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School of Nursig Co-Hosts Equity Amplified

February 26, 2024

Duke 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.
Gyuhyun Lee
Trip to India Inspires Nursing Student

February 22, 2024

Gyuhyun Lee, a DUSON DNP-CRNA student, is on a mission to provide fair and culturally competent healthcare for all. 
Susan G. Silva
Using Data to for Improvement in South Africa

February 22, 2024

Duke University School of Nursing’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.
Feyisetan Idowu
Opportunity to Put Nursing Skills To Work

February 13, 2024

Feyisetan Idowu, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, RN, has been practicing her nursing skills since she was 4 years old. Now a student at the School of Nursing, she is putting that practice to work.
Katia Anello
Nursing Student Brings Happiness to Patients

February 13, 2024

Katia Anello, BSN, RN, is passionate about bridging the multigenerational gap between nurses and bringing smiles to patients’ faces.
Tracey Yap
Preventing Nursing Home Pressure Ulcers

February 12, 2024

In 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.
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School of Nursing 2024 Rankings

February 7, 2024

Duke 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.
Bettye & Bill Musham
Gift Advances School of Nursing Mission

February 6, 2024

Duke 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.
Adam Reilly Dreas
I Want to Be a Source of Comfort and Security

February 1, 2024

Adam Reilly-Dreas, of Greensboro, chose to attend Duke University School of Nursing 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.
Karin Reuter-Rice
Professor Concussion Research Recognized

February 1, 2024

Karin Reuter-Rice, PhD, CPNP-AC, FCCM, FAAN, is working to improve diagnosis and treatment of children with traumatic brain injuries.
Emily Laker
Pursuing Specialty in Refugee, HIV Health

January 31, 2024

Emily Laker is studying to earn her BSN-DNP and hopes to focus on refugee and HIV health in her career.
Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda
Professor Participates in a NASEM Study

January 26, 2024

Duke University School of Nursing Associate Professor Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, Ph.D., MPH, RN, FAAN was recently a part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Consensus Study on Essential Services for Intimate Partner Violence during Public Health Emergencies.
Sophia Smith
Professor and Cancer Survivor Helps Others

January 23, 2024

Sophia Smith, Ph.D., MSW, is an associate professor with tenure at the Duke University School of Nursing. After being diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma as a teen and breast cancer as a young adult, she has been determined to help other cancer survivors who struggle to afford treatments. 
Schenita Randolph
Focus on Health Inequities in Black Community

January 22, 2024

Schenita Randolph, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, is an associate professor at DUSON and the founding director and principal investigator of the HEEAT Lab, which addresses health disparities. 
Jonathan McGee
Student Shares Reason He Chose DUSON

January 19, 2024

Jonathan McGee is pursuing his Master of Science in Nursing to be an Adult and Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner.
Akemi Huynh
Experience Challenging Yet Reassuring

January 16, 2024

Akemi Huynh, of Raleigh, is studying to earn an Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing and says the nursing field is a perfect match for her personality. 
Associate Professor Hanzhang Xu
Xu Awarded Bass Connections Projects

January 12, 2024

School of Nursing Assistant Professor Hanzhang Xu, Ph.D., RN, was recently awarded two Bass Connection Projects by the Global Health Theme of Bass Connections for her proposed 2024-25 Bass Connections projects, “Empowering Family Caregiving Research in the Philippines,” and “Long-Term Care in China and Worldwide.”
Joy Adeku and Mable Buckner
School of Nursing Two Sgman Winners 2024

January 10, 2024

The Sigma Theta Tau International Beta Epsilon Chapter recently presented the Ruby Wilson Excellence in Clinical Nursing Award and the Thelma Ingles Excellence in Clinical and Scholarly Activities Award to two Duke School of Nursing (DUSON) December 2023 graduates for their demonstrated academic excellence, service to the nursing profession, and commitment to providing social justice and reform in healthcare.
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Student Builds Food Pantry for NC Church

January 4, 2024

Grayson Mangum remembers the heartbreaking conversation he had with his fiancée, Fiona, last spring. She was working as a student teacher in Guilford County, N.C., when a disabled student came into the classroom upset, curled into the fetal position and cried out, “Hungry!” That student wasn’t alone. Several other students in the class also struggled with food insecurity, his fiancée explained.  
Stephanie Ibemere
Professor works to combat Sickle Cell Disease

January 4, 2024

Stephanie Ibemere, Ph.D., RN, Duke School of Nursing (DUSON) assistant professor, is working to combat sickle cell barriers globally through research, dissemination, and education.
Mariam Kayle
Health Surveillance to Improve Outcomes

January 3, 2024

Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) Assistant Professor Mariam Kayle, Ph.D., RN, CCNS, FAAN, and her team have been working to implement the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded North Carolina Sickle Cell Data Collection Program (NC SCDC, https://sites.duke.edu/ncscdc/ ).
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Duke Design Health Program

January 2, 2024

The Duke University Design Health Program provides the School of Nursing students a unique opportunity to receive a continuously developed world-class graduate education in interdisciplinary healthcare innovation through a series of courses/active learning experiences, with patents, grants, and start-ups as secondary outcomes to achieve student career goals.
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Collaboration to Advance Research in Equity

December 6, 2023

Through a collaboration designed to advance research in health equity and social drivers of health, the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and the Center for Precision Health have partnered with the Center for Nursing Research at the Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) to bring more than 20,000 biological samples and linked data from a community-based registry at Duke Kannapolis to investigators at DUSON.
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December 2023 Hooding Recognition Ceremony

December 5, 2023

The Duke University School of Nursing 2023 December Hooding and Recognition Ceremony will be held on Saturday, December 9, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. in the Duke Chapel and Page Auditorium. Graduates should arrive at 8:45 a.m. and doors open for guests at 9:00 a.m. The event will also be live-streamed.
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