After months of applying, waiting, and preparing, new Nursing students launched the next phase of their careers on August 16 and 18 with their first piece of clinical equipment: a well-fitted N95 mask.
The process starts with a student wearing one of three sizes of mask and then donning a plastic,...
New Nursing Students Undeterred by COVID-19 Pandemic
Mon, 08/30/2021
Neither global pandemic nor rain nor wind of Tropical Storm Henri could keep new Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students from completion of orientation last week as the first class to conduct its application process during the COVID-19 public health crisis.
Dean Ann Kurth ’90 MSN, PhD, CNM, MPH,...
Nursing Names Associate Dean of Development & Alumni Affairs Ahead of University’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Capital Campaign
Thu, 08/26/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) recently announced Gail McCulloch as the incoming Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Affairs, just ahead of Yale’s next multi-year, multi-billion-dollar capital campaign that launches in October. McCulloch starts at YSN this week.
“I am thrilled to join the YSN...
Yale Corporation Awards Emeritus Status to Three Nursing Faculty
Thu, 08/19/2021
The Yale Corporation recently awarded emeritus status to Nursing faculty Jane Dixon, PhD, Linda Honan ’89 MSN, PhD, CNS-BC, RN, ANEF, FAAN, and Patricia Ryan-Krause ’81 MSN, MS, PCPNP-BC.
“It is fitting that their decades of institutional knowledge, wisdom, and service are recognized through this...
Handsome Dan Stars at Nursing Meet and Greet
Tue, 08/17/2021
Approximately one million adorable wrinkles and enthusiastic tail wagging heralded the start of Yale School of Nursing (YSN)’s most recent Welcome Wednesday event: a cookie break meet and greet with university mascot Handsome Dan XIX (also known as Kingman).
Kingman’s cameo is part of a larger...
When Disaster (Sim) Strikes: Nursing Students Practice Mass-Casualty Care
Fri, 08/13/2021
An explosion cracked the air, the intensity of the boom indicating proximity to today’s pizza oven demonstration at the nearby Piggly Wiggly. As the sirens started blaring, a triage team of Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing (GEPN) students rushed to the scene of the annual mass-casualty...
American Academy of Nursing Honors Three YSN Faculty
Tue, 08/10/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is thrilled to congratulate three outstanding faculty members recently selected for Fellowship in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) for their significant contributions to health and health care.
“The invitation to join this community of Fellows is a career and...
Zooming In For A Packed Events Calendar
Fri, 07/30/2021
As the Zoom era stretched into the second semester, event planners took advantage of platform pluses like nearly limitless guest capacity and a wider reach beyond in-person availability. Awareness of the mute button and the chat feature also improved, and that applause function came in handy too. ...
YSN in Media: Omer Publishes Op-Ed in Washington Post
Tue, 07/27/2021
Director of the Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) and Yale School of Nursing (YSN) affiliate Dr. Saad B. Omer, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FIDSA, recently published an opinion editorial in The Washington Post advocating for COVID-19 vaccines for children.
In “Kids deserve the vaccine, too. It will keep...
YSN Anti-Racism Statement Cited in Journal Article
Mon, 07/26/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN)’s Commitment to Anti-Racism and statement of solidarity with the Black community were recently cited in a paper for the current issue of Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care that analyzed similar documents from 18 schools of nursing and three prominent...
