News

YSN Faculty Member Calls for “Immediate Action” in Flint, MI Lead Poisoning Crisis

Wed, 06/22/2016

In an article published in npj Genomic Medicine, a Nature Publication Journal, Associate Professor of Nursing and Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Jacquelyn Taylor, PhD, PNP-BC, RN, FAHA, FAAN, calls for “immediate action” by health care providers in the Flint, MI lead poisoning...

Changing the Classroom Game at YSN

Fri, 06/17/2016

For years, students walked into class expecting a lecture by their professor, supplemented with a PowerPoint presentation and additional readings. However, emerging trends toward innovative teaching methods have persuaded many YSN professors to embrace new approaches, with the aim of...

Nursing Students Connect to the West Campus Landscape, and Themselves, for Patient Care

Tue, 06/14/2016

By Meghan Murphy and Jon Atherton  Learning about food systems, food security, and one’s own relationship with growing, cooking and advocating for healthy food is beyond what many think of as typical training for nurses. But this expansive view of health, allied to a growing connection with...

YSN Executive Deputy Dean Receives Prestigious American College of Nurse-Midwives Award

Mon, 06/06/2016

The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) honored Yale School of Nursing Executive Deputy Dean, Holly Powell Kennedy, with the Hattie Hemschemeyer Award during the 61st Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Albuquerque, NM. The Award is ACNM’s highest honor. This award in the midwifery community is...

Senator Murphy, Congresswoman DeLauro Visit YSN for Cancer Moonshot Roundtable

Fri, 06/03/2016

On Tuesday, May 31, 2016, Senator Chris Murphy, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, and Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Dean Ann Kurth hosted a cancer moonshot roundtable at the school to discuss support for cancer research and treatments in Connecticut. Attendees included YSN faculty, Yale researchers and...

Quick-Acting Yale Nurses Save a Life, Lauded by Yale Police

Wed, 06/01/2016

On Monday, May 23, 2016, Yale Police Chief Ronnell Higgins presented Georgia Anne Arenas and Andrea Frantz-Iversen, two graduating YSN students, with the Life Saving Award. The presentation took place at YSN’s 90th Commencement ceremony at the Shubert Theater in New Haven. Earlier this month,...

Ann Kurth appointed the inaugural Linda Koch Lorimer Professor of Nursing

Thu, 05/26/2016

Ann Kurth, the inaugural Linda Koch Lorimer Professor of Nursing, is dean of the Yale School of Nursing and an expert on global health. As a clinically trained epidemiologist, Kurth focuses her research on how to improve the prevention, detection, and care of HIV and other sexually transmitted...

“Leadership is in Your DNA” – YSN Celebrates 90th Commencement Ceremony

Wed, 05/25/2016

Yale School of Nursing (YSN) celebrated its 90th Commencement on Monday, May 23, 2016, at the Shubert Theater in New Haven. This year, the school awarded degrees to 75 MSN students, 12 Doctor of Nursing Practice students, three PhD students, and two post-master’s students.  This year’s Commencement...

YSN Day of Service Supplies More Than 100 Bags for Mothers at St. Raphael’s Hospital

Mon, 05/16/2016

As part of Yale University’s annual Day of Service, YSN hosted “Newborns in Need” on Saturday, May 7, 2016. In total, 140 bags were assembled with diapers, clothing, books and other essential items, and will be delivered to mothers at Yale-New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael Campus last week. The...

Giving a Voice to Seriously Ill Patients Through Palliative Care

Thu, 05/12/2016

For people with serious and progressive disease, integrating palliative care early on in their illness is imperative, according to YSN Research Scientist Dena Schulman-Green. Early integration of palliative care into a plan of care gives patients time to weigh critical and often emotional decisions...

YSN to Celebrate 90th Commencement Ceremony

Adversity as Inspiration for Nursing

Thu, 05/05/2016

Like many other students that walk the halls of the Yale School of Nursing, Chimene Diomi ’17 and adversity are long-time acquaintances. At the age of five, Diomi and her family fled civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, settling for the next six years in South Africa. They then moved to...

Yale Home Visiting Intervention Receives Grant from Kellogg Foundation for National Expansion

Thu, 04/21/2016

Written by Rachel Erin Horsting and Megan Veenema Smith Minding the Baby® (MTB), a community-based home visiting intervention developed at Yale University for young families in New Haven, has been awarded a three-year grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF). The goal is to support...

New Haven Mayor Toni Harp at YSN: Building a Healthier New Haven

Mon, 04/18/2016

West Haven, Conn. – YSN welcomed New Haven Mayor Toni Harp on April 12 as the 2016 Sybil Palmer Bellos lecturer. In her lecture titled “ ‘SEE’ - A Vision for a Healthy New Haven,” Mayor Harp discussed plans her administration has for building a healthier New Haven community, including the...

Implications of AACN Report on Nursing’s Role in Advancing Healthcare

Wed, 04/06/2016

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and Manatt Health released a report titled Advancing Healthcare Transformation: A New Era for Academic Nursing, which addresses how baccalaureate and higher degree schools of nursing can amplify their role in improving health and health care at...

Spring Break Babies

Thu, 03/31/2016

Written by Katie Temes ‘17 It’s finally springtime in Connecticut. Buds are appearing on trees, bulbs are sprouting their perennial flowers, and babies all over New Haven are being born. This year, I spent my spring break here in New Haven, joining YSN’s faculty practice midwives at the Vidone...

YSN to Welcome New Haven Mayor Toni Harp as the 2016 Sybil Palmer Bellos Lecturer

Thu, 03/24/2016

New Haven Mayor Toni Harp is this year’s Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Sybil Palmer Bellos lecturer. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at 3:00pm at YSN. Her lecture is titled, “ ‘SEE’ - A Vision for a Healthy New Haven.” YSN faculty, students, staff, alumni, and Yale...

YSN Top 20 School - and Top 10 Advanced Practice Programs

Wed, 03/16/2016

Contact: Meghan Murphy, Associate Director of Public Affairs Yale School of Nursing 203-737-2521 Meghan.Murphy@yale.edu Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is among the top 20 best graduate schools in...

YSN Receives Prestigious Future of Nursing Scholars Grant to Prepare PhD Nurses

Tue, 02/23/2016

Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is one of only 32 schools of nursing nationwide to receive a grant to increase the number of nurses holding PhDs. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Future of Nursing Scholars program will provide financial support, mentoring, and leadership development to nurses who...

Dean Kurth to Speak at the 8th Annual Janet Parkosewich Research Conference

Wed, 02/17/2016

The Yale School of Nursing (YSN) and Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) Nursing Research Committee are co-sponsors of this year’s Janet Parkosewich Research Conference: The Pursuit of New Knowledge, Innovations and Improvements through Nursing Research. The conference will take place on April 21...