Rémi Hueckel presents on "Paging the Student Robot! Distance Students Answer the Call Using a Telepresence Robot" at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare in Orlando. FL.
Marion E. Broome was a co-presenter for a plenary session at the research-focused doctorate pre-conference at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Doctoral Conference in San Diego, CA. The talk was entitled "The Future of Nursing Science."
Iris Padilla and Rémi Hueckel recently completed the Duke AHEAD Certificate Program in Health Professions Education and Teaching program. The 12-month program allows up to 10 faculty or professional staff from the School of Nursing, Physical Therapy Program, Physician Assistant…
The Duke Emergency Nursing Students (DENS) will hold a general membership meeting on Thursday, February 2 at 7:15 a.m. in the Atrium. New members are welcomed to attend and learn about DENS as well as join the group.
In addition, DENS is hosting the TurnTheTideNC event in March with keynote speaker…
Alison Ross’ first nursing job was in a 20-bed hospital in Fort Smith, Canada, a sub-Arctic town of fewer than 3,000 residents that straddles Alberta and the Northwest Territories. “I had physicians and other nurses I could call for help if I was stuck, but on any given shift I was often the only…
DNP alumna Christina Wright and Marilyn Oermann published an article entitled "Implementation and Evaluation of Self-Scheduling in a Hospital System" in the recent issue of the Journal for Nurses in Professional Development. Co-authors include experts from Baptist Health in Jacksonville, FL.…
It’s been more than 30 years since the first HIV infection was documented in the United States. And while treatment has improved and the virus is no longer the death sentence it used to be, the number of new infections is holding steady at about 45,000 per year, and the supply of skilled providers…
Congratulations to Izy Obi 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 members who…
Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) and Duke University Health System Clinical Education & Professional Development will host the 2017 Harriet Cook Carter Lecture on Monday, February 13, 2017, from 3 to 5:45 p.m. at the Mary Trent Semans Center – Great Hall. The keynote speaker is Janet…
The Pratt School of Engineering presents the Richard Merritt Jr. Memorial Award for Excellence in Science Journalism. The award annually recognizes a Duke graduate or undergraduate student for the best piece of science journalism produced during the previous calendar year. A cash award of $…
The Keystone Symposia Fellows Program graduated its inaugural class in June 2009. This highly unique, research-driven, diversity-centered program educates early-career scientists regarding the inner workings of the life sciences community and provides a venue for high-level interaction with…
DUSON is committed to the safety of its faculty, staff and students. This month’s awareness focuses on what would happen if there was an extended power outage.
In the case of an extended power outage, DUSON has a generator system to provide very limited power for the Pearson building in the event…
Bass Connections brings together faculty and students—from all levels and schools—in interdisciplinary research teams. Faculty, graduate and professional students, undergraduates and postdocs apply their skills and perspectives to generate creative solutions to complex problems in five theme…
The Biological Research for Nursing will produce a special issue entitled "Genetics and Genomics in Nursing Science" with guest editors Drs. Wendy Henderson and Gia Mudd-Martin. Papers for the publication must be submitted by July 21, 2017.
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The Population Care Coordinator Program (PCCP) recently welcomed another cohort of nine to campus for a two-day orientation held at the JB Duke Hotel and Convention Center. Cohort participants Trista Anderson, Cynthia Blakeney, Katora Campbell, Nicole Gholson, Katie Hooven, Laurel Lewis, Mamie…
DNP student Erin Downey recently received the Outstanding DNP Project award at the 2017 American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Doctoral Education Conference in Sand Diego, California. In addition to receiving the award, she completed a poster presentation of her project entitled "…
Charles Vacchiano is the co-editor of volume 35 of the Annual Review of Nursing Research entitled "Anesthesia and Pain Management," which was published this month. This volume is unique among publications in the field of anesthesia in that it contains a collection of contemporary anesthesia…
Mary Affronti published an article entitled "A Phase II single-arm trial of palonosetron for the prevention of acute and delayed chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in malignant glioma patients receiving multidose irinotecan in combination with bevacizumab" in the December issue of …
DNP alumna Tracie Gadler and Susan Schneider publish an article entitled "The Effects of a Take-Home Educational Video on Patient Knowledge Retention, Anxiety, Satisfaction, and Provider Time" in the November/December issue of the Urologic Nursing. The project was completed as…
Eleanor Stevenson recently published an article entitled "Certain Less Invasive Infertility Treatments Associated with Different Levels of Pregnancy-Related Anxiety in Pregnancies Conceived via In Vitro Fertilization" in the January/March issue of the Journal of Reproduction and…
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Genetic Alliance: Co-Creating A Healthy Future, March 9-10, 2017
South East AHEC: NICU Nursing Certification Review…
Recent news from around the University and Health System...
Duke John Hope Franklin Center: Understanding and Supporting Comprehensive Internalization, February 1
Duke Center for International & Global Studies:…
Staff member Nicole Fleming joined the Student Services team effective January 6 as the student services coordinator. In her new role, Fleming will work with records and registration, MAT Planner and assisting with graduation. Prior to her new role, she worked as the MSN admissions officer for…
The Duke University Office of Global Affairs has opened a new call for proposals for funds up to $25,000 for research projects, courses, conferences or related activities that touch upon Brazil, India and East Africa.
Duke has significant research and expertise in Brazil, India, and East Africa.…