Postdoctoral Associate Hayley Estrem is one of five postdoctoral associates to receive the 2016 Duke Postdoctoral Award for Professional Development. The award is designed to support postdocs' professional development needs by providing reimbursement for activities that directly enhance the…
Dean Marion E. Broome recently presented on "Leaders for Tomorrow: Changing Outcomes through Power and Influence" at the 34th Annual Cedar-Sinai Nursing Symposium in Los Angeles, California. This was part of the Geri and Richard Brawerman Nursing Institute's "Nurses Leading with Integrity,…
Elizabeth "Beth" Merwin presented on "Rural Health and Nursing: Challenges and Opportunities to Reduce Health Disparities" at the Celebration of Rural Nursing in Boone, North Carolina. The event was attended by nurses, nurse practitioners and other health care providers caring for rural populations.
News and Observer readers recently nominated more than 100 outstanding nurses for its Celebrate Nursing special issue in the May 8 edition of the Sunday paper. The special issue was in honor of Nurses Week.
Faculty members Donna Biederman, Marilyn Oermann and Beth Phillips were nominated and ABSN…
Beth Cusatis Phillips recently published an article entitled "From the Outside Looking In" in the May issue of the Journal of Emergency Nursing.
Jennie De Gagne was recently nominated by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) faculty member to be a fixed term graduate faculty member for the school effective Friday, July 1.
In her role De Gagne may serve on committees of students and, at the request of the program…
Charles "Chuck" Vacchiano was recently featured in a North Carolina Association of Nurse Anesthetists article entitled "Retired Nurse Anesthetist Charles Vacchiano Teaches Future CRNAs: His hope is for CRNAs to practice to the fullest extent of their training no matter where they reside." Click…
PhD student Mariam Kayle co-authored an article entitled "Evaluation of a Sickle Cell Disease Educational Website for Emergency Providers" in the Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal. Co-authors included faculty members Jill Brennan-Cook, Brigit Carter, Anne Derouin, Susan Silva, and Paula Tanabe.
Congratulations to Tina Leiter and Selnatta Vereen on being recognized for their Commitment to Excellence. This staff recognition program celebrates staff who demonstrate the highest standards in their commitment to supporting our mission,…
Congratulations to the more than 270 Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON)students – 72 from the ABSN program, 141 from the MSN and Certificate program, 59 from the DNP program and one from the PhD program – who will participate in graduation exercises on Sunday, May 15, at 4 p.m. …
Six students with the PhD program recently received various graduate-level awards:
Latefa Dardas, Brittney Sullivan and Kaboni Gondwe were awarded the International Dissertation Travel Award from Duke's Graduate School. Each will receive $2,000 and the award…
DUSON Student Spotlight highlights the diverse background of our nursing students and their personal stories of dedication, leadership, perseverance and academic or community achievements.
DUSON shines a spotlight on DNP student Gina Wilson from Harrisburg, NC. Wilson…
To the Duke Community,
We are pleased to share with you the report from the Task Force on Bias and Hate Issues. In November 2015, we charged the Task Force with a broad review of Duke’s policies, practices and culture as they pertain to bias and hate in the Duke student experience. We…
Recent news from around the University and Health System...
Duke AHEAD: The Networking Game with Pat Thibodeau, Associate Dean for Library Services, May 24
Duke Anesthesiology: Register for the 18th Annual Duke Anesthesiology Conference,…
Good News! Fellowship Application Submissions
Kudos to Myoungock (Mio) Jang and her Sponsor, Allison Vorderstrasse for the submission of her ANF Fellowship application entitled "Understanding the Relationship between Parental Psychological Distress and Home Food Environment in…
Sign up for the Let's DU Lunch Program will open on Sunday, May 15. This is a great way for students and faculty to informally interact.
Go to lunch with a faculty member of your choice to any location and spend $12 per person/per meal.
Sign up here beginning May 15. And learn more about…
MSN - Nursing & Health Care Leadership student Jane Worrell recently presented at the Southeastern U.S. Radon Stakeholders Meeting in Murfreesboro, TN. Worrell and a team from Duke University Health System presented along with experts from the Department of Health and Human Services on the work…
Marilyn Oermann conducted a workshop on "Best Practices in Clinical Teaching and Evaluation," which was sponsored by the Arizona Nurses Association and the Arizona League for Nursing in Phoenix, Arizona.
She also conducted a webinar entitled "Evidence to Guide Your Teaching in Nursing" for NurseTim…
For more than 25 years, we have celebrated one of the largest segments of the U.S. workforce as a whole – NURSES. National Nurses Week is celebrated in honor of Florence Nightingale who is considered to be the founder of modern nursing.
Nightingale, also known as the “Lady with the Lamp,”…
PhD student Brittney Sullivan recently published an article entitled "A Year in Malawi: One nurses's experience working to improve the country's limited health care capacity" in the May issue of the American Journal of Nursing.
Dean Marion E. Broome along with co-authors Dr. Julia Snethen, Pamela Treisman, Erica Castro and Sheryl Kelber published an article entitled "Effective Weight Loss for Children: A Meta-analysis of Intervention Studies 2002-2015" in the April edition of Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing.
Danett Cantey and Jill Brennan-Cook recently earned their Certified Nurse Educator designation after meeting strict eligibility criteria and successfully completing a rigorous certification examination developed and administered by the National League for Nursing.
From the Office of Global and Community Health Initiatives...
ABSN Global Clinical Immersion Lunch and Learn
Monday June 20 from 12:30 to 1:30 four groups of ABSN students will be speaking about their recent global health experiences in Barbados, Honduras, Nicaragua…
From the Center for Nursing Research...
Good News! Brandon, Parker and Lipkus Application Submissions
Kudos to Debra Brandon and her entire research team for the submission of their NIH application entitled “Infant Feeding Tube Insertion…