Virginia "Chris" Muckler published an article entitled "Exploring Suspension of Disbelief During Simulation-based Learning" in the Clinical Simulation in Nursing.
Abstract: Rooted in aviation and used consistently in the training and preparation of health care professionals…
Congratulations to Jane Halpin 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…
PhD student Hanzhang Xu and Wei Pan recently published an article entitled "Association Between Tooth Loss and Cognitive Decline: A 13-year Longitudinal Study of Chinese Older Adults" in the February issue of PLOS One. Other authors include experts Juan Li for Nursing School of Second Military…
Margaret "Midge" Bowers was recently the guest speaker for the DUSON Conversations with Duke Nurse Practitioners Women's Health Series held at the Prestonwood Country Club. Bowers spoke to attendees on heart wellness.
Rachel Richesson recently published an article entitled "Pragmatic (trial) informatics: a perspective from the NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory" in the March issue of the Journal of American Medical Informatics Association. Co-authors include Beverly B Green; Reesa Laws;…
Schenita Randolph published an article entitled "African-American Fathers' Perspectives on Facilitators and Barriers to Father-Son Sexual Health Communication" in the February issue of Research in Nursing and Health. Co-authors included experts from John Hopkins School of Public Health, the…
DNP alumna Cindy Ann Stout was recently named the University Medical Center of El Paso chief nursing officer. Her responsibility as the senior nurse, in charge of all nursing, quality and patient safety programs, will span the breadth of the hospital’s main campus and clinics.
Stout has more…
Faculty are invited to the 2017 Schools of Medicine and Nursing Spring Faculty Meeting! This event is a wonderful opportunity to network, celebrate achievements, and recognize colleagues with faculty awards.
Spring Faculty Meeting will be held on Monday, May 8, 4:45-7:30 p.…
The Duke University Direct Observation and Interprofessional Clinic recently treated its 1,000th patient! Duke University schools of nursing and medicine faculty members and students care for patients in this after-hours clinic, which is open four days a week from 5 to 9 p.m.
Launched in 2015, the…
Kudos to Christine Tocchi and her entire team for the submission of their NIH R15 application entitled "The Influence of Frailty on Home Healthcare Outcomes." This proposal requests funding for a two-year period with a start date of September 1, 2017.
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Melissa Batchelor-Murphy, Eleanor McConnell, Susan Silva, and Angel Barnes recently published an article entitled "Experimental Comparison of Efficacy for Three Handfeeding Techniques in Dementia" in the February issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Co-authors include Elaine…
We have successfully completed our first week of clinical rotations at Kilema hospital but sadly will begin our last week here in Tanzania. After researching Tanzania for about two months now for our Community Health class assignment, I think I can speak for the whole group when I say there is no…
Each year, dozens of Duke faculty members publish op-ed articles in leading newspapers across the country, internationally and in online publications such as the Huffington Post, Salon and Vox.
On Friday, March 17, Duke’s Office of News and Communications (ONC) will conduct a workshop to show…
The Duke Office of Global Affairs provides funds for research projects, courses, conferences or related activities that touch upon Brazil, India and East Africa.
Who's eligible: Regular-rank Duke faculty (individuals or groups)Award amount: Up to $25,000…
The 2017 mHealth@Duke conference committee welcomes your abstract submission for review. The purpose of the poster session is to encourage professionals, students, and researchers to share their most recent findings in an informal setting that aims to encourage discussion. Posters…
The Community Engagement Core(link is external) of the Duke Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has announced a new, multi-tiered award program to engage community and academic partners in collaborative research that promotes novel ideas to improve community and…
NIMHD Specialized Centers of Excellence on Minority Health and Health Disparities (U54): This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications to establish NIMHD Centers of Excellence in eligible institutions of higher education. The purpose of this initiative is to…
International visiting scholar Lei Cheng was recently selected for the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing Emerging Scholars Forum, which will be held in Toronto, Canada. Chen will attend the two-day program and present on her research topic entitled "Implementation of Evidence in Nursing…
The Duke Elder Family/Caregiver Training (DEFT) Center recently received a gift in the amount of $5,000 from the Mary Cannon Morris Charitable Foundation. The DEFT Center is funded by the Duke Endowment to develop, implement, and evaluate an innovative and scalable academic-medical-community model…
The Duke Emergency Nursing Students (DENS) recently hosted a meeting at the Andrews Center in Raleigh with the Cardinal and Heart of Carolina Chapters of the national organization as part of the TurnTheTideNC event held at DUSON with Kathie Carlson, 2016 president of the Emergency Nurses…
DNP student Nichole Benson took a trip down memory lane when she recently joined the Mercer University audition choir, the Mercer Singers. Benson attended Mercer for her undergraduate degrees in Music and Communication & Theatre Arts. While a member of the Mercer Singers, Benson enjoyed singing…
Rosa Solorzano was recently featured in an article with the Office for Institutional Equity on her Equity, Diversity and Inclusion award.
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MSN and DNP student Haley Schlottmann and MSN students Sarah Nammack and Shalane Moore recently attended the Hazzelden Betty Ford Center Medical Education training in Rancho Mirage, California. The purpose of the program is to prevent harm being done to addicted patients by health care providers…