Nursing students with clinical experience have just started entry-level positions within the Duke University Health System (DUHS) to aid the hospitals’ COVID-19 care effort. This opportunity is made possible through the Duke Advancement of Nursing, Center of Excellence (DANCE) a…
Faculty, staff, and students from the School of Nursing are invited to participate in the Medical Center Archives' project documenting the current COVID pandemic. The Duke University Archives and the Duke University Medical Center Archives have been capturing as many of the news alerts, email…
ABSN cohort was celebrated on April 20 through a virtual luncheon. More than 112 students, staff, and faculty from the program and from the general School of Nursing community signed in to the Zoom-based event.
The stream lasted almost 45 minutes, being kicked off by …
Current DNP students have been taking to Zoom to defend and present their Scholarly Projects this year.
Upcoming
Elizabeth Huston
Evaluation of Integrating Primary Care and Mental Health Services with Office Based Opioid Treatment on Relapse and Retention Rates in…
PhD student Anna Diane and her faculty sponsor Ryan Shaw, associate professor, received an award for Diane's NIH/NINR NRSA Fellowship proposal entitled "Engaging Black Men in Digital Health to Improve Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes: An Iterative Participatory Design Approach."…
Kimberly Jackson has been promoted to the position of senior program manager for Global Academic Programs and Partnerships in the Office of Global and Community Health Initiatives (OGACHI). She started in OGACHI as a temp and transitioned into a full-time administrative assistant position…
AnnMarie Walton, assistant professor, and Margaret Bush, associate professor, contributed to the "Surface Contamination With Antineoplastic Drugs on Two Inpatient Oncology Units" article in the current issue of the Oncology Nursing Society's Oncology Nursing Forum publication. There were…
Rachel Richesson, associate professor, co-wrote the "Summary of second annual MCBK public meeting: Mobilizing Computable Biomedical Knowledge — A movement to accelerate translation of knowledge into action" article, which appears in the April issue of the Learning Health Systems journal. She was…
Candidates are being sought for the 2020-22 board and various committees of the Beta Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International, the Nursing Honor Society.
Board openings include:
Vice-President
Treasurer
Secretary
Graduate counselor
Directors (…
ABSN students Erika Dennis, Aqdas Liliani and Shelly Le have completed the six-month Quality & Innovation Scholars Program with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Duke Chapter. The three were selected for the program. During the program, they closely worked with their …
Do you have extra time or a college student who is home and would like to help support health care and other staff who are supporting critical on-site operations? A special section for COVID-19 support services has been added to Duke List, a classified advertisement site just for the Duke community…
Michael Relf, associate dean for Global and Community Health Affairs, published his "What's Old is New! Similarities Between SARS-CoV-2 and HIV" editorial in the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, or JANAC. The article is available online and will be printed in…
Devon Noonan, associate professor, has had her COVID-19 commentary article, "Navigating Nonessential Research Trials During COVID19: The Push We Needed For Using Digital Technology To Increase Access For Rural Participants?," published in The Journal of Rural Health. Noonan co-wrote…
Xiao Hu, professor, is one of 29 faculty members to be granted an annual Duke University distinguished professorship. Hu's title of Ann Henshaw Gardiner Distinguished Professor of Nursing will become effective July 1.
Debra Brandon, associate professor, and her team have received an award for their multi-PI subcontract with Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin on an NICHD R01 proposal entitled "Implementation of an Evidence-based Parentally Administered Intervention for Preterm Infants…
Marilyn Oermann, Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing, was a keynote speaker for the 2020 Nurse Educator Institute. Her keynote speeches were "Assessment in Nursing Education: Of Students & Teachers" and "Teaching Psychomotor Skills: Guided by Evidence." She also presented the…
Bradi Granger, professor, and Allen Cadavero, assistant professor, were recognized in a recent issue of The Pulse, a publication of Duke Heart, for their contribution to a virtual visitation project for the ICU at Duke Heart. This project aims to provide iPads on 7W and 7700 to facilitate…
When her father struggled with sleep apnea complications, Charles House founder Bettie Bradford looked for a care center that would provide assistance during the day, and at the same time, offer a socially stimulating environment. Mr. Charlie Jones, a Presbyterian minister and civil rights advocate…
The Duke Clinical Research Institute has launched the Healthcare Worker Exposure Response & Outcomes (HERO) Registry, a large, national clinical registry, and is inviting health care workers to join. Those who can join include nurses, therapists, physicians, emergency responders, food service…
ABSN'15 alumna Catharyn Nosek was highlighted by the Winston-Salem Journal and the News & Record in Greensboro for her work as a critical care nurse in intensive care on the hospital ship USNS Comfort. The ship is currently moored in the New York Harbor.
Nosek is pictured right with…
Wendy Perry, HEA operations coordinator, was featured in the April 14 Duke Today article "Eating Healthy at Home During COVID-19." The article features advice and tips on grocery shopping and healthy eating in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
An administrator from one of D-CHIPP’s community partners has made a donation to support the School of Nursing's international students who are currently away from their homes. The donor, a former international student, wishes to remain anonymous. D-CHIPP worked with Sharron Docherty…
Donna Biederman, associate professor, was invited to be a panelist for the National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) webinar, “The Role of Medical Respite Care in COVID-19 Response.” For the webinar, she joined colleagues from Seattle to discuss emerging practices for ensuring safe…
Families Moving Forward, one of D-CHIPP's community partners, has received 75 face masks for its families and staff from local nonprofit Covering the Triangle. Covering the Triangle, which Eric Westman and Lawrence Howard Greenblatt with the School of Medicine and Duke medical…
The Foundation for Academic Nursing, the new philanthropic arm of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), has announced the creation of the COVID-19 Nursing Student Support Fund to assist students whose education and lives have been directly impacted by the…