Yale Nursing Matters

Volume 6, Number 2

Autumn 2005 / Spring 2006

Letter from the dean
YSN news and accomplishments
YSN in the world
The world of nursing in the Land of Smiles
Features YSN participation in the "Prevention and Management of Chronic Conditions: International Perspectives" Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. YSN, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing (UNC) and faculties of nursing at Ramathibod Hospital and Mahidol University co-sponsored this conference, the first of its kind to bring together top scholars from around the world to discuss the role of nursing research and practice in helping communities manage chronic conditions.
Advancing nursing in the Place of Gardens
Learning from those who have gone before us
Features the research of YSN post-doctoral fellow Dr. Coretta Jenerette. Entitled, "Successful Aging with Sickle Cell Disease," this work includes surveys and interviews that will enable participants to impart knowledge they have gathered over a lifetime of living with the daily challenges posed by sickle cell disease to newly diagnosed patients and their families.
Moving research into doing
Features the work of YSN doctoral student and postdoctoral fellow, Susan Sullivan-Bolyai to create social support networks to empower families of children with chronic conditions.
The world of nursing converges at YSN
A mentor for life
Traces the work of YSN's Dr. Marge Funk and her colleague and doctoral student Cathy Winkler to advance cardiovascular research over more than 30 years of their professional affiliation.
Alumnae/i and development news
I am a Yale nurse
Features the story of Yale Nurse, Ramon Lavandero '79, president of the YSN Alumnae/i Association.
Honor roll and In memoriam
Truth of the matter

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