News Release index Posted: 4/11/2003 The Wald Community Nursing Center, a program of The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, received a Healthy Vision 2010 Community Award from the National Institutes of Health National Eye Institute (NEI) to promote vision health in East Baltimore. The grant supports a program called VisionTEST (Targeted Education, Screening, and […] Continue reading
News Release index | News Archive Posted: 4/3/2003 Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), the honor society of nursing, selected Martha N. Hill, PhD, RN, dean of The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, for one of its most prestigious awards. The Nell J. Watts Lifetime Achievement in Nursing Award, named in honor of a former […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 3/27/2003 Ellen-Marie Whelan, PhD, RN, CRNP, assistant professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, is one of seven recipients of the 2003 Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship. The fellowship program gives health professionals and behavioral and social scientists with an interest in health the opportunity to participate in […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 3/26/2003 The Helene Fuld Health Trust has granted $1.5 million to The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing to establish and support a new Leadership Fellows Program in Clinical Nursing. The program is designed to augment the school’s nursing curricula by providing students with an opportunity to work with a mentor […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 2/28/2003 Linda C. Pugh, PhD, RNC, associate professor and director of the baccalaureate program at The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, received a $2 million grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research to determine the net cost savings of providing breastfeeding support to low-income mothers. Professional and national health […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 1/2/2003 A new exhibit is on display on the School of Nursing’s first floor. Called “Vashti Bartlett – A Hopkins Nurse on a Global Mission,” the exhibit features the incredible work of a School of Nursing alumna who traveled to distant corners of the world in periods of strife and crisis […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 10/28/2002 The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, in partnership with the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University School of Nursing (NCA&TSU), received a $2.3 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) to create the Center on Health Disparities Research. The effort is one of eight […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 10/7/2002 Patients who get follow-up care from a nurse after heart bypass surgery are more likely to control cholesterol and reduce risk of further disease, according to a study from The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. The study’s findings, published in the October issue of the American Heart Journal, “show […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 10/7/2002 The first recipients of the Dorothy Evans Lyne Fund for Collaborative Nursing Research were announced this week. The fund, started by a grateful patient and administered by the Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing, seeks to improve patient care and outcomes through clinical nursing research. Grants were awarded to two teams […] Continue reading
News Release index Posted: 8/19/2002 Research led by a nurse investigator at Johns Hopkins has found that a pain reliever commonly used to treat serious and painful forms of arthritis may also reduce the growth of malignant tumors after cancer surgery. Indomethacin, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, given to rats after surgery reduced tumor promotion by […] Continue reading