A new lecture series for D-CHIPP student affiliates, faculty and staff, called D-CHIPP CHATs (Community Health Academic Talks), was created to provide student affiliates more exposure to community health topics and research conducted by D-CHIPP faculty affiliates. Amie Koch, assistant professor,…
DUSON faculty and staff are invited to join a brown bag lunch presentation to hear the results of the Core Value Workplace Survey on Wednesday, January 29 at noon in Pearson 1103.
To kick off 2020: The Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, IntraHealth will host the first in a series of webinars that will dive deep into the findings, issues, and recommendations raised in the Investing in the Power of Nurse Leadership: What Will It Take? report. The webinar will take place on…
The Sixth Research Computing Symposium will take place February 5, from noon to 5 p.m. in the Penn Pavilion on Duke’s West Campus. The symposium will highlight research initiatives that use information technologies and digital (sometimes even “big”) data to forge new directions in research. In…
National CRNA Week (January 19-25) is the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists' annual celebration of anesthesia patient safety and the nation’s nearly 54,000 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists and student registered nurse anesthetists who safely and cost-effectively provide more…
D-CHIPP and the SER Hispano Project will hold a community health symposium for immigrants on February 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. This third annual symposium will continue to increase awareness of services available for immigrants and refugees in the Triangle area and the capacity of providers in…
Michael Zychowicz, professor, and Angela Richard-Eaglin, assistant professor, are working with the VA Office for Academic Affiliation (OAA) to develop a standardized national VA competency-based curriculum for Primary Care and Mental Health NP residency programs in partnership with other NP faculty…
A. Eugene Washington, M.D., Duke Chancellor for Health Affairs and President and CEO of the Duke University Health System, will present "Duke Health Live: The Power of You." The event will take place on Tuesday, January 28 at 4 p.m. in the Great Hall at the Trent Semans Center. A reception will…
FastTrack, a collaborative medical device engineering resource in the Duke Pratt School of Engineering, in conjunction with Duke MEDx, announces a competitive funding opportunity for the development and translation of medical device ideas.
Selected projects will receive:
Full prototyping and…
As you may have heard, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared 2020 the “International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife.” This special recognition not only celebrates the contributions and accomplishments of more than 22 million nurses who make up half of the world’s health workforce, but…
Join OGACHI at noon on Wednesday, January 29, in Pearson 1011 for a discussion with Christy Parrish and Schulyer Knowles of the Global Administrative and Travel Support Office, as they provide information on traveling internationally and what their office can do to help prepare you for your trip.…
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I am very pleased to announce three new appointments to DUSON’s faculty. I want to thank the members of the search committee for bringing these applicants to DUSON for interviews and successful recruitment!
Emily Funk, DNP, CRNA, joins us on April 1, 2020. She will have teaching…
DO NOT DISTURB.
You’ve probably used it on your phone, but did you know it’s available on your Windows computer? It does the same thing – it postpones notifications and interruptions so you can work undisturbed.
It’s called Focus Assist, and you can switch…
Applications are being accepted for Duke Health's Primary Care Preceptor Development Mini-Fellowship Program, administered by the Duke Physician Assistant Program. Now in its fourth year, the mini-fellowship offers clinician educators (licensed PAs, NPs, MDs, and DOs who serve as primary care…
Steven Powell, MSN '19, accepted an appointment to sit on the Health Policy Committee for the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses during the 2020 term (January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020). His duties include: serving as a resource to government relations staff and consultants for information…
Marilyn Oermann, professor, has come out with the sixth edition of her book Evaluation and Testing in Nursing Education (Springer Publishing).
Marilyn Oermann, professor, and Judith Hays, associate professor emerita, received a Second Place American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award for the 4th edition of their book Writing for Publication in Nursing.
This book was also recently translated into Turkish and…
Jessie Byrd recently joined DUSON as Clinical Research Coordinator for COMPARE-VOE, Capacity Building for Sickle Cell Disease in North Carolina, and the Duke Roybal Center. Previously, she worked at Duke’s Center for Child and Family Policy as Senior Data Technician. Her educational background…
Jennie De Gagne, professor, recently delivered a presentation entitled “Psychometric Properties of the Korean Version of the Cybercivility Survey among Nursing Students in South Korea” at the 23rd East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars (EAFONS) conference (“Advancing Nursing Scholars in the Era of…
Gloria Jackson, DNP graduate, along with Iris Padilla, assistant professor, and Susan Schneider, associate professor, recently published an article in the Journal of Doctoral Nursing Practice entitled "Optimizing Advanced Care Planning in Hospitalized Patients With Advanced Cancers: A…
Diane Uzarski, the Dean's chief of staff, is featured in a story from Working@Duke entitled "How to Answer, 'Tell Me About Yourself'." She offers advice on how to quickly and succinctly summarize your job in networking situations.
Najla McClain, incoming senior program coordinator for the…
Duke University School of Nursing will present the annual Harriet Cook Carter Lecture on Thursday, February 20, 2020, at 3 p.m. in Room 1014 of the Christine Siegler Pearson Building. The speaker will be Dan Weberg, PhD, MHI, BSN, RN, Head of Clinical Innovation at Trusted Health…
Two major organizations have released rankings, and Duke University School of Nursing placed highly in both.
US News & World Report published their new list of Best Online Nursing Schools, and for the first time, they also ranked individual nursing majors, placing DUSON:
#1…