Yale Nursing Matters

Volume 9, Number 2

Fall 2008 through Winter 2009

Letter from the Dean
Focusing on YSN's Remarkable Students
YSN Spotlight News (pdf)
The Making of a Yale Nurse
PhD Program Advances Nursing Research and Practice
To see the variety Yale University School of Nursing's PhD program offers, one simply has to look at the diversity of its students and their research.
A Long and Winding Road
For Leslie Wheeless '10, the path to YSN has been full of surprises.
A New Haven Native Finds a Home at Yale
Everol Ennis '09 has returned to his home city to pursue a master's degree in nursing.
GEPN Program: YSN's Second Career Launching Pad
Program combines preparation in basic nursing with advanced work in a clinical specialty and in nursing research.
Scholarship Recipients
Nursing is a New Direction for RWJF Grant Recipients
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program aims to strengthen the nation's pipeline of new nurses by supporting students from an underrepresented group in nursing.
Campaign Update
Donor Profile: Evelyn "Evy" Anderson '50 (pdf)
"A way of saying thank you"
In Memoriam: Dean Emerita Florence S. Wald (pdf)
Grant Awards
Truth of the Matter
"What Are You Going to Do with Your Considerable Gifts?" written by Angela Barron McBride '64, PhD, RN, Dean Emerita of Indiana University School of Nursing.
YaleNurse: Tara Walsh Malbasa '06
Tara Malbasa may have transitioned from student to alumna a short three years ago, but her work with the siblings of children with cancer is already drawing national attention.
YSN Alumnae/i by State
Expanding the YSN Community -- Paying It Forward (pdf)
YSN alumnae/i are mentoring both YSN students and other alums.
Class News (pdf)

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