With a new semester beginning, comes an opportunity for you to join DUSON in meeting our goal of becoming the most fit school of nursing in the nation.
How can you join? Each semester, teams of faculty, staff and students will virtually race together to get DUSON to one of our…
The Chancellor’s Service Fellowship is a one-year interdisciplinary, mentored fellowship program focused on health-related community service and leadership development.
The Fellowship program is designed to provide health services to underserved populations by facilitating opportunities for…
DUSON is continuing to advance the support of our people and environment as part of the strategic plan implementation. An important element of the People and Environment focus has been increasing transparency of decision making with staff and faculty.
One of the implementation teams, led by…
A huge thank you goes out to the entire DUSON community who collected more than 400 caps/hats for children who are undergoing cancer therapy at Duke and UNC.
Congratulations to Margie Molloy who graciously and generously donated 124 caps for the campaign. Molloy won two tickets to a Duke Men's…
It is with a heavy heart that we share that Sharon Hawks, DNP'10, CRNA, Duke University School of Nursing associate professor and director of the Nurse Anesthesia Program, passed away earlier this week after an extended illness.
Sharon joined the Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) faculty…
Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda published an article entitled "Advancing Nursing Science Through Community Advisory Boards: Working Effectively Across Diverse Communities" in the December issue of the Advances in Nursing Science. Other co-authors include experts from the University of Massachusetts, Adelphi…
Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda published an article entitled "Factors Associated with HIV Testing in Youth in the United States: An Integrative Review" in the November issue of the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. Co-authors a PhD candidate from the University of Miami School of…
DNP student John Barrett published an article entitled "Embracing a Nurse-Driven Alcohol Withdrawal Protocol Through Quality Improvement" in the October/December issue of the Journal of Addictions Nursing. Co-authors include experts from Duke Regional Hospital and Campbell University.
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Paula Tanabe was recently elected as a new member of the American Society of Hematology by vote of the executive committee, the governing body of the Society.
Congratulations to the members of the SAWAC team: Raymond Brisson, Najla McClain, Stefanie Conrad, Laverne Myers, Bonita Douglas, Julie Yamagiwa, Rometa Summerlin, Will Falls, Nanika Rhodes, and Denise Williams on being recognized for their…
Valerie Sabol publishes article entitled "Promoting Older Adult Physical Activity Throughout Care Transitions Using an Interprofessional Approach" in the January issue of the Journal for Nurse Practitioners. Other co-authors include experts from Rush University in Illinois and Duke University…
Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) has again jumped in our ranking as one of the top nursing schools engaged in National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded research. In 2016, DUSON received more than $6.4 million in annual funds from NIH. The School has continued to jump in the rankings since…
Kudos to PhD student Dominique Bulgin and her sponsor, Paula Tanabe, and their entire team for their NIH/NRSA grant application entitled “Understanding the Intersection of Stigma and Self-Management in sickle Cell Disease." The proposal requests funding for a three-year period with a…
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We're collecting new or handmade hats for children undergoing cancer therapy and the hats will be distributed to the UNC Chapel Hill and Duke Pediatric Oncology programs. Whoever donates the most caps/hats has a chance to win two tickets to the Duke men's basketball game again Miami on January 21.…
The Chancellor's Discovery Program is funded by Chancellor A. Eugene Washington and administered by the School of Medicine.
This unique program is intended to fuel new opportunities for innovative research projects at Duke Health that are focused on new ideas and discovery.
The Discovery Program…
The Duke University Health System (DUHS) Clinical Education and Professional Development department received a four-year Joint Accreditation (JA).
Joint Accreditation offers organizations the opportunity to be simultaneously accredited to provide medicine, pharmacy, and nursing continuing education…
DUSON is committed to the safety of its faculty, staff and students. This month’s awareness focuses on what to do when inclement weather strikes.
DUSON faculty and staff are considered to be in “delayed service” positions and do not report to or remain at work when the university is closed for a…
Help us find people in your community with an idea worth spreading! TEDxDuke is searching for community-nominated speakers for our yearly conference this spring. Help us bring to light the amazing work being done around you. Go to our speaker nomination form (http://bit.ly/tedxdukespeaker) to…
The Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) Center for Nursing Discovery has received a five-year accreditation by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) and the Council for Accreditation of Healthcare Simulation Programs in the area of Teaching/Education. DUSON is the only nursing school…
Welcome School of Nursing students, faculty and staff to 2017 and the spring semester of our 2016-2017 academic year!
We are excited to welcome all of our new students joining the Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) community. We are also delighted to assist them on their journey to becoming…
James "Frank" Titch and nurse anesthesia alumna Tam Tran were featured on the cover of the December 2016 issue of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Journal. The publication is seen by more than 50,000 member sof the organization. The cover features Titch instructing Tran. The photo was…
DUSON welcomes Emily Bonnabeau to the School of Nursing family! Bonnabeau joined the Center for Nursing Research as a clinical research coordinator. In her role, she will be working with Paula Tanabe on her study "Disseminating NIH Evidence-Based Sickle Cell Recommendations in…
MSN alumna Leslie Jo Mitchell and Marilyn Oermann published an article entitled "Hiring and Retaining Home Care Nurses" in the January issue of Home Healthcare Now.
Abstract: Home care agencies are tasked with finding increasingly cost-efficient care processes to improve the…
Rachel Richesson offers professional education course to develop national capacity for learning health with the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA).
The AMIA 10x10 course entitled "Data Standards for Learning Health Systems” will educate clinical leaders on how to leverage and…