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People serving food at Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission Read More

Addiction, homelessness focus of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Think Tank talk

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Addiction and homelessness plague scores of people in Anchorage. Those topics will be the centerpiece of a Feb. 2 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Think Tank session, which is co-hosted by the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ School of Nursing, with Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission featured as the guest agency.

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ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ DNP alumna: 'Vivitrol's the path to an opioid-free life...it gets you clean'

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A monthly injection of Vivitrol calms cravings for heroin, giving real help to addicts emerging from prison and, as ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ 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 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½

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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 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at fall commencement.

School of Nursing Alumni Andrea Akerelrea Read More

Alumni Spotlight: Andrea Akerelrea, B.S. Nursing 2008

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