PhD students Rachel Hirschey, Lisa Mansfield, Zhao Ni, Jing Wang, and Ethan Cicero joined UNC Chapel Hill PhD students for the annual UNC-Duke PhD Faculty & Student Networking Event. The TED-style event was held at The Carolina Club in Chapel Hill.
The DUSON presentations included:…
Staff member Kimberlee Wynn, admissions processor for MSN, DNP and Nurse Anesthesia-DNP programs, received a Masters of Science in Health Communication from Boston University. Wynn said that pursuing her degree after so many years being out of school was challenging and required a lot of hard work…
Dear Faculty, Staff and Students,
It seems hard to believe, but it has been a year since I first shared with you with our strategic plan. Our commitment to this strategic effort has not only laid a pathway for our future here at DUSON, but has already produced benefits for us through the alignment…
I’m pleased to announce that the Duke Nursing Fiscal Year 2016 Annual Report has been published and is available for viewing online at this link: Online Duke Nursing FY 2016 Annual Report
For the best quality when viewing online, click the Full Screen icon at the far right of the top navigation bar…
Duke Office of the Vice Provost for Research invite faculty and grants staff to the world of Department of Defense (DoD) funding with a special focus on the Army Research Office (ARO) & Army Research Lab (ARL) on Monday, June 26, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Duke South Amphitheater. The…
On Saturday, May 13, the Duke University Board of Trustees approved the creation of a Department of Population Health Sciences within the School of Medicine. The current Center for Population Health Sciences will be elevated to department status, effective July 1, 2017. Lesley Curtis, PhD, director…
Registration is open for the upcoming Annual North Carolina Oncology Navigator Association Patient Navigation Conference, "Navigating Palliative Care in Health Systems and Communities" on June 23 at UNC Friday Center in Chapel Hill, NC.
Palliative Care is at a critical juncture…
Kudos to Eun-Ok Im and Beth Merwin and their entire team for the submission of their NIH T32 application entitled "Research Training on Population Health Using Advanced Analytic Methods and Technology." This proposal requests funding for a five-year period with a start date of July 1, 2018.…
Kudos to Jennie De Gagne and her entire team for the submission of their Subcontract Proposal to the University of Texas at Tyler on an NIH R01 application entitled "Self-management Intervention for Well-being of Black Mothers and Preterm Infants." This proposal requests…
Sophia Smith and Paula Tanabe recently published an article entitled "Identifying Social-Behavioral Health Needs of Adults with Sickle Cell Disease in the Emergency Department" in the Journal of Emergency Nursing.
Abstract: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a complex…
Marilyn Oermann was the keynote speaker at the 12th annual Nursing Research Conference sponsored by Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Mich. Her presentation was on "Share the Knowledge: Posters, Presentations, and Publications."
Congratulations to Nicole Fleming 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…
Two DNP alumni publish articles along with Susan Schneider in the June issue of Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing.
Alumni Victoria Sherry and Schneider publish an article entitled "Metastatic Lung Cancer and Distress: Use of the Distress Thermometer for patient assessment." Other co-authors…
Christa Fullwood, ABSN’17, noticed a need in the emergency room setting for patients who are deaf and wanted to make a difference. Working with graduate students at Duke Pratt School of Engineering, Fullwood developed an application that will help health care professionals, nurses in…
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South East AHEC: North Carolina Lactation Consultant Association Breastfeeding Summit, May 22
Northwest AHEC: …
Registration is now open for two grant writing programs preparing investigators for an October 2017 NIH Deadline. Application is due Wednesday, June 7th.
Our next session prepares new investigators for an…
The School of Nursing recently celebrated the excellence of students, faculty and staff during its annual Awards Ceremony. Award winners were:
Ian Ryan received the Sigma Theta Tau International Beta Epsilon Chapter Ruby Wilson Award for…
The policy in the IRB was recently change to recognize our ABSN students as graduate students since they all have previous degrees. Remember that all of our students are considered graduate students and you only need to do the below procedures to allow them to work on your studies:
Our…
The Duke Emergency Nursing Students (DENS) organization recently announced its newest leaders.
Keely Hall was elected president. Hall served as DENS vice president last semester and looks forward to continuing her commitment to the student organization through the role of…
Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) has a desire to empower women in caring for themselves. The School developed the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner major in 2015 to prepare advanced practice nurses with the skills and expertise necessary to provide primary and specialty medical care for…
Who are we? What do we value? What do we believe? All of these questions can be answered in looking at the Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) Core Values.
An organization’s core values supports its vision and shapes its culture. According to human resource experts, core values are the…
PhD alumni Hants Williams, Susan Silva, Leigh Ann Simmons and Paula Tanabe recently published an article entitled "A telephonic mindfulness-based intervention for persons with sickle cell disease: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial," in the May issue of the Trials.
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Staff member Otissa Turner, administrative assistant to David S. Bowersox, received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro on May 12. "Pursuing my degree came with great challenges," she said. "I was able to meet this great…
Marilyn Oermann and Jamie Conklin, research and education librarian and liaison for Duke University Medical Center Library & Archives, and liaison for DUSON, publish an article entitled "CiteScore and nursing journals" in Nurse Author & Editor.
Virginia "Chris" Muckler was recently named as one of Auburn University at Montgomery's (AUM) Top 50 at Fifty alumni. After serving on active duty in the U.S. Air Force, Muckler graduated from Auburn Montgomery in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She was recognized at a special ceremony…