Nine YSN students win prestigious American Cancer Society scholarships
Fri, 09/01/2017
YSN oncology concentration students were awarded 9 of the 15 ACS Graduate Scholarships in Cancer Nursing Practice in the 2017 competition. Class of ‘19 students Andrea Desmond, Danielle DiPerna, and Shannon Meagher, will each receive $10,000 towards their tuition each year for the next two years....
New Visiting Scholar for the Fall 2017 semester
Wed, 08/30/2017
We are pleased to announce Dr. Freida Chavez as a Visiting Scholar for the Fall 2017 semester. During her time on campus, she will be collaborating with key faculty in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program, under the leadership of Dr. Judith Kunisch, DNP Program Director. During her period...
Welcome new students!
Mon, 08/21/2017
Welcome new YSN students! We are so excited to have you join our wonderful school! The Office of Student Affairs staff look forward to welcoming you to orientation, along with an enthusiastic group of student orientation leaders dedicated to helping you transition to YSN. Check them out here!
Best Research Article of 2016 awarded to YSN students
Wed, 08/16/2017
Halley Ruppel, PhD Candidate, and Marge Funk – along with 2 co-authors (Nancy Blake and JoAnne Phillips) – were awarded the Best Research Article of 2016 in the journal Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology for “Use of Monitor Watchers in Hospitals: Characteristics, Training, and Practices”....
Home-visiting program for first-time families expands in CT
Wed, 08/09/2017
Yale University’s Minding the Baby® (MTB) National Office was awarded an 18-month grant from the Grossman Family Foundation beginning in January 2017 to expand the MTB home visiting intervention in Connecticut. The MTB National Office is partnering with Family & Children’s Agency in Norwalk and...
Actively Enhancing Diversity in Nursing Science: The YSN Office of Diversity and Inclusion Summer Intensive
Tue, 08/08/2017
From June 12-16, 2017, the YSN Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) had the honor of hosting seven outstanding early career nurse scientists from across the nation for the inaugural Summer Intensive. The primary goals of the YSN ODI Summer Intensive are to support early career nurse scientists...
YSN PhD student spends summer on humanitarian medical mission
Wed, 08/02/2017
Jose Gutierrez, a YSN PhD student is spending his summer in Louisiana with the Massachusetts Air National Guard for a humanitarian medical mission. He is volunteering as a nurse practitioner providing medical screenings for the local population with limited resources. Here’s Jose (middle)...
All-gender restroom now available at YSN
Tue, 08/01/2017
A new all-gender restroom is now available at the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) fulfilling a commitment from the Dean, and as had been requested by students, faculty, and staff. The facility is accessible on the first floor of YSN by the lockers and will offer self-contained, single occupancy for...
Nancy Redeker inducted into International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame
Tue, 08/01/2017
Congratulations to Nancy Redeker, the Beatrice Renfield Term Professor of Nursing at YSN, who was one of 23 nurses inducted into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame at STTI’s 28th International Nursing Research Congress in Dublin, Ireland in July. Recipients hailed from Australia,...
New Executive Deputy Dean Attracted by YSN’s Faculty, Students, and Mission
Fri, 07/14/2017
Carmen J. Portillo, RN, PhD, FAAN, began her position as Yale School of Nursing’s new executive deputy dean on July 1. Dr. Portillo comes to Yale from The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing where she was a professor and chairperson of the Community Health Systems...
