News for Faculty and Staff
- November 1, 2023Professors, students, and staff in the Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) are collaborating with other Duke partners including the School of Medicine on an innovative study involving at-home data-collecting and monitoring of patients with Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. DUSON Associate Professor Ryan Shaw, PhD, RN, is the principal investigator of the five-year, NIH-funded study called Expanding Technology-Enabled, Nurse-Delivered Chronic Disease Care (EXTEND). He is joined by his Co-Principal Investigator, Matthew Crowley, MD, from the Department of Endocrinology in the Duke School of Medicine. In June, the study enrolled 220 patients from five Duke Health System clinics who will participate in the study for two years with check-ins every three to six months.
- October 31, 2023The Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) and the Duke Center for Interprofessional Education and Care (IPEC) hosted its annual Haunted Mansion event on Thursday, October 26, where students from various disciplines participated in a Halloween-themed multi-professional simulation of health care. With two identical sessions happening simultaneously in adjacent buildings. Students rotated through in four stations, offering hands-on activities such as caring for burn wounds, performing ultrasounds and halting blood loss. In the sessions, there were three bonus activities that gave students the opportunity to practice intubation with a nurse anesthetist, learn about mental health well-being and using a nasal drug for overdose reversal.
- October 31, 2023Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is typically thought to affect younger white women and often important factors are underrecognized in other populations, including veterans. That is one of the reasons that Duke University School of Nursing postdoctoral fellow and clinical associate Carri Polick, Ph.D., RN, is conducting a study that examines smoking cessation among veterans with MS and how social determinants of health might affect treatment of veterans’ smoking addiction and disease trajectory.
- October 24, 2023Ernest J. Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN, vice dean of the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) at DUSON initially joined the School in March, 2023. The immediate past-president of the American Nursing Association, and first-ever male to hold the position, Grant says diversity and representation in nursing matters now more than ever.
- October 24, 2023Each Fall at Duke, students from any of DUSON’s academic programs and across the University have a unique opportunity to examine the physiological, psychological and socital challenges of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) both in the United States and globally. “Understanding Sickle Cell Disease: A Biopsychosocial Approach”, was revised to an online elective course, updated, and taught by Paula Tanabe, PhD, MSN, MPH, RN, FAEN, FAAAN, Laurel Chadwick Distinguished Professor of Nursing at DUSON.
- October 18, 2023Dr. Michael Cary's relentless pursuit of health equity and groundbreaking research redefines healthcare's future at Duke University School of Nursing
- October 17, 2023Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) recently had 13 Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) students whose poster abstracts were selected for the Florida Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners (FANNP) national conference.
- September 20, 2023DUSON's ABSN Program is Leading the Way in Nursing Education and Health Equity
- September 19, 2023The Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) Interim Vice Dean Ernest Grant, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, was recently inducted into the North Carolina Nurses Association (NCNA) during the 116th annual convention.
- September 7, 2023Laura Cheng, RN, BSN, a Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) student is dually enrolled in the Family Nurse Practitioner program and the Endocrine Specialty Certificate program and was recently accepted into the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Scholars Program for this Fall.
- August 24, 20235-Year Project Examines Medical Mistrust and HIV Status-Neutral Services Among Hispanic/Latino men who have sex with men (MSM)
- August 21, 2023Celebrating Excellence, Leadership, and Impact in Health Care