Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI), along with other sponsors from Duke University Main Campus, Duke Health and PDC, is organizing the second Innovation Jam! This will be a shark tank-style event on October 4, 2016, where Duke innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs will have an…
Message from the Office of the Chancellor...
With great pleasure, we announce the launch of the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI). This new academic hub has been created to accelerate the translation and implementation of scientific discoveries…
Congratulations to Belinda Wisdom on being recognized for her Commitment to Excellence. This staff recognition program celebrates staff who demonstrate the highest standards in their commitment to supporting our mission, vision and values. We thank all of those staff…
DUSON welcomes Laura Fogle to the family.
Fogle joined the Course Design Team on August 1. She brings over 20 years of experience in educational technology, developing online graduate courses on a variety of topics. Fogle earned a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Duke, and a…
Would you like to share practical tips for using Sakai? Do you sometimes wonder if there's a faster, better, stronger way to manage your Sakai courses?
The Sakai User Group is a DUSON-specific group, organized by the Course Design Team. Membership is open to all, from beginning…
From the Center for Nursing Research...
Great News! Tanabe Receives Award
Congratulations to Paula Tanabe, Nirmish Shah, and their entire team for their NIH U01 AWARD entitled “Improving SCD Care using Web-based Guidelines, Nurse Care…
The Institute for Educational Excellence (IEE) recently hosted the 9th annual Clinical Instructor (CI) Intensive. The event was attended by more than 60 nurse educators from six different states. Attendees learned more about and shared on challenges and sucess strategies related to teaching…
A great opportunity is available to join classes geared towards spoken Spanish and tailored to your needs.
The classes start September 26 through December 8 (Thanksgiving week off). The courses are 10 weeks and are offered by El Centro Hispano in collaboration with Duke School of Nursing and…
DUSON Strong invites you to join them for the 2nd annual Raising the Bar 5K presented by the Durham County Bar Association on Saturday, September 24. This year's event will benefit TROSA, an acclaimed local program to help substance abusers…
Michael Cary, PhD, RN, assistant professor for Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON), is the first nurse from the School to be selected to participate in the Duke Clinical and Translational Sciences Award (CTSA) Research Career Development Award Program to fund his study titled “Chronic…
Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS, FAAN, Mary T. Champagne Professor of Nursing Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON), received a nearly $3 million research grant award from the National Institutes of Health for her study “To Enhance Breast Cancer Survivorship of Asian Americans.” The award is…
Eleanor McConnell recently presented on "Implementing and Sustaining STAR-VA in Veterans Health Administration Community Living Center" at the American Psychological Association Symposium in Denver. The symposium was entitled "Evidence-based Care for Individuals With Dementia and Family Caregivers."
Wanda Bradshaw and Ruby Wilson were recently celebrated at the Chancellor's luncheon for their years of service to Duke Health. Bradshaw celebrated 42 years and Wilson celebrated 58 years.
Terry Valiga was recently accepted as a mentor for a Scholar in the 2016-2017 cohort of Sigma Theta Tau’s Experienced Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy (ENFLA).
Valiga will mentor Dr. Susan Welch, associate professor and director of the EdD in Nursing Education program at the University of West…
Karin Reuter-Rice recently published two articles -- "Continuous Electroencephalography in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Seizure Characteristics and Outcomes" in Epilepsy & Behavior, and "Conventional and Unconventional Lifesaving Therapies in an Adolescent with Amlodipine Ingestion" in CCN…
PhD student Jing Wang recently published an article entitled "Older Residents' Perspectives of Long-Term Care Facilities in China" in the August issue of the Journal of Gerontological Nursing. The article was co-authored with Bei Wu.
PhD student Hanzhang Xu recently received the 2016 Edith Anderson Leadership Education Grant from Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) for $1,000.
In addition, she published an article entitled "Validating a Scale of Health Beliefs in Preventive Health Screenings Among Chinese Older Adults" in the…
Donna Biederman and ABSN alumna Nicole Forlan published an article entitled "Desired destinations of homeless women: Realizing aspirations within the context of homelessness" in Creative Nursing.
DNP student Susan Little was recently chosen to receive the Dr. Joy F. Reed Leadership Scholarship. The scholarship was created in honor of Reed's loyalty and dedication to the advancement of public health nursing in the state of North Carolina. The scholarship is awarded to a current public health…
Jennie De Gagne and Valerie Sabol are two of 18 who were recently selected as 2016 National League for Nursing Academy of Nursing Education Fellows. They will be inducted at the Summit Honors Convocation in Orlando, Florida in September.
Congratulations!
Sharron Docherty recently gave an invited workshop on "Visualization Methods for Integrating Diverse Data in Mixed Methods Research" at the biannual Mixed Methods International Research Association Meeting entitled "Moving Beyond the Linear Model" at Durham University in the United Kingdom.
Duke University Health System (DUHS) Nursing is pleased to announce that it has earned the National League of Nursing’s (NLN) prestigious designation as a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education™ for the years 2016-2021.
Schools of nursing apply for Center of Excellence (COE) status based on…
Duke's Fight the Flu campaign will start in September and the DUSON Flu Fighters are ready to help faculty, staff and students become compliant.
Flu Fighters will be available to give flu shots Tuesday, September 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Monday, September 12, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the…
The Medication Adherence Alliance, led by Bradi Granger and involves Ryan Shaw and DUSON faculty affiliate Hayden Bosworth, is an organization comprised of representatives from consumer advocacy groups, community health providers, non-profit groups, the academic community, decision-making…
Imagine a patient lying unconscious in the bed, overcome by the Ebola virus. He’s quarantined, and health care providers are wary of coming too close. If Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) and Pratt School of Engineering researchers have their way, in the not too distant future the nurses…