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Oct 12, 2011
News Release index Posted: 10/12/2011 This year, over 162,000 American women of all ages, races, and ethnicities, are living with metastatic breast cancer—cancer that has spread beyond the breast to other parts of the body, such as bones and the brain.  While the five-year survival rate for many of these women is less than 25%, […] Continue reading
Oct 7, 2011
News Release index Posted: 10/7/2011 College graduates and professionals seeking a career change and entry to the nursing profession will find a new and flexible accelerated option for earning a nursing degree at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON).  Beginning in 2012, a four-semester, 17-month, late August entry option joins the list of […] Continue reading
Oct 5, 2011
News Release index Posted: 10/5/2011 Jane C. Shivnan, MScN, RN, has been named director of clinical quality and nursing at Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI), the international arm of Johns Hopkins Medicine. Shivnan has more than 20 years of health care leadership experience, including service as executive director of the Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing, […] Continue reading
Oct 3, 2011
News Release index Posted: 10/3/2011 Nursing alumnae Rosa M. Gonzalez-Guarda, ’05, MSN/MPH; Laura S. Ho, ’07, PhD; and Joan Lorenz, ’71 are recipients of the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association awards honoring their professional and academic achievements. Gonzalez-Guarda and Ho were recognized as Outstanding Recent Graduates and Lorenz received the Heritage Award. The awards were […] Continue reading
Sep 29, 2011
News Release index Posted: 9/29/2011 After four decades of service to Johns Hopkins University, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Nursing, and the Johns Hopkins Nurses’ Alumni Association, Sandra (Sandy) Angell, School of Nursing associate dean for student affairs, will retire in June 2012.  “A School of Nursing without Sandy at the helm of Student […] Continue reading
Sep 26, 2011
News Release index Posted: 9/26/2011 Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) assistant professor Sarah Szanton, PhD, CRNP, in collaboration with scientists from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and University of California, San Francisco, has concluded that African-Americans who report more frequent racial discrimination have higher levels of oxidative stress in their bodies. Their […] Continue reading
Sep 21, 2011
News Release index Posted: 9/21/2011 A patient having a heart attack, another going into labor, and a third with a skin rash is a typical day for students in the simulation lab at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON). Now students in the Traditional 2013 class have the chance to care for high […] Continue reading
Sep 16, 2011
News Release index Posted: 9/16/2011 Peace Corps director Aaron S. Williams will discuss the future of international public health initiatives as part of the Corps 50th anniversary celebration at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health on September 20. “This celebration affords us a unique opportunity to reflect on half a century of volunteerism […] Continue reading
Sep 13, 2011
News Release index Posted: 9/13/2011 Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) faculty and students begin another academic year with a host of awards and achievements that recognize their commitment to research and practice. Doctoral student Rachel Klimmek received the JHUSON 2011 Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for “applying creative approaches to helping students learn the […] Continue reading
Sep 9, 2011
News Release index Posted: 9/9/2011 Clearing the Air for Kids with Asthma—Smoking is off limits in many public places, but it isn’t prohibited in private spaces where children live, play, and sleep.  While smoking rates are down, as many as two-thirds of inner-city children with asthma live in a household with at least one smoker, […] Continue reading