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Yale Honors Nursing’s Flinter ’80 MSN for Dedication to Community Health, Innovation, and Training the Next Generation

Wed, 10/13/2021
Dr. Margaret Flinter ’80 MSN, PhD, APRN, was honored last week with the Yale-Jefferson Award, a recognition of outstanding public service across a 40-year nursing career dedicated to providing high-quality primary care to vulnerable and underserved populations.  “Primary care in the U.S. would not...

Yale Nursing’s Nelson Leads $7 Million Pilot Study on Ending Racial Inequities in HIV

Mon, 10/11/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Professor Dr. LaRon Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FNYAM, FAAN is leading a $7 million study funded by the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases at NIH to address disparities in HIV among Black men who have sex with men (MSM) by studying the effects of a...

Yale Nurses Lead, Present at Nursing Science Conference

Wed, 10/06/2021
Today Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is sponsoring, leading, and presenting at the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science (CANS) advanced methods conference: “Inclusion by Design: Methods and Approaches Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, and Accessibility in Nursing Research.” Beatrice...

Call the Midwives: Yale Nursing Clinicians Practice, Teach, and Advocate

Mon, 10/04/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is full of clinicians who love pregnancy and babies. Studying them, researching them, and teaching the next generation of midwives all about them. Pregnant members of the community walking the halls have been known to sharpen a keen sense of any midwives in the building...

Nursing’s Nam Assesses an Insomnia Intervention for Black Women

Fri, 10/01/2021
by Rick Harrison When Dr. Soohyun Nam meets with female members of predominantly Black churches, the conversation often shifts from her advertised topics of obesity and sleep difficulties to what the women perceive as the source of many of their health problems: stress. “We would be talking about...

Staff Series: Jeanetsey Prates Anticipates Faculty Needs

Thu, 09/23/2021
Jeanetsey Prates began her Yale School of Nursing (YSN) journey almost by accident. While working as a university temp, her boss encouraged her to apply to YSN if an opening was available. “I miss working at YSN,” the supervisor told Prates. When a new job became available, Prates got an interview...

Nursing DNP Alum Yolo Promoted to Direct Nurses at 18 Hospitals

Thu, 09/23/2021
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) graduate of the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Dr. Ron Yolo ’21 DNP, MBA, MSN was recently promoted to Chief Nursing officer (CNO) of the Southern California Division of CommonSpirit Health, where he will be responsible for the nursing enterprise of 18 hospitals.  In...