I'm originally from Long Beach, California, and studied bio-psychology at the University of California at Santa Barbara. While I had volunteered at hospitals during my undergraduate career, it wasn't until I became a patient with partial paralysis that nurses really became heroes in my eyes. It was then that I decided I wanted to be that advocate and caretaker for families in both their happiest and hardest life moments.
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.
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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.
The inaugural "Time to Put It Into Practice: A Primer on Artificial Intelligence & its Applications for Nursing" will occur January 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Data Science Research Area of Excellence in the Center for Nursing Research.
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.
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). Participants had the opportunity to hear about current evidence-based best practices in geriatric care.
Join Duke Science & Society and their honored guests, Dr.
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.
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Tech Tip of the Week
You need to change your password.
No, seriously. Before the start of a new semester is a great time to review your IT security and change your Duke password. Here are three ways to create strong passwords:
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.