Duke Campus Club, a vibrant, inclusive and active organization for Duke-affiliated women, is inviting new members to join at its annual fall reception.
The club connects Duke University-affiliated women who are alumnae, OLLI participants, graduate students, trustees, volunteers, faculty and…
Duke AHEAD Health Professions Education Day: Working and Learning Together to Advance Health and Wellness for All will be held on Friday, September 21 from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Trent Semans Center for Health Education.
You can learn how to deliver effective oral presentations when…
RUN/WALK CLUB BEGINS AUGUST 13
The Duke Run/Walk Club is designed to help you meet your health and fitness goals, whether you're a beginner walker or an experienced runner training for a race. Offered each Spring and Fall, the club is a no-fee, 12-week program for all Duke faculty…
Brett Morgan and Benjamin Smallheer recently gave a presentation entitled "Identifying Strategies for Addressing Perceived Barriers to Education for Pre-Licensure Male Nursing Students" at the Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Research Congress in Melbourne, Australia. The presentation…
Brigit Carter was recently featured in a story entitled "Nominations Wanted for Teamwork and Diversity Awards" published by Working@Duke.
For decades, Lovest Alexander and Brigit Carter served as champions for diversity in their areas of Duke.
Alexander, an assistant professor in Community…
Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) welcomes international students from Barbados, China, Japan, Oman, Philippines, Taiwan and the United States. The students are joining the Duke community for a two-week course, Exploring Global Patterns of Health and Illness. International participants are…
The Duke Global Health Institute has selected three new Doris Duke International Clinical Research Fellows for the 2018-19 academic year. The fellows--one medical student from Indiana University and two from Duke University--will conduct clinical global health research throughout the upcoming…
With generous support from the Office for Academic Affiliations (OAA), the Durham VA Health Care System in partnership with the Duke University School of Nursing, has developed an innovative new psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) Residency Program. This builds upon a long-…
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.
Abstract
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…