en-us http://ow.ly/aVG9k 2012-14 recipient of the Center for Spirituality and Healing's Sime Fellowship 15 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1023584 This workshop will focus on empowering consumers as partners in managing their health through the use of health information technologies (HIT). During this Pre-Summit workshop, participants will learn about factors changing the health care system to patient-centered care and how consumer use of HIT can help. Local success stories and lessons learned will be shared. Building on this information, you will identify actions to empower your consumers through engagement in use of HIT. 14 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT http://ecommunication.umn.edu/t/300773/5017325/103047/0/ Eardley's dream is to teach people how to take good care of their health—body, mind, and soul. She completed her master's degree in nursing in August 2011 and immediately began work toward her doctorate in public health nursing. She'll complete it this fall. 10 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT http://www.nursing.umn.edu/AboutUs/News/News2012/IntroducingtheHealthyCommunitiesInnovationCenter/index.htm New high tech learning facility at School of Nursing will support team-based, interprofessional learning, transforming nursing education for a changing health care environment 9 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/p480x480/562710_348648021855620_116651708388587_860398_924920362_n.jpg (Photo of Graduating Class) 30 Apr 2012 11:00:00 GMT http://t.co/08RlEPhd New photo gallery on Facebook 26 Apr 2012 11:00:00 GMT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZx8MCdfY8Q Associate Professor Linda Lindeke explores this and more in National Center for Medical Home Implementation video. 25 Apr 2012 11:00:00 GMT http://t.co/WaRGwZKq (Photo Gallery) 19 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.nursing.umn.edu/innovation To showcase major systems change projects that move from academic exercises to sustainable contributions, the University of Minnesota School of Nursing introduces the DNP Innovation Institute. The Institute will feature the significant contributions of DNP-educated nurses on improving health care and clinical practice and illustrate how to make an idea sustainable by highlighting innovative evidence-based projects that solve real-world problems and improve patient care. Sign up Today! Deadline for Abstracts is May 4. 19 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.chip.umn.edu/clarion/casecomp/home.html 16 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.health.umn.edu/education/nursing/Research-Day-2012/ The University of Minnesota School of Nursing is hosting its annual Nursing Research Day on April 27, 2012 16 Apr 2012 11:00:00 GMT http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ahcweb/health-talk/2012/04/focus-on-community-health-for-school-of-nursing-1.html Focus on Community Health for School of Nursing. The University of Minnesota's School of Nursing is hosting its annual Nursing Research Day on April 27, 2012. This year's theme is Transforming Health through Community Engaged Research and Practice, which closely aligns with the school's nationally-recognized Community Health program. 11 Apr 2012 11:00:00 GMT http://www.nursing.umn.edu/AboutUs/News/BentsonFoundation/index.htm The new gift provides $3.65 million to construct a new skills-learning environment, replacing the 25-year-old facility currently used by bachelor's, master's and doctoral students. Renovating this space is a major step toward achieving the school's goals for reshaping nursing education to meet the dramatic changes in the interdisciplinary health care environment. 7 Mar 2012 11:00:00 GMT http://www.csh.umn.edu/Education_Programs/DalaiLamaFellows/currentfellow/index.htm The Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota has selected Aimee Prasek as the winner of a ten thousand dollar fellowship through Dalai Lama Fellows. A graduate student in Tibetan medicine and yoga at the University of Minnesota Prasek was chosen through a rigorous selection process after an open call for applications. 5 Mar 2012 15:00:00 GMT http://www.nursing.umn.edu/AboutUs/News/SchoolofNursingUpdate/index.htm Linda Olson-Keller was promoted from Clinical Associate Professor to Clinical Professor and Mary Chesney was promoted from Clinical Assistant Professor to Clinical Associate Professor! 23 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT 13 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT Welcome Diana Drake, Annette Schwendinger and Dan Lovinaria! 12 Jan 2012 http://www.health.umn.edu/education/nursing/student-q-and-a/ Fall 2011 Nursing graduates Steven Mund and Casey Wangen discuss their experiences at the School, advice for other students and bold ambitions for the future. Now featured on the front page of the Academic Health Center Web site. 5 Jan 2012 http://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/2011_12_15/lewis_nursing_dean Marsha L. Lewis, associate professor and associate dean for education in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University in Atlanta, has been named dean of the UB School of Nursing. 15 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT http://www.nursing.umn.edu/melissaavery School of Nursing Professor Melissa Avery's work is currently featured on the University of Minnesota Web site home page. Melissa was recognized with a 2010-11 Distinguished Teaching Award for her many accomplishments including the creation of an online graduate program for midwifery. This program has opened doors for many students especially those from under-served communities. 7 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT http://www.nursing.umn.edu/magazine/CenterNews/KatharineJ.DensfordInternationalCenterforNursingLeadership/index.htm Accountable Care Organizations and Health Care Homes:Can Minnesota Make These Work? 28 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT http://www.nursing.umn.edu/magazine/AdvancementNews/LearningisForever/index.htm Emily Carol Hennings Anderson establishes endowed scholarship for undergraduate students 28 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT http://www.nursing.umn.edu/magazine/AlumniNews/HyeounAePark/index.htm Informatics Revolutionizes Korean Nursing Education and Health Care 28 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT http://www.nursing.umn.edu/magazine/AlumniNews/JanetDutcher/index.htm DNP Program Transforms Ideas into Innovative Programs 28 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT http://www.nursing.umn.edu/magazine/Education/index.htm School of Nursing PhD students discuss their passion for nursing research 28 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT http://www.mn2020.org/issues-that-matter/health-care/impeding-nurse-shortage With the combination of a slowing economy and an aging population, the health care system will feel deep impacts of a nursing shortage. Fewer students are seeking advanced practice nursing degrees, and retiring instructors are not being replaced fast enough. 23 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT http://www.nursing.umn.edu/magazine/Education/index.htm When Linda Lindeke speaks with graduate students about future career opportunities, she can easily point to trends that make those advanced degrees increasingly valuable in the marketplace. http://www.nursing.umn.edu/magazine/Education/PlayingtoLearn/index.htm As a generation of young adults who grew up with Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, and other video games enters the workforce, the School of Nursing is turning to gaming—serious gaming—to prepare practicing and future nurses for careers in health care. http://www.nursing.umn.edu/magazine/Education/JohnBelewTheBestofBothWorlds/index.htm For John Belew, pursuing his PhD literally resulted not only in a new career direction, but also a new position. http://www.nursing.umn.edu/magazine/Education/AlisonRomstadSteppingTowardLeadership/index.htm> In her role as a geriatric nurse practitioner (GNP), Alison Romstad has seen firsthand the challenges that elderly patients face due to polypharmacy, or the use of multiple medications. http://www.nursing.umn.edu/magazine/Education/IdilMohamedAFoundationforSuccess/index.htm When BSN student Idil Mohamed first began her experience at Park Elder Care Center in Minneapolis, she met with a few Somali elders. At her next visit, a line of Somali elders had formed to talk with her. http://www.nursing.umn.edu/magazine/Centers/KatharineJ.DensfordInternationalCenterforNursingLeadership/index.htm The Health Care Design and Innovation Post-Baccalaureate Certificate prepares health care and design practitioners to apply design science in creating optimal healing environments. http://www.nursing.umn.edu/magazine/Centers/MinnesotaHartfordCenterofGeriatricNursingExcellence/index.htm Scholarships Awarded to Emerging Geriatric Nursing Scientists. Preparing Doctoral Students for Future Geriatric Faculty Roles http://www.nursing.umn.edu/magazine/PastIssues/FallWinter2010/TeachingtheTeachers/index.htm FLAG enhances the teaching of geriatric nursing in the Upper Midwest http://www.nursing.umn.edu/magazine/PastIssues/FallWinter2010/BuildingtheHealthInformaticsWorkforce/index.htm> U of M awarded $5.1 million to prepare health professionals in essential field http://www.nursing.umn.edu/Resources/video/ulfbronas/index.htm The patient-caregiver relationship and the role of student researchers https://umcontent.umn.edu/NURSRESEARCH/Resources/MPRRadioAds/ssNODELINK/39882 Giving students access to clinical sites while being mentored by nurse leaders working to transform healthcare in America. Focusing on outcome-based healthcare by preparing nurses to deliver new models of care. A full-time graduate program for students with degrees in a non-nursing field. https://umcontent.umn.edu/NURSRESEARCH/Resources/MPRRadioAds/ssNODELINK/39892 The only Minnesota university with a PhD nursing program. PhD nurses are professors, researchers and corporate leaders. http://www.nursing.umn.edu/prod/groups/nurs/@pub/@nurs/documents/asset/nurs_asset_338488.pdf Nearly 40 percent of American adults use some form of alternative or integrative healing practice. Thats why the School of Nursing, in collaboration with the Center for Spirituality and Healing, is focused on new approaches to patient care. The result: the nation's first specialty in Integrative Health and Healing in the Doctorate of Nursing Program.