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Nursing Students Hone Their Skills During Disaster Simulation

GEPN students rose to the challenges posed by the 2023 mass-casualty disaster simulation.
Tue, 08/29/2023
By Lizamishel Boateng New Haven Promise Scholar On June 16, The Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Simulation Team conducted its cumulative assessment for first-year Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing (GEPN) students: a mass-casualty disaster simulation in partnership with Yale New Haven EMS Center...

Midwifery Review: Adding Care by Midwives Improves Birth Outcomes

Holly Powell Kenney (left) and Joan Combellick.
Fri, 08/18/2023
by Robert Forman Midwife care can improve pregnancy outcomes for mothers and babies, says new “Expert Review” from Yale faculty The practice of midwifery is less common in the United States than in other countries and other cultures, which is a shame because adding care by midwives generally...

YSN Welcomes International Nursing Leader Azita Emami as New Dean

Dean Azita Emami
Tue, 08/01/2023
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is delighted to welcome internationally recognized nursing leader Azita Emami, PhD, MSN, BSN, RNT, RN, FAAN as the 11th dean of the Yale School of Nursing on August 1. Dean Emami will lead the school as it embarks on its second century and will feature prominently in...

YSN Preceptors Saluted as Outstanding Mentors and Teachers

Thu, 07/27/2023
By Lizamishel Boateng New Haven Promise Scholar  Yale School of Nursing (YSN) hosted the 5th Annual Preceptor Appreciation event and award ceremony on June 8, recognizing providers from every specialty and the Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing (GEPN) program. As volunteer clinicians who...

Yale Nursing Celebrates 5 Faculty FAAN Inductees

Thu, 07/06/2023
By Lizamishel Boateng New Haven Promise Scholar Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is delighted to congratulate five YSN faculty members on their selection to the Fellowship in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN): Sandy Cayo, DNP, FNP-BC, PhD(c), Elizabeth Ann Doyle, DNP, APRN, PPCNP-BC, BC-ADM, CDCES...

Yale University and YSN Statements in Response to SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision

Thu, 06/29/2023
Dear YSN Community, I write to follow up on President Salovey’s message regarding today’s Supreme Court decisions in the Harvard and UNC cases regarding the consideration of race in admissions.   The Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is committed to “better health for all people.” YSN will comply with...

Midwifery Student Lesser '25 MSN Presents Essay at Grand Rounds

Grace Lesser ’25 MSN, MBA, MPH (second from right) presented her essay at the 7th Annual Special Medical Grand Rounds: Stories of Yale Internal Medicine.
Mon, 06/26/2023
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Nurse Midwifery/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner student Grace Lesser ’25 MSN, MBA, MPH was recently selected to present her piece “Belly of the Whale” at the 7th Annual Special Medical Grand Rounds: Stories of Yale Internal Medicine on June 15.  Lesser describes...