Benjamin Smallheer, Ph.D., RN, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, CCRN, CNE, lead faculty of the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program, received the Excellence in Nursing Leadership Award from the Amy V. Cockcroft Leadership Fellowship. The Cockcroft Fellowship is an opportunity that prepares…
North Carolina State Senator Gale Adcock will deliver the Duke University School of Nursing 2023 Spring Hooding and Graduation Ceremony address on Sunday, May 14, 2023, at 6 p.m. in the historic Cameron Indoor Stadium. The in-person event is for graduates and their families and friends; the event,…
Congresswoman Lauren Underwood, Representative from Illinois’ 14th Congressional District and Registered Nurse, will join with Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, RN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, FAAN, dean, Duke School of Nursing, and vice chancellor, nursing affairs, Duke University, for a virtual…
Associate Professor Karin Reuter-Rice, PhD, CPNP-AC, FCCM, FAAN, will conduct an innovative 5-year study, “Risk Stratification in Children with Concussion”, that will follow 500 children (ages 11-17 years) over one year to examine their concussion symptoms and experiences. This study, funded by…
Devon Noonan, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CARN, FIAAN, associate professor at Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) and Dorothy L. Powell Term Chair of Nursing has received the 2023 SNRS mid-career researcher award for her work developing and evaluating health promotion and disease prevention programs in…
Left to right: Alexander, Aycock, & Cothran
Schenita Randolph, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, director and principal investigator of the HEEAT Research Lab, and Fellow in the Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Leaders and Innovators co-wrote a proposal with her fellowship colleagues Kamila A.…
The North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM) has launched a new Task Force on the Future of the Nursing Workforce to tackle projected shortages and address challenges within the profession.
Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, RN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, FAAN, dean, Duke School of Nursing, and…
As the School of Nursing embarks on its five-year strategic plan with a focus on advancing health equity and social justice, this year’s lecture highlighted the growing and increasingly unsustainable human and financial costs that are widening health inequities in the United States.
Neal Batra,…
Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) is taking bold new steps in mitigating harmful social determinants of health and addressing health inequities. In the fall of 2022, the school introduced its new mission statement with a focus on advancing health equity and social justice by preparing nurse…
Dancy
Margaret Dancy recently graduated from the Master of Science program and is a recipient of the Thelma Ingles Award for excellence in clinical expertise and scholarly activities. The award was established in 1973 in honor of a distinguished nurse educator and writer, Thelma Ingles. She…
Chronic diseases account for seven of the ten leading causes of death in the United States (WHO, 2020). In North Carolina, chronic disease disparities are some of the highest in the country. Specifically in rural areas, an area of interest to our group, there are large health disparities in chronic…
Pictured from left to right: Dr. Sabol, Tsumura, Dr. Shaw, and Dr. Gonzalez-Guarda
Hideyo Tsumura, PhD, DNP, RN, CRNA, recently received the 2022-2023 American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Excellence in Advancing Nursing Science Award. The award is for an outstanding…
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, RN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, FAAN, dean, Duke School of Nursing, and vice chancellor of nursing affairs, Duke University, has been appointed to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NASEM) ad hoc consensus study committee…
An Ounce of Prevention is worth a pound of cure. THIS! This is everything, yet our health systems in the U.S. are not set up to prioritize prevention. Our group is on a mission to change this in collaboration with rural communities who traditionally lack access to prevention programs. …
The U.S. News & World Report released its 2023 online rankings today and Duke School of Nursing took top honors across the board. The school leapt from the #5 spot in 2022 to being the second-best overall online graduate Nursing School program as well as maintaining its status as the second-…