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The VA Hospital in Salt Lake City is a part of the Veterans Health Administration, one of the largest healthcare organizations in the United States. The organization is dedicated to caring for veterans who have served and protected the nation. “They’re a great population to work for,” Amber Brennan, a nurse recruiter, says. “They’re very different and unique in many ways, especially when we go into mental health aspects of things that our soldiers and veterans have had to go through for us. Everything our veterans have done has been for the greater good of our nation, so it is an honor to serve these people.”

This podcast features nursing professor Dr. Peggy Anderson, who has spent her BYU career supporting at-risk groups. Peggy has taught students that compassion and love answer most concerns, from the incarcerated to refugees and even the homeless or those with disabilities. She shares her insight from 20 years of teaching at the university and her retirement plans. We also hear from two BYU alumni about inventions that make surgery safer and a low-cost device to help infants breathe easier.

New research from Brigham Young University finds college students could be just as at risk for developing skin cancer in the dead of winter as they are in the middle of summer.

It has been 35 years since Dean Dr. Elaine D. Dyer retired. With her passing in December 2020, her influence continues to be seen in the College of Nursing at Brigham Young University through faculty performance and success in research, scholarly publications, and presentations.