LaShanda Cobbs, DNP '14, along with Barbara Turner, professor, and Mary Champagne, professor and dean emerita, published an article entitled "Assessing Insomnia in Active-Duty Service Members in a Military Primary Care Clinic" in the Journal of Doctoral Nursing Practice.
Kudos to Sophia Smith, associate professor, for the submission of her Robin Care, Inc., National Cancer Institute (NCI), Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) subcontract application entitled "Software for Patient Navigation Through the Cancer Care Continuum." This…
On November 7, Duke Elder Family/Caregiver Training Center (DEFT) will host a table event at DUSON outside of Room 1103. Please stop by to learn more about DEFT, and pick up information on caregiver resources and tips.
November is National Family Caregivers Month, a time to recognize and…
Eun Ok Im, professor, and Wonshik Chee, associate professor, will be relocating to Emory University on Jan. 1, 2020. Dr. Im has been recruited to be the Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and Dr. Chee will be a research professor. This accomplished couple joined DUSON in 2016 and have…
Marilyn Oermann, professor, Kathleen Ashton, consulting associate, Alison Edie, assistant professor, and Sathya Amarasekara, statistician, received the Nursing Outlook Excellence in Research Award for their study and article entitled "Quality of articles published in predatory nursing…
The Office of Global and Community Health Initiatives (OGACHI) welcomed a delegation from one of its partner organizations, Teamwork City of Hope (TCOH), on October 28. Guests included Regina Chacha (International Executive Director Co-Founder), Hudson Mahare (Tanzania Executive Director), Hilda…
The Center for Nursing Discovery welcomes Dana W. Convoy as the new part time clinical nurse educator and Tiffiany Parker as the new Simulation Technology Specialist.
Convoy is also a Commander in the United States Navy Reserve with 9 years of active duty experience and almost 11 years…
On Tuesday, November 5th from 11:30AM to 4PM, DUSON is proudly partnering with the American Red Cross to host a blood drive. Many blood drives have been hosted at DUSON in the past, so we are thrilled to continue to support our community and those in need of blood in and around the Durham area.…
Kudos to principal investigators Irene Felsman (Assistant Professor), Gabriela Nagy (Psychiatry, Duke University School of Medicine), and Allison Stafford (Postdoctoral Associate and contact PI) for the submission of their Duke University Bass Connections application entitled “The US Immigration…
Kudos to associate professor Ryan Shaw and Duke professor Jane Pendergast and their entire team for the submission of their NIH/NHLBI U24 MPI application entitled: "Log2Lose: Incenting Weight Loss and Dietary Self-Monitoring in Real Time to Improve Weight Management." This proposal…
DUSON's own Charnetta Cooper also works Duke football and basketball games, and she was recently recognized for her excellent customer service.
Congratulations to DUSON graduate and Consulting Associate Kristi Coe on successfully defending her doctoral dissertation at UNC-Greensboro.
Eighteen DUSON administrators have been trained as Harassment Prevention Advisors to help students with harassment concerns or complaints. If you believe that you are experiencing harassment or have questions or concerns about harassment, please contact the HPA of your choice.
For the full list of…
Duke University School of Nursing welcomes Angela Ramsey as Admissions Staff Assistant and promotes Karen Jackson to Administrative Assistant in the Finance and Administration Office.
Ramsey is the new staff assistant in the Admissions Office, and she is looking forward to working with DUSON…
Several DNP students had health-related op-eds published in their local newspapers as part of their Nursing 962 class:
Marilyn Akyea published a piece entitled "Veterans Deserve Better Care for Dental Services" in the Fayetteville Observer.
Jennifer Smith published a piece entitled "…
Hyeoneui Kim, associate professor, published an article entitled "Representing Nursing Data With Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources: Early Lessons Learned With a Use Case Scenario on Home-Based Pressure Ulcer Care" in the journal Computers, Informatics, Nursing. The article was co-authored…
DUSON recently hosted its first-ever recognition event for community partners in Durham and surrounding areas. Community partner organizations assist DUSON in a variety of ways, from opening their doors as clinical placement sites to collaborating on community-based participatory research, and…
The John Hope Franklin Center seeks collaborating partners for its Spring 2020 Wednesdays at the Center program, a topical weekly series in which scholars, artists, journalists, and others speak informally about their work in conversation with the audience. The series is organized and presented by…
On Monday, October 28, the Office of Global and Community Health Initiatives (OGACHI) will be hosting a delegation from one of our partner organizations, Teamwork City of Hope (TCOH) that will include the following participants: Regina Chacha (Executive Director and Co-Founder),…
On October 31, from 12:00-1:00 pm at the Duke South Clinics Amphitheater, the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine presents its Humanities in Medicine Lecture Series. Terri Laws, assistant professor of African and African American Studies and Religious Studies at…
The Duke University School of Nursing is now accepting International Visiting Scholars applications for the 2020-2021 academic year.
The International Visiting Scholars Program offers mentored experiences to foreign nationals at the pre-doctoral stage of professional development and to doctoral-…
Thank you to staff for coming out and so enthusiastically participating in the Staff Retreat, Friday, October 18, 2019 at Brier Creek Country Club! Tables were filled, the facilitator was great, and the competitions were fierce (and loud). Congrats again to the Rock, Paper, Scissor Champ, the…
Michael Relf, Associate Dean for Global and Community Affairs, will be joined by panelists Megan Huchko, MD, and Godfrey Kisigo, MD, to discuss their work to better understand and reduce reproductive health stigma for people living with HIV/AIDS. The event will take place on November 1st, from…
AnnMarie Walton, Assistant Professor, published the following article in Oncology Nursing Forum: Nursing Assistants’ Use of Personal Protective Equipment Regarding Contact With Excreta Contaminated With Antineoplastic Drugs.
Purpose: To examine the feasibility of…
Ragan Johnson, assistant professor, and MSN student Krysta Blanton published the following article in the Journal for Nurse Practitioners: Adolescent Sexual Health: “Partners” in Prevention.
Abstract
Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States…