The seventh annual Haunted Hospital, hosted by Duke IPEC and Duke Ahead on Thursday, Oct. 28, was a success. A total of 57 interprofessional students participated as learners in the event and represented the disciplines of nursing, medicine, physical therapy, physician assistant,…
The Fall DUSON Career Fair was held Friday, Oct. 29, from 9 a.m. to noon in the Interprofessional Education Building, room 3280 ABC. There were 14 participating vendors this year.
The DUSON Fall Career Fair serves as an equal opportunity event for our nursing students and employers. It was…
Hanzhang Xu, assistant professor, and Bei Wu, consulting associate, coauthored "Is living in an ethnic enclave associated with cognitive function? Results from The Population Study of Chinese Elderly (PINE) in Chicago" in "The Gerontologist."
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Background and Objectives…
Background and Objectives…
Unique Whitehurst, MSN student, has been invited to serve on the newly formed Racial Equity Advisory Council on the Communication subcommittee. The council will serve as an advisory body to the Executive Leadership of the University (President, Provost, Chancellor for Health Affairs and the…
HyunBin (Binnie) You, PhD student, gave a Zoom presentation on Monday, Nov. 1, at the Duke Palliative Care Grand Rounds with Deepshikha Caran Ashana. The presentation was about “Racial disparities in ICU shared decision making” and presented the preliminary findings of the team’s ongoing research…
Melissa Harris, National Clinician Scholars Program postdoctoral fellow at DUSON, published "Experiences of Family Caregivers of People with Dementia during the COVID-19 Pandemic" in the "Western Journal of Nursing Research."
Abstract
Although behavioral and…
Callie Tennyson, assistant professor, contributed to "A Descriptive Study of Chaplains’ Code Blue Responses" in the "American Journal of Critical Care."
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Background
Family presence during resuscitation is the compassionate practice of allowing a patient’s family to…
Family presence during resuscitation is the compassionate practice of allowing a patient’s family to…
Callie Tennyson, assistant professor, was interviewed on the Nurse Educator Tips for Teaching podcast "Microlearning Strategies in Nurse Practitioner Education." Microlearning is a pedagogy that focuses on learning a small amount of content at a time. Tennyson discusses the implementation…
The Duke Center for Healthcare Safety and Quality will virtually host its second annual, half-day symposium centered around grief, "Matters of Grief: Addressing Personal & Professional Grief," on Friday, Nov. 19. The event will be from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., with restorative circles from 12:…
Wei Pan, associate professor, received the 2021 Lifetime Outstanding Service Award from the Applied Public Health Statistics Section (APHS) of the American Public Health Association (APHA) at the APHA 2021 Annual Meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 26. This award program is to honor section members for long…
Hanzhang Xu, assistant professor, was invited to present at the 2021 Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Online Forum for International Young Scholars on Friday, Oct. 29. She presented "Is Early Telehealth Visits as Effective as In-Person Visits to Reduce 30-Day Readmission Among…
Cassandra Shaw, MSN'18, and Kathy Trotter, associate professor and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner lead faculty, contributed to "Pessary Use in Pelvic Organ Prolapse" in "Women's Healthcare Journal" with Michele O’Shea, of Duke OBGYN.
Introduction
The pelvic…
Brandon Knettel, assistant professor, received the 2021 Director's Award during the Duke Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Annual Retreat on Wednesday, Oct. 27. This award recognizes the Duke CFAR member who most significantly contributed added value to the Duke CFAR over the past year. Congrats…
Marion Broome, Ruby Wilson Professor of Nursing, presented "Charting the Future of the PhD in Nursing" on Sunday, Oct. 31, at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing's Academic Nursing Leadership Conference. The focus of her comments was on the development of new guidelines for…
Rita V. Masese, associate in research, Dominique Bulgin, PhD'19, Mitchell R. Knisely, assistant professor, Eleanor Stevenson, chair of the health of women, children & families division, and Paula Tanabe, vice dean, research, contributed to "Sex-based differences in the manifestations and…
Spring 2022 applications to Duke Design and Health are now open, and ABSN, MSN and DNP students are invited to apply. Applications are due by Friday, Nov. 19.
The Design Health Program is a patient-focused program that discovers the pressing needs in healthcare and assembles teams from across…
The U.S. Department of State issued its first passport with an ‘X’ gender marker, according to an "INSIGHT Into Diversity" article.
The new marker supports non-binary, intersex, and gender non-conforming individuals and allows them to select a gender identifier other than male or female. The…
The application deadline for the Exploring Medicine in Other Cultures: Honduras Spring 2022 program will be Friday, Nov. 12. Students in all of Duke's health care education programs can enroll in this Interdisciplinary Course and Health Outreach. Classes will be on Tuesdays from Jan. 11…
Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, associate professor, co-wrote "Multidimensional Acculturation, Acculturative Stress and Alcohol or Drug Use of Adult Latinx Immigrants" in "Journal of Psychoactive Drugs."
Abstract
Few studies have used a multidimensional acculturation framework, i.e.,…
Michael Zychowicz, professor and Orthopedics Specialty lead faculty, was invited by the National Association of Orthopedic Nurses (NAON) to participate on a national expert panel discussion on Tuesday, Oct. 26. The purpose of the panel discussion was to reflect upon the past, present and future of…
The Duke University School of Nursing has received the American Association for Men in Nursing (AAMN)’s 2021 Best Schools for Men in Nursing Award for its dedication to creating an inclusive environment for all students, faculty and staff.
On October 21, ABSN students Brian Oh and Olivia…
The Duke University School of Nursing community and friends learned more about the vision for the School’s future during the State of the School address on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. The event marked the first formal address of Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, RN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, AAHIVS,…
Lisa Mansfield, PhD graduate, and Susan Silva and Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, associate professors, cowrote "Factors Associated With Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Series Completion Among Adolescents" in "American Journal of Preventive Medicine."
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Introduction:…
All interested Duke Health and Duke affiliated health care professionals, including GME trainees and Duke Health professions students, are invited to submit projects for a virtual poster session for the upcoming Duke Health Quality and Safety Conference. Abstracts will be selected by a…
DUSON’s third annual Community Health Lecture took place on Monday, Oct. 25, and was attended by 115 participants. The keynote speaker was Loretta Sweet Jemmott, vice president of health and health equity at Drexel University. Jemmott’s presentation was entitled “Academic-Community Partnerships to…