News for Faculty and Staff

More than 270 graduates will be honored Saturday during the Duke University School of Nursing’s 2020 Virtual School of Nursing Hooding and Recognition Ceremony.    The main ceremony will occur at 11 a.m., and will be preceded by a brief live launch party at 10:45 a.m. Graduating will be 74 Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) students, 165 Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) and certificate students, and 34 Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students.

Duke University will test its Emergency Notification System on Wednesday. The test is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., and will include activation of the outdoor sirens and distribution of an email to all students, faculty and staff.

The ABSN Program has released a thank you message to the clinical instructor and clinical nurse educators for their contributions and help with the program's activities. Check out the video now up on our YouTube page. 

The Student Success Center and Jacqui McMillian-Bohler, assistant professor, are partnering with DuWell to offer a Koru Mindfulness course focused on supporting Black, Indigenous, and People of Color

Congratulations to AnnMarie Walton, assistant professor, and her entire team who have received an award for their Duke Cancer Control and Population Sciences Pilot Studies (CCPS) proposal entitled “Examining Occupational Exposure Risks and the Efficacy of Toilet Seat Covers and Routine Discharge Cleaning in Minimizing Antineoplastic Drug Contamination." This award is for a two-year period

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Kristi Lynn Dixon, DNP'20, Brigit Carter, associate dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Julie Thompson, consulting associate, contributed to "Neonatal Thermoregulation: A Golden Hour Protocol Update" in the Clinical Issues in Neonatal Care

Marilyn H. Oermann, Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing, wrote the editorial "COVID-19 Disruptions to Clinical Education: Nurse Educators Rise to the Challenges" for Nurse Educator.  Excerpt

A Teach More About Teams six-week course is being offered for clinicians who supervise health professions learners in patient care settings. This event will start on January 25 and is sponsored by an education grant from Duke AHEAD. Program Goals

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Cristina C. Hendrix, chair of the Clinical Health Systems & Analytics Division, was the keynote speaker at the first National Interprofessional Geriatric Conference on December 3. The event was hosted by the Durham VA Health Care System for the Elder Care in Hospital Program (ECHo).

Duke Health's "Checking in with You 2020” survey is now open. The goal of this short, confidential survey is to better understand how all Duke Health team members are holding up during this challenging year.