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degree (Doctor of Nursing Practice and Master of Business Administration) is designed to prepare practicing nurses for high-level careers in management and administration. All of these degree programs are selective and require applicants to meet additional criteria. About 30 percent of graduate students publish articles in professional journals after completing the MSN at PLU. The School of Nursing is one of the first two nursing programs in the State of Washington to offer an accelerated-entry

within a microsystem or entire system. Collaborate in the interprofessional design, management, and coordination of safe, quality care. Pursue practice excellence, lifelong learning, and professional engagement. Demonstrate knowledge of how healthcare policy, including financial and regulatory, affect the improvement of healthcare delivery and/or health outcomes. Demonstrate the use of information systems, patient care technologies, and interprofessional communication strategies in support of safe

practice, evidence-informed practice, clinical reasoning, and patient management, including for special populations. They will also develop a strong moral foundation and soft skills necessary for PT practice, including social and emotional intelligence, cultural competencies, and understanding social determinants of health. Evidence-informed principles and clinical decision-making skills will be applied in professional practice courses and integrated clinical experiences in various health settings

is leading the way. Alan Krause ’76 is chairman and chief executive officer of MWH Global, an engineering firm that, according to its website, “manage[s] water purity and availability in a sustainable fashion for the health, livelihood and security of people worldwide.” HE’S A WINNER Alan Krause ’76 also is a 2015 Alumni Award Winner. Learn More One of its biggest projects is designing and providing construction management on the third set of locks for the Panama Canal Expansion project. This

services implementation research. As a Preventive Health Education volunteer in rural Senegal, Annē led programs to build up and evaluate health services around cervical cancer prevention and mercury exposure in gold mining communities. She led a pilot study of a proactive model of community case management of malaria that was so successful at reducing symptomatic malaria prevalence that it has been scaled up to 4 entire regions in Senegal. After returning to the US, Ms. Linn spent several years

students each year. Georgia said she’s working with the Tacoma-based program, Ready to Rise, to identify scholarship recipients. The program is spearheaded by Degrees of Change, an organization that works to extend the reach of the Act Six initiative, which fully funded Panago’s education at PLU. Awardees must embody Panago’s values, including a deep passion for social justice. Tim Herron, Degrees of Change president, says Panago lived the Act Six mission, particularly after his time at PLU. He “poured