News Release Index Posted: 5/12/2011 America is aging. The first of the baby boom generation are now eligible for Medicare; by 2030, 72 million–1 in 5 Americans–will be over 65. As boomers are learning, getting older means greying hair or losing hair; it means increased wrinkles and slowed metabolism. But depression, described by Winston Churchill […] Continue reading
News Release index 5/12/2011 America is aging. The first of the baby boom generation are now eligible for Medicare; by 2030, 72 million–1 in 5 Americans–will be over 65. As boomers are learning, getting older means greying hair or losing hair; it means increased wrinkles and slowed metabolism. But depression, described by Winston Churchill as […] Continue reading
News Release Index Posted: 5/9/2011 In the spirit of National Nurses’ Week, students at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHSON) worked together to acknowledge the important contributions to care being made by nurses serving in Iraq and Afghanistan with the U.S. armed forces. Last month, members of JHSON’s National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 5/9/2011 In the spirit of National Nurses’ Week, students at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHSON) worked together to acknowledge the important contributions to care being made by nurses serving in Iraq and Afghanistan with the U.S. armed forces. Last month, members of JHSON’s National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 5/9/2011 The nursing shortage is on its way back and soon will impact healthcare delivery in the U.S. and around the world. The economy is recovering, healthcare reform is expanding the role of nurses, the oldest of baby-boomer nurses are starting to retire, and hospitals throughout the country are again recruiting […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 5/9/2011 A significant piece of nursing history has traveled across the United States as part of a celebration honoring a century of nursing excellence. Florence Nightingale’s wheelchair, until recently on display at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, was carefully crated and shipped to the Oregon Health and Science University […] Continue reading
News Release Index Posted: 5/5/2011 On April 28, 2011, 124 nursing students at the Johns Hopkins University and three community nurse leaders were inducted into Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor Society of Nursing. The ceremony held at Sommer Hall on the Johns Hopkins East Baltimore Campus featured an address by Maryann Fralic, DrPH, RN, FAAN, […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 5/5/2011 Tomorrow’s nursing leaders are receiving financial support today through the University’s Provost Undergraduate Research Award (PURA). Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing students Ashley Chappell, Trad. ’11 and Sarah Bristol, Trad. ’12 are both recipients of the awards funded through the Hodson Trust. Chappell’s project focused on intimate partner violence […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 5/5/2011 On April 28, 2011, 124 nursing students at the Johns Hopkins University and three community nurse leaders were inducted into Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor Society of Nursing. The ceremony held at Sommer Hall on the Johns Hopkins East Baltimore Campus featured an address by Maryann Fralic, DrPH, RN, […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 5/3/2011 When recent Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) graduate JoAnn Z. Ioannou applied for the School’s Executive Mentorship Program, which matches DNP students with top-level executives, to expand her skills in negotiation she explained, “I was interested in learning to be a more effective negotiator.” […] Continue reading