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Bass Connections brings together faculty and students—from all levels and schools—in interdisciplinary research teams. Faculty, graduate and professional students, undergraduates and post-docs apply their skills and perspectives to generate creative solutions to complex problems in five…
From the School of Nursing Business Office:
Effective Monday, April 4, parking at the Raleigh-Durham Airport will increase. The airport will overhaul its parking system this spring. Daily and hourly rates still will be available, but the parking garage no longer will be split into…
In March of 2015, we reported that Susan "Sue" Schneider was named president-elect for the Oncology Nursing Society. Schneider officially took on the presidential role during the 41st annual ONS Congress last week and will lead the 35,000 member national society. She served on the Board of…
James "Les" Harmon served as the guest editor for the May/June issue of the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, which is a special issue on workforce development related to HIV/AIDS.
Also included in this issue are two publications written by DUSON faculty and staff:
Michael Relf and…
“Save One Life and You’re a Hero- Save 100 Lives and You’re a Nurse” Unknown
This day begins, or ends, a week of celebrating the contributions nurses make every day to improving health, reducing suffering and caring for those who are unable to care…
DUSON is committed to the safety of its faculty, staff and students. Beginning this month, the School of Nursing Emergency and Crisis Management Team will focus on bringing awareness on various topics such as crime prevention, holiday safety and tornadoes.
For the month of May, the awareness theme…
Recent news from around the University and Health System...
Duke Community & Family Medicine:
Population Health @ Duke Newsletter - May
Grand Rounds: Centering Pregnancy - A New Apporach to Prenatal Care, May 16
Duke School of…
Keeping you informed of non-Duke related news, events and opportunities...
Southeast Area Health Education Center:
Pain Management Focus on Quality & Safety - Friday, May 6
Modeling Professional Development - Friday, June 3
U.S. Department of…
Center for Nursing Research Reveals New Website
The Center for Nursing Research recently updated their website on the School's main webpage. Visitors to the new site will learn about the Center's new areas of research excellence, as well learn about upcoming research events. The…
Marilyn Lombardi, Margaret "Peggy" Bush, Remi Hueckel, Susan Silva, and Sophia Smith were recently featured in an article entitled "Nursing professors create mobile health tools to improve nursing curricula, improve care" on Nurse.com. The article shares how these faculty members are putting their…
Elizabeth "Beth" Merwin recently presented a lecture entitled "Serving the Rural Underserved in Changing Times" at West Virginia University (WVU) School of Nursing for the Judy C. Kandzari Memorial Lectureship. Click here to learn more.
Allison Vorderstrasse and Constance Johnson recently presented on "An Immersive Technology for Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes" at the Duke University Health System Endocrine Grand Rounds.
Jennie De Gagne published an article entitled "Psychometic properties of the Korean version of the Incivility in Nursing Education-Revised (INE-R) survey in nursing students in South Korea" in the Nursing and Health Sciences.
After a national search, I am very pleased to announce that Anita Stallings will serve as our next Associate Dean, Development and Alumni Affairs for the Duke University School of Nursing. Anita comes to Duke with extensive academic development and alumni relations experience…
Bei Wu was selected by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to serve on the Health Disparity and Equity Promotion study section as a standing study section member at the Center for Scientific Review for a four-year term. She will work with CSR in supporting the identification of meritorious…
Melissa Batchelor-Murphy has been selected as the 2016 University of North Carolina at Wilmington School of Nursing Outstanding Alumni. She was nominated by Valerie Sabol and was described as an emerging leader in Nursing Education and Geriatric Nursing, as well as an early career investigator.
She…
PhD student Elizabeth Moore received the Myra and William Waldo Boone Fellowship through the Graduate School. The fellowship provides full tuition, stipend and fees for the 2016-2017 academic year. The award is given to the two top Canadian PhD students at Duke University.
Jane Blood-Siegfried recently joined six other Duke professors in becoming faculty members for Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI). Learn more here.
Sophia Smith was recently featured in an American Journal of Managed Care video entitled "Dr. Sophia Smith Highlights the Importance of Patient-Reported Outcomes." In the video, Smith stated that listening to patient-reported outcomes, especially in clinical trials, is extremely important,…
Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) and the ADAPT Center, which is a National Institute of Nursing Research/National Institute of Health funded Center of Excellence, presents the "Researcher Spotlight: Cognitive Science in Chronic Illness" on Friday, April 29, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m…
Recent news from around the University and Health System...
Duke AHEAD: Teaching in the Presence of Patients - Wednesday, April 27
Duke Community & Family Medicine:
Grand Rounds w/ Dr. Annette DuBard -…
Keeping you informed of non-Duke related news, events and opportunities...
Southeast Area Health Education Center:
Pain Management Focus on Quality & Safety - Friday, May 6
Modeling Professional Development - Friday, June 3
U.S. Department of…
Message from David Bowersox, Associate Dean, Finance and AdministrationDuke emergency planning officials have provided the following short video for all faculty, staff, and students to watch. The video provides critical information we all should consider to prepare for a…
Jennie De Gagne was awarded an "Honourable Mention"for her project "Innovative Teaching: Using Multimodal Strategies to Engage Students in the Online Learning Environment." The award has a global reputation and has selected winners from diverse disciplines in that each entry must meet the five…
DNP student Carmen Shaw recently was an invited panelist at the Carolinas Nursing Research Symposium in Concord, NC. She spoke on technology and caring as it relates to nursing and patients.