Peixin Wang, Nurse Anesthesia-DNP graduate, and Denise Tola, assistant professor, contributed to "Maximizing Use of Social Media to Improve Member Engagement in a Professional Organization" in the AANA Journal.
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Christian Falyar, assistant professor, and Stephan Bodnar, DNP '20, are featured on the cover of the December 2020 issue of the AANA Journal. Falyar is seen guiding Bodnar through the indications, sonanatomy and needle placement of a posterior transversus abdominis plane block during regional anesthesia training. Realistic patient care scenarios provide students valuable experience prior to their clinical education.
Amie Koch, assistant professor, published "Nurses' Role in Providing Comprehensive Communication, Prognostication, and Palliative Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic" in the Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing.
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The Beta Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing recently held its annual ceremony. In addition, MSN student and ABSN alumni Emma Teman (pictured with Kathryn J. Trotter, associate professor) received the STTI Thelma Ingles Excellence in Clinical Expertise and Scholarly Activities award.
Xiao Hu, Ann Henshaw Gardiner Distinguished Professor of Nursing, was profiled by Will Alexander for a Faculty Spotlight on the Duke School of Medicine's Department of Neurology News website.
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Congratulations to Monica Russell, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion program director, for completing her Masters in Health Administration (MHA) from Walden University on November 16, 2020. A virtual graduation is planned for February 2021, and an in-person one (pending COVID) is planned for August 2021.
Assistant Professors Schenita Randolph and Ragan Johnson were featured in the Nurse.com article "HIV Prevention Efforts Utilize Salons in Black Commun
Callie Tennyson, assistant professor, has been accepted into the IPE Advanced Certificate Program beginning January 2021.
Duke will follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to our team members and patients. These guidelines require the prioritization of team members with the longest exposure to COVID-19 patients to receive the vaccine first.
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