In an effort to enhance and take account of Duke Health’s advocacy footprint across our entities, Duke Health Government Relations and Duke State Relations invite you to participate in an Advocacy Census Survey. The survey will capture information on the various state and federal advocacy…
Danett Cantey, clinical nurse educator, Malissa Sampson, clinical nurse educator, Jacqueline Vaughn, PhD'20, and Nicole Petsas Blodgett, director of the Center for Nursing Discovery, wrote "Skills, community, and rapport: Prelicensure nursing students in the virtual learning environment" in "…
Sarah Janek, PhD student, has been accepted into the Kenan Institute of Ethics's Race and the Professions Fellowship. The Race and the Professions Fellowship is a program of the Purpose Project at Duke, a campus-wide, faculty-led effort cultivating moral purpose, fostering virtuous…
Se Hee Min, PhD student, has published "Reflections on obesity-related health behaviors over time and suggestions for health promotion programs from African American women" in the "Journal of Women & Aging."
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African American (AA) women have the highest rate of…
The 9th annual conference will be September 24 and 25.
The Duke University School of Nursing and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Sickle Cell Disease Program will present the 9th Annual Sickle Cell Disease Conference on September 24 and 25. This year’s theme will be “Moving On…
The Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program at the Duke University School of Nursing is among the top rankings in the latest U.S. News & World Report.
The magazine recently released its Best Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Programs report. The Duke School of Nursing…
Dean Vincent Guilamo-Ramos and Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, associate professor, participated in the community COVID vaccination fair on September 11 at Wheels Fun Park Skating Rink. In addition to administering the vaccine and helping those who attended, Guilamo-Ramos and Gonzalez-Guarda…
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Latinos are the largest and youngest racial minority group in the U.S. – representing roughly a quarter of all people younger than 30 years old.
Duke University School of Nursing’s new Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health…
Dean Vincent Guilamo-Ramos was featured in the September 2021 issue of "Ob. Gyn. News" in the story "STI Care: Achieving a 'new sexual health paradigm' means expanding care" by Tara Haelle.
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A vital aspect of expanding access and care for sexually transmitted infections (…
Dean Vincent Guilamo-Ramos was featured in the September issue of the American Academy of Nursing's FAAN Mail newsletter for the Viewpoint entitled “Parent-Based Sexual Health Promotion and Sexually Transmitted Infections Prevention for Youth."
The Viewpoint appeared in August in…
DUSON will celebrate 2021 National Postdoctoral Appreciation week from September 20 to 24. Each postdoctoral scholar will give a 10-15 minute presentation on their research interests on September 24 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., on Zoom. Postdocs include Gillian Adynski, Sallie Allgood,…
The Center for Nursing Discovery (CND) is joining the global celebration of Healthcare Simulation Week presented by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Healthcare Simulation is a learning tool that recreates a healthcare environment to allow learners to experience a realistic healthcare…
Yesol Yang, PhD'21, Tolu Oyesanya, associate professor, Hyeyoung K. Park, PhD'19, and Cristina Hendrix, chair of the Clinical Health Systems & Analytics Division, contributed to "The Association of Self-esteem With Caregiving Demands, Coping, Burden, and Health Among Caregivers of Breast…
Donna J. Biederman, associate professor, Christian Douglas, consulting associate, Heather A. O' Donohue, ABSN'20, and Monica Daeges, ABSN alumna, contributed to "Changes in health and health care utilization following eviction from public housing" in "Public Health Nursing." Other authors include…
Midge Bowers, associate professor, and Sean Convoy, assistant professor, shared a podium presentation, “Fostering Advanced Practice Nursing Skills Through Simulated Telehealth Consultation,” virtually at the 11th International Council of Nurses — Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice…
Throughout this month, students from Duke's five health care education programs, including the School of Nursing, will be taking over the programs' separate Instagram accounts. The goal is to help bring the clinical setting to students, virtually through social media, and to help supplement…
Maryellen Kelly, assistant professor, has been named co-investigator on the CDC grant for the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry. Duke has one of the largest spina bifida clinics in the country and offers to patients in the clinic enrollment to the registry and complete annual follow up. The…
Maryellen Kelly, assistant professor, was part of a panel discussion for the CAIRIBU (Collaborating for the Advancement of Benign Urology Research) Connections workshop on Microbiome of the Lower Urinary Tract, which was held virtually in August. She has also been appointed to the steering…
Nurses, nursing students, and others are being invited to apply to volunteer for the American Red Cross disaster response as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Nurses and other health professional volunteers are needed to support individuals affected by disasters.
One of the Future of Nursing…
DUSON Student Council is hosting a jacket order for students wanting a DUSON jacket. Options are blue or grey for pick up or delivery. Check your email for more information, or place your order online.
Blanca Iris Padilla, assistant professor, contributed to "The Impact of Racial Bias in Patient Care and Medical Education: Let's Focus on the Educator" in "MedEdPORTAL." The article discusses a series of workshops that were created to fill a gap regarding the impact of racial bias on patient…
Mary Ann Fuchs, associate dean of clinical affairs and vice president of patient care & system chief nurse executive, Duke Health, Julie Thompson, consulting associate, and Bradi Granger, professor, contributed to "Evaluation of a proactive hiring model to achieve workforce stability in the…
Staci Reynolds, associate professor, Bradi Granger, professor, and Daniel Hatch, biostatistician III, wrote "Self-Reported versus Observed Audit: Measuring CHG Bathing Compliance" in "American Journal of Infection Control."
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Measuring compliance with the appropriate…
Irene Abella works as a Duke nurse committed to Filipinx nurse advocacy.
New Doctor of Nursing Practice student Irene Abella had to read her acceptance letter to the University Scholar program several times before she believed the news that she was selected as Duke University School of…
Hanzhang Xu, assistant professor, recently co-submitted a research proposal to the World Stroke Organization entitled “Patient Characteristics, Quality of Care, and In-hospital Outcomes for Acute Ischemic Stroke ─ An International Comparison of China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and the United…