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A local nurse leader has accepted a unique new joint nurse scientist position.
Two dozen nurses from across the state came to the University of Minnesota School of Nursing last week to learn about forensic nursing and the specialized area of caring for sexual assault patients as a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE).
Six University of Minnesota alumnae were named fellows to the American Academy of Nursing. The achievement is considered one of the highest honors in the nursing profession.
Doctor of Nursing Practice students Deborah St. Anthony, MEd, BSN, RN, and Hannah Shibeshi, BAN, RN, CNRN, CCRN, and PhD student Meghan Hultman, MSN, RN, were the inaugural recipients of the Graduate Nursing Student Academy (GSNA) Excellence in PhD-DNP Collaboration Award.
Minnesota’s first estimate of youth sexual exploitation indicates that at least 5,000 high school-age youth in the state have traded sex in order to receive money, food, drugs, alcohol, a place to stay or something else of value.
Analyzing the incidents between residents in dementia in long-term care homes may hold the key to reducing future fatalities among this vulnerable population, according to a new research from the University of Minnesota School of Nursing.
The Inaugural Interdisciplinary Aging Science and Care Lecture Series was held on October 3, where Professor Kuei-Min Chen, PhD, RN, FAAN, College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan spoke on "Developing and Translating Innovative Exercise Programs for Older Adults".
Kuei-Min Chen (PhD '00, MS '96) is an established gerontological health expert working to advance health and well-being of older adults in Taiwan and around the world. She is the 2018 recipient of the University’s GPS Alliance Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals.
Watch the lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbW1j4Vk8R8
Professor Diane Treat-Jacobson, PhD, RN, MSVM, FAAN, was conferred as a Master of the Society for Vascular Medicine (SVM) for her extraordinary service. She is the first nurse to receive the distinction.
Professor Diane Treat-Jacobson, PhD, RN, FAAN, received the college-wide President’s Community-Engaged Scholar Award from the Office for Public Engagement and the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs at a ceremony on April 4.
Two University of Minnesota School of Nursing students passionate about making positive contributions to society in healthcare have been named Tillman Scholars for the class of 2019 by the Pat Tillman Foundation (PTF).