Julee Waldrop, assistant dean, DNP Program, and Michael Relf, associate dean for global and community health affairs, have received recent appointments and promotions.
Waldrop’s appointment as clinical professor (Track II) was effective November 1. Waldrop joined DUSON this summer as the assistant…
Staff and Workplace Advocacy Council (SAWAC) hosted the DUSON Faculty & Staff Holiday Party on Monday, Dec. 13, at the Koka Booth Amphitheater during the NC Chinese Lantern Festival. Faculty and staff attended with friends and family. Dean Vincent Guilamo-Ramos said a few words, and a…
The Chancellor’s Service Fellowship is a one-year interdisciplinary, mentored fellowship program focused on health-related community service and leadership development.
The Fellowship program is designed to provide health services to underserved populations by facilitating opportunities for…
The Duke University School of Nursing will host its Winter 2021 Hooding and Recognition Ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 11.
The ceremony will be held in the Duke Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, starting at 10 a.m. with an approximate end time of 11:30 a.m., with overflow space in Page Auditorium, 402…
Schenita Randolph, associate professor, was an invited panelist at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's virtual town hall in observance of World AIDS Day on Wednesday, Dec. 1, entitled: “Ending the HIV Epidemic: Equitable Access, Everyone’s Voice. The town hall highlighted…
The ABSN Program celebrated its Fall 2020 cohort with a in-person recognition luncheon on Monday, Dec. 6. With this cohort starting during COVID, they didn't have any in-person classes until this semester, their last semester before they graduate on Saturday, Dec. 11, during DUSON's Winter 2021…
DUSON is collecting donations for the Ronald McDonald House Charities' The Wishing Tree until Monday, Dec. 13. Donations can be dropped off by the Christmas Tree in the atrium of the Pearson Building. More information can be found on the DUSON website.
This World AIDS Day, leaders at Duke University School of Nursing are in the spotlight — from an invitation from President Joe Biden to Dean Vincent Guilamo-Ramos to participate in a White House event commemorating World AIDS Day to participation by Associate Dean Michael Relf in a ceremonial…
Sigma Beta Epsilon, DUSON's chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, was awarded its first ever prestigious Key Award at the Biennial Meeting in Indianapolis on Sunday, Nov. 7. Kathy Trotter, immediate past president and associate professor, received the…
When Wendy Perry, program coordinator, PhD Senior, was checking her email recently, she saw one that looked suspect. She followed the instructions from the Duke Health Information Security Office (ISO) and reported the email to the IT Security Office using the Report Phish to Duke button in Outlook…
Carolina Tennyson, assistant professor, presented the poster "An Interprofessional Approach to Standardizing Family Care during Code Blue Events" during the American Heart Association’s Resuscitation Science Symposium.
Abstract
Introduction: The development of a…
The exterior and interior electronic doors for the Pearson and IPE Buildings will be locked from 4 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 24, to 6:30 a.m., Monday, Nov. 29. Faculty, staff and students will need to use their Duke ID badge to enter the building and/or suite doors during the holiday break. For…
Raised in a family of health care professionals, Maritza Ruiz is now carving her own path in the nursing field.
While furthering her education at the Duke University School of Nursing, Ruiz, an Air Force reservist, works as an individual mobilization augmentee at the Uniformed Services…
The Duke University School of Nursing Center for Nursing Discovery (CND) has been granted reaccreditation in the area of Teaching/Education by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) and Council for Accreditation of Healthcare Simulation Programs. The…
On Tuesday, Nov. 30, Dean Vincent Guilamo-Ramos will address social determinants of health, examining historic large-scale health and socially transformative events that have elevated the profile of nurses in safeguarding the health and well-being of the country. The virtual event will be held from…
Michelle Xue, PhD student, and her advisor Eleanor McConnell, associate professor, have received an award for their Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS) Dissertation application entitled: “Dynamics of Symptom Experience and Functional Recovery in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia after Hip…
The Duke University School of Nursing’s ongoing partnership with the Veterans Affair (VA) Health Care System prepares current and future nurse practitioners (NPs) to adequately care for and support the U.S. veteran population. The partnership encompasses the VA Health Care System in Durham as well…
Duke School of Nursing is pleased to offer a space for the Duke Interprofessional Education community that provides the opportunity for prayer, reflection and meditation. This space is designed to support all religious and nonreligious identities, to foster a sense of belonging and to support a…
The seventh annual Haunted Hospital, hosted by Duke IPEC and Duke Ahead on Thursday, Oct. 28, was a success. A total of 57 interprofessional students participated as learners in the event and represented the disciplines of nursing, medicine, physical therapy, physician assistant,…
The Fall DUSON Career Fair was held Friday, Oct. 29, from 9 a.m. to noon in the Interprofessional Education Building, room 3280 ABC. There were 14 participating vendors this year.
The DUSON Fall Career Fair serves as an equal opportunity event for our nursing students and employers. It was…
Hanzhang Xu, assistant professor, and Bei Wu, consulting associate, coauthored "Is living in an ethnic enclave associated with cognitive function? Results from The Population Study of Chinese Elderly (PINE) in Chicago" in "The Gerontologist."
Abstract
Background and Objectives…
Background and Objectives…
Unique Whitehurst, MSN student, has been invited to serve on the newly formed Racial Equity Advisory Council on the Communication subcommittee. The council will serve as an advisory body to the Executive Leadership of the University (President, Provost, Chancellor for Health Affairs and the…
HyunBin (Binnie) You, PhD student, gave a Zoom presentation on Monday, Nov. 1, at the Duke Palliative Care Grand Rounds with Deepshikha Caran Ashana. The presentation was about “Racial disparities in ICU shared decision making” and presented the preliminary findings of the team’s ongoing research…
Melissa Harris, National Clinician Scholars Program postdoctoral fellow at DUSON, published "Experiences of Family Caregivers of People with Dementia during the COVID-19 Pandemic" in the "Western Journal of Nursing Research."
Abstract
Although behavioral and…
Callie Tennyson, assistant professor, contributed to "A Descriptive Study of Chaplains’ Code Blue Responses" in the "American Journal of Critical Care."
Abstract
Background
Family presence during resuscitation is the compassionate practice of allowing a patient’s family to…
Family presence during resuscitation is the compassionate practice of allowing a patient’s family to…