U of M Researcher Receives $3Million Grant to Reduce Teen Pregnancy
Minneapolis/St. Paul (December 8, 2006) - Why does the teen pregnancy rate in the U.S. remain one of the highest in the industrialized world? A University of Minnesota School of Nursing researcher has received a $3 million federal grant to help find the answer.
U of M Nursing Expert in Aging Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (November 6, 2006) - Dr. Jean F. Wyman has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Gerontological Nursing Association's Board of Directors "for outstanding contributions to the care of the older adults."
U of M to Offer Doctoral and Master's Degrees in Nursing Practice
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (September 21, 2006) - The University of Minnesota Board of Regents recently authorized the School of Nursing to offer two new graduate nursing degrees, both geared toward clinical practice: a doctor of nursing practice (D.N.P.) and a master of nursing (M.N.) degree.
U of M Expert on Holistic Healing to Serve on Editoral Board of the American Journal of Nursing
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (September 6, 2006) - School of Nursing Associate Professor and Center for Spirituality & Healing founder and director Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, RN, FAAN, was selected to serve on the editorial board of the American Journal of Nursing.
Joanne Disch Elected AARP Board Chair
Professor Joanne Disch, director of the school's Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership, is the new Chair of the AARP National Board of Directors. "Joanne is a nationally recognized leader in health care, so we look forward to her leadership of the AARP Board, especially as it deals with critical health issues of older people," said AARP President Erik D. Olsen. "We will also benefit from her extensive organizational experience at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and on numerous national health-related boards."
U of M Schools Help Minnesota Prepare for Pandemic
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (May 8, 2006) - If pandemic flu struck in Minnesota, would health care workers be prepared to work in circumstances more challenging than any they have ever experienced? For making ethical decisions about allocating scarce resources? These and related complex issues will be the subject of two Emergency Readiness Rounds for health professionals offered at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus and via web cast. The first session will be Tuesday, May 9; the second will be held Wednesday, June 28.
Researchers Win Top MNRS Awards
School of Nursing participation at the 30th Annual Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) Conference was outstanding! The Schools faculty and students celebrated research, established new colleagues and received several awards.
School of Nursing Grad Gets Nation's Top Test Score - Again
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (April 14, 2006) - For the second consecutive year, a graduate of the University of Minnesota's School of Nursing, Wendy Clagett Kochevar, obtained the highest score in the nation on the national certification examination administered by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board. Last year, Alexis Maciej, also a 2004 graduate of the School of Nursing's PNP program, was the top scorer.
Taking a Fresh Look at Health Care
Minneapolis/St. Paul (March 14, 2006) - Discover how nursing research and integrative approaches are changing how care is conceptualized and delivered at spring events sponsored by the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and the Center for Spirituality & Healing.
School of Nursing Tackles Ethical Issues Around End-of-Life Research
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (For immediate release) This year, the Florence Schorske Wald Lectureship in Palliative and Hospice Care presents "Ethical Quandaries in End-of-Life Research." Barbara Daly, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, Director of the Clinical Ethics Program at the University Hospitals of Cleveland, and Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, will discuss the need to better understand the issues associated with conducting research on dying patients and their families. This provocative session will address the challenges and serious moral issues raised by this research, and how the medical community can approach this intractable and perhaps unsolvable problem.