilia Anderson made the news by going above and beyond for one of her patients!

Thomas Lawrence,  Barbara Reynolds, and Karen Lynn were recently honored for the contributions to the Whitson-Hester School of Nursing. See the write-up from the Herald Citizen!