MSN School of Nursing Scholarships
Merit Scholarship
All newly admitted MSN students are considered for the merit scholarship through their admission application. The faculty and the Admissions Office jointly select a recipient at the time of admittance. One MSN student is chosen…
Hoi Shu Yin, DNP'18, was profiled in Her World's article "Dr. Hoi Shu Yin: The Caregiver Who Cares For Patients And Looks Out For Nurses" by Adora Wong. Her World is Singapore’s most established women’s publication, and Yin was deemed the publication's "Woman of the Year."
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Assistant Professors Jacqui McMillian-Bohler and Amie Koch were invited to present to oncology nurses in the Duke University Health System Cancer Center on November 20. McMillian-Bohler, an expert in Motivational Interviewing, and Koch, an expert in Shared Decision Making, collaborated and…
The "Rooting Out White Supremacy and Implementing Antiracism in Nursing Education" poster by Amie Koch, assistant professor, is one of the 30-plus posters in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Diversity Symposium Poster Showcase. You can read more about the presentation and see…
The Oncology Nursing Foundation included Tara Albrecht, assistant professor, and her team's recent award in a recent press release entitled "Oncology Nursing Foundation Increases Support for Oncology Nurses During Global Pandemic." The Foundation awarded Albrecht and her team for her “…
Devon Noonan, associate professor, has been selected as an Ambassador of the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR). She was selected based on the overall strength of her application, based on criteria that included research-related experience, lobbying, advocacy, and…
Kudos to Bonnie Hepler, PhD student, and her sponsor Debra Brandon, associate professor, and co-sponsor Diane Holditch-Davis, Marcus E. Hobbs professor emerita. for the submission of her NIH F31 Fellowship application entitled: "Trajectories of Maternal Needs and their Impact on Mother Infant…
Kudos to Hideyo Tsumura, PhD student, and her sponsor Wei Pan, associate professor, and co-sponsors Debra Brandon, associate professor, and Xiao Hu, Ann Henshaw Gardiner Distinguished Professor of Nursing, for the submission of her NIH F31 Fellowship application entitled: ”Identification of…
As the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife draws to a close, please join Duke University School of Nursing and Nurse-Family Partnership for a virtual panel discussion, "Supporting Healthy Communities through Public Health Nursing," on December 16 from 2 to 3 p.m. The event will reflect…
The Student Success Center has linked up with the DUSON Spectrum student group, the Duke Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, and the School of Medicine Office of Diversity & Inclusion for a four-part workshop series for the spring semester to extend education, allyship, and support for our…
According to an article in Duke Today, the Office of Information Technology (OIT) will upgrade Duke’s voice mail system and move it to new servers on the evening of Thursday, December 10. Users will not lose access to voice mail during the cutover. After the cutover:
New messages will…
Hideyo Tsumura, PhD student, and Dean Marion E. Broome were authors of "Advancing Nurses' Role to Address Issues Facing Japanese Anesthesia Practice" in the AANA Journal. Mai Taki, of Health Education and Guidance Department, Rakuwakai Healthcare Center, in Kyoto, Japan, is the…
As DUSON's community holiday gift this year, we ask that you consider supporting the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina Inc, in honor of former dean Dorothy Brundage. No donation is too small! You can donate to through the JustGiving page, which sends your…
Anne Derouin, assistant dean of the MSN program, spoke to the Center for Instruction, Technology & Innovation’s New Vision students in Mexico, New York, as covered by the center for its news story "New Vision Students Connect Virtually with Duke University School of Nursing." The story was…
Kudos to Jihye Scroggins, DNP student, her sponsor Debra Brandon, associate professor, and co-sponsor Karin Reuter-Rice, associate professor, for the submission of her NIH NRSA Fellowship application entitled: "Trajectories of Sleep Disturbance among Healthy Mothers in the Fourth Trimester." This…
Kudos to Amnazo Muhirwa, PhD student, her sponsor Devon Noonan, associate professor, and her entire team for the submission of her Sigma Theta Tau International application entitled: “Stress Cardiovascular Disease and the Superwoman Schema." This proposal requests funding for a one-year period…
The Duke University public art exhibition RESIST COVID / TAKE 6! gives us tools to resist COVID in our home communities.
Those in the Duke community are invited to participate in this exhibition and share its important messages. Keep reading for details on a giveaway.
RESIST COVID / TAKE 6! is an…
William Beauregard "Beau" Rowe, DNP'20, is the leading author of "Increasing Medication Access by Promoting Appropriate Use of Multi-dose Vials" in Plastic Surgical Nursing based off his DNP project. Peggy Bush, associate professor, is listed as a co-author.
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Medication…
The "Beyond the naming: Institutional racism in nursing" editorial that Antonia M. Villarruel, Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing for the University of Pennsylvania, and Dean Marion E. Broome co-wrote for Nursing Outlook was highlighted in the Vet Candy blog entry "Dismantling…
The SER Hispano Project and DUSON Community Health Improvement Partnership Program (D-CHIPP) will present "Access for Immigrants: Communal healing in action: creating pathways to health equity." This inclusive community symposium will occur on February 3 from noon to 6 p.m., and…
Associate Professors Eleanor S. McConnell and Wei Pan contributed to "Longitudinal Association Between Hearing Loss, Vision Loss, Dual Sensory Loss, and Cognitive Decline" in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
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Background/Objectives…
Kudos to Michelle Tingzhong Xue, PhD student, her sponsor Eleanor McConnell, associate professor, and her entire team for the submission of her Sigma Theta Tau International application entitled: “Dynamics of Multimorbidity, Dementia-Related Symptoms and Functional Recovery Trajectories in…
Kudos to Nikki Blodgett, director of the Center for Nursing Discovery, and Valerie Howard, vice dean of Academic Affairs, and their entire team for the submission of their Duke Faculty Advancement Seed Grant application entitled: “Educating Upstanders: Faculty Against Racism and Bias in…
Amy Alspaugh, consulting associate, is the leading author of "The Reproductive Health Priorities, Concerns, and Needs of Women in Midlife: A Feminist Poststructuralist Qualitative Analysis" in Qualitative Health Research.
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Reproductive health research rarely…
Michelle Franklin, PhD '20, Susan G. Silva, associate professor, Elizabeth Merwin, consulting associate, and Sharron Docherty, assistant dean, PhD in Nursing Program, were authors of "Identifying Individuals With Intellectual Disability Within a Population Study" in Nursing Research. …