When Si Luo worked as a healthcare strategy consultant, she helped healthcare organizations analyze opportunities for growth and improvement, and developed strategies to enhance patient care, organizational efficiency and financial performance. In her consulting job, she knew that nursing played a…
Dr. Tammy Porter, DNP’20, MLS, RN-BSN, CCM, CPHQ, now a nurse leader with over 30 years of experience, cited her time as a student at Duke University School of Nursing as one of the biggest influences on her nursing career and a deciding factor in her choice to financially support…
Becoming a nurse was a practical decision for Julie Ann Darling, who hails from Norfolk, Virginia. After graduating high school and working in several industries, she lived paycheck to paycheck. By age 26, she had had enough and realized she needed a college degree to secure a sustainable income.…
From the time she received her first nurse playset at the age of three, Whitney Thornton knew that she wanted to be a nurse. Now a DNP student at the School of Nursing, she is dedicated to advocating for veterans with spinal cord injuries.
“Attending the Duke University School of Nursing has…
A first-year student in the ABSN prelicensure program, Marissa Magnetti brings a wealth of experience—both personal and professional—to her studies at the School of Nursing.
Straight out of college, Magnetti began her career as a Research and Development Project Manager for the Allergy &…
Duke University School of Nursing is proud to announce the induction of four faculty members into the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) as Fellows. This prestigious honor recognizes their substantial and sustained contributions to the field of nursing and their commitment to advancing health…
Edgar Villa began working in a hospital near his hometown of Los Angeles because he wanted clinical experience before committing to pursuing his nursing degree, which seemed to him a professional pursuit with the perfect mix of medicine and compassionate interpersonal connection. During his time at…
Duke University School of Nursing has been named a best nursing school for men for the tenth consecutive year by the American Association for Men in Nursing (AAMN). This recognition highlights our efforts to create a supportive environment for male nursing students. Over the past decade, the school…
In the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), stereotypes about the “Wimpy White Boy” and “Strong Black Female” are pervasive. These labels ascribe relative weakness and strength to infants depending on their race—and while not necessarily ill-intended, they undercut the need to carefully monitor…
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) an estimated 12 billion working days are lost globally each year to depression and anxiety at an annual cost of 1 trillion dollars in lost productivity. Skilled and compassionate mental health practitioners are needed more than ever as it becomes…
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On September 30, 2024, Duke University School of Nursing hosted its 4th Annual Community Health Lecture on campus and via livestream. U.S. Public Health Service Rear Admiral and Chief Nursing Officer Jennifer Moon delivered the keynote lecture, “Strengthening the Nursing Workforce through H.O.P.E…
In recent years, the Latino population in the United States has experienced a notable shift in health outcomes, a phenomenon that has drawn significant attention from public health experts. The Duke School of Nursing’s Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Assistant Dean,…
Duke University School of Nursing has been re-designated as a 2024 National League for Nursing (NLN) Center of Excellence (COE)—making Duke University/Duke Health once again the only institution to have received all four current designations. This year, the School of Nursing received recognition in…
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Thank you for your interest in the Master of Nursing degree at Duke University School of Nursing!
Financing your education can be challenging, and the school has limited financial aid sources for which you can apply. For financial needs beyond what the school…
Duke University School of Nursing has launched a new Master’s Entry to the Practice of Nursing (MEPN) program designed to provide a pathway for people without an undergraduate degree in nursing to become registered nurses (RNs). This new MEPN program is a type of pre-licensure program which…
When Peter Caraballo was in nursing school, he told his friends he was going to apply to Duke University School of Nursing for graduate school. At the time, it seemed like a faraway dream, but he enjoyed imagining himself as a Duke student.
He knew he wanted to go to a school that provided an…
Duke University School of Nursing Associate Professor Hanzhang Xu, PhD’18, RN, leads an NIH-funded study of aging Chinese Americans, one of the fastest-growing aging populations in the U.S. and one of the least examined. The study is titled Developing a Mobile App-Based…
ABSN student Diana Zamora spent some of her high school summers volunteering at many places, but she said it was her volunteer experience at a local hospital that truly caught her interest.
“Here, I got to provide support to patients and families in areas such as the emergency…