Paula Tanabe and Susan Silva recently published an article in The American Journal of Hematology entitled "A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Two Vaso-occlusive Episode (VOE) Protocols in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)." Co authors include experts from Duke University School of Medicine, Icahn…
South East AHEC, Dec. 8: Wound care is constantly evolving and clinicians must stay informed of the advances in practice. Attend this conference for the latest information and ensure your practice is up-to-date. Recognize wound care myths that may have invaded your practice. Improve your skills in…
Nancy Short and DNP alumna Allison Ong recently published an article in Nursing Management. The article, "Ripple effect: Shared governance and nurse engagement" was featured as the cover article of the journal.
Abstract:
Staff turnover has far-reaching implications: Exiting RNs…
Nine Duke University School of Nursing staff members recently received Sakai Engineer Certification. Achieving this certification required passing a four hour, three-part, performance-based exam that assessed the knowledge and skills required to support a Sakai course. Test…
On Friday, October 20, the Duke Global Health Institute co-hosted a symposium, "Advancing Women's Health in a Changing Political Environment," on the Duke University campus. The symposium featured women's health and policy experts from Duke and beyond. Jen Kates, vice president and director…
AnnMarie Walton recently published a paper entitled "Social Media: Support for Survivors and Young Adults with Cancer" in the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing. Contributing authors include experts from University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, University of North Carolina Lineberger…
The flu shot deadline for Duke faculty, staff and students is quickly approaching. The flu shot is required for all regular rank faculty, clinical instructors, clinical nurse educators, seminar leaders and other part-time instructors and post-doctoral fellows. In addition, all research staff who…
New Biosketch Form
The National Institute of Health has issued a new biosketch form. The sections remain the same, but a change has been made to the header. Faculty should revise their existing bios, so that it reflects the correct form with the revision dates of…
The Duke CTSA Research Career Development Award Program (Duke CTSA KL2) will be accepting applications this fall. The Duke CTSA KL2 provides skilled and personalized mentoring, a coordinated and tailored scientific and career development curriculum, and the opportunity to…
The Neonatal and Pediatric Students and Duke Chapter of the American Assembly for Men in Nursing are hosting a blood drive on Thursday, Nov. 2 from 2 - 6:30 p.m. in Pearson 2064 and Pearson 2070. To schedule an appointment ahead of time, contact Holly Cramer at holly.cramer@duke.edu.
Are you interested in intercultural learning in education abroad? If so, a workshop will be offered on Dec. 8 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Bentley University in Massachusetts. More information, and a link to register is provided below.
The Need to Enhance Intercultural Learning…
AnnMarie Walton recently submitted a pilot grant application to the North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center. The purpose of the project is to evaluate the extent to which a hand washing educational toolkit impacts farm worker health outreach workers and farm…
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has launched a new website (https://ttp.cbp.dhs.gov/) for international travelers who are interested in applying for a Trusted Traveler Program to allow expedited processing into the USA. Depending upon your travel needs, the Department of Homeland…
Eun-Ok Im was recently featured in an article on NBCNews.com entitled "She Watched Her Mother Suffer Quietly. Now She's Helping Cancer Survivors Find Help." The article goes into detail about Im's study "To Enhance Breast Cancer Survivorship of Asian Americans."
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PhD students Shaoqing Ge and Matthew LeBlanc recently attended the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students conference in Washington, D.C. Ge and LeBlanc were two of seven students who represented the body of graduate and professional students at Duke University to meet with state…
Margie Molloy and her team were recently awarded a Duke AHEAD Grant in the amount of $4990 for their proposal "Strengthening Simulation Pedagogy through an Interprofessional Faculty Development Program." Molloy's proposal was one of 15 innovative projects reviewed by the grant committee. The…
Staff members Julie Cusatis and Angie Keith will be representing the Duke University School of Nursing at the Duke Leadership Academy's action learning team case study presentation on Thursday, Nov. 16. The presentation event will be held at Duke's Freeman Center for Jewish Life. Cusatis will be…
The purpose of this workshop is to (1) train investigators in the design and conduct of embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) and (2) pilot the educational materials and collect feedback on their quality and appropriateness from both the attendees and the subject matter experts. Travel,…
Kudos to Ryan Shaw and his entire team for the resubmission of their NIH R21 application entitled "Toward Telerobotic Nursing." This proposal requests funding for a two-year period with a start date of July 1, 2018.
During disease outbreaks, such as the Ebola epidemic of 2014–…
Kudos to Eun-Ok Im and Wonshik Chee (MPI) and their entire team for the submission of their NIH R01 application entitled "For Better Cancer Pain Management of Breast Cancer Survivors: Four Major Racial/Ethnic Groups in the U.S." This proposal requests funding for a…
Faculty at the Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) have been working with the Duke Center for Community and Population Health Improvement and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute Community Engagement Core at Duke on a Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute project,…
Schenita Randolph recently presented two oral presentations at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo in Atlanta, GA. Her presentations were entitled "African American father-son communication to prevent STIs, HIV and teen parenthood" and "Feasibility of Using Barbers as…
Duke is proud to offer a new tool to create direct-to-patient mobile research apps through the new CTSI Mobile App Gateway. Medable https://www.medable.com/products/axon/ is a software platform for researchers to create their own ResearchKit or ResearchStack apps…
MSN student Katherine Hall recently presented a poster entitled "Why Cybercivility Matters: A Review of the Twitter Literature" at the 2017 Biennial Research Conference hosted by the STTI Alpha Rho Chapter at the West Virginia University School of Nursing in Morgantown, WV.…
Deb Brandon, Susan Silva and Diane Holditch-Davis were recently notified that their paper entitled "Timing for the Introduction of Cycled Light for Extremely Preterm Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial" was selected for the Research In Nursing and Health (RINAH) Best Paper Award for 2017.…