Staff Profile: Institutional Research Analyst Delves into Data
Wed, 12/15/2021
Caitlin Blacksmith, M.Ed, arrived at Yale School of Nursing (YSN) two years ago as the Institutional Research Analyst. She has extensive experience in educational research methodologies and provides a wide variety of data support activities across all areas of the school. These include...
Midwifery Students Riddle Their Way Through Escape Room
Tue, 12/14/2021
Two years ago, Director of the Midwifery Faculty Practice Erin Morelli ’02 MSN, CNM, CLC, RN, FACNM decided that the best way for her Yale School of Nursing (YSN) first-year midwifery specialty students to conduct a summative self-evaluation was to host an Escape Room.
Say what?
Through a...
Nursing’s McGroarty ’11 MSN Quells Burnout Through Alumni Network and New Business
Fri, 12/10/2021
As a mental health professional for more than a decade, Andrena McGroarty ’11 MSN, PMHNP-BC, RN readily recognized their symptoms of burnout earlier this year. Encouraged in part by engagement with their Yale School of Nursing (YSN) alumni network, McGroarty ultimately founded a new business to...
Staff Profile: Senior Admin Assistant Quiles Thrives at ODEI
Mon, 11/29/2021
Eddie Quiles is the Senior Administrative Assistant for the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (OEDI). A former history teacher, who transitioned to Yale 12 years ago and who grew up in Bridgeport, CT, Quiles first arrived at Yale School of Nursing (YSN) two years ago. He also served as a...
YSN Alumni Association Announces Board Moves
Mon, 11/22/2021
The Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Alumni Board recently shared leadership changes for the current and upcoming terms. The board partners with YSN alumni, current students and faculty, and the Yale Alumni Association (YAA).
“I am thrilled to announce that current YAA Delegate Elyssa Noce ’17 MSN was...
Guided by light the eye can’t see, local students envision a future in STEM
Fri, 11/19/2021
By: Allison Bensinger
The Zoom room opened and, within a minute, more than 100 middle school and high school students joined the online webinar. They began filling the chat with greetings to one another and with comments of excitement.
“I’ve been to one of these before,” one seventh grader from...
Yale Nursing Veterans Share Their Journeys Through Military Service
Thu, 11/18/2021
On Veterans Day the Yale Alumni Association (YAA) welcomed three Yale School of Nursing (YSN) veterans to its ongoing “Careers, Life, and Yale” series. Tim McGehee ’22 MSN, Nick Smith ’22 MSN, and Dr. Lydia Cristobal ’16 DNP all reflected on their journey to nursing through military service and...
Kaplan ’89 MSN Remembered as Dedicated Midwife
Wed, 11/17/2021
Rebekah Kaplan ’89 MSN, CNM, died on November 16 after a bicycle accident. As a midwife of over 30 years her career spanned the North Central Bronx to UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital where she taught midwifery students for over two decades. She was widely respected for her expertise, compassion...
Yale Nursing Co-Hosts International Climate Conference
Mon, 11/08/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) partnered with the Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC) to cohost the “Graduate Forum & Global Youth Summit on Net-Zero Future,” on October 28.
Yale University President Peter Salovey welcomed attendees from across the globe.
“At Yale we believe...
Staff Series: Research Director DesJardins Navigates Funding Needs
Fri, 11/05/2021
Jenna DesJardins started as the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Director of Research on June 14. She brings 20 years of experience working with both federal and non-federal sources of research funding in a university setting, most recently in a leadership role for the Research Administration office at...
What’s at stake at the Glasgow climate talks
Fri, 11/05/2021
Courtesy of Yale News
Representatives from nearly 200 countries are in Glasgow, Scotland this month for the 26thUnited Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP26, which aims to unite the international community in the fight against global warming. The latest climate talks will attempt to...
Nursing Students Cheer Cohort’s First Big Milestone
Wed, 11/03/2021
On October 22, the Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing (GEPN) students at Yale School of Nursing (YSN) swapped their scrubs for dressier duds and cheered their classmates in a celebration of their first significant milestone: the nursing certificate ceremony, signaling the successful completion...
Yale Nursing Team Publishes Results of 5-Year Sleep Study
Tue, 11/02/2021
A team of Yale School of Nursing (YSN) faculty, students, and collaborators recently published the results of a five-year NIH-funded randomized controlled trial in SLEEP – the leading journal in the field.
“We found sustained improvements in insomnia, fatigue, and six-minute walk distance in the...
DNP Student Torres Creates Climate Change and Renal Health Toolkit
Thu, 10/28/2021
DNP student Christie Torres, MSN, RN, APRN, FNP-BC recently created “Climate Change and Renal Health: Awareness and Education Toolkit for Healthcare Providers.” As Torres points out, because the kidney has a unique role in providing protection from heat and dehydration and is an important site of...
ODEI Welcomes YSN Community to Fall Fest
Tue, 10/26/2021
On the kind of day that prompts residents to extoll the superior glories of a New England fall, the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) welcomed students, faculty, and staff to Fall Fest: A Family Affair on October 21. More than 150 attendees enjoyed music...
YSN Partners on Free COVID-19 Tool for Long-Term Care Facilities
Mon, 10/25/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) faculty, in partnership with The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), Saraya Co. Ltd., and Best Sanitizers, Inc., have designed and produced a first-of-its-kind infection prevention resource to give long-term care facilities the tools they need to battle COVID-19 and...
Staff Series: Librarian Batten Partners in Nursing Mission
Mon, 10/18/2021
Dr. Janene Batten, EdD, grew up in Adelaide, South Australia and arrived in the US in 1993. She began her career as a librarian at Bridgeport Hospital, where she worked for three years. She was recruited to the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library to specifically as the nursing librarian working with...
Yale Honors Nursing’s Flinter ’80 MSN for Dedication to Community Health, Innovation, and Training the Next Generation
Wed, 10/13/2021
Dr. Margaret Flinter ’80 MSN, PhD, APRN, was honored last week with the Yale-Jefferson Award, a recognition of outstanding public service across a 40-year nursing career dedicated to providing high-quality primary care to vulnerable and underserved populations.
“Primary care in the U.S. would not...
Yale Nursing’s Nelson Leads $7 Million Pilot Study on Ending Racial Inequities in HIV
Mon, 10/11/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Professor Dr. LaRon Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FNYAM, FAAN is leading a $7 million study funded by the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases at NIH to address disparities in HIV among Black men who have sex with men (MSM) by studying the effects of a...
Yale Nurses Lead, Present at Nursing Science Conference
Wed, 10/06/2021
Today Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is sponsoring, leading, and presenting at the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science (CANS) advanced methods conference: “Inclusion by Design: Methods and Approaches Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, and Accessibility in Nursing Research.”
Beatrice...
Call the Midwives: Yale Nursing Clinicians Practice, Teach, and Advocate
Mon, 10/04/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is full of clinicians who love pregnancy and babies. Studying them, researching them, and teaching the next generation of midwives all about them. Pregnant members of the community walking the halls have been known to sharpen a keen sense of any midwives in the building...
Nursing’s Nam Assesses an Insomnia Intervention for Black Women
Fri, 10/01/2021
by Rick Harrison
When Dr. Soohyun Nam meets with female members of predominantly Black churches, the conversation often shifts from her advertised topics of obesity and sleep difficulties to what the women perceive as the source of many of their health problems: stress.
“We would be talking about...
Nursing DNP Alum Yolo Promoted to Direct Nurses at 18 Hospitals
Thu, 09/23/2021
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) graduate of the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Dr. Ron Yolo ’21 DNP, MBA, MSN was recently promoted to Chief Nursing officer (CNO) of the Southern California Division of CommonSpirit Health, where he will be responsible for the nursing enterprise of 18 hospitals.
In...
Jeanetsey Prates began her Yale School of Nursing (YSN) journey almost by accident. While working as a university temp, her boss encouraged her to apply to YSN if an opening was available. “I miss working at YSN,” the supervisor told Prates. When a new job became available, Prates got an interview...
Redeker Testifies to NIH on Nursing Research about Minority Health, Disparities
Thu, 09/16/2021
Beatrice Renfield Term Professor of Nursing Dr. Nancy S. Redeker, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN recently provided comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a new entity within NIH proposed by the Biden Administration that would focus on...
Crowley Essay Explains Lifetime Devotion to Nursing
Tue, 09/14/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Professor Emerita Dr. Angela Crowley, PhD, APRN, PNP-BC, FAAN was recently featured in a Yale Alumni Magazine piece highlighting a collection of essays describing career-long devotions to an area of subject matter expertise.
While few of her high school classmates...
New Associate Dean for Equity Starts at Nursing
Tue, 09/14/2021
September marks the on-campus arrival of Dr. Angela Richard-Eaglin, DNP, FNP-BC, CNE, FAANP, Yale School of Nursing (YSN)’s first fulltime Associate Dean for Equity (ADE). A member of Dean Kurth’s senior leadership team, Dr. Richard-Eaglin will collaborate with stakeholders across the YSN and Yale...
Staff Series: Ekaterina Ginzburg Drives Teaching and Learning Innovation
Fri, 09/10/2021
Ekaterina Ginzburg started at Yale School of Nursing (YSN) nine years ago with a singular responsibility: to support the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. Now as the Director of Academic Support, Instructional Technology and Design, she drives teaching and learning innovation, evaluation,...
YSN in Media: Omer Talks Vaccines With Slate, WSJ, NPR
Fri, 09/03/2021
Director of the Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) and Yale School of Nursing (YSN) affiliate Dr. Saad B. Omer, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FIDSA, shared his expertise with multiple media outlets over the past few weeks.
He discussed the Biden Administration’s plans for booster shots on Slate’s “What Next...
New Award To Study Risk Model For Fractures in Persons With HIV
Thu, 09/02/2021
By Julie Parry
In people living with HIV, the disease itself, along with medications to treat the infection can cause long term side effects. Fragility fractures have been shown to occur at a higher rate in persons with HIV, than in their uninfected counterparts and has led to over $99M in excess...
N95 Mask Fittings Signal Start of Nursing Year
Mon, 08/30/2021
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...
