News and Events

Anna Beeber Awarded Grant to Develop Toolkit for Alzheimer’s Care

November 6, 2012 | In Education, Faculty, News, Research

Dr. Anna Beeber

Dr. Anna Beeber, PhD, RN is co-investigator for a new five-year grant by the National Institute of Nursing Research to create and test new tools for individuals who care for patients with Alzheimer’s disease.

Dean Swanson Receives Prestigious Award From The University of Rhode Island

November 5, 2012 | In Dean Kristen Swanson, Education, Faculty, News, Research

Dean Kristen Swanson

Dean and Alumni Distinguished Professor Kristen M. Swanson, RN, PhD, FAAN received a Distinguished Achievement Award from The University of Rhode Island (URI) in a ceremony held in Newport, Rhode Island on October 27.

Donna Havens Wins Nightingale Research Award

October 29, 2012 | In Faculty, News, Research

Dr. Donna Havens

On Friday October 26, School of Nursing Professor Donna S. Havens, PhD, RN, FAAN, received the Nightingale Excellence in Research Award at the organization’s annual gala.

Mi-Kyung Song and Debra Barksdale Inducted into the American Academy of Nursing

October 26, 2012 | In Education, Faculty, News, Research

Dr. Mi-Kyung Song and Dr. Debra Barksdale

On October 12, 2012, Dr. Mi-Kyung Song, PhD, RN, and Dr. Debra Barksdale, PhD, RN, CFNP, CANP, were welcomed into the American Academy of Nursing at the group’s 39th annual meeting in Washington, DC.

Deborah Mayer and Linda Beeber Awarded Prestigious Translational Research Grants

October 25, 2012 | In Education, Faculty, News, Research

Dr. Deborah Mayer & Dr. Linda Beeber

Two School of Nursing faculty were recently awarded grants from the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute.

Jill Hamilton’s Research Featured in Good Housekeeping Magazine

October 11, 2012 | In Faculty, News, Research

Dr. Jill Hamilton

Dr. Jill B. Hamilton’s research on the use of religious songs to manage stressful life events was featured in Good Housekeeping magazine.

Innovative Simulation Pilot Helps Students Learn About Obesity

October 10, 2012 | In Education, Faculty, News, Research, Students

Two days during the last week of September Clinical Assistant Professor Beth Lamanna, WHNP, MPH, RN, the innovative leader behind a team of seven undergraduate and graduate faculty and staff, conducted the first of what they hope will be a series of obesity simulations.

Higher Nurse-To-Patient Ratios Reveal Mixed Result on Quality of Patient Care

September 24, 2012 | In Education, Faculty, News, Research

Dr. Barbara Mark

In 2004, California legislation increased nurse-to-patient ratios in the state’s hospitals, providing a rare opportunity to examine how increasing nurse staffing affects patient care and hospital economics.

Addressing Health Needs Helps Women Move from Welfare to Work

September 20, 2012 | In Education, Faculty, News, Research

Dr. Shawn Kneipp

Assisting women receiving welfare with their health needs can help them to more quickly gain employment, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Nursing. The study also offers insight into how the recession affected employment for these women.

Cheryl Giscombé Wins RWJF Grant

September 4, 2012 | In Education, Faculty, News, Research

Dr. Cheryl Giscombé

SON Assistant Professor Cheryl Giscombé, PhD, RN, FAEN, won a highly competitive grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Nurse Faculty Scholars program.