RI Center of Nursing Excellence

Aug. 2011: As the Rhode Island Center for Nursing Excellence was expanding beyond the University of Rhode Island, it was time for RICNE to have their own personal web presence. I was brought it to provide a custom web design that separated the consortium from one specific school and made it more universal. Content placement decisions were all made on my own, with hopes of optimizing readability and effectiveness throughout the website.

As always, my initial choice was to go with WordPress for the backend, greatly approving usability for those that would be updating the site most often. Various CSS3 techniques including transitions and drop shadows were used to add a subtle flair to the design. The final product was delivered in 100% valid XHTML and CSS.

RICNE is also an Astereo Client Services customer, meaning I host the site, and ensure that WordPress is always up to date.

More about RICNE

Created in an industry partnership with the Lifespan Learning Institute, RICNE, as an Economic Development Administration (EDA) University Center, is charged with providing technical assistance re: nursing workforce issues and nursing education, conducting applied research on the same, and disseminating the results of evidence-based best practices. The outcomes of this work will improve the health of Rhode Island citizens by supporting the supply of a high-quality, diverse, and well-educated nursing workforce for the future. This is dependent on an adequate pool of nursing faculty.

As a university center, RICNE is in a unique position to leverage the resources of the University of Rhode Island to develop and test innovative solutions to nursing workforce issues in the state of Rhode Island.