School of Health Sciences

The discipline of nursing is unique in its holistic approach to clients when developing a plan of care. Using an innovative approach entitled "The Puzzle Project", nursing student's in Professor Koonts NRS 2200 Health Assessment Class learned this first hand by making puzzles.

Tracey Thurnes, Antoinette Polito and Crystal Ramsey traveled internationally in recent months to share their scholarship on topics that included the use of design thinking when approaching difficult conversations, destigmatizing patients with obesity, and treatments for traumatic brain injuries.

ABSN students became certified through Prevent Blindness NC to complete mass vision screenings at local schools.

Zac Ormond DPT'23 and Alicia Wilson DPT'24 were recognized at the 30th annual Phillips-Perry Black Excellence Awards Celebration on April 22.

Tiffany Morris, associate professor and chair of the Department of Nursing, and Elizabeth Van Horn, associate professor in nursing, presented at the Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC) held in Washington, D.C.

The APTA North Carolina and the Student Special Interest Group (SSIG) hosted its 6th annual Student Conclave on Saturday, April 1, 2023, at Wingate University. The co-chairs of the event were third-year Doctor of Physical Therapy students Deanna DeMarco, SSIG director of student involvement, from Elon and Morria Heilman, SSIG chair, from Duke University.

Tiffany Morris, inaugural chair of the Department of Nursing, and Lauren Myers '22 spoke on the 100% first-time pass rate by the inaugural ABSN cohort.

An innovative research collaboration between Elon’s departments of Physical Therapy Education and Computer Science is shedding light on ways mixed, virtual and physical realities can assist patients.

Forty four nursing students joined together to experience the CAPS and explore the question: could you survive in poverty for a month?

National Biomechanics Day is an annual celebration of biomechanics. The collaborative event at Elon is facilitated by faculty in the Exercise Science, Performing Arts and Physical Therapy Education departments.