RELAXATION ROOM – we need volunteers!
The Relaxation Room will be from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25 in Pearson 3023. We need volunteers to help set up the room! Please sign up here to take five minutes to help with setting up and breaking down the room.…
Karin Reuter-Rice, associate professor; and Rémi Hueckel, assistant professor; are assuming leadership positions within the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) beginning in Feb. at the SCCM Congress in San Diego.
Reuter-Rice will be serving as the vice-chair (2019-2020) and…
Donna Biederman, associate professor, recently gave an oral presentation entitled "Mission Possible: Flexibility and Opportunity in Researching Tenancy Support Services for People in Permanent Supportive Housing" at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2019 Annual Leadership Institute.
The…
The DUSON Educational Technology Team is proud to introduce the first episode of EdTech Talks. EdTech Talks is a video series that will be used by the DUSON EdTech team to introduce and highlight educational technology tools and programs that can be used to enhance teaching and learning at…
Diane Uzarski, chief of staff; and Marion E. Broome, Dean of the School of Nursing; Vice Chancellor for Nursing Affairs, Duke University; and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs for Nursing, Duke University Health System; recently published an article entitled "A Leadership Framework…
Jacquelyn McMillian-Bohler, faculty; Daniel Hatch, biostatistician III; and Marilyn Oermann, professor; recently published an article entitled "Nurse educators' use of lecture and active learning" in Teaching and Learning in Nursing. Co-authors include Tim Bristol of Walden University; Debra Hagler…
Marilyn Oermann, professor; and Kathleen Turner, associate professor; recently published an article entitled "Writing Publishable Review, Research, Quality Improvement, and Evidence-Based Practice Manuscripts" in Nursing Economics. Tom Christenbery, professor at Vanderbilt University School of…
Irene Felsman, assistant professor; and Janice Humphreys, professor; recently published an article entitled "Measuring Distress Levels of Refugee Women to Enhance Community-Based Psycho-social Interventions" in Issues in Mental Health Nursing. Rebecca Kronk, of Duquesne University School of Nursing…
The Graduate School has recognized Leigh Ann Simmons, associate professor, with the Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring.
She will receive $3,000 and will be honored at a ceremony on Wednesday, March 27 at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens.
Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) improved its national position among Online Graduate Nursing Schools by being named the No. 6 program for 2019 by U.S. News & World Report and the No. 2 program for 2019 Best Online Master's in Nursing Programs for Veterans. In addition, the School…
Susan Ray will be promoted and will serve as DUSON's new director of Institutional Research starting Feb. 1.
Ray has had a significant role in the implementation of our data warehouse, BiSON, and the creation of Reports Central, the repository that supports data-based decision making and the…
Bada Kang, PhD student; Hanzhang Xu, medical instructor; and Eleanor McConnell, associate professor; recently published an article entitled "Neurocognitive and psychiatric comorbidities of posttraumatic stress disorder among older veterans: A systematic review" in the International Journal of…
Attend the Feb. Research Town Hall on Feb. 6 from 1 until 2:30 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Trent Semans Center entitled “Plagiarism and Intellectual Credit.” This is an interactive panel about plagiarism and intellectual credit – the issues, the stakeholders, and the need for…
On Tuesday, Feb. 19, DUSON faculty and staff are invited to attend Dean Broome's Faculty and Staff Update from 12 until 1 p.m. in Pearson 1026.
Jennie De Gagne, associate professor, recently published an article entitled "Long-Term Effects of a Self-management Program for Older Women With Urinary Incontinence in Rural Korea: A Comparison Cohort Study" in the Journal of Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing. Co-authors include …
Donna Biederman, associate professor, was recently an invited guest facilitator at the Duke Law School Winter Session Course “Designing Creative Legal Solutions." The course utilized Design Thinking concepts to facilitate creative solutions around housing eviction.
Biederman was invited based…
To support and encourage excellence and innovation in teaching, the Institute for Educational Excellence (IEE) has developed an Educational Research Grant Program. In this program, nursing faculty can develop, implement and evaluate educational research with support from the IEE,…
Eleanor Stevenson, associate professor; Lauren Gispanski, ABSN '16; Kristin Fields, ABSN '16; Maria Cappadora, ABSN '16; and Melissa Hurt, ABSN '15; recently published an article entitled "Knowledge and decision making about future fertility and oocyte cryopreservation among…
Let’s DU Lunch is an innovative pilot project sponsored by the DUSON Student Council and supported by the dean, senior leadership and faculty. The concept of the program is simple—to provide an opportunity to students, faculty and staff to informally network and build relationships over…
Kathy Trotter, associate professor, recently moderated a Duke Cancer Institute Facebook live event on cervical cancer prevention, treatment, research and awareness as part of cervical cancer awareness month.
The discussion included both research and care and, screening and prevention…
Duke University School of Nursing will host the 2019 Harriet Cook Carter Lecture on Monday, Feb. 4 at 3 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center. The keynote speaker is Ann Burgess, DNSc, APRN, BC, FAAN, professor of psychiatric mental health nursing at Boston College…
Duke University School of Nursing is currently accepting applications for the Student Ambassador Program for the 2019 academic year. We encourage interested students to Apply Now! The deadline is Feb. 11th, 2019. Once…
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) will host its 40th Annual Minority Health Conference “Advocating for Change” on Friday, February 22 at the William and Ida Friday Center at Chapel Hill.
This year’s theme, Advocating for Change: Celebrating Past Successes and Planning for…
Nearly 25 DUSON faculty, staff and students attended a screening of the documentary “Resilience.” The event was co-sponsored by D-CHIPP, DUSON Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and Duke Community & Family Medicine.
“Resilience” documents the early research around adverse childhood…