News Release index Posted: 8/23/2006 Cynda Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN, associate professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) and program director of Johns Hopkins Harriet Lane Compassionate Care, has been selected as a 2006 Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow. She is one of twenty nurse leaders nationwide chosen to participate in […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 8/21/2006 Research Indicates Women in Military Conflicted About Domestic Violence Screening, ReportingA study published this month in Military Medicine (Vol. 171, August 2006) shows that while women on active duty in the military supported the now revised policy requiring healthcare providers to offer abused persons services and to report the abuse, […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 8/21/2006 The Helene Fuld Health Trust again has granted $1.5 million to the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) to continue its successful Fuld Leadership Fellows Program in Clinical Nursing. The unique undergraduate leadership program-first initiated in 2003-augments the JHUSON nursing curricula by matching 40 undergraduate nursing students each year […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 8/18/2006 More than two thirds of students entering the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) traditional baccalaureate Class of 2008 already hold a bachelor’s degree and a substantial number have previously pursued other careers before choosing nursing. One hundred and seven (70%) of the 153 nursing students entering the traditional […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 7/24/2006 Five graduate nursing students from the American University in Beirut (AUB) who now are unable to return to their homes in Lebanon have received an extended welcome from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) and the Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Nursing (JHHDON). AUB masters of nursing science […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 7/10/2006 The latest “Hopkins Nursing News and Research Briefs” covers Afghanistan midwifery, cardiovascular research with Koreans, spiritual nursing care, a new Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow, and personal health care records. Improved Midwife Training Curriculum Developed for Afghanistan MidwiferyJHPIEGO, an international health affiliate of The Johns Hopkins University, has enlisted […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 7/7/2006 The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing will mark the graduation of its largest accelerated class to date – 146 students – during commencement ceremonies on July 21, 2006. This achievement follows on the heels of the acceptance of the largest accelerated class to date – 165 students – who […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 6/20/2006 The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) has appointed Helen Scannell Thomas, a certified pediatric nurse practitioner, to serve as Director of the Lillian D. Wald Community Nursing Center. Thomas brings extensive clinical experience in a variety of ambulatory pediatric settings to the Center in East Baltimore and-through 11 […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 5/30/2006 The latest issue of The Beat, the electronic newsletter of the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (SON), reports on the most up-to-date news, stories, and accomplishments of the SON’s leaders for nursing’s future, including: • Alumna Nancy E. Glass, PhD, MPH, RN, an expert researcher in the areas of public […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 5/16/2006 Breelyn M. Elsbernd, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, has been named the 2006 recipient of the John R. and Ruth Ward Gurtler Scholarship, established in memory of alumna Ruth Ward Gurtler, Class of 1929, to ensure that qualified, caring applicants are able to carry on the proud tradition of Hopkins […] Continue reading