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…
Kudos to Deborah H. Allen, DANCE member from Duke University Health System, and her entire team for their submission of their STT/ANCC proposal entitled: “Implementing Ipsilateral Peripheral Intravenous Access Procedures for Routine Scanning in Patients with History of Surgical…
Kudos to Multi PIs Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, associate professor, and Krista Perreira (UNC-CH) and their entire team for the submission of their NIH NCATS (R21) proposal entitled: “CASA Latina: Community Academic Strategic Alliance for Research with Hispanic/Latino(x) Populations." This project…
Callie Tennyson, DNP, ACNP-BC, AACC, CHSE, joined DUSON’s faculty in 2017. She is now the Director of the Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner-Acute Care program and a Healthcare in Adult Populations Division member. She has a joint appointment with the Duke University Health System and practices…
Dr. Nikki Blodgett, PhD, RN, CHSE-A, ANEF, is the Director of the Center for Nursing Discovery (CND) and an Assistant Professor at the Duke University School of Nursing. As the CND Director, she works with faculty to incorporate standards of best practices in simulation into their courses, helps to…