Congratulations to Marta Mulawa, assistant professor, on the award of her proposal to the Duke Global Health Institute Small Research Grant Program for a project entitled: Supporting the Customization of a Smartphone App to Improve Treatment Adherence among South African Adolescents Living…
Staff members gathered last week to put together packages of masks for faculty and staff: Karen Jackson, administrative assistant to the associate dean of Finance and Administration, Rometa Summerlin, staff assistant, Chloe Hayim, director of Institutional Research, Jennifer…
Congratulations to AnnMarie Walton, assistant professor, and her entire team who have received an award for their Duke School of Medicine Core Facility Voucher Grant proposal entitled: “Using Silicone Wristbands to Assess Nurses' Exposure to Antineoplastic Drugs: A Feasibility Study.” …
Registration is now open for the International Center for Academic Integrity's 6th Annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, hosted virtually this year by the USM William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation and the University of Maryland Global Campus on February 3-4, 2021. The theme of the…
Amber Johnson, DNP'20, recently accepted a faculty position with Seed Global Health at Lira University in Uganda for the 2021-22 academic year. She'll be working both as a nursing/midwifery instructor in their nursing school as well as helping to launch their new graduate program in midwifery.
Effective Jan. 12, 2021, Zoom has implemented security updates and enhancements requiring that all meetings have passcodes or waiting rooms enabled. This change will not affect telehealth video visits using Zoom.
Security Updates Summary
All Duke Zoom users must have one of…
Jennie C. De Gagne, professor, wrote "A Qualitative Analysis of Nursing Students’ Tweets During the COVID‐19 Pandemic" for Nursing & Health Sciences with Eunji Cho, PhD'20, Hyeyoung K. Park, PhD'19, Jeehae D. Nam, Master of Science in Global Health student, and Dukyoo Jung, a…
The NC AHEC Nurse Council and the NC Community College System invite you to attend "The 2021 Academic Progression Conference: Innovative Approaches to Nursing Education During Uncertain Times." The event's focus will be addressing challenges with alternative teaching strategies, student/faculty…
The new edition (6th) of a book co-authored by Marilyn H. Oermann, Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing, "Evaluation and Testing in Nursing Education, Sixth Edition," was awarded third place in the 2020 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award in the Nursing Education/…
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) students have been able to expand their skill set and stay on track in light of the pandemic due to a mass adaptation of telehealth.
MSN students in the Psychiatric - Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Program typically complete their clinical requirements…
An interprofessional training opportunity entitled "Addressing Malnutrition in Inpatients with Dementia" is being offered as a four- part series on February 3, 10, 17 and 24 from noon to 1 p.m. on Zoom. Attendants are asked to attend all four sessions.
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There is a spring course offering being sponsored by Duke IPEC Center and DUSON IEE that's entitled "IPE Faculty Development: Cultivating Simulation Champions."
Target audience:
Those who have participated in healthcare simulation in an educational role for a two year…
The latest EdTech Vlog is out and all about Zoom.
Zoom Tool in Sakai
The Zoom Meeting in Sakai allows students and faculty to start and join Zoom meetings via a join link that is displayed on a Sakai course and share cloud recording links to the course.
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The American Journal of Nursing recently released two articles about racism that are specifically relevant to nursing:
“Get Our House in Order:" By Karen Roush
Abstract: In a webinar hosted by AJN…
Tech Tip of the Week
Google Chrome is a great browser with some well-thought functionality.
Did you know that you can close all windows and tabs with one simple command? Here's how -
For PC Users:
Click the Chrome menu (the three dots in the upper…
Stephanie O. Ibemere, postdoc, published "Trial design of comparing patient-specific versus weight-based protocols to treat vaso-occlusive episodes in sickle cell disease (COMPARE-VOE)" with Jacqueline L. Brown, research program leader, and Paula Tanabe, vice dean of Research, as co-authors for the…
Marta Mulawa, assistant professor, contributed to "Predictors of Willingness to Diffuse PrEP Information within Ego-Centric Networks of Women Who Inject Drugs" in AIDS and Behavior.
Abstract
Little is known about how social networks among women who inject drugs (WWID) can be…
Marilyn H. Oermann, Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing, Alison H. Edie, assistant professor, and Jennie C. De Gagne, professor, contributed to "Addressing Nursing Scholarship: A Framework for Currency and Number of References" for the Canadian Journal of Nursing Research.
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Student Health is in need of assistance to perform baseline COVID testing of Duke University students from January 10 to 20. They will provide instruction for performing the anterior nasal swab procedure. The testing location is Penn Pavilion. If you have a current RN license and are willing and…
Jennie C. De Gagne, professor, was invited as a guest speaker to the annual international nursing conference for "Rethinking nursing education in the post-COVID 19 era: Facilitating distance learning." This conference was hosted by the Research Institute of Nursing Science at Ewha Womans…
‘Future of Nursing Report,’ health equity among topics to be covered.
The future of nursing will be the guiding topic of the Duke University School of Nursing’s 58th annual Harriet Cook Carter Lecture on February 2 at 3 p.m.
Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, of the Robert Wood Johnson…
Schenita D. Randolph, assistant professor, contributed to "Nursing Contributions to Ending the Global Adolescent and Young Adult HIV Pandemic" in Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (JANAC).
Abstract
The welfare of adolescents and young adults (AYA) is…
Kaitlyn Daly, PhD student, had a Letter to Editor published by The News & Observer. The piece (seen below) advocates the importance of faith-based communities and federal programs to jointly work to create a resilient food safety net and system, particularly in the wake of the…
Gwen Waddell-Schultz, consulting associate and Duke AHEAD member, is retiring as chief nurse of Nursing Education and Medicine with the Duke VA Health Care System. With more than 38 years of nursing, Waddell-Schultz has contributed to the nursing education of hundreds of nurses, and her…
Over winter break, Zoom implemented a new security requirement that will require a passcode or waiting room. The requirement applies to meetings, including those that use your Personal Meeting ID. Check out this Duke Today article for more information.