Kathryn Kreider and Iris Padilla recently published an article entitled "Development of an Innovative Endocrinology Training Program for Nurse Practitioners" in the Journal of Nursing Education.
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Background: Nurse practitioners (NPs) have a critical role in meeting the growing…
Post-Graduate NP Residency Specializing in Primary Care for Veterans
Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System and the Duke University School of Nursing have partnered to develop an innovative and unique primary care nurse practitioner residency program. This builds upon a long-…
DNP '12 alumna Alycia Dickens recently presented her doctoral work at the 2nd Annual Nursing Science and Practice Conference in London, UK. The title of Dicken's presentation was "Evaluation of Communication Techniques used by HIV Specialty Providers Caring for Patients with Low Health Literacy in…
Impending rain didn’t stop Dean Broome and a team of DUSON faculty and staff from walking to visit our Elder Street DUSON team on Tuesday, August 1.
In addition to a tour of the Elder Street building and office spaces, the group enjoyed lively conversation and breakfast in their gathering…
Kudos to PhD student Jane Ralphe and her sponsor Deb Brandon for the submission of her NIH NRSA Fellowship application entitled "Body Temperature in the First Two Weeks of Life and the Pathogensesis of Respiratory Morbidity in the Premature Infant Less…
Kudos to PhD student Morine Cebert and her sponsor Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda for the submission of her NIH NRSA application entitled "Understanding Decisions to Initiate and Continue Treatment Seeking Among Black Women with Infertility." This proposal requests funding for one-year period with…
Kudos to Tracey Yap and her entire team for the submission of her NIH R01 Diversity in Health-Related Administrative Supplement application entitled "Describing the Orientation Patterns and Movement of Nursing Home Residents with Dementia." This proposal requests funds for a two-year period with a…
International visiting scholar, You Lee Yang, PhD, RN arrived at DUSON on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 for a one-year visit.
Yang is a Researcher at the Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, College of Nursing, Yonsei University in Seoul, Republic of Korea and will have a mentored and…
Getting on Track is your first step toward weight management and lifestyle change. Our nutrition, exercise and behavioral health experts work with you to eliminate the typical frustration, confusion and deprivation that often accompany weight loss attempts.
Getting on…
Eun-Ok Im recently published an article entitled "Theory Development Strategies for Middle-Range Theories" in Advances in Nursing Science.
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The purpose of this article is to present an analysis on the theory development strategies that have been used to develop middle-range…
PhD student Shaoqing Ge recently published an article entitled "Associations between Acculturation and Oral Health among Older Chinese Immigrants in the United States" in the Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics Medicine. Co-authors include Bei Wu and XinQi Dong.
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Kudos to PhD student Jewel Scott and her faculty sponsor Leigh Ann Simmons for the submission of her NIH NRSA (F31) application entitled "Positive Social Determinants of Health and Blood Pressure among Young Black Women with a History of Early Life Stress." This proposal requests funds for a…
Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) is excited to welcome Valerie Howard, EdD, MSN, RN as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (ADAA). In her role, Howard will develop, implement and evaluate educational programs and ensure that the School’s academic programs receive necessary resources.…
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Welcome to the School of Nursing Information Technology SON-IT Department! We are responsible for supporting all technology needs of the school, working with faculty, staff and students.
Contact IT Service Desk for assistance by phone at 684-…
Liz Rende was recently inducted into the Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP), in Denver at the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) conference. Rende was unable to attend the conference in person, so she attended via JaMMeR, our device that can be…
The DUSON “treadmill meeting room” located in room 3140 in the Pearson North Wing is now open! The room contains six low speed treadmills, each with a work surface, arranged in a U shape facing a video monitor with our standard conference room AV set up. This room is currently…
The Health Innovation Lab (HIL) is seeking client-based or community-driven projects to be solved by first-year Duke University engineering students.
They are looking for ideas, problems or areas of improvement you observe in your work, home or community. They will work with you to…
Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI), along with other sponsors from Duke University Main Campus, Duke Health, and PDC, is organizing the fourth Innovation Jam! This will be a shark tank-style event on October 4 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the Great Hall at Trent Semans, where…
The Duke Clinical and Translational Award and the Center for Research to Advance Healthcare Equity (REACH Equity) are pleased to announce the enrollment opening for the Health Disparities Research Curriculum (HDRC).
Sessions are held every three weeks on Thursdays from 3:30…
The Duke Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development is holding their 3rd Annual Research and Education Retreat on Sept. 14 from 12 until 5 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Mary duke Trent Semans Center for Health Education. The retreat will feature three keynote talks on a spectrum of age-…
Join Duke Police for their annual National Night Out event on Aug. 7 from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. at The Devil's Den.
National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie. Come join Duke Police for food, games and fun.…
The Empathy, Belonging and Cultural Education Training class is designed to support achieving and living our values. Diversity, inclusion and cultural competency education allows Duke Health team members to identify and recognize how the umbrella of intercultural awareness is a health care…
The Fall 2018 Medical Spanish electives are available for all DUSON students, both online and on-campus. The electives are offered as synchronous classes both face-to-face or online via Adobe Connect. These electives are a great way to improve your communication skills and cultural competence to…