As we embrace Women’s History Month, we proudly highlight our transformative Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) program. This program prepares advanced practice nurses with the skills and expertise necessary to provide primary and specialty medical care for women.

Shana Freeman, WHNP-BC, PHN, is studying to earn a Postgraduate Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) degree at DUSON.

The New England Journal of Medicine has published a study by Duke University School of Nursing professors Dr. Schenita Randolph, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN and Dr. Ragan Johnson, DNP, MSN, APRN-BC in which the two studied the feasibility of integrating salon stylists, edutainment videos, and PrEP navigators to help educate Black women on the benefits of PrEP (preexposure prophylaxis) in preventing HIV infections. This innovative new approach to HIV/AIDS prevention can be found in the Journal’s February 29th issue. 

Ashley Brand chose Duke University School of Nursing after searching for a nursing school with an excellent reputation. 

The Duke University School of Nursing recently conducted its first-ever White Coat Ceremony for students enrolled in the Nurse Anesthesia DNP Program.

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, a DUSON DNP-CRNA student, is on a mission to provide fair and culturally competent healthcare for all. 

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.