News Release index | News Archive Posted: 12/18/2009 The latest issue of Johns Hopkins Nursing (http://web.jhu.edu/jhnmagazine) — the magazine named the best nursing print media of 2009 by Sigma Theta Tau international honor society for nurses — takes a look at how nursing education has changed over the years and how generational differences are driving those […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 12/17/2009 Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) professor Deborah A. Gross, DNSc, RN, FAAN, has been appointed to a new Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Pediatric Health and Health Care Quality Measures. According to the letter of invitation from IOM president Harvey V. Fineberg, Gross, the JHUSON Leonard and […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 12/17/2009 As nursing schools throughout the nation experience increasing numbers of applications for all programs of study, the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) is reporting a remarkable 47 percent jump in early decision applications to its accelerated 13-month program. This year’s JHUSON accelerated programs early decision applicant pool — […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 12/14/2009 As the holiday season approaches, a new partnership with Amazon.com lets Hopkins nursing alumni and friends support the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association (JHUAA) and check items off their gift list at the same time. The partnership between the JHUAA and Amazon provides a small royalty every time a visitor […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 12/14/2009 Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing’s (JHUSON) technology-driven web platform for exchanging health information worldwide has tapped into a valuable source of innovation: the informatics-savvy student body. In the fall 2009 Information Technology in Nursing course, the school’s 130 students produced low-bandwidth digital modules for conveying vital health information to […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 12/7/2009 Louise “Cavi” Cavagnaro, a former Army nurse, Hopkins administrator, and long time friend of the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON), retires this week after 25 years of volunteer service at the Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives of Johns Hopkins. Cavagnaro began her archives career at the age of […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 12/7/2009 Gertrude Hodges ’59, the first African American to graduate from the Johns Hopkins Hospital Training School for Nurses, is sharing her history and stories with today’s young black nurses. On October 28, Hodges spoke at a Black Student Nurses Association (BSNA) mixer, telling approximately 20 students, faculty, and staff at […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 11/30/2009 Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) entering the accelerated baccalaureate program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) in June of 2010 are eligible for a full-tuition scholarship made possible by a grant from the John R. and Ruth Gurtler Foundation. The award covers tuition and a stipend for […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 11/23/2009 Congestive heart failure (CHF) patients in Baltimore City will be using a new FDA-approved electronic health monitoring device to help manage their heart disease at home as part of a new Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) study. With funding from the National Institutes of Health, lead investigator and […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 11/19/2009 Connie Siskowski, a 1967 Johns Hopkins Nursing graduate, earned the 2009 Purpose Prize for creating the Caregiving Youth Project in Palm Beach County, FL , an organization that provides support to youths who act as caregivers to ill or disabled family members in their own homes. The Purpose Prize is […] Continue reading