DNP student Judy Glann published an article entitled "Aquifer exposure a clear, present danger" in the Albuquerque Journal. Glann is an acute care nurse practitioner and wrote the article as part of the N962 - Transforming the Nations Health course.
Third and fourth semester ABSN students administered more than 4,000 flu vaccines this year as part of the Duke University Fight the Flu campaign. Providing more than 477 hours of flu clinic as part of their 477 - Population Health Practice: Communicable Diseases & Immunizations course, the…
Nancy Crego and Elizabeth "Beth" Merwin publish an article entitled "Differences in Pediatric Non-Interventional Radiology Procedural Sedation Practices and Adverse Events by Registered Nurses and Physicians" in the October issue of the Journal of Pediatric Nursing. The article was co-…
Brigit Carter is one of 15 multidisciplinary leaders selected for the George Washington University Leaders for Health Equity (LHE) Fellowship program. The purpose of the program is to develop global leaders who understand the drivers of inequity in populations within the United States and globally…
Schenita Randolph recently presented on "Perspectives of African American Fathers about the Facilitators and Barriers of Sexual Health Communication" at the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Conference in Atlanta, GA.
Abstract: African-American males between the ages of 13…
Wei Pan published an invited editorial commentary entitled "Propensity Score Methods in Nursing Research: Take Advantage of Them but Proceed With Caution" in the November/December issue of the Nursing Research. The article was co-authored by Dr. Haiyan Bai for the University of Central Florida in…
Irene Felsman published an article entitled "Supporting Health and Well-Being for Resettled Refugee Women: The Global Women's Group" in Creative Nursing.
Abstract: Women refugees arrive in the United States often having experienced extreme levels of poverty, deprivation,…
Michael Relf is one of two appointed as associate editor for the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. Relf will join the editorial team at where he will contribute to the goal of improving the journal's impact on all aspects of the HIV epidemic in order to improve the lives…
Marion E. Broome presented the inaugural LTC Isabelle Bagin Memorial lecture "Fearless Leadership: Using Nursing Science to Improve Health" at the Uniformed Services University for Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD.
DUSON welcomes Katie Harrison to the School of Nursing family! Harrison joined the Center for Nursing Discovery as a clinical nurse instructor.
Harrison hails originally from upstate New York and has lived in Orlando, FL for part of her life and relocated from Jackson, WY to join DUSON. She spent…
Ryan Shaw, Michele Kuszajewski and Margie Molloy were recently featured in the News & Observer in an article entitled "Duke officials test, refine robot-nurse." The robot-nurse is a first-generation nursing robot that DUSON and the Duke Pratt School of Engineering students are collaborating on…
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PhD student Deanna Befus recently participated in two podium presentations entitled "A systems-thinking, strengths-based approach to study migraine self-management and empower vulnerable affected individuals" and "Relationships between lifetime trauma exposure, chronic pain, depression, and PTSD in…
Kudos to Victoria Goode for the submission of her American Association of Nurse Anesthetists proposal entitled "Surgical Outcomes for Colorectal Surgery Patients: Influences on AHRQ PSIs and 30-day Readmission." This proposal requests funding for a…
The ThinkSwiss scholarship program, managed by the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, DC, is now accepting applications. The program is specifically designed for students enrolled at US and Canadian universities and offers monthly stipend of approximately $1,100 for a research internship at…
Nursing Students Without Borders Presents "A Community Health Intervention Plan for Improving Children's Health and Wellness City of Hope, Ntgacha, Tanzania" with Jill Hawley as part of the ABSN 4th semester independent study project. The event will take place on Thursday, November 17, from 5…
Duke Global Health and Duke Center for International & Global Studies presents "Epidemics: Hate and Compassion from the Plague of Athens to AIDS" with Samuel Cohn,Jr., professor of Medieval History for the University of Glasgow, on Monday, November 14, from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at the John Hope…
Kudos to Ashley Schoenfisch and her entire team for the submission of their NIH R01 resubmission entitled “Preventing Injuries Among Drywallers: Multi-Disciplinary Evaluation of Current Recommendations and Practices." This proposal requests…
Kudos to June Cho for the submission of her Translational Accelerator Program application to the Duke CTSI, project entitled "Causal Relationship of Testosterone with Infant Health and Development using Mouse Model." This proposal requests funding ($150,000) for a one-year …
The OneDuke Access Fund is a new program designed to support students experiencing financial hardships. If you are a full-time graduate or professional student and cannot afford to travel or purchase food, school supplies or professional wardrobe, due to a lack of financial resources, you…
Kudos to PhD student Ashlee Vance and her advisors for the submission of her FANNP Fellowship application entitled "Trajectory of Parenting Confidence." This proposal requests funds for a one-year period with a start date of March 1, 2017.
Abstract: …
Would you like to test our new audience response "clickers" in your class?
No need to hand out clickers at the beginning of class. We have upgraded to a system that allows students to use their smartphones, tablets and laptops instead of the small clickers. We're…
Duke University School of Nursing will be closed Monday, December 26 and Monday, January 2.
The exterior and interior electronic doors will be locked starting at 2 p.m., Friday, December 23 and will remain closed until Tuesday, December 27 at 6:30 a.m. The exterior and interior electronic…
Would you like to use Adobe Connect for your spring, 2017 class?
Let us know if you would like to use Adobe Connect for your class this spring. We will be removing all existing groups prior to the start of the new semester, so we need to make sure we know your plans so that…
Do you need your videos closed-captioned for the spring semester?
If you have a student with an accommodation plan requiring closed captioning, please complete a Media Services request form so our staff will have all of the information needed to complete the request. Please…