Christian Falyar, assistant professor, and Stephan Bodnar, DNP '20, are featured on the cover of the December 2020 issue of the AANA Journal. Falyar is seen guiding Bodnar through the indications, sonanatomy and needle placement of a posterior transversus abdominis plane block during regional…
Amie Koch, assistant professor, published "Nurses' Role in Providing Comprehensive Communication, Prognostication, and Palliative Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic" in the Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing.
Abstract
This article presents the case of a mother of young…
The Beta Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing recently held its annual ceremony. In addition, MSN student and ABSN alumni Emma Teman (pictured with Kathryn J. Trotter, associate professor) received the STTI Thelma Ingles Excellence in Clinical Expertise and…
Xiao Hu, Ann Henshaw Gardiner Distinguished Professor of Nursing, was profiled by Will Alexander for a Faculty Spotlight on the Duke School of Medicine's Department of Neurology News website.
Excerpt
The work of Xiao Hu, PhD, almost makes the word “…
Congratulations to Monica Russell, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion program director, for completing her Masters in Health Administration (MHA) from Walden University on November 16, 2020. A virtual graduation is planned for February 2021, and an in-person one (pending COVID) is…
Assistant Professors Schenita Randolph and Ragan Johnson were featured in the Nurse.com article "HIV Prevention Efforts Utilize Salons in Black Communities" by Marcia Frellick. The article discussed a project led by Randolph and Johnson based on Randolph's proposal entitled "A Salon-Based,…
Callie Tennyson, assistant professor, has been accepted into the IPE Advanced Certificate Program beginning January 2021. She will be participating with an interprofessional group, along with John Oliver, DUH chaplain director, and Karen Jooste, with Duke Integrative Medicine, on educational…
Duke will follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to our team members and patients. These guidelines require the prioritization of team members with the longest exposure to COVID-19 patients to receive the vaccine first.
When you…
Duke Health and Fitness Center has registered, licensed and experienced dietitians that provide both the expertise and personal support needed for both short-term and long-term success with weight loss and weight management. Our group approach includes the 8-week Getting on Track Weight Loss…
Maryellen Kelly, assistant professor, presented an abstract titled “Utility estimation for neurogenic bow el dysfunction in the general population” at the 2020 virtual Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology meeting. The abstract presents the…
Three e-posters co-created by DUSON faculty, alumni and students were presented at the "10th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum cum 3rd Sigma Asia Region Conference," which ran from December 7 to 8. DUSON was an event co-organizer.
The posters included:
Poster 5011…
Dean Marion E. Broome received Indiana University’s (IU) prestigious Bicentennial Medal. The medal honors distinguished and distinctive service in support of IU’s mission as a public university. Broome served as dean and professor at IU’s School of Nursing from 2004 to 2014. The medals are…
Four scholars have been selected for the 2021-2023 cohort of Duke’s National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP): Kamal Golla, Melissa Harris, Jennifer May and Karen Scherr. The cohort represents the third group of interdisciplinary medical researchers recruited to the Duke…
The ABSN Program has released a thank you message to the clinical instructor and clinical nurse educators for their contributions and help with the program's activities. Check out the video now up on our YouTube page.
Congratulations to AnnMarie Walton, assistant professor, and her entire team who have received an award for their Duke Cancer Control and Population Sciences Pilot Studies (CCPS) proposal entitled “Examining Occupational Exposure Risks and the Efficacy of Toilet Seat Covers and Routine…
The Student Success Center and Jacqui McMillian-Bohler, assistant professor, are partnering with DuWell to offer a Koru Mindfulness course focused on supporting Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) members of our community at Duke. During an unprecedented year in the…
The entire Duke University community can now access certain training modules in Spanish due to a recent purchase by the Center for Nursing Research (CNR).
The purchase was of a set of social behavioral research modules in Spanish from the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)…
A team from the Duke University School of Nursing has been training a set of community health workers to become better attuned to the current needs of the Triangle’s Latinx community.
This project is supported by the Duke Health Greatest Need philanthropic funding of a proposal submitted by Rosa…
Nurse Anesthesia Merit Scholarship
Admissions Application Deadline: September 1
All Fall 2025 Nurse Anesthesia-DNP applicants are considered for the Nurse Anesthesia merit scholarship through their Admissions application. One $68,400 tuition scholarship is awarded to a new…
A Teach More About Teams six-week course is being offered for clinicians who supervise health professions learners in patient care settings. This event will start on January 25 and is sponsored by an education grant from Duke AHEAD.
Program Goals
Develop values…
Kristi Lynn Dixon, DNP'20, Brigit Carter, associate dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Julie Thompson, consulting associate, contributed to "Neonatal Thermoregulation: A Golden Hour Protocol Update" in the Clinical Issues in Neonatal Care.
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The inaugural "Time to Put It Into Practice: A Primer on Artificial Intelligence & its Applications for Nursing" will occur January 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Data Science Research Area of Excellence in the Center for Nursing Research. This…
Duke University will test its Emergency Notification System on Wednesday. The test is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., and will include activation of the outdoor sirens and distribution of an email to all students, faculty and staff.
In addition, a text message will be sent to the…
Cristina C. Hendrix, chair of the Clinical Health Systems & Analytics Division, was the keynote speaker at the first National Interprofessional Geriatric Conference on December 3. The event was hosted by the Durham VA Health Care System for the Elder Care in Hospital Program (ECHo).…
Join Duke Science & Society and their honored guests, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Alan Alda, for "Coronavirus Conversations: Restoring Faith in Public Science Agencies" on Friday at noon. RSVPing is required.
Fauci is the director of NIAID, National Institutes of Health, and chief…