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. …
Jane Ralphe, PhD '20, and Associate Professors Susan Silva and Debra Brandon co-wrote "Body temperature instability and respiratory morbidity in the very low birth weight infant: a multiple case, intensive longitudinal study" for BMC Pediatrics.
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Background:…
Jane Ralphe, PhD '20, and Associate Professors Susan Silva and Debra Brandon contributed to "The Association Between Very Premature Infant Body Temperatures Over Time and Respiratory Care" in Biological Research for Nursing.
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Background: Due to…
Susan G. Silva, associate professor, has been invited to join the Editorial Board of Human Fertility, effective January 2021. Human Fertility is a leading international journal publishing research on human fertility and infertility, including molecular medicine and health care delivery. The journal…
Beth C. Phillips, associate professor, and Theresa M. Valiga, professor emerita, contributed to "Clinical Decision Making In Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Mixed Methods Multisite Study" in Nurse Education Today.
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Background
Clinical decision…
Dean Marion E. Broome was a keynote speaker and a commentator for the 2020 Virtual International Symposium on Nursing Leadership and Knowledge Translation, which was held from November 20 to 21. The event was jointly hosted by the School of Nursing (SON) at Fudan University, based in…
ABSN Loan Options
Applicants who wish to be considered for federal loans ONLY and are not planning to apply for need-based scholarship funding consideration:
Complete the 2023 - 24 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
School code: 002920…
All applicants are considered for the merit scholarship. One $40,000 scholarship is awarded per cohort (Fall admit, Spring admit) toward tuition ($10,000 per semester for four semesters). Students must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States to be eligible for consideration…