News for Faculty and Staff
- March 29, 2024The Multi-State Study shows that almost two-thirds of babies born with sickle cell disease live in disadvantaged areas.
- March 28, 2024Bonnie Hunt, Duke School of Nursing (DUSON) DNP Nurse Anesthesia Program student, said the practicality of the nursing profession was a major draw for her since it blended her natural interest in healthcare with means to provide for her family.
- March 25, 2024The Duke School of Nursing (DUSON) works tirelessly to research and study brain-related issues, achieve healthcare breakthroughs, and highlight brain-related injuries. This was especially significant in March during Brain Injury (BI) Awareness.
- March 20, 2024Interim Dean Michael Relf, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, has been awarded the Mary T. Champagne Distinguished Professorship. Throughout his more than 15 years at the School of Nursing and as Interim Dean, he has consistently demonstrated unwavering commitment to excellence and fostering an environment of innovation and collaboration.
- March 18, 2024As we embrace Women’s History Month, we proudly highlight our transformative Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) program. This program prepares advanced practice nurses with the skills and expertise necessary to provide primary and specialty medical care for women.
- March 15, 2024Shana Freeman, WHNP-BC, PHN, is studying to earn a Postgraduate Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) degree at DUSON.
- March 1, 2024The New England Journal of Medicine has published a study by Duke University School of Nursing professors Dr. Schenita Randolph, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN and Dr. Ragan Johnson, DNP, MSN, APRN-BC in which the two studied the feasibility of integrating salon stylists, edutainment videos, and PrEP navigators to help educate Black women on the benefits of PrEP (preexposure prophylaxis) in preventing HIV infections. This innovative new approach to HIV/AIDS prevention can be found in the Journal’s February 29th issue.
- 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.