Polly Huynh: aspiring to a holistic approach to psychiatric nursing
Wed, 06/27/2018
Polly Huynh is an MSN student specializing in psychiatric-mental health nursing who wants to bring psychiatric care to primary care clinics and have it become the norm to see a psychiatric specialist. Please consider supporting Polly and students like her, as part of YSN’s annual fund, ending...
Yale expands Minding the Baby® home visitation program across 8 municipalities in Denmark
Fri, 06/22/2018
Yale University’s Minding the Baby® (MTB) National Office recently entered a 6-year contract with the Danish organization Metodecentret - Center for Innovation og Metodeudvikling [Center for Innovation and Methodology] to implement the interdisciplinary home visitation program across 7 new...
Brighid Gannon awarded annual prize for leadership in nursing practice
Thu, 06/21/2018
Congratulations to Brighid Gannon for being awarded the Leadership in Nursing Practice Prize which recognizes a graduating DNP student who showed outstanding leadership in the capstone project. Brighid developed an intervention for use with traumatized women in the largest homeless shelter in New...
Maria Haslip ’20, Yale Nursing student of the week!
Thu, 06/21/2018
In the final month of the 2017-2018 annual fund scholarship campaign, which provides financial support to deserving scholars, we’re featuring Maria Haslip ’20 as our Yale Nursing student of the week!
Maria was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Russia, where she received her masters of science in...
YSN faculty poster session addresses the opioid crisis through simulation
Mon, 06/18/2018
YSN faculty members Shannon Pranger and Ami Marshall presented a poster session at the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning conference in Toronto from June 13-16 . Entitled “We have a problem”, the poster focused on ways to address the opioid crisis through...
Help students like Nnemdi Azubuko by giving to the YSN Annual Fund
Tue, 06/12/2018
With three weeks left to the 2017-2018 annual fund scholarship campaign, which provides financial support to deserving scholars, we’re featuring Nnemdi Azubuko ’20, a family nurse practioner student, as our Yale Nursing student of the week!
Nnemdi did her undergraduate degree in biology. Throughout...
Help students like James W. Darden IV by giving to the YSN Annual Fund
Tue, 06/12/2018
There are three weeks left to give to the 2017-2018 annual fund scholarship campaign. Please consider a gift to help financially support deserving scholars such as James W. Darden IV ’19. Read his story here.
James W. Darden IV ’19 is a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) student specializing in...
Marge Funk retires after 34 years at YSN
Mon, 06/11/2018
Professor Marjorie (Marge) Funk was honored at her retirement party at the Yale Golf Course in early June, with many colleagues paying tribute to her 34 years at YSN.
Marge has been on the faculty of the Yale School of Nursing since 1984. She received a BA in religion from Wheaton College in...
Beth Zapatka appointed new associate dean for advancement
Fri, 06/08/2018
Beth Zapatka has been appointed as Yale School of Nursing’s new associate dean for advancement, beginning Monday, June 11. She will join the senior administrative team at Yale Nursing and will be charged with the management of development, communications, and alumnae/i affairs.
Beth has enjoyed a...
Distinguished YSN alumna makes an impact in Uganda
Thu, 06/07/2018
Dr. Rose Clarke Nanyonga was one of five Yale nurses to receive a Distinguished Alumnae/i Award this year, travelling all the way from Uganda to be honored at a ceremony hosted by Dean Kurth at the Yale Graduate Club in early May.
Since 1973, the Yale School of Nursing has annually recognized the...
