The Center for Nursing Discovery offers the following resources for more information about simulation learning:
Center for Nursing Discovery Policy and Procedure Manual
Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH)
International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL)…
On April 6, the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) will be hosting its Women in Leadership Symposium in Dallas, Texas.
The Women in Leadership Symposium is a one-day gathering for aspiring, new and experienced leaders in healthcare simulation. Now a partnership between the Society…
On Wednesday, March 27, Alyson Breisch, MSN, BSN, RN-BC, will present "Faith Community Nursing: Emerging Trends and Impact" in the Aging Center Conference Room, Duke South, Room 3512.
Breisch was the Administrative Director of the Duke Health and Nursing Ministries graduate …
The RIta & Alex Hillman Foundation recently released a press release announcing funding opportunities reflecting their commitment to early-stage funding for bold and original nursing-driven programs to improve care for vulnerable populations.
Read their press release here.
Kudos to Donna Biederman, associate professor; and her collaborator Sally Wilson, executive director of Project Access of Durham County; for the submission of their Duke Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) application entitled "Durham Homeless Care…
Kudos to Devon Noonan, associate professor, and her collaborator Jenni Dania from the Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina, for the submission of their Duke Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) application entitled "Optimizing the uptake of…
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites DUSON researchers, students and colleagues to their Salivary Bioscience Workshop on April 25 from 9 until 11:30 a.m. Learn about the workshop agenda here and there is no cost to attend.
This…
SPRING 2019 DUKE RUN WALK CLUB – YOU CAN STILL REGISTER!
Registration is still open for the Spring 2019 Run Walk Club! Even if you have registered for a previous season, you must re-register in order to receive LIVE FOR LIFE dollars! Please click here to register! Our team…
Steven Powell, MSN student, was recently appointed to the board of trustees for the American Nurses Association Political Action Committee (ANA-PAC).
ANA-PAC exists to support federal candidates with voluntary contributions from its members since federal election law prohibits membership…
Tech Tip of the Week –
Does your PC take too long to boot? You might have too many programs running at startup. Here’s an easy way to fix that:
Windows: Open the Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc), select the Startup tab and…
Jonathan Metzel, Frederick B. Rentschler II professor of sociology and psychiatry at Vanderbilt University, will present "Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America's Heartland" as part of the Humanities in Medicine lecture series on Tuesday, March 26 from 12…
I am very pleased to announce four new faculty appointments. Our recent Tenure Track faculty search ended with the successful recruitment of three new faculty members. Drs. Tara Albrecht, Mariam Kayle and Marta Mulawa will join DUSON’s faculty on July 1, 2019. Our Faculty Search…
Kudos to Hideyo Tsumura, PhD student; and her advisor Marion Broome, dean and Ruby Wilson professor of Nursing, Duke University School of Nursing; vice chancellor for nursing affairs, Duke University; associate vice president for academic affairs for…
Kudos to Jane Ralphe, PhD student; and her sponsor Debra Brandon, associate professor; for the submission of her NIH NRSA Fellowship application entitled "Exploring the Association Between Longitudinal Body Temperature Instability and Respiratory Morbidity in the…
Midge Bowers, associate professor; Teresa Praus, cardiology certificate student; Shelley Thompson, DNP student; and Callie Tennyson, MSN '12; recently attended the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Annual Scientific Session and Expo in New Orleans where they moderated sessions and gave…
Angela Richard-Eaglin, assistant professor, was recently selected as a 2019 Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners!
She will join a group of leaders whose scholarly and forward-thinking contributions have led to meaningful improvements to health care and the nurse…
Anne Schmelzer, MSN student, was recently featured on the Voices of Duke Health podcast with Emily DePetris, Child Life specialist.
Schmelzer and DePetris work together in the pediatric cardiac ICU at Duke Children's Hospital.
Their episode entitled "The Lollipop Moments" focuses on a weekly…
The MacArthur Foundation has launched the 100&Change grant competition, and will award a single $100 million grant for a project that promises measureable progress toward solving a critical social challenge.
Through an internal competition, Duke intends to select one project to receive…
Colby Hollis, DNP '18; and Victoria Goode, assistant professor; recently published an article entitled "Laboratory Monitoring and Transfusion Guidelines to Influence Care in Patients Undergoing Multilevel Spinal Fusion Surgery" in the Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. Co-authors include Andi…
AnnMarie Walton, assistant professor, recently published an article entitled "Workplace health promotion and safety in state and territorial health departments in the United States: a national mixed-methods study of activity, capacity and growth opportunities" in BMC Public Health. Co-…
Duke University School of Nursing is excited to welcome Lori Jackson to the Center for Nursing Research!
Jackson joined the Center for Nursing Research as an administrative assistant who will be supporting both associate deans for research development. She began her new role on February…
The Duke Initiative for Science & Society is hosting upcoming Dinner Dialogue events. The Dinner Dialogue series aims to spark a meaningful and ongoing conversation about the broader ethical implications of scientific and technological progress at Duke and in the world.
On March 26 from…
In the United States, there are more than 600,000 children each year seen in emergency rooms due to traumatic brain injury (TBI), a disruption to the normal function of the brain caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the head. Severe TBI results in approximately 7,000 childhood deaths annually, while…
Iris Padilla, assistant professor, recently presented a 3.5-hour workshop "Introducing RNs in Primary Care" to registered nurses recently hired as Population Health Nurses at Duke Primary Care clinics.
The registered nurses will be working in expanded roles throughout the clinics.
Sharron Docherty, associate professor, recently presented "Building a Program of Research to Support Clinical Innovation in Adolescent and Young Adult Chronic Illness Self-Management: Peer i-Coach for Activated Self-Management Optimization" at the 38th Annual International Nursing &…