Tech Tip of the Week
Thanks to all who submitted song titles for The Great DUSON Covid-19 Playlist, which was shown on the video wall when students reentered the building recently. You told us which songs to add, and we added them.
Didn’t get a chance to see it…
I am pleased to inform you that the following appointments, promotion and changes of status were approved for the School of Nursing during the June 12, 2020 Board of Trustees meeting. Please join me in congratulating our colleagues!
Promotions
Sophia K. Smith,…
Qing Yang, assistant professor, Daniel Hatch, biostatistician III, Jacqueline Vaughn, PhD student, and Associate Professors Dori Steinberg and Ryan Shaw co-author "Digital Phenotyping Self-Monitoring Behaviors for Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus:…
Congratulations to Ryan Shaw, associate professor, and his entire team who have received an award for their Seneca Devices, LLC proposal entitled: "Easy ShiftTM". This award is for a one-year period awarded September 30, 2019, to September 29, 2020.
EasyShift™ allows a…
Glenn Setliff, director of Information Technology, will present "Reaching for the Sky: IT Support Transitions to the Cloud" on August 12 from 4 to 4:45 p.m., for the SupportWorld Live: A Digital Experience conference. In this interactive session, Setliff will share how the DUSON IT team…
Kudos to Devon Noonan and her entire team for the submission of her NCI R01 application entitled: “Testing the Efficacy of Two Remotely Delivered Tobacco Cessation Interventions in Underserved Older Smokers." This proposal requests funding for a five-year period with a start date of April 1,…
A cohort of 26 DNP Nurse Anesthesia students entered into the Center for Nursing Discovery (CND) on June 15, becoming the first group of students to set foot in the center in months.
While the students may have been remote, faculty and staff have remained active in the facility in order to ensure…
Four days after the murder of George Floyd, two weeks after the murder of Breonna Taylor, and nearly three months after the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, DUSON hosted its monthly Diversity Conversation for students, faculty and staff. While we host these Diversity Conversations regularly, this one was…
Tiffany Kelley, PhD '12, has written "Nurse Innovations Crucial to Pandemic Response" for the Smithsonian National Museum of American History website. The article appears under the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation's blog.
"During times of crisis,…
Join the Health Equity Academy II (HEA II) in welcoming our third cohort of HEA II Scholars. These 10 HEA II Scholars have been attending an abbreviated virtual Pre-entry Immersion in Nursing (PIN) program since June 15 that will run until June 25. During this two-week…
Kudos to Sophia Smith, associate professor, Allison Applebaum (MSKCC) and their entire team for the submission of her R01 COVID-19 supplement application entitled: “Feasibility of Using a SMART Design to Optimize PTSD Symptom Management Strategies Among Cancer Caregivers During COVID-19 Pandemic."…
Malinda Teague, assistant professor, participated in Duke Ahead's online event, Precepting Learners & Telehealth, on June 17.
Consulting Associates Gina Wilson and Julie Thompson and Jane E. Blood-Siegfried, professor, published "Helping Babies Breathe (2nd edition) implementation on a shoestring budget in Zanzibar, Tanzania" in Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology.
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Tech Tip of the Week
Want to make sure your home network speed is good enough for your Zoom calls? Here’s how:
Navigate to https://www.speedtest.net and press the Go option;
Ignore the Ping speed;
Check out both your Upload and Download speeds…
Charles Collom, DNP '18, Marilyn Oermann, Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing, and Valerie Sabol, professor, are co-authors of "An Assessment of Predatory Publication Use in Reviews" in the Clinical Nurse Specialist, Vol. 34, No. 4, July/August 2020.
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Seven people were celebrated on June 17 during a virtual presentation of the 2020 Alumni Awards Ceremony. More than 65 people attended.
Anita Stallings, associate dean of Development & Alumni Affairs, introduced and concluded the ceremony. Dean Marion Broome gave some remarks and introduced…
In the early 1980s, Durham, like many American cities, witnessed a spike in the amount of homeless and impoverished people downtown. A group of faith and civic leaders responded to this crisis by establishing a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the Urban Ministries Center, in 1983. They constructed a building…
Announcing the newly elected leaders for the Beta Epsilon Chapter 2020-2022 of Sigma Theta Tau International, your Nursing Honor Society!
Vice President: Al Cadavero (assistant professor)
Treasurer: Brigit Carter (re-elected) (associate dean for Diversity and Inclusion…
Congratulations to Sallie Allgood, consulting associate, and her sponsor, Devon Noonan, associate professor, for their award for the Spring 2020 Hillman Small Grant Fellowship application entitled: “Developing a Community Health Worker Innovation Toolkit”. This award is for a one-year…
The IPEC staff will present the Lightning Talk abstract "'Bending with the Wind' to Ground New IPE Initiatives" for the August Nexus Summit 2020 program. The presentation will include a pre-recorded 15-minute presentation and a facilitated, live, theme-based discussion with up to…
Kudos to Annmarie Walton, assistant professor, and her entire team for the submission of her CDC/NIOSH R21 application entitled: ”Improving Practices to Limit Healthcare Workers’ Exposure to Antineoplastic Drugs." This proposal requests funding for a two-year period with a start date of…
Elizabeth Gatewood, DNP '18, and Jennie De Gagne, professor, contributed to “The One-Minute Preceptor: Evaluation of a Clinical Teaching Tool Training for Nurse Practitioner Preceptors" in The Journal for Nurse Practitioners (section “Faculty for Faculty”).
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Kudos to Nancy Crego, assistant professor, and her research team for the submission of her AHRQ COVID-19 related application entitled: “Alterations in Sickle Cell Disease Health Care Delivery, Utilization and Cost by North Carolina Medicaid Enrollees throughout the COVID-19 Crisis.” This…
Kimberly Erlich, consulting associate, was interviewed by Alana Hippensteele of Pharmacy Times for a two-part interview. The first part, "Pharmacogenomics and Behavioral Health in the Treatment of Children and Teens," was released on June 11. The second part, "Considerations for…
MSN alumna Rachel Hester was highlighted in the Statesville Record & Landmark article "Davis Medical Group names new family practice nurse." Her accolades include an academic merit scholarship from DUSON.