News for Faculty and Staff
- February 29, 2024Ashley Brand chose DUSON after searching for a nursing school with an excellent reputation.
- February 27, 2024The Duke University School of Nursing recently conducted its first-ever White Coat Ceremony for students enrolled in the Nurse Anesthesia DNP Program.
- February 26, 2024Duke University School of Nursing is partnering with the Social Mission Alliance (SMA) to cohost SMA’s 2024 conference here in Durham at the Washington Duke Inn from April 8-10.
- February 22, 2024Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON)’s global partnerships offer students and faculty unique opportunities for scholarship, clinical experience, research, and professional growth. Over the last seven years, Associate Research Professor Susan Silva, PhD, who began her pre-retirement in February, has played a key role in a collaboration with the University of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) School of Nursing and Public Health in Durban, South Africa, studying evidence-based care and planning quality improvement projects.
- February 22, 2024Gyuhyun Lee, a DUSON DNP-CRNA student, is on a mission to provide fair and culturally competent healthcare for all.
- February 13, 2024Feyisetan Idowu, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, RN, has been practicing her nursing skills since she was 4 years old. Now a student at DUSON, she is putting that practice to work.
- February 13, 2024Katia Anello, BSN, RN, is passionate about bridging the multigenerational gap between nurses and bringing smiles to patients’ faces.
- February 12, 2024In 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 1.3 million people were living in nursing homes, and that number is expected to double by 2050. The CDC also reports that one in 10 nursing home residents will develop pressure injuries, or bedsores, a medical condition where skin and tissue breaks down because of prolonged pressure from sitting or lying long periods of time, introducing the risk of serious infection and even death.
- February 7, 2024Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) continues to garner top recognition for its distance-based Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program specialties, according to the 2024 Online Nursing School rankings from U.S. News & World Report.
- February 6, 2024Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) alumna Bettye Martin Musham has committed $8 million to the School. Her gift is the second-largest donation by an individual in the School’s history and the largest ever for faculty, students, and programs.
- February 1, 2024Karin Reuter-Rice, PhD, CPNP-AC, FCCM, FAAN, is working to improve diagnosis and treatment of children with traumatic brain injuries.
- February 1, 2024Adam Reilly-Dreas, of Greensboro, chose to attend DUSON for the university’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, in addition to the focus on social determinants of health, health promotion and community/public health preventative services.