Marilyn Oermann, Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing, was a keynote speaker at the 2021 Virtual Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) International Forum. Her presentation was: "Working Together on Scholarship: Collaboration through Dissemination."
Julee Waldrop, DNP'10, our new assistant dean of the DNP Program, has arrived!
Waldrop earned a BA in Education with a specialization in physical education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, her BSN from Texas Woman’s University, her MS from the University of Illinois at…
Eleanor Stevenson, chair of the Health of Women, Children & Families Division, wrote "Men's perception and understanding of male-factor infertility in the UK" in British Journal of Nursing. Cheng Ching-Yu is a former visiting scholar from Taiwan.
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Nearly 240 nurse leaders from 37 states attended American Organization of Nurse Leaders’ (AONL) virtual advocacy day on May 27, visiting their elected federal representatives and senators. Among the key issues, the nurse leader advocates urged Congress to include provisions to strengthen the health…
Hanzhang Xu, assistant professor, published "Existing Datasets to Study the Impact of Internal Migration on Caregiving Arrangements Among Older Adults in China" with Bei Wu, consulting associate, and Matthew Dupre from the Department of Population Health Sciences.
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Jiepin Cao, PhD student, and Hanzhang Xu, assistant professor, were invited to present at the Fifth Qilu International Young Nursing Scholars Forum on Friday, May 28. The forum was organized by Shandong University, P.R. China. Cao discussed "Experience of Intimate Partner Violence against…
Welcome Biju Parayil, the new database analyst II for the Institutional Research Office! Prior to joining DUSON, Parayil worked in the Duke TIP office as a database analyst for 14 years and comes to us with a wealth of database experience. He holds a BA in English Literature from…
Benjamin Smallheer, associate professor, Stephanie A. Gedzyk-Nieman, assistant professor, Margory A. Molloy, associate professor, and Brett Morgan, consulting associate, published "Faculty development workshop on gender-associated incivility in nursing education" in Nursing Forum with …
Maryellen Kelly, assistant professor, participated as a volunteer at the Valor Games Southeast at Lake Crabtree on Wednesday, May 26, on behalf of the Spina Bifida Clinic at Duke. This one-day event was for veterans with disabilities and consisted of adaptive sports for kayaking,…
Lesley Rink, PhD student, Susan Silva and Tolu Oyesanya, associate professors, and Janice Humphreys, professor, published “The Association Between Well-Being Behaviors and Resilience in Health Care Workers” in the Western Journal of Nursing Research. Kathryn Adair and Bryan Sexton, of Duke…
Se Hee Min, PhD student, produced a manuscript publication entitled "Identification of Symptom Clusters Among Midlife Menopausal Women with Metabolic Syndrome" in Western Journal of Nursing Research with Sharron L. Docherty, assistant dean, PhD in Nursing Program, Eun-Ok Im, former…
Ramon (Andy) Lujan, PhD student, is the first DUSON PhD student to have been accepted into the prestigious NIH Graduate Partnership Program (NIH-GPP). This program brings PhD students, who have completed their program coursework at their home university, into the NIH Intramural…
Congratulations to Michael Zychowicz, professor, for the award of his application to the Duke Learning Innovation: Carry the Innovation Forward Program. The proposal titled "Virtual Reality Health Professionals Skills Trainer" was funded for one year with a proposed start date of June 2021.
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Julee Waldrop, DNP, is a clinical professor and is certified as a pediatric nurse practitioner (PNP), family nurse practitioner (FNP), Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Adult/Adolescent (SANE-A), and Nurse Educator (CNE). She has been a nurse practitioner since 1991 and taught nursing since 1994…
The Center for Nursing Research used design thinking and community-engaged framework to learn that research participants like to know how their part and input in a research project has made a difference in the community and research all around. The Center also found that simply sharing…
To help mark Duke Health's Moments to Movement one-year anniversary, a new documentary video was released. Glenn Setliff, assistant dean, Information Technology, and Nancy Crego, assistant professor, and Maya Tureaud, ABSN student and Nursing Students of Color and Allies…
Maryellen Kelly, assistant professor, presented a plenary talk at the American Urological Association kickoff weekend titled “Pediatric Voiding Dysfunction: Evaluation and Management."
DAAMN (Duke American Association for Men in Nursing Club) and DENS (Duke Emergency Nursing Students) co-present a blood drive on June 14 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Lofts at Lakeview, 2616 Erwin Road, in partnership with The Blood Connection. To register, go online or scan the QR code…
Associate Professors Benjamin Smallheer and Rémi Hueckel along with Frank Guido-Sanz from the University of Central Florida presented a virtual podium presentation at the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses “National Teaching Institute” conference on May 24. The presentation was…
Two research articles involving DUSON faculty and staff were referenced in "The New York Times" article "These Sisters With Sickle Cell Had Devastating, and Preventable, Strokes" by Gina Kolata. The articles are:
"Patient‐reported Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease and Association with…
Nancy Crego, assistant professor, Christian Douglas and Elizabeth Merwin, consulting associates, Emily Bonnabeau, clinical research coordinator, and Paula Tanabe, vice dean, Research, co-wrote "Sickle-Cell Disease Co-Management, Health Care Utilization, and Hydroxyurea Use" in the Journal…
Congrats to the 2021 DAISY Award winners:
DAISY Faculty Award: Rémi Hueckel, associate professor
DAISY Instructor Award: Sarah Moon, instructor
DAISY Student Award: Shanean Ludwar, ABSN’21
DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System. The award is for…
Victoria Goode and Brett Morgan, consulting associates, Vrinda Punjabi, Joanna Niewiara and Lauren Roberts, DNP'19, Susan Silva, associate professor, and Katherine Pereira, professor emerita, contributed to "Using a Retrospective Secondary Data Analysis to Identify Risk Factors…
Stephanie Ibemere, postdoc, and Paula Tanabe, vice dean, Research, contributed to "'It Is Not Easy:' Cultural Influences of Sickle Cell Disease Management in Rural, Eastern Sierra Leone" in Qualitative Health Research.
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Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic genetic…
Valerie Howard, vice dean, Academic Affairs, Michelle Hartman, assistant dean, ABSN Program, Deborah Allen, director of Nursing Research, Duke University Health System, and Staci Reynolds, assistant professor, wrote "Student nurse perceptions of an innovative role to support clinical practices…