Finalists have been announced for the 2014 Shining Star Award along with winner of the Peter and Cynthia Rosenwald Star Nurse of the Year Award, all presented annually at the Evening With the Stars gala, 6:30 p.m. September 27 at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON)....Click here to read more.

To a graduating class eager to head off and change the world, Dean Patricia M. Davidson, PhD, MEd, RN, offered a bit of sobering wisdom hammered home by the recent plight of Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped before their final exams: The world often fears and resents the bringers of change....Click here to read more.

The bombs were already bursting in air as the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing prepared to launch its Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) program. There was red glare as well, all courtesy of a publication that questioned the whole idea, labeling the DNP not just a terrible notion but a danger to the nursing profession....Click here to read more.

When you are seeking a clear view of the Doctorate of Nursing Practice's future, there are few places better to begin than From Start-up to Impact: A DNP Conference (July 8-9 at the Four Seasons hotel in Baltimore)....Click here to read more.

Five doctoral nursing students committed to improving care by addressing issues ranging from patient safety to preventing re-admissions to retaining the best pediatric nurses have been named Jonas Scholars, an honor that carries an award of up to $10,000 to foster their capstone projects....Click here to read more.