National Nursing Week

Celebrating our nursing leaders.

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National Nursing Week

Marking National Nursing Week

From May 11 - 17, 2026, The Faculty of Nursing recognizes our inspiring alumni and our current and future nursing leaders, and we celebrate our deep tradition of research and academic excellence.

The power of nurses to transform health

As National Nursing Week 2026 kicks off in Canada, we celebrate six University of Alberta nurses who are transforming health care.

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Nursing student Drew Owen uses a virtual reality headset in the U of A’s Nursing Simulation Centre to practise a clinical interaction with a patient.

'It's so immersive ... I felt my own heart rate climbing'

Virtual reality scenarios prepare nursing students to face real-life clinical challenges.

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Printmaker and patient: Liz Ingram is a participant in the LONGEVITI study and art exhibit looking at the experiences of people living with cancer as a chronic disease. (Photo: Sam Schembri)

When cancer comes to stay

Study and art exhibit illuminate experiences of people who “survive” for years with chronic cancer thanks to new targeted oral therapies.

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‘It was here and we couldn’t stop it’

Nursing professor Carole Estabrooks warned about a long-term care crisis before COVID-19 hit. Now, after more than 20 years as one of Canada’s leading experts, she continues to push for progress.

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Patient-led research aims to help others cope with dialysis

Life-saving kidney failure treatment needs to come with mental health care too, study shows.

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Earlier diagnosis and treatment of dementia may help delay progression of the disease

Earlier diagnosis and treatment of dementia may help delay progression of the disease: researchers.

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Gillian Lemermeyer

Harnessing AI to improve access to quality health care

U of A’s new interdisciplinary AI + Health Hub aims to turn research into solutions for everything from disease diagnosis to hospital management and drug discovery.

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What’s love got to do with heart health?

Quite a lot – and it can depend on who your person is, says Colleen Norris, a leading researcher who is hopelessly devoted to improving women’s health.

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Christie Brulhart

‘I just don’t feel like myself’: new clinic to focus on women’s health before, during and after menopause

U of A nursing team tapped to pilot virtual primary care and lead research for women aged 35+ in northern Alberta.

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Seven things The Pitt gets right about teaching hospitals — and a few it doesn’t

Pediatrics and emergency medicine professor Samina Ali and nursing professor Nicole Harley do a reality check on the Emmy-nominated hit TV show.

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