By: Angela Spivey
COURTNEY RAMSEY, BSN’15, became seriously interested in nursing after her grandmother broke her hip. “The nurses in the hospital were fabulous,” she says. “They made sure she was comfortable and paid attention to her needs as a person. It was…
Today five contestants will swim with four sharks for a chance to receive money to fund their work.
Let's meet the four sharks or Duke experts who will be deciding the winner or winners of today's Shark Pool Live event.
Keith Whitfield, PhD, is the vice provost for Academic…
Editor's Note: Chancellor Washington and Dean Marion Broome presented two additional awards during the Awards Ceremony. Barbara Turner, PhD, RN, FAAN, received the Distinguished Faculty Award and former Dean Mary T. Champagne,…
Six students with the PhD program recently received various graduate-level awards:
Latefa Dardas, Brittney Sullivan and Kaboni Gondwe were awarded the International Dissertation Travel Award from Duke's Graduate School. Each will receive $2,000 and the award…
For more than 25 years, we have celebrated one of the largest segments of the U.S. workforce as a whole – NURSES. National Nurses Week is celebrated in honor of Florence Nightingale who is considered to be the founder of modern nursing.
Nightingale, also known as the “Lady with the Lamp,”…
The School of Nursing recently celebrated the excellence of students, faculty and staff during its annual Awards Ceremony. Award winners were:
David Jackson received the Sigma Theta Tau International Beta Epsilon Chapter Ruby Wilson Award for clearly…
PhD student Brittney Sullivan recently received the Henry B. Spencer Scholarship for $10,000 from the Nurses Educational Funds (NEF), Inc. The scholarship is dedicated to leadership in nursing and health care.
MSN - Pediatric Nurse Practitioner alumni Whitney McGarry and Kristi Hildebrand received awards at the 37th National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
McGarry received the Elaine Gelman Scholarship named after Elaine Gelman, CPNP…
Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) is proud to announce eight of its doctoral students were selected to participate in the Jonas Nurse Scholar program. The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare provides an $80,000 grant to support three PhD Jonas Nurse Leader Scholars, three PhD…
Jennie De Gagne recently made a podium presentation entitled “Prevalence of and factors related to urinary incontinence among older adults living in rural South Korea: A multisite study,” at the Sigma Theta Tau International European Conference in Utrecht, Netherlands. During the conference, she…
By: Kelly Jasiura
Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) highlighted its commitment to global health when it hosted a visit of 12 students from Teamwork City of Hope (TCOH) on Thursday, June 16. TCOH is a self-sustaining campus dedicated to providing education, health…
MSN student Ryan Tucker was recently awarded a scholarship from the Veterans Affairs Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP). The program awards scholarships to students receiving education or training in a direct or indirect health care services discipline…
Jewel Scott, MSN, FNP, RN, is a 2016 recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Future of Nursing Scholar at Johnson & Johnson grant that will support her research in the Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) PhD program. The scholarship is…
School of Nursing welcomes three new staff members to the DUSON family:
Adrienne Richter joined the Center For Nursing Research as the data technician on July 11. Richter is working as a transcriptionist for several research studies at DUSON.
Jane Shealy is…
DNP student Susan Little was recently chosen to receive the Dr. Joy F. Reed Leadership Scholarship. The scholarship was created in honor of Reed's loyalty and dedication to the advancement of public health nursing in the state of North Carolina. The …
MSN student Jennifer Foreman, who is a Adult-Gerontology Primary Care NP and Women's Health major, recently received the 2016 NURSE Corps Scholarship Program award. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) award enables students accepted or enrolled in diploma,…
Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) and its Institute for Educational Excellence will host the 6th annual Pursuing Radical Transformation in Nursing Education Conference April 22 and 23. This year’s theme is “Active Learning and Engaging Teaching.”
The event’s keynote speaker is Dr. Richard…
Imagine a patient lying unconscious in the bed, overcome by the Ebola virus. He’s quarantined, and health care providers are wary of coming too close. If Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) and Pratt School of Engineering researchers have their way, in the not too distant future the nurses…
Marilyn Oermann was recently selected as the 2016-2017 recipient of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Excellence Award. The purpose of the award is to recognize an experienced faculty member who systematically investigates…
Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) selected Asma Agad as its 2016 Duke University Scholar. Each summer the School selects a degree seeking student from the ABSN, MSN or DNP program to receive a full-tuition University scholarship. The student is selected by the associate…
As DUSON begins the strategic plan implementation process, we know that a clear vision is of utmost importance as we, faculty, staff, and students, engage and enroll in the process.
In an effort to provide continuous communication to promote our strategic plan goals, strategies and process, the…
Michael Relf publishes article entitled "Advancing Diversity in Academic Nursing" in the September-October issue of the Journal of Professional Nursing.
Abstract: As the world around us evolves and as society becomes increasingly diverse, the demographics of the health…
Assistant Consulting Professor Denise Spector is the first recipient of the National Partners Scholarship for the Fall 2016 semester. The scholarship, through the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine Fellowship program, will give Spector an opportunity to…
Marilyn Oermann, Jamie Conklin, Kathleen Ashton, Alison Edie, and Sathya Amarasekara recently published an article entitled "Study of Predatory Open Access Nursing Journals" in the Journal of Nursing Scholarship. Co-authors included Susan Budinger from Duke Office of Clinical…
The Army Women's Foundation is pleased to announce the Legacy Scholarships for the 2017 academic year. The Legacy Scholarship program offers financial support to all Army women who are serving or have honorably served, and their children. Scholarships are based on merit, academic…