The stories of three Nursing School graduates reveal that, while all will be earning the same degree, their experiences, motivations and ultimate goals are wildly different.

Though the daughter of health-care providers, Lindsay Scattergood-Keepper took a circuitous – and musical – route to nursing.

Writing “can be a powerful, creative and vulnerable exploration to better understand healing, grieving and the human experience,” one winner said.

A U.Va. team will compete with teams from six other Virginia schools to come up with a new app to make life easier for those caring for elderly loved ones.

The human papillomavirus causes cervical, rectal, penile and anal cancer, but there is a vaccine that is effective in preventing its spread. So why aren’t Virginia parents flocking to have their children protected?

Dean Dorrie K. Fontaine, the Sadie Heath Cabaniss Professor of Nursing and Associate Chief Nursing Officer for UVA Health System, is the recipient of the Health System’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Award for 2015.

With a grant from the Boston-based Lown Institute, third-year nursing student Jane Muir will implement a resilience program for nursing and medical students with the goal of enhancing compassion, clinical abilities and efficiency.

“There are many health issues in the world that we all share, and by collaborating, we expand on our shared understanding – and solutions,” said nursing professor Elizabeth Friberg, who leads the Internet encounters.

In U.Va. Nursing’s first-ever White Coat Ceremony, 89 second-year students formally donned their white coats and pledged an oath in a ritual to mark the beginning of their clinical rotations and their official entry into the health care profession.