A first-generation college graduate and DNP student, and the School of Nursing’s 2025 University Scholar, shares her journey from rural roots to nurse leader, highlighting a commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration and driving meaningful change in healthcare.

Climate Leader in Residence Dr. Jessica Castner urged nurses to integrate climate awareness into care, advocacy, and system-level innovation.

An inaugural service award, presented earlier this year, celebrates Shanna Weaver, CRNA’07 for her dedication to pediatric anesthesiology and her long service as a clinical site coordinator for Duke nursing students.

Stephanie Hart reflects on her post-doctoral fellowship at Duke School of Nursing, where she received immersive training in community-engaged rural health research.

Tonia Poteat, Professor at the Duke School of Nursing, received a Lifetime Achievement Award in honor of a career dedicated to LGBTQ health.

Inspired by alumna Hope Holmes’s DNP journey, faculty and fellow alumna Julee Waldrop started a fund to support DNP scholarship.

Facial lacerations in children can be repaired without sedation using a developmentally compassionate approach, according to Duke School of Nursing instructor Becky Carson.

The Center for Nursing Science and Innovation at Duke University School of Nursing has granted funding for three faculty-led pilot projects that will support health equity in rural settings, from substance use care to surgery.

Duke Nursing faculty member Brandon Knettel, PhD, discusses an intervention he led to address high rates of suicide among people living with HIV in Tanzania.

Padla Yang, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner student and first-generation American, shares her journey from interpreting for her immigrant parents to advocating for her patients.