Earning your PhD at Duke allows you to study many different facets of patient care. One PhD student shows us how collaborating with the School of Engineering improves care for dementia patients.
PhD student Sijia Wei worked this summer with Pratt School of Engineering student and…
We started the day meeting and collaborating with our UPOLI students, as well as a videographer from the university. We then headed to the barrio to spend the morning with our families. As we continued assessing and educating our families, the videographer captured our work. This being the fourth…
We started the day meeting and collaborating with our UPOLI students, as well as a videographer from the university. We then headed to the barrio to spend the morning with our families. As we continued assessing and educating our families, the videographer captured our work. This being the fourth…
Kathryn Kreider was recently an invited symposium speaker at the Metabolic and Endocrine Disease Summit (MEDS) conference in Orlando, FL.
Her presentation was entitled "Getting to the Heart of Type 2 Diabetes Management: Practice Insights for NPs and PAs."
Kudos to PhD student Yufen Lin and her faculty sponsor Chip Bailey for the submission of her American Cancer Society (ACS), Doctoral Degree Scholarship in Cancer Nursing application entitled “Symptom Clusters in Patients with Gastric Cancer." This proposal requests funding for a…
Kudos to PhD student Eunji Cho and her mentor Sharron Docherty for the submission of her American Cancer Society (ACS), Doctoral Degree Scholarship in Cancer Nursing application entitled "Developing and Pilot Testing a Pediatric Oncology Nurse-Adolescent Dyadic Storytelling Intervention…
The Staff and Workplace Advisory Council (SAWAC) are seeking vendors from among DUSON faculty, staff and students to sell arts, crafts, goods and services for their DUSON Craft and Vendor Fair on Thursday, Nov. 29 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the atrium.
All proceeds from the table…
On Nov. 10, Dean Broome will be sponsoring a tent for the Duke vs. UNC Football game. The tent will be located in the Card Gym lot.
We will be tailgating before and after the game. Dean Broome will be providing food and beverages for the tailgate.
Elaine Kauschinger recently gave a podium presentation at the Magna Teaching with Technology conference in St. Louis, MO. Her presentation was entitled "Emerging Technology in Higher Education: Virtual Patient Simulation."
The Magna Teaching with Technology conference attendee's gain the skills…
MSN instructor Maryellen Kelly recently published an article entitled "Assessment of pediatric bowel and bladder dysfunction: a critical appraisal of the literature" in the Journal of Pediatric Urology. Co-authors include experts from Duke University Medical Center.
Abstract
Objective: Bowel and…
The Duke-Johnson & Johnson Nurse Leadership Program will accept applications for the 2019-2020 program year from Oct. 1 to Dec. 7, 2018. This one-year leadership development program will train the advanced practice nurse to be better able to meet the challenges of the evolving health care…
Kudos to Christine Tocchi and her entire team for the submission of their NIH R21 application entitled "Symptom Phenotypes in Homebound Elderly." This proposal requests funding for a two-year period with a start date of July 1, 2019.
Homebound elders are an under-…
Congratulations to DNP'17 alumna, DUSON consulting associate and D-CHIPP advisory board member Susan Haynes Little who has been selected by the American Nurses Association (ANA) to serve as co-chair of the workgroup that will review and revise for publication the 3rd edition of the Scope…
Kudos to PhD student Matthew Leblanc and his mentor Sophia Smith for the submission of his American Cancer Society (ACS), Doctoral Degree Scholarship in Cancer Nursing application entitled "Symptom Burden and Quality of Life in Multiple Myeloma Patients." This proposal requests funding for a two-…
DNP student Haley Schlottmann recently published an opinion editorial entitled "Opinion: Why aren't we using vaccine that can ward off cancer?" on Cincinnati.com.
Walking into exam rooms of patients and families, my job as a family nurse practitioner often comes to discussing the topic of…
Kudos to Eleanor McConnell and her university and community partners team for the submission of their Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Systems for Action call for Systems and Services Research for a Culture of Health proposal entitled “Dementia Inclusive Communities: A systems alignment…
Eleanor Stevenson recently gave a roundtable presentation "What do female graduate students know about Fertility and Fertility Preservation?" at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) 2018 Scientific Congress in Denver, CO.
The Scientific Congress is the premier education…
Eleanor Stevenson was recently appointed chair of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine - Nurse Professional Group (ASRM-NPG).
The Nurses' Professional Group is composed of nurse members of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Their purpose is to foster the Society's goals…
Schenita Randolph will present "Culturally and Socially Relevant Interventions to Reduce Health Disparities Among Blacks Living in the United States South" on Monday, Oct. 15 from 12 until 1 p.m. in Pearson 1026. Her presentation is part of the Research Works in Progress Seminar.
Her…
Several members of the DUSON community presented at the 22nd International Conference of the Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International (NNVAWI) conference in Ontario, Canada.
PhD student Jiepin Cao and Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda presented a poster entitled "Risk and…
Congratulations to Beth Merwin who was featured in a story entitled "UT Arlington Names New Nursing Dean" published in The Dallas Morning News.
Elizabeth Merwin, PhD, RN, has been appointed dean of the College of Nursing and Health Innovation (CoNHI) at the University of Texas at Arlington.…
Medical instructor and PhD alumna Hanzhang Xu was the awardee of Huffman Splane Emerging Nurse Scholar. She presented "Association Between Migration and Cognitive Function Among Middle Aged and Older Adults: A Comparison Between China and India" at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing…
Multidisciplinary K12 Urologic Research Career Development Program (KURe-K12)
The KURe is open to all types of disciplines, clinicians and non-clinicians with doctoral degrees.
Letter of Intent (Required) Due: 15 Oct. 2018
Applications Due…
Brett Morgan and Benjamin Smallheer recently attended the American Association for Men in Nursing (AAMN) Annual Meeting in Milwaukee.
They presented a poster on behalf of the Duke AAMN Chapter entitled "Clinician “Speed-dating”: Enhancing Pre-licensure Nursing Student’s Exposure…
They presented a poster on behalf of the Duke AAMN Chapter entitled "Clinician “Speed-dating”: Enhancing Pre-licensure Nursing Student’s Exposure…