Julia Gamble, clinical associate, was recently named Practice Nurse of the Year by the North Carolina Nurses Association. Three days a week Gamble sees patients at the Duke Outpatient Clinic who are frequent users of the emergency room, walk-ins, and/or who have complex pyschosocial needs. The…
Angela Richard-Eaglin, assistant professor, is now a certified Cultural Intelligence I & II and Unconscious Bias Professional facilitator and coach. The certification was obtained through the Cultural Intelligence Center, a research-based company that specializes in providing peer-reviewed,…
The DUSON Student Council recently organized a visit to the Caring House to cook a meal for the families and caregivers staying there. Caring House, located in Durham, provides patients at Duke Cancer Institute with peace of mind providing affordable housing, a healing environment, and a positive…
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The Duke Initiative for Science & Society Dinner Dialogue continues on October 2 at 7:45 p.m. with "Moral consideration in tissue models, focusing on brain organoids" by Dr. George Truskey. When does a tissue model cross a line and exhibit human-like behavior? Can non-living entities also…
MSN student Meagan Minton presented a poster entitled "Intrapartum Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Group B Strep Positive Mothers: How Many Hours?" at the 26th Annual Perinatal Partnership Conference in Concord, North Carolina. Co-authors include MSN student Alyssa Lantiere and Kathy Trotter, associate…
Wonshik Chee, associate professor; Eun-Ok Im, associate dean for Research Development and Regulatory Affairs; and You Lee Yang, former visiting scholar, published an article entitled "Type 2 Diabetes and Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Midlife Women" in the Diabetes Educator.
Eleanor McConnell, associate professor, and colleagues published an article entitled "Directed content analysis of Veterans Affairs policy documents: A strategy to guide implementation of a dementia home safety toolkit for Veterans to promote ageing in place" in Health and Social Care in the…
Kudos to Eun-Ok Im and Wonshik Chee and their entire team for the submission of their NIH R01 application entitled "To Reduce Sleep-related Symptoms of Asian American Breast Cancer Survivors." This proposal requests funding for a five-year period with a start date of July 1, 2020.
Sleep-related…
Congratulations to Paula Tanabe, associate dean for Research Development and Data Science, and her entire team who received an award for their UH3 National Institutes of Health proposal entitled "A comparison of individualized vs. weight based protocols to treat vaso-occlusive episodes in Sickle…
AnnMarie Walton, assistant professor, recently gave two talks entitled "Involvement in Policy: Say Yes!" and "Encouragement: The Key to Increasing the Number of Nurses Serving on Boards" at the North Carolina Nurses Association convention in Winston Salem.
PhD student Yesol Yang; Sharron Rushton, assistant professor; Cristina Hendrix, associate professor; and Amanda Woodward, Duke librarian, published an article entitled "Understanding on the association between informal caregiver characteristics and cognitive function of adults with cancer: a…
DUSON welcomes Tawana Reed as the MSN clinical placement coordinator. Reed is a familiar face to many as she has worked at Duke since 2016. She comes to DUSON from Duke Speech Pathology and Audiology where she was a program specialist. Reed also has lots of experience in customer service and strong…
MSN student Alyssa Lantiere, a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner student, was recently awarded a HRSA National Health Service Corps Scholarship (NHSC). The NHSC scholarship program awards scholarships to students pursuing eligible primary care health professions training.
Your feedback is important to us – please plan on participating in the DUSON Core Values survey taking place Wednesday, September 26 - Wednesday, October 9, 2019.
This 10-15 minute survey is an important step in our ongoing efforts to strengthen our commitment to DUSON being…
With the opening of early voting this week, view the guidance on elections and political activities for Duke students, faculty and staff.
The Duke University School of Nursing’s Institute for Educational Excellence invites abstract submissions for podium/oral presentations as well as Lightning Round E-Poster Presentations at the 9th Pursuing Radical Transformation in Nursing Education conference. This year’s theme is Opening Doors to…
The 2019-20 Fight the Flu Campaign has begun and Duke Employee Health has gone to an electronic format for consenting for flu vaccine administration. This can be accomplished in two ways:
We will have several iPads on-site for employees to complete the process. Employees who choose to use the…
On Sunday, October 6th from 12-3pm, TROSA will hold its 5th annual "Foodie Fundraiser" on its Durham campus at 1820 James Street! Tickets are limited and on sale now at TROSA.eventbrite.com! Duke University School of Nursing is a sponsor of this event and TROSA thanks DUSON for its partnership…
The DUSON Research Club, Center for Nursing Research, and the DNP and PhD Programs are hosting a symposium entitled "After the BSN: The journey into research: DNP or PhD?" on October 15 at 6 p.m. in Pearson 1026. Join students and faculty for a discussion of their experiences in choosing a research…
Donna Biederman, associate professor, recently hosted Durham Mayor Steve Schewel at the Partnership for Healthy Durham’s Health & Housing Sub-Committee to inform the members about the Durham Affordable Housing Bond, which is on the ballot in November. Biederman is the Co-Chair of the Health…
The Duke Initiative for Science & Society is hosting an upcoming Dinner Dialogue that might be of interest to students, postdocs, and faculty within your department. Would you please consider sharing this event information with your network? Through our Dinner Dialogue series, we hope to…
Duke Institute for Healthcare Improvement invites you to join them for its upcoming annual kick-off event on October 3. For all those who voiced interest in the Quality Improvement Scholars Program (QISP), this is a great first step for learning more about this great interdisciplinary…
You have lots of storage options for your DUSON data. Here's your guide to understanding what goes where. This should cover 95 percent of your data storage questions. Let the IT Service Desk know if you have any use cases that don't quite fit - they will help you find the right tools.
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Tolu Oyesanya, assistant professor, published an article entitled "Veterans Health Administration nurses' training and beliefs related to care of patients with traumatic brain injury" in PLOS One.
Abstract
Background: Veteran patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their…