We’ve all seen the Facebook or YouTube video of a person who has just completed cancer treatment and is overcome with joy, ringing the bell and sounding the alarm that treatment is done. What often moves us, in addition to the patient’s celebration, are the joyful and sometimes tearful faces of the…
Iris Padilla and Kathryn Kreider delivered a podium presentation at the national American Association of Nurse Practitioners conference in June. The title of the talk was "Reducing Cardiovascular Risk in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes."
Alumna Machange Appointed Dean of Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center University College of Nursing
Rogathe Machange, MSN'11, has been appointed the new dean at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center University College of Nursing
MSN - Pediatric Nurse Practitioner alumni Whitney McGarry and Kristi Hildebrand received awards at the 37th National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
McGarry received the Elaine Gelman Scholarship named after Elaine Gelman, CPNP, who worked for…
Susan Schneider and MSN Oncology Specialty alumna Jessica Turner published an article entitled "Blinatumomab: A new treatment for adults with relapsed acute lymphocytic leukemia" in the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing.
Katherine Pereira, Alison Edie and DNP alumna Sage Davis co-authored an article entitled "A Peer-led Diabetes Education Program in a Homeless Community to Improve Diabetes Knowledge and Empowerment" in the April issue of the Journal of Community Health Nursing.
DNP alumna Rachelle VanWinkle published an article entitled "Operating Room Delays Meaningful Use in Electronic Health Record" in Computers, Informatics and Nursing.
DNP alumna Juriyah Yatim published an article entitled "A nurse-driven process for timely removal of urinary catheters" in the International Journal of Urological Nursing.
DNP alumna and Adjunct Instructor Kay Lytle was recently appointed to the role of Chief Nursing Information Officer for Duke University Health System (DUHS) effective May 1.
Lytle will be responsible for strategic and operational nursing and allied health leadership in the development,…
DNP alumna Honey Jones recently published an article entitled "Intrahospital Transport of the Critically Ill Adult: A Standardized Evaluation Plan" in the journal Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing. Co-authors of the article included Michael Zychowicz, Mary Champagne, and Deirdre Thornlow.
DNP '16 alumna Carmen Shaw presented on "Using Patient Education Videos to Increase Health Portal Utilization" at the 2016 GetConnected National Conference in Philadelphia, Pa.
Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) is proud to announce eight of its doctoral students were selected to participate in the Jonas Nurse Scholar program. The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare provides an $80,000 grant to support three PhD Jonas Nurse Leader Scholars, three PhD…
Katherine “Kathy” Pereira, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, ADM-BC, FAAN, FAANP, associate professor, has been appointed director of the Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)Program, effective July 1.
“Katherine has served as the faculty coordinator of the Master of…
Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) is proud to celebrate the accomplishments of Anne Derouin, DNP, RN, CPNP, who will be inducted as a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP) at the Association’s annual conference in San Antonio, Texas, on June 23. The Fellowship…
By: Kelly Jasiura
Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) highlighted its commitment to global health when it hosted a visit of 12 students from Teamwork City of Hope (TCOH) on Thursday, June 16. TCOH is a self-sustaining campus dedicated to providing education, health…
Jennifer Dungan published an article entitled "Case-only Survival Analysis Reveals Unique Effects of Genotype, Sex, and Coronary Disease Severity on Survivorship" in the May issue of PLOS ONE.
Congratulations to Tia Troy, Ernie Rushing and Jill Cordell 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…
PhD student Latefa Dardas has been elected as a member of the 2016-2018 Leadership Succession Committee by the membership of Beta Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International.
Dean Marion E. Broome co-authored an article entitled "Exploring the Pursuit of Doctoral Education by Nurses Seeking or Intending to Stay in Faculty Roles" in the February issue of the Journal of Professional Nursing. Co-authors were from Indiana University, George Washington University and…
Sharron Docherty co-led the 20th Annual Summer Institute in Qualitative Research: Mixed-Methods Research at UNC Center for Lifelong Learning earlier this month.
She also gave an invited workshop entitled "Visualization Techniques for Diverse Data Integration in Mixed Methods Research" at the Second…
Michael Cary was recently featured in a Duke Translation Medicine Institute news story entitled "3-year KL2 Research Career Development Award Reflects Diversity of Researchers." Cary is the first DUSON faculty member at Duke to be selected by review for the Duke CTSA award program.
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Good News! Bailey and McClintock Application Submission
Kudos to Chip Bailey and Shawn McClintock with University of Texas Southwestern and their entire team for their…
Orlando Tragedy
For the past few days I have struggled with words to express my feelings about the senseless tragedy in Orlando on Sunday. I personally gave up making ‘sense of’ these events after Newtown, Conn. but each time they shock, sadden and terrify me. The number of…