Every year, at least 2.8 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI). While many people go on to make a full recovery, there are more than 5 million people in the U.S. living with a chronic brain injury-related disability – that’s one in 60 Americans.
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We are thrilled to share that Interim Dean Michael Relf, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, has been awarded the Mary T. Champagne Distinguished Professorship effective July 1, 2024. Distinguished Professorships honor faculty who are well-established members of the Duke academic community and have also achieved…
“Women represent over 50% of our population, and deserve attention to their gender specific care,” said Kathryn Trotter, DNP, CNM, FNP-C, CHSE, FAANP, FAAN, lead faculty for the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner major. “Clinically, women’s health nurse practitioners can provider primary and…
For as long as she can remember, Freeman has always loved taking care of others – even action figures. As a child, she would borrow her brother’s He-Man and Skeletor toys and place them in hospital beds she made out of shoeboxes. Her Barbie dolls became nurses and she transformed masking tape into…
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While the study itself is the work of Dr.’s Randolph and Johnson, the idea of a formal training for stylists as conduits for HIV/AIDS prevention education actually came from stylists themselves. “In fact, providing continuing education units from the state board of cosmetology for the training was…
Brand remembers the moment that changed her life. After being awoken by her father’s screams one Sunday morning, she went to her parents’ bathroom and found a horror scene of blood splattered everywhere and blood-tinged towels on the floor. Her frantic, trembling mother was trying to help Brand’s…
Duke University School of Nursing's Nurse Anesthesia DNP Program, Class of 2026, participated in the ceremony, joined by more than 150 families and friends who gathered to commemorate this milestone. Derrick Glymph, Ph.D., DNAP, CRNA, CHSE, COL., USAR, FAANA, FAAN, the clinical education…
Housed at George Washington University, SMA is one of the nation’s leading organizations working to advance health equity, and Duke University School of Nursing will be the first nursing school to serve as sole co-host of the conference, titled “Equity Amplified”.
Dr. Ernest Grant, vice…
Gyuhyun Lee was on a mission trip in India when a bad bout of food poisoning changed his life. His experience in a poverty-stricken hospital in Mysore revealed the stark healthcare disparities caused by income inequality. Since then, Lee has been determined to change that.
“I witnessed…
A biostatistician with methodological and secondary data analysis expertise, Silva has led multiple cohorts of students from the School’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program, as they developed scholarly projects based on data from the electronic data system at Grey’s Hospital in…
At four years old, Idowu was engrossed in imaginative role plays, unknowingly practicing for her future career. She tenderly cared for her sick dolls, giving them pretend injections and nursing them back to health.
Her inclination towards nursing continued as she grew older and began reading…
Being hospitalized is often one of the lowest points in a person’s life. Diseases, injuries and other ailments can make the stay feel unbearable. But Duke University School of Nursing student Katia Anello hopes to be a bright spot in a patient’s day.
“I have always had a passion for helping…
Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) Professor Tracey Yap, Ph.D., RN, WCC, CNE, FGSA, FAAN, specializes in geriatric nursing and is a senior fellow in the Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development. For years she has focused her research on…
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For the fourth straight year since U.S. News first began publishing nursing major rankings, DUSON’s Family Nurse Practitioner, Nursing and Healthcare Leadership, and Nursing Education master’s specialties each ranked #1 among nursing schools across the country. DUSON’s ranked #4 overall for the…
Musham’s gift, via her estate, allots $5 million to endow the William and Bettye Martin Musham Professorship and $3 million to endow the William and Bettye Martin Musham Fund. The bequest will be transformational to the School, cementing the creation of a DUSON learning and research center that…
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Emily Laker knew she wanted a career that would allow her to make a tangible difference in people’s lives. Then she remembered her grandfather’s hospice nurse and decided to follow the nursing path so she could help other families.
“I was excited to become a nurse because I knew that there…
Adam Reilly-Dreas has always loved serving and taking care of others. He spent six years taking care of students as a special education teacher and decided to focus on a career that would allow him to focus even more on individual care needs.
“I wanted to remain in the field of HEAL (health…
Concussions occur at an alarming rate among U.S. schoolchildren, with one in five experiencing a concussion by age 16. Compared with adults, children experience longer and more severe post-concussive symptoms, which may go unrecognized or untreated and can impact their quality of life and ability…
The purpose of the study was to help identify the essential health care services for women related to intimate partner violence (IPV) during steady state conditions, determining whether the essential health care services related to IPV differ during public health emergencies (PHEs), and identifying…
Smith was a teenager when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. She endured two years of chemotherapy and radiation treatments, which took a toll on her health and put a financial strain on her parents, who were unemployed at the time. When Smith’s doctor heard about their struggles, he waived…