All News Widgets

#1 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#85 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#70 (Edit)

#43 (Edit)

Claire M. Fagin, PhD, FAAN, RN Professor of Nursing and Dean Emerita

Claire M. Fagin, PhD, RN, FAAN, Former Dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Passes Away at Age 97

She served as dean of Penn Nursing for 15 years from 1977 to 1992, during which time she transformed the school into a world-renowned education, research, and clinical development enterprise, established landmark education programs and increased the number of standing faculty seven-fold. In addition to her deanship, Fagin served as the interim president of the University of Pennsylvania from July 1, 1993, to June 30, 1994.

Welcome Back Spring 2024: A Message from Dean Villarruel

Welcome Back Spring 2024: A Message from Dean Villarruel

Welcome to Spring semester! I hope you had a restful winter break and peaceful holiday celebrations. The Fall Semester brought unprecedented fear, pain, and change, and the break couldn’t have come soon enough! I love the new year—it brings opportunities for new beginnings, and I believe that we—as a University—will emerge even better and stronger! It will take all of us working together to make that happen. I hope you’re ready to start anew, recharged and refreshed.

Introducing the First Cohort of the Conway Scholars

Introducing the First Cohort of the Conway Scholars

Earlier this year Penn Nursing received a $1 million grant from the Bedford Falls Foundation – DAF, a donor-advised fund established by Philanthropists William (Bill) E. Conway Jr., co-founder and co-chairman of The Carlyle Group, and his wife, Joanne, to support a total of 40 high-merit students over a four-year period who are enrolled in a Penn degree program. Ten students will be selected every year to receive this support.

Show 3 more... (30 total)

#49 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#53 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#251 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#178 (Edit)

#378 (Edit)

#238 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#48 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#187 (Edit)

CHOPR News

#362 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#227 (Edit)

#230 (Edit)

News

#355 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#217 (Edit)

#67 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#66 (Edit)

Our People

Starting the Conversation: Implications of Generative AI for Gerontology

Recently, Penn Nursing and the Penn Artificial Intelligence and Technologies Collaboratory for Healthy Aging (PennAITech) – funded by the National Institute on Aging – invited experts from academia, industry, and government to participate in a two-day (December 5-6, 2023) roundtable discussion to discuss challenges and opportunities in the use of Large language models (LLMs) and Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in gerontology. LLMs and the platforms they support such as ChatGPT have experienced an exponential growth in popularity and use in recent months.

Cacchione to Receive 2024 Norma M. Lang Award for Scholarly Practice and Policy

Pamela Z. Cacchione, PhD, CRNP, BC, FGSA, FAAN, the Ralston House Term Chair in Gerontological Nursing, Professor of Geropsychiatric Nursing in the Department of Family and Community Health, and a Nurse Scientist at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center will be the 2024 recipient of Penn Nursing’s prestigious Norma M. Lang Award for Scholarly Practice and Policy. The award, given biennially to a Penn Nursing faculty member or a graduate from the School’s doctoral program who has made a distinguished contribution to nursing through scholarly practice, honors Norma M. Lang, PhD, the Professor and Dean Emerita of Penn Nursing, for her world-renowned contributions to health policy and practice.

#64 (Edit)

#62 (Edit)

Today

#309 (Edit)

#310 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#47 (Edit)

When Segregation of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Threatens Care for People with Coexisting Conditions

Life becomes very complex for patients who need to manage pain due to cancer or other illness while still receiving methadone treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). Methadone is a highly effective medication for treating OUD, however, the current U.S. regulatory framework mandates that methadone for OUD is exclusively accessible through federally approved Opioid Treatment Programs, with many individuals required to make daily visits for supervised dosing. This requirement places a significant burden on those with competing health needs, limited access to transportation, living in rural areas or in regions with few or no treatment programs.

#383 (Edit)

Announcing the 2023 Lauder Fellows

Announcing the 2023 Lauder Fellows

The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) has named its second cohort of Fellows for the Leonard A. Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program (LLCCNPP), and the group is comprised of nursing professionals from across the country who will begin full-time studies towards becoming a primary care nurse practitioner this fall. The Fellows will use this unique opportunity to further their education and clinical experience to help solve the challenges they see in their chosen field.

Meet the Leonard A. Lauder Community Care NP Fellows on the Anniversary of the Game-Changing Gift

Meet the Leonard A. Lauder Community Care NP Fellows on the Anniversary of the Game-Changing Gift

This past fall, nine carefully chosen nurses from across the country embarked on their NP education at Penn—and thanks to a $125 million gift from Leonard A. Lauder W’54, made one year ago in February 2022, they will emerge from the experience debt-free and ready to care for those who need their expertise most.

Show 1 more... (4 total)

#103 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#78 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#322 (Edit)

Previous Nursing Story Slams

#57 (Edit)

<h3 class="topic-header">Topic: <span><span class="lw_item_tags"><a href="/live/tags/hospital%20care/type/news">hospital care</a><span class="lw_comma">,</span> <a href="/live/tags/patient%20outcomes/type/news">patient outcomes</a><span class="lw_comma">,</span> <a href="/live/tags/public%20policy/type/news">public policy</a></span></span></h3> <article class="research-article"> <h4 class="research-article-headline"> <a href="/live/news/2170-investing-in-patient-care-and-savings">Investing In Patient Care and Savings</a> </h4> <div class="research-article-summary"> <p> Successful investment bankers have a nose for profitable innovation. In the case of Penn Nursing Board of Advisors member and Wharton alum John J. Rydzewski, he knew as soon as he heard Mary D. Naylor, PhD RN FAAN present early research findings for the Transitional Care Model (TCM) that it was potentially transformational. That led him to recently make a generous gift to Dr. Naylor’s work at Penn Nursing’s NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health.</p> <a class="research-article-link" href="/live/news/2170-investing-in-patient-care-and-savings">Read more</a> </div> </article>
<article class="research-article"> <h4 class="research-article-headline"> <a href="/live/news/2349-nih-grant-for-innovative-study-using-patient">NIH Grant for Innovative Study Using Patient Verbal Communication to Detect Deterioration in Heart Failure Patients in Managed Long-Term Care</a> </h4> <div class="research-article-summary"> <p>To improve the quality of care and reduce healthcare expenditures, heart failure patients in the U.S. are increasingly being treated in community-based programs such as managed long-term care. Although early identification of patients’ risks of negative outcomes, including hospitalizations or emergency department visits, has been shown to prevent these adverse outcomes in settings including hospitals and nursing homes, it has not been studied in managed long-term care.</p> <a class="research-article-link" href="/live/news/2349-nih-grant-for-innovative-study-using-patient">Read more</a> </div> </article>
<h3 class="topic-header">Topic: <span><span class="lw_item_tags"><a href="/live/tags/mental%20health/type/news">mental health</a></span></span></h3> <article class="research-article"> <h4 class="research-article-headline"> <a href="/live/news/2350-study-highlights-concerns-and-preferences-of">Study Highlights Concerns and Preferences of Residents Regarding Police Involvement in Mental Health Crisis Response</a> </h4> <div class="research-article-summary"> <p> Police officers often respond to incidents that do not involve crime or immediate threats to public safety but instead deal with community members facing unmet mental health needs. In response to this, many cities are experimenting with co-deploying police officers alongside health professionals or deploying teams entirely composed of civilian health professionals.</p> <a class="research-article-link" href="/live/news/2350-study-highlights-concerns-and-preferences-of">Read more</a> </div> </article>

#45 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#240 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#28 (Edit)

Featured News

Be True To Your School: An Alumni Guide To Giving Back

May 2 --

Penn nursing alumni are leaders in health and healthcare—and that leadership drives alumni to seek ways to support the School and show Penn Nursing pride long after graduation.

December 2022 Induction

December 20 --

On December 7, 2022, Xi Chapter inducted a new cohort of members. Welcome and congratulations! The recording of the virtual ceremony is now available. The ceremony featured an address by Dr. Sharon Irving titled Learning to PIVOT: Foundations of Frontline Nursing.

35th Annual Tri-State Consortium Conference

October 4 --

Join chapter members and leaders at this exciting annual event!

#354 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#30 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#258 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#255 (Edit)

News

New Fellowship Aims at Advancing Health Care through Nurse-led Innovation and Leadership Within Health Systems

New Fellowship Aims at Advancing Health Care through Nurse-led Innovation and Leadership Within Health Systems

The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing recently announced the Johnson & Johnson Nurse Innovation Fellowship Program (JJNIF), powered by Penn Nursing and the Wharton School–a ground-breaking, one-year, team-based nursing fellowship for Chief Nursing Officers (CNO), nurse executives, and senior nurse leaders. The fellowship is unique in that two nurse leaders – one Chief Nursing Officer or nurse executive and one other senior nurse leader from the same organization – participate and work together to address a real-world challenge their health system is facing.

Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania Partners with Gaingels to Devote Five Million Dollars in Research that Supports Advances in LGBTQ+ Health Start-ups

Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania Partners with Gaingels to Devote Five Million Dollars in Research that Supports Advances in LGBTQ+ Health Start-ups

The Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) is partnering with Gaingels, an LGBTQIA+/Allies private investment syndicate, to provide their portfolio of companies access to Penn’s academic research to make an impact into the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ communities.

Show 4 more... (9 total)

#100 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#139 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#363 (Edit)

The Magliacano Digital Communications Center is now LIVE!

Penn Nursing’s legacy of leadership and focus on innovation demands cutting edge technology in all of its spaces—including the Carol Elizabeth Ware Lobby in Claire M. Fagin Hall. Thanks to a generous gift from Maria Coutretsis Magliacano, Nu’98 and Marc Magliacano, W’96, the look and feel of the lobby—not to mention the School’s technology assets—have been transformed by a strategically designed digital communications center.

#364 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#282 (Edit)

Hillman Scholar News

Penn Hillman Scholars Study the Design Thinking Process to Innovate and Educate

Penn Hillman Scholars Study the Design Thinking Process to Innovate and Educate

This past summer, in the midst of a global pandemic, three University of Pennsylvania Hillman Scholars, Jessie Axsom (’23), Nina Juntereal (’24), and Anthony Scarpone-Lambert (’24), took on an project aimed at sharpening their innovative skills and creating something to benefit the greater healthcare community. Scholars first completed an online five-module Design Thinking for Health course, then applied the framework to a project of their choosing that relates to the particular health challenge and community that is the focus of their dissertation research. The final project deliverable was for each student to create a brief case study presentation detailing their experience.

Penn Hillman Scholar Investigates the Autism Phenotype in Preschool-aged Children in China

Penn Hillman Scholar Investigates the Autism Phenotype in Preschool-aged Children in China

Stacey L Bevan, BS, BSN, RN, is a second-year PhD student writing a mixed-methods dissertation on sociocultural perspectives of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnosis in pediatric immigrant communities. Stacey was awarded an interdisciplinary grant from the Hillman Scholars Foundation to support her project with the China Jintan Child Cohort study. This grant helped her contextualize the results of her secondary analysis of ASD phenotype in this population-based cohort and plan for dissemination according to Community Based Participatory Research methods. While this project was planned during a complicated time in global health and politics, she was able to appreciate several themes of the work, including recognizing the international platform, engaging with the historical paradigm and developing flexibility in fieldwork.

Elizabeth Broden Coordinates Penn’s Summer Mentorship Program for High School Students Interested in Healthcare as a Career

Elizabeth Broden Coordinates Penn’s Summer Mentorship Program for High School Students Interested in Healthcare as a Career

This year, Penn’s annual Summer Mentorship Program (SMP) was different for a lot of reasons. First, and most obviously, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic forced the program into a virtual format. For this program, that meant going virtual using Zoom for daily programming, instead of the usual in-person, hands-on activities typically planned for the month-long professional development program for rising high school juniors. Second, this year, the School of Nursing (SON) Program was the largest it has ever been, with a total of 20 students from over 10 different Philadelphia high schools.

#278 (Edit)

Claire M. Fagin, PhD, RN, FAAN, Former Dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Passes Away at Age 97

Welcome Back Spring 2024: A Message from Dean Villarruel

#231 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#232 (Edit)

Show 3 more... (18 total)

#188 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#340 (Edit)

Supporting the Well-Being of LGBTQ+ Adolescents and Their Families
Penn Nursing’s Dalmacio Dennis Flores, PhD, ACRN, FAAN, Assistant Professor of Nursing in the Department of Family and Community Health, has been awarded a 2023 grant from the Hillman Innovations in Care (HIC) program. The $600,000 grant will be used to expand a Penn Nursing-led program that supports the well-being of LGBTQ+ adolescents and their families. This grant is awarded by The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation.
Integrating the Transitional Care Model into Nurse Practitioner Curricula to Improve Outcomes for High-Risk Older Adults
Managing transitions in care for older adults and their family caregivers, no matter the care setting, is especially challenging in a rapidly changing health care system. Patient discharges which typically require prescription writing, discharge summary creation, and team consultations for home care entail more complex coordination and planning.
Living Legend Designation for Penn Nursing Professor
The American Academy of Nursing has named Martha A.Q. Curley, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and the Ruth M. Colket Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nursing Science at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, a Living Legend. This honor is bestowed upon a person who has made significant contributions to nursing and health care over the course of their career. The official designation will be made at the Academy’s 2023 Health Policy Conference: Celebrating 50 Years of Leadership, Policy, and Partnerships, to be held October 5-7, 2023. This is the Academy’s highest honor.
New Fellowships
Four Penn Nursing professors have been selected for new fellowships from national organizations in their respective fields. Congratulations to José A. Bauermeister, Diane Spatz, Abigail Howe-Heyman, and Dawn Elizabeth Bent.
Helping Health Care Providers Support Black Breastfeeding Families
Despite breastfeeding being recommended for at least two years, only 36 percent of all infants are still breastfed at their first birthday. Black/African American mothers are least likely to initiate breastfeeding with initiation rates of only 74 percent compared to 90 percent of Asian mothers with a national average of 84 percent. Given the disparities in breastfeeding initiation, there are likely to be equivalent disparities in breastfeeding duration.

#197 (Edit)

#179 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#157 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#189 (Edit)

Investigators Identify Translation Gaps in Instrument That Measures Nurse Work Environment

Eileen Lake is the Jessie M. Scott Endowed Term Chair in Nursing and Health Policy, a professor of nursing, and associate director of the...

Investigators Identify Translation Gaps in Instrument That Measures Nurse Work Environment

Two decades ago, the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index was published to measure the nursing practice environment. Although the instrument’s use has resulted in advances in science and quality improvement efforts, its potential may be limited by the availability and quality of translations into different languages.

Hospital Understaffing and Poor Work Conditions Associated with Physician and Nurse Burnout and Intent to Leave

Hospital Understaffing and Poor Work Conditions Associated with Physician and Nurse Burnout and Intent to Leave

A unique collaborative study on hospital clinician wellbeing by teams at 60 of the nation’s best hospitals, defined by Magnet Hospital Recognition, was published today in JAMA Health Forum. The study found that physicians and nurses, even at hospitals known to be good places to work, experienced adverse outcomes during the pandemic and want hospital management to make significant improvements in their work environments and in patient safety. The solutions to high hospital clinician burnout and turnover, they say, are not resilience training for clinicians to better cope with adverse working conditions but organizational improvements that provide safe workloads and better work-life balance.

Penn’s Rebecca Clark, PhD, Joins Betty Irene Moore Fellowship Program at UC Davis Nursing School

Penn’s Rebecca Clark, PhD, Joins Betty Irene Moore Fellowship Program at UC Davis Nursing School

Rebecca Clark, PhD, MSN, RN, Assistant Professor of Perinatal Nursing, Midwifery, and Women’s Health at Penn Nursing and a Nurse Scientist at Pennsylvania Hospital, is one of 16 nurse scientists accepted to the fourth cohort of the Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators. She is the first nurse scientist from Penn to be accepted to this program.

Penn’s Rebecca Clark, PhD, Joins Betty Irene Moore Fellowship Program at UC Davis Nursing School

Penn’s Rebecca Clark, PhD, Joins Betty Irene Moore Fellowship Program at UC Davis Nursing School

Study Shows Missed Nursing Care is a Key Factor in Adverse Outcomes for Very Low Birthweight Infants

Sometimes hospital staff nurses cannot provide required care due to time constraints. This reality can contribute to potentially dire outcomes for very low birthweight (VLBW) infants, who weigh less than 3.3 lbs. at birth. These newborns depend on the nurse for survival. Missed nursing care is likely clinically relevant to whether VLBW infants develop an infection, develop a brain hemorrhage, or even die. Given post-pandemic staffing shortages and the increased burden placed on nurses, routine measurement of missed care and managerial efforts to prevent it could be vital to improving the health and life course of VLBW infants.

#272 (Edit)

Illinois Nurse Staffing Legislation Predicted to Reduce Hospital Deaths and Improve Care

Illinois Nurse Staffing Legislation Predicted to Reduce Hospital Deaths and Improve Care

According to a new study published in the scientific journal BMJ Open, proposed state legislation in Illinois—HB 2604 Safe Staffing Limits Act– would significantly improve nurse staffing in hospitals and likely save thousands of lives. The cost of improving nurse staffing could be offset by cost savings achieved by the impact of better nurse staffing on shorter length of hospital stays.

CHOPR Receives NIH Funding to Educate Doctoral Students in “Advanced Training in Nursing Outcomes.”

CHOPR Receives NIH Funding to Educate Doctoral Students in “Advanced Training in Nursing Outcomes.”

The T32 training grant provides graduate-level academic institutions with National Institute of Health (NIH) funds training for predoctoral and postdoctoral candidates. We are proud of the many brilliant nurse leaders who began their journey with the faculty of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research and have continued to make a huge impact on health care, economics, and society.

#274 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#273 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#269 (Edit)

#270 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#271 (Edit)

CHOPR’s Layered history of racial and ethnic disparities research helps identify factors of nursing that influence minority patient outcomes

CHOPR’s Layered history of racial and ethnic disparities research helps identify factors of nursing that influence minority patient outcomes

In 2002, the Institute of Medicine’s report, Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care documented differences in the care, treatment, and outcomes for black patients compared to white patients. Then in 2008, The Dartmouth Atlas Health Care Project also confirmed stark differences in the care and treatment received by minorities, prompting the study’s sponsor, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to create an initiative aimed at narrowing health care disparities across lines of race and geography. At the forefront, CHOPR sought to further investigate hospital characteristics that underlie care inequalities.

#429 (Edit)

Shifting Caregivers from the Margins to the Middle: Power in Numbers

Join CEO Jennifer Olsen, DrPH, as she discusses the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers’ (RCI) vision and strategies designed to make caregivers more central in our culture, in our policies, and in our workplaces.

Technologies for Aging and Caregiving: Challenges and Opportunities

In a recent webinar, George Demiris, PhD and Ashish Shah shared their experiences developing, testing, and implementing technologies that could improve the home as a care setting and help caregivers assess and address their loved one’s needs.

Rabbi Richard F. Address and Reverend Tyrone Pitts

The Sacred Art of Caregiving

In a wide-ranging webinar, Rabbi Richard Address and Reverend Tyrone Pitts seamlessly integrated the theological and the practical as they delved deep into the spiritual aspects of caregiving.

Investing in the Direct Care Workforce of the Future

In the fifth in the Caregiving NOW series, Carol Raphael called for a radical reimagining of the direct care workforce–the nursing assistants, home health aides, and personal care assistants that provide direct care to our loved ones at home and in residential facilities.

Keeping the Faith with African American Families Living with Dementia

Dr. Fayron Epps joined Mary D. Naylor, PhD, RN, FAAN on Penn Nursing’s Caregiving NOW Initiative to talk about her research with dementia caregivers and the importance of engaging the community she studies and serves.

Seeing and Supporting Family Caregivers

In a webinar kicking off Penn Nursing’s new Caregiving NOW Initiative, Heather Young, PhD, RN recounted her own experiences as caregiver to her late father.

Drs. Christine Grady, Carol Taylor, and Jason Karlawish

When the Caregiver is Also a Bioethicist and Clinician - Ethical Dimensions of Caregiving

A daughter who cared for her mother with dementia. A wife who cared for her husband with cancer. And a son who cares for his father with dementia. In the 10th webinar in the Caregiving NOW series, three speakers shared their lived experiences as caregivers for a loved one.

What’s the Plan for Financial Caregiving?

For Surya Kolluri, the best way to address the financial aspects of caregiving is not during proverbial “hair on fire moments,” times of crisis that are emotional, stressful, and painful. Dr. Mary Naylor and Kolluri discuss the growing need to plan for the financial burdens of caregiving that many families will face.

How do we help caregivers who don’t know they are caregivers?

Alexandra Drane and ARCHANGELS are on a mission: to reach and support unpaid caregivers, even those who don’t identify themselves as caregivers.

Hope and Possibility for Improving the Caregiving Experience

In a recent conversation with Mary Naylor as part of the Caregiving NOW Initiative, Jisella Dolan pointed out the opportunities available as the U.S. releases the first-ever National Family Caregiving Strategy.

Teaming Up with Caregivers

In the second webinar of the inaugural Caregiving NOW series, Julian Harris, MD, MBA, recounted a recent experience with the caregiver of a person with diabetes, advanced kidney disease, and an amputation.

#141 (Edit)

<div class="widget-story mb"> <a href="/live/news/1966-mirror-tcm-eileen-brinker" class="widget__link"> <span class="lw_sr_only">MIRROR-TCM: Eileen Brinker</span> </a>  <figure class="widget__image media"> <picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/60/width/350/height/350/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1391,784/11286_in_focus_logo.rev.1605539297.png 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/60/width/350/height/350/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1391,784/11286_in_focus_logo.rev.1605539297.png 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/60/width/350/height/350/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1391,784/11286_in_focus_logo.rev.1605539297.png 3x"/> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/60/width/350/height/350/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1391,784/11286_in_focus_logo.rev.1605539297.png 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/60/width/350/height/350/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1391,784/11286_in_focus_logo.rev.1605539297.png 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/60/width/350/height/350/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1391,784/11286_in_focus_logo.rev.1605539297.png 3x"/> <source type="image/png" srcset="/live/image/gid/60/width/350/height/350/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1391,784/11286_in_focus_logo.rev.1605539297.png 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/60/width/350/height/350/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1391,784/11286_in_focus_logo.rev.1605539297.png 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/60/width/350/height/350/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1391,784/11286_in_focus_logo.rev.1605539297.png 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/60/width/350/height/350/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1391,784/11286_in_focus_logo.rev.1605539297.png" alt="" width="350" height="350" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/60/width/350/height/350/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1391,784/11286_in_focus_logo.rev.1605539297.png 2x" data-max-w="1391" data-max-h="784" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </figure>  <div class="widget__content"> <h4>MIRROR-TCM: Eileen Brinker</h4> <p>We connected with <strong>Eileen Brinker, RN, MSN,</strong> Clinical Coordinator for the MIRROR-TCM trial based in the Office of Population Health and Accountable Care at UCSF Health, to discuss the complex health and social needs patients experience and the importance of care continuity in meeting those needs through engagement, communication, education, and the strength of a well-built team. The full interview is below.</p> </div>  </div>

#130 (Edit)

Microsoft 365 Outage - March 15, 2021

Update @8:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 16, 2021:

Nearly all Microsoft 365 services have been restored, including access to email and Teams. Should you experience any issues with access to either application, please contact the ITS Service Desk.

Thank you for your patience during this outage.

Update @11:30 p.m. Monday, March 15, 2021:

Microsoft is still in the process of restoring access to Microsoft 365 services. You may experience intermittent connectivity issues when accessing your email via the Outlook desktop client or Outlook on the Web; connectivity to Teams remains intermittent.

ITS is aware of an issue with accessing any services provided by Microsoft 365, namely email and Teams. We do not know the timeframe for the outage but will post updates to this page as we learn additional information.

If you would like to check the Microsoft status page, please see the following link:

https://status.office365.com/

Should you have any other questions, please contact the ITS Service Desk - servicedesk@nursing.upenn.edu

#257 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#202 (Edit)

News

Renfield Award Impact Talk: Dr. Vandana Gopikumar

Renfield Award Impact Talk: Dr. Vandana Gopikumar

Dr. Vandana Gopikumar, the 2018 awardee of the Penn Nursing Renfield Foundation Award for Global Women’s Health, in a discussion moderated by Alison Ercole, MSN, BA, CRNP, PMHNP-BC, shared about the impact the award has had on her work. Dr. Gopikumar is the Co-Founder of The Banyan and The Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health, a nonprofit with the goal of promoting equitable mental health amongst socially disadvantaged groups, within a social justice framework. Watch the April 4, 2023 recording here.

Opening Doors - Center for Global Women’s Health Updates

Opening Doors - Center for Global Women’s Health Updates

The Center for Global Women’s Health presented an update to inform about the Center’s recent initiatives, dialogue about collective endeavors, and discuss opportunities for collaboration. Also presenting were two Penn Nursing faculty members, Laura Starbird, PhD, RN and Melanie Kornides, ScD, RN, FNP-BC, who shared how they are actively addressing the Center’s strategic priority areas through their research and scholarship. Watch the March 28, 2023 recording here.

#293 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#176 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#239 (Edit)

#158 (

Top News

The VRcoLAB films a Narcan Training video in collaboration with the Penn Nursing School and the County of Camden. Script by Natalie herbe...

Penn Nursing and Annenberg School for Communication Partner with Camden County to Launch Virtual Reality Narcan Training

Last year, 354 people died from opioid overdoses in Camden County, according to the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, which in 2022 recorded an estimated 15,407 administrations statewide of naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan. This year, New Jersey launched an initiative allowing anyone 14 and older to anonymously obtain naloxone for free at more than 600 participating pharmacies across the state. Camden County, just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, has also installed secure NaloxBoxes in every public school.

New Term Chair for Penn Nursing Professor

Karen B. Lasater, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor in Penn Nursing’s Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, has been appointed as the Jessie M. Scott Term Chair in Nursing and Health Policy. The appointment took effect on July 1, 2023.

#395 (Edit)

30000

Announcing the 2023 Amy Gutmann Leadership Scholars
This endowed program – created from a $2 million gift to Penn Nursing by former University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann and her husband Michael Doyle – provides financial aid for exemplary undergraduate and graduate nursing students, supplementing their education with tailored learning to help shape nurse leaders who deliver exceptional evidence-based care, design research, inform policy, spark innovation, and advocate for social justice world-wide.
Penn Nursing Receives $1 Million Grant to Support Nursing Education
The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) has received a $1 million grant from the Bedford Falls Foundation – DAF, a donor-advised fund established by Philanthropists William (Bill) E. Conway Jr., co-founder and co-chairman of The Carlyle Group, and his wife, Joanne. The couple have given millions to support nursing education and scholarships to address the nation’s nursing workforce shortage.

#390 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#396 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#398 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#168 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#221 (Edit)

#220 (Edit)

#223 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#284 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#219 (Edit)

#288 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#244 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#249 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#246 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#245 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#331 (Edit)

News widget: No results for this widget. (We'll remove this message before launch, but it's only visible to logged-in users.)

#358 (Edit)

Stacey Bevan Accepted Into Predoctoral Training Program in Interdisciplinary Methods for Field-based Research in Education

Stacey Bevan Accepted Into Predoctoral Training Program in Interdisciplinary Methods for Field-based Research in Education

Stacey Bevan will be one of four fellows starting in the Predoctoral Training Program in Interdisciplinary Methods for Field-based Research in Education this fall. In this program she will hone her skills in conducting research that will inform education policy.

Show 3 more... (12 total)

#312 (Edit)

#313 (Edit)

#329 (Edit)

News

#470 (Edit)

Faculty News

Dr. John Barrett, DNP Faculty, First Nurse Practitioner to Join One-year Certificate Training Program in Advanced Emergency Ultrasonography

Dr. John Barrett, DNP Faculty, First Nurse Practitioner to Join One-year Certificate Training Program in Advanced Emergency Ultrasonography

Penn Medicine’s Division of Emergency Ultrasound is at the forefront of promoting the use of bedside ultrasound. On July 1st, Dr. John Barrett, senior lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and faculty for the Penn DNP program, made history by becoming the first nurse practitioner to join a one-year certificate training program in advanced emergency ultrasonography. This significant milestone marks the beginning of a new era in ultrasound training.

All News Widgets

#1 (Edit)

#85 (Edit)

#70 (Edit)

Starting the Conversation: Implications of Generative AI for Gerontology

When Segregation of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Threatens Care for People with Coexisting Conditions

Nurses4All Initiative at University of Pennsylvania Drives Evidence-Based Change in Nursing

As People Live Longer, Family Caregivers Face Financial Challenges

Hillman Grant for Penn Nursing Professor to Study Virtual Reality & Loneliness

Integrating the Transitional Care Model into Nurse Practitioner Curricula to Improve Outcomes for High-Risk Older Adults

Announcing the 2023 Lauder Fellows

New Role for Howard

New Appointment for Inaugural Curator Role at Penn Nursing

2023 Penn Nursing / Aspen Institute Women’s Health Conference

#43 (Edit)

Related News

Claire M. Fagin, PhD, RN, FAAN, Former Dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Passes Away at Age 97

Welcome Back Spring 2024: A Message from Dean Villarruel

Introducing the First Cohort of the Conway Scholars

#49 (Edit)

#53 (Edit)

#251 (Edit)

#178 (Edit)

#378 (Edit)

#238 (Edit)

#48 (Edit)

#187 (Edit)

CHOPR News

Dr. Margo Brooks Carthon is the recipient of a Hillman Foundation Grant to further expand THRIVE.

Lasater Receives Funding for Groundbreaking Study

CHOPR Study Links Inadequate Nurse Staffing to Higher COVID-19 Death Rates

#362 (Edit)

#227 (Edit)

This Week In the Archives

#230 (Edit)

News

#355 (Edit)

#217 (Edit)

#67 (Edit)

#66 (Edit)

Our People

#64 (Edit)

Top Stories

#62 (Edit)

Today

#309 (Edit)

#310 (Edit)

#47 (Edit)

#383 (Edit)

Announcing the 2023 Lauder Fellows

Penn Nursing Focuses on Achieving Equitable Primary Care

Meet the Leonard A. Lauder Community Care NP Fellows on the Anniversary of the Game-Changing Gift

#103 (Edit)

#78 (Edit)

#322 (Edit)

Previous Nursing Story Slams

#57 (Edit)

#45 (Edit)

#240 (Edit)

#311 (Edit)

Claire M. Fagin, PhD, RN, FAAN, Former Dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Passes Away at Age 97

Welcome Back Spring 2024: A Message from Dean Villarruel

Promising Approaches

Introducing the First Cohort of the Conway Scholars

Starting the Conversation: Implications of Generative AI for Gerontology

Cacchione to Receive 2024 Norma M. Lang Award for Scholarly Practice and Policy

#336 (Edit)

Leonard A. Lauder Talks Game-changing Gift to Penn Nursing, and More

The Path Forward

Health Care and Social Justice: Perfect Together

#28 (Edit)

Featured News

#354 (Edit)

#30 (Edit)

#258 (Edit)

#255 (Edit)

News

New Fellowship Aims at Advancing Health Care through Nurse-led Innovation and Leadership Within Health Systems

Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania Partners with Gaingels to Devote Five Million Dollars in Research that Supports Advances in LGBTQ+ Health Start-ups

The Narrative Arc in Health Care