Jewel Scott, MSN '06 and PhD '20, Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, associate professor, and Leigh Ann Simmons, consulting professor, coauthored “Equity in Genomics: A Brief Report on Cardiovascular Health Disparities in African American Adults" in The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. The…
The Duke University School of Nursing Office of Development & Alumni Affairs is pleased to announce the launch of our first-ever virtual speaker series: Campus to Couch, geared towards alumni, donors and friends.
This series will feature School of Nursing leaders, faculty, students, and alumni…
Jacqueline Nikpour, PhD student, is one of this year's recipients of AcademyHealth's Alice S. Hersh Student Scholarship. Applications are judged partly based on the applicant's commitment to the field of health services research or health policy and their potential to contribute to health…
Monica Meza, clinical placement coordinator, was featured on the Working@Duke Facebook page for her weekly yoga practice. She began practicing yoga in October with the help of the DUSON's weekly yoga class for employees led by yoga instructor Jeannie Minnick, who continues to teach the class…
The LiveWell RERC has opened its 2020-21 annual App Factory grant competition to fund development of assistive and accessibility mobile apps. There is a special interest in funding apps that improve health and function, commonly referred to as mobile health (mHealth) and mobile…
Schenita Randolph, assistant professor, was highlighted in The New York Times' article "Keeping Kids Curious About Their Bodies Without Shame" by Jenny Marder. The article discusses how to talk to children about body curiosity and setting boundaries for their behavior. Randolph's 2017 coauthored…
Duke University School of Nursing’s Institute for Educational Excellence invites you to register for the virtual 2020 Clinical Instructor Intensive “Rising to the Occasion: Lasting Lessons from Teaching During Change," which will be held online Tuesday, August 11, from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m…
Jibran Majeed, DNP student, co-wrote "When a Cancer Patient Tests Positive for Covid-19" for the Harvard Business Review.
Excerpt
The Covid-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented demands on health care providers, among them the need to monitor patients remotely. Among the most…
Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, associate professor, was featured in The Chronicle's "Duke professors work to fight COVID-19 in local Latinx community" story. The story highlights the Latinx Advocacy Team & Interdisciplinary Network for COVID-19 (Latin-19) community group with…
Blanca Iris Padilla, assistant professor, was part of a panel about COVID and the Latinx population on behalf of Duke and Lincoln Community Health Center (LCHC). The virtual panel was coordinated by the Durham County outreach coordinator and featured participants from Durham…
Prospective and accepted ABSN students for the Spring 2021 cohort logged into an interactive, two-part Zoom session on Friday, July 17, for the ABSN's Program's Duke Days event. The event ran from noon to 2:30 p.m.
The students were able to ask questions from DUSON faculty and staff in the…
Melanie Pitts, MSN '09 and DNP '19, and Jane Blood-Siegfried, professor, contributed to the article, "Early Peanut Protein Introduction in Clinical Practice," which is in the process of being published in the Journal of Pediatric Nursing.
Ran Xiao, assistant professor, and Xiao Hu, professor, recently had their “Generalizability of SuperAlarm via Cross-Institutional Performance Evaluation” manuscript accepted for publication in IEEE Access. The study offers valuable insights into the generalizability of SuperAlarm, a…
The Center for Nursing Research (CNR) is pleased to announce that the Fall 2020 Pilot Funding Program application cycle is upon us. The program is open to DUSON faculty members interested in conducting pilot and/or feasibility studies that will lead to a NIH R-level or equivalent grant…
Tech Tip of the Week
Planning to join a Zoom meeting while sitting by the pool at your favorite hotel in Maui?
If you decide to use a public WiFi (hotel, restaurant, gym, etc.) for Zoom, the chance of having the bandwidth you need for a good experience is pretty slim.…
The Society of Behavioral Medicine has announced that its 42nd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions in April 2021 will be entirely virtual. Those interested can submit their abstracts starting in August. Dori Steinberg, associate professor, is the program committee's chair.
Stephanie Turner, Public Relations Specialist, was featured in the "Finding Silver Linings in the Midst of a Pandemic" Duke TODAY article. In the article, Turner, who spends time engaging in the local performing arts outside of work, discusses shifting to acting and taking voice lessons in a…
The Duke Emergency Nursing Students (DENS) Club is pleased to announce the launch of a Virtual 5K to benefit the charity MedSupply Drive, a student-led coalition that seeks to provide necessary PPE to health care and essential workers all over the United States.
Registration will be $7,…
PhD students, Lauren Holt and Lisvel Matos, were recently selected as fellows for the DUSON PhD Margolis Scholars Program.
Holt and Matos will join Margolis Scholars from public policy and law schools as well as the broader Margolis Center community. The program aims to prepare doctoral…
Midge Bowers, associate professor, was interviewed by Diana Bures McNeill with the Duke School of Medicine for the second episode of Duke AHEAD's podcast DATE - Duke AHEAD Talks Education. The episode that features Bowers is titled "How To Encourage Our Students To Be Effective Online…
Melissa K. Robinson, MSN '19, and Kristi Coe, consulting associate, published "A Case Report of Donnai-Barrow Syndrome" article in the Advances in Neonatal Care with former DUSON assistant professor Wanda Bradshaw.
Abstract
Background
A genetic…
Susan Silva, associate professor, contributed to the "Comparative efficacy and acceptability of antidepressants, psychotherapies, and their combination for acute treatment of children and adolescents with depressive disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis" article published in the…
Danett S. Cantey, clinical nurse educator, co-published the "HI I CARE: A mnemonic device to frame safe patient encounters and support simulation experiences for novice nursing students" article in the Teaching and Learning in Nursing with Velinda Chapman, former DUSON clinical instructor. …
Voting is now open for this year's NC Board of Nursing elections, and several candidates in the Registered Nurse - APRN category have connections to DUSON. Voting is open until August 15 at midnight.
Alzora Benjamin: MSN '08
John Brion: Faculty
LaDonna Thomas: Consulting…
Assistant Professors Kara McGee and Schenita Randolph and Micheal Relf, associate dean for global and community health affairs, contributed to the article "Alarm at the Gate — Health and Social Inequalities are Comorbid Conditions of HIV and COVID-19" for the Journal of the…