News Release index Posted: 8/1/2011 Legend has it that something magical happens when you kiss a frog—but sometimes it takes several attempts to capture that magic. At Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON), it takes only one smooch with an amphibian and a celebration begins. Kissing-the-Frog, the unusual tradition of hugging and kissing the […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 7/27/2011 Five students from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School and the Academy for College and Career Exploration (ACCE) in Baltimore are got up close and personal with top nursing faculty at Johns Hopkins this summer. Kayla, Diamond, Erica, Tyesha, and Diego, all juniors, shadowed nursing leaders at the Johns Hopkins University […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 7/25/2011 Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHSON) associate professors Haera Han, PhD, RN; Linda Rose, PhD, RN; and assistant professor Christine Goeschel, ScD, MPA, MPS, RN have been named fellows in the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) for 2011. Han, Rose, and Goeschel were among 142 nursing leaders from across […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 7/13/2011 Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing professors Fannie Gaston-Johansson, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN, will be inducted into the 2011 International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. The two recipients will be honored at Sigma Theta Tau International’s 22nd International Nursing Research Congress in Cancun, Mexico on […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 7/7/2011 Martha Sylvia, PhD, MBA, RN, Shawna Mudd, DNP, PNP-BC, and Ellen Ray, DNP, CNM, are the latest nurse educators to bring their expertise to the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHSON) for the 2011-2012 academic year. Sylvia joined the Department of Health Systems and Outcomes in March. Her journey […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 7/6/2011 Texting for Healthier Pregnancies and Babies—Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) faculty members Elizabeth Jordan, DNSc, RNC, and Ellen M. Ray, CNM, RN, have harnessed the power of 51-character, mobile phone text messaging to promote healthy pregnancies and babies. The free National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition Text4Baby program, provides […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 6/28/2011 The American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association (ASTDA) will present Johns Hopkins professor Thomas C. Quinn, MD, MSc, with the Thomas Parran Award for his distinguished and continued contributions to the field of STD research at its International Society for STD Researchers conference in Quebec City, Canada on July 13. Quinn, […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 6/6/2011 Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHSON) faculty member Cynda Hylton Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been promoted to the rank of Professor. Rushton, who is a member of the Department of Acute and Chronic Care, has been a SON faculty member since 1995. She also holds a joint appointment […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 6/6/2011 Faculty and students at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHSON) continue to succeed in carrying out the School’s mission of academic integrity and excellence in both scholarship and research. Their efforts have been recognized in a variety of awards, appointments, and presentations. Professor Marie T. Nolan, PhD, MPH, RN, […] Continue reading
News Release Index Posted: 5/11/2011 And the Beat Goes On: Promoting Heart Health Annually, over 1.5 million people die from heart disease in the U.S., many of low income with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes. Despite decades of education, as many as 70% of us don’t manage our blood pressure; as many as […] Continue reading