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Nursing Ranks in Top 10

The Samuel Merritt University School of Nursing ranks in the top 10 among 55 nursing schools in California, according to Nursing Process, a nationwide organization that assesses nursing education.…

  • College of Nursing

OTD Alumnus Spreads Joy in Time of COVID-19

Whether donning a pink wig and feather boa or playing guitar while he sings into a banana microphone, Dave Pilon, ODT ’12, is spreading joy and love in the time of COVID-19 to kids and families. His…

  • Doctor of Occupational Therapy
  • Alumni
  • College of Health Sciences

Online Simulations Drive Innovation

Dakota Davis wails in pain as her mother sits anxiously beside her emergency room bed. Dakota is wearing sunglasses.  "The lights are just hurting my eyes so much," groans Dakota, a 17-year-old…

  • Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing
  • Student
  • Health Science Simulation Center

Students Detect Heart Defects

Olena Khudiakova ABSN ’20 has logged dozens of hours reading textbooks and treating mannequin “patients” in SMU simulation labs. But what she has come to value most in the last few months of the…

  • College of Nursing
  • Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing
  • Student
  • Community Engagement

She Volunteered to Care for COVID-19 Patients in New York

Alex Malliaris, ELMSN-FNP ’18 couldn’t sit idle after the shelter-in-place order shuttered the Oakland clinic where she worked as a nurse practitioner and clinical services manager. So, when she got…

  • ELMSN Family Nurse Practitioner
  • College of Nursing
  • Alumni

Fighting on the Frontlines of the COVID-19 Crisis

Hannah Miller, ABSN ’18, is an orthopedic nurse at San Jose’s Good Samaritan Hospital—someone who values consistency and order. Then COVID-19 hit the Bay Area, bringing with it chaos and changing…

  • Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing
  • College of Nursing

First-Generation College Grads Fund 21 Scholarships

For Dr. William Lowe DPM ’57 and his wife Phyllis, visiting with students who receive their scholarship is a high point of the academic year.  Now retired, the Lowes visit Samuel Merritt…

  • Giving
  • Doctor of Podiatric Medicine

4 Ways to Stay in Healthcare During Summer Break

Student Voices is a blog series written by SMU students. If you have an idea for a story, reach out to ssolo@samuelmerritt.edu. This article is written by BSN student Andrew Dang.Nursing school can…

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