News Release index Posted: 11/2/2009 This flu season the H1N1 virus has increased public anxiety, and will likely increase the number of state residents seeking vaccinations. To assist nurses desirous of participating as H1N1 vaccinators, the Office of Preparedness and Response (OP&R) of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) requested an Intramuscular […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 10/29/2009 American Nurses Association (ANA) president Rebecca Patton, MSN, RN, CNOR, spoke to a large gathering of students, faculty, and staff at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) on September 21 about the nursing profession, and the responsibility nurses face. “I believe you will become the greatest generation of […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 10/29/2009 Of the almost 135,000 students enrolled in baccalaureate nursing programs in 2008, only 26 percent were minorities, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) hopes to change that. Through a new Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) grant from the Health […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 10/27/2009 New options for those who want to work with urban populations in underserved regions are now available through the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) partnership with Teach for America. As the first nursing school to forge such a relationship with the nationally recognized program, Hopkins offers waived application fees […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 10/26/2009 Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) associate dean for admissions and student affairs Sandra Angell is the 2009 recipient of the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Heritage Award. Angell has served the University, the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and the Johns Hopkins Nurses’ Alumni Association for four decades. In service to […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 10/23/2009 Sue Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundations (RWJF) Institute of Medicine Initiative on the Future of Nursing, is this years speaker at the Sigma Theta Tau Nu Beta Chapter Founders’ Day celebration. She will speak on “Sigma Theta Tau International: It’s Values at Work in […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 10/12/2009 Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) alumnus Ronald Noecker, ’07 is featured in the latest JHUSON podcast series. In this podcast interview, Noecker discusses why he chose nursing, why it’s so important for men and women to join the nursing profession, and how his music can offer his patients […] Continue reading
News Release index | News Archive Posted: 10/8/2009 The first Native American to win the Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant in 1940 was also the first of her tribe to become a Hopkins nurse. Ada Martyne Caudell (Woods) passed away on September 10, just shy of her 91st birthday. She attained two important milestones in her […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 10/7/2009 October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, reminds women that this cancer is one of the top two cancer killers of women of all races and ethnicities in the U.S. But for a group of nurse researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) and clinical nurses at the Johns […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 9/30/2009 Last month, the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) welcomed 119 students as the 25th traditional class. On August 27, the JHUSON honored the 25th traditional class with a garden party, and unveiled a portrait by local artist Robert McClintock depicting the JHUSON building. After opening remarks by Associate […] Continue reading