News & Events

Nurses Cite Employer Failures as their Top Reason for Leaving

A new study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) – published in JAMA Network Open today – showed that, aside from retirements, poor working conditions are the leading reasons nurses leave healthcare employment. These study findings come at a time when hospital executives cite staffing problems as their most pressing concern.

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Featured Event

May 13 | 10:15am - 12:00pm

NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health Monthly Meeting

The NewCourtland Center for Transitions Health Monthly Center meetings are held monthly on the second Tuesday of each month in Fagin Hall Room 300. We welcome all to attend to learn about Center activities and partake in research discussions, meet faculty and students, and engage with Center activities. Coffee and a light Breakfast provided!

If you are interested in joining the Center, please reach out to Kyle Kinney, our Center Administrator for more details.

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Stories & News

Welcome Back Fall 2024: A Message from Dean Villarruel

At the start of this fall semester, I welcome you—not just to the hustle of a new semester, but to a renewed chance to be part of our vibrant Penn Nursing community. We talk a lot about what we want our culture to be at the School, and for me the thing that makes the biggest difference is being deliberate about connecting with people. We need to understand how connecting reinforces our community and our health—and wards off isolation that can lead to loneliness.