Volunteer to Test Students for COVID
Student Health is in need of assistance to perform baseline COVID testing of Duke University students from January 10 to 20. They will provide instruction for performing the anterior nasal swab procedure. The testing location is Penn Pavilion. If you have a current RN license and are willing and available, please sign up online. You will receive information and a brief orientation after signing up to volunteer.
De Gagne Appeared as Guest Speaker at International Conference
Jennie C. De Gagne, professor, was invited as a guest speaker to the annual international nursing conference for "Rethinking nursing education in the post-COVID 19 era: Facilitating distance learning." This conference was hosted by the Research Institute of Nursing Science at Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea, where nearly 120 current and future nurse educators took part in virtually.
Duke School of Nursing Hosts 58th Annual Harriet Cook Carter Lecture
‘Future of Nursing Report,’ health equity among topics to be covered.
The future of nursing will be the guiding topic of the Duke University School of Nursing’s 58th annual Harriet Cook Carter Lecture on February 2 at 3 p.m.
Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, will be this year’s featured presenter.
Randolph Contributes to JANAC Article
Schenita D. Randolph, assistant professor, contributed to "Nursing Contributions to Ending the Global Adolescent and Young Adult HIV Pandemic" in Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (JANAC).
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PhD Student Publishes Letter to Editor
Kaitlyn Daly, PhD student, had a Letter to Editor published by The News & Observer. The piece (seen below) advocates the importance of faith-based communities and federal programs to jointly work to create a resilient food safety net and system, particularly in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic:
Waddell-Schultz Retires From The VA
Gwen Waddell-Schultz, consulting associate and Duke AHEAD member, is retiring as chief nurse of Nursing Education and Medicine with the Duke VA Health Care System. With more than 38 years of nursing, Waddell-Schultz has contributed to the nursing education of hundreds of nurses, and her commitment to veterans is forever.
Zoom Will Require Passcodes, Waiting Room for Meetings
Over winter break, Zoom implemented a new security requirement that will require a passcode or waiting room. The requirement applies to meetings, including those that use your Personal Meeting ID. Check out this Duke Today article for more information.
DEFT Team Selected for DIHI RFA 2021 Finalist

Congratulations to the Duke Elder Family/Caregiver Training (DEFT) Center team on being selected as a finalist for the DIHI RFA 2021 application.