Wild Life: DNP Student Embraces Wilderness Medicine
Fri, 06/28/2019
Benjamin Woodard ’21 DNP is an outdoor adventure marketer’s dream come true. Woodard grew up in the gorgeous outdoors of rural New Mexico, camping with his family and learning tracking and survival skills as a teen. Later, he became an avid backpacker and rock climber.
He trained as a cardiac...
YALE EXPLORES, Philadelphia: Planetary Health: Safeguarding Human Health and the Natural Systems on Which It Depends
Thu, 06/27/2019
In the fall of 2018, the new Yale Explores series traveled to Philadelphia to discuss “Planetary Health: Safeguarding Human Health and the Natural Systems on Which It Depends.” In the City of Brotherly Love, YSN Dean and Linda Koch Lorimer Professor of Nursing Ann Kurth ’90 MSN, PhD, CNM, MPH, FAAN...
Our Spring 2019 Yale Nursing Matters Magazine is Out!
Thu, 06/27/2019
In the Science Issue, you will travel to a tiny lab space in the South Pole with Jaime Hensel ‘13 MSN and learn how Ada Sue Hinshaw ‘63 MSN built the nurse scientist cadre from scratch as the first permanent director of the National Institute for Nursing Research (NINR). Open the latest edition of...
YALE EXPLORES, Los Angeles: The 21st Century City and Society
Thu, 06/27/2019
Yale Explores concluded the West Coast leg of its most recent tour in March in Los Angeles. This time, the assembled team of Yale faculty addressed issues pertaining to the “21st Century City and Society.” Yale Nursing’s own Associate Dean for Research David Vlahov, PhD., RN, FAAN took the stage as...
Preceptor Awards 2019
Mon, 06/24/2019
Preceptorship bridges the gap between the classroom and the clinical area where nursing is practiced. At the Yale School of Nursing (YSN), there are two programs for Preceptors: Preceptors for GEPN and Preceptors for Master’s Program Specialties.
YSN Preceptor Awards festivities included the...
Strengthening Palliative Care in Israel
Wed, 06/19/2019
A health care landscape without palliative and hospice care in the United States is still within living memory. Florence Wald, the fourth dean of YSN, introduced these concepts to Yale and the country in the mid-1960s.
Decades later, other nations around the world are also exploring how palliative...
Commencement 2019 Prize Winners
Fri, 05/31/2019
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Commencement 2019 festivities including the announcement of prizes for faculty, staff, and students. The descriptions below have been lightly edited and condensed from the May 20 remarks. Unless otherwise noted, awards were presented by Dean Ann Kurth ’90 MSN, PHD, CNM...
Newborns in Need: The Largest Yale Day of Service Project
Wed, 05/15/2019
During the second Saturday in May, 75 Yale School of Nursing (YSN) alumni, staff, faculty, and friends gathered on campus to pack hundreds of bags for Newborns in Need. The volunteers carefully tucked diapers, wipes, blankets, body wash, hats, socks, and onesies into each bag. The final care...
Distinguished Alumni Awards 2019
Tue, 05/14/2019
The Yale School of Nursing Alumni Association (YSNAA) celebrated three outstanding YSN grads as the 2019 recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Awards at the Graduate Club in New Haven on May 10. YSNAA Board President Danielle Morgan ’00 MSN, CNS, Family FMHNP, APRN-BC presided over the festivities...
YSN Alumna Teaches Negotiation
Wed, 05/08/2019
Senior healthcare executive Mary C. Geary ’74 MSN, RN visited campus on April 23 to help Yale nurses enter the job market with confidence, providing career advice and negotiation best practices.
Geary was first inspired to start sharing her experience several years ago.
“When I learned what a high...
16th Annual Creative Writing Awards
Fri, 04/26/2019
The Yale School of Nursing community gathered at the New Haven Lawn Club on April 18 for one of its signature annual programs: the 16th annual Creative Writing Awards (CWA). Linda Honan ’89, MSN, PhD, FAAN, CNS-BC, RN, the heart and soul of CWA, described nurses as secret keepers, leaders, and...
Yale Nursing Climbs to Highest Rank in School’s History
Tue, 03/12/2019
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) has achieved its highest-ever ranking, earning the number five spot in the 2020 edition of U.S. News & World Report (USNWR), tying with Columbia University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. YSN climbed three slots since last year’s list.
“We are...
Yale Nursing Names LaRon E. Nelson Inaugural Associate Dean for Global Health & Equity
Tue, 01/08/2019
LaRon E. Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FAAN has been named the inaugural Associate Dean for Global Health & Equity at Yale School of Nursing (YSN) and also joins YSN as an Independence Foundation Associate Professor of Nursing. He is a leading expert in implementation science and HIV prevention...
Three faculty receive honors from the American Academy of Nursing
Tue, 11/06/2018
On November 3rd, three YSN faculty were honored with awards at the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) annual conference in Washington, D.C. Dr. Ruth McCorkle received the AAN’s highest honor of Living Legend, while Dr. Canhua Xiao and Dr. Alison Moriarty Daley were inducted as AAN fellows.
The...
MSN application deadline extended to December 14th
Tue, 11/06/2018
The Master of Science in Nursing program application deadline has been extended to December 14th, 2018.
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One student's insights from the 2018 GEPN ceremony
Mon, 11/05/2018
On October 26th, the 2018 GEPN class received their nursing certificates and traditional nursing baseball caps. It was an intense 11 months of pharm charts, care plans, and coffee, and it was exciting to gather with our friends and families and look back at what we’ve accomplished as a class...
Introducing YSN’s National Clinician Scholars
Mon, 11/05/2018
Yale School of Nursing is proud to announce three new National Clinician Scholars – Shelli Feder, Jasmin Travers, and Hayley Germack.
The National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP) at Yale is an interprofessional fellowship program provided by Yale School of Medicine and Yale School of Nursing. The...
Congratulations to Dr. Ruth McCorkle, AAN Living Legend
Thu, 11/01/2018
Congratulations to Dr. Ruth McCorkle who received the American Academy of Nursing’s Living Legend award at this evening’s award ceremony in Washington, D.C. The Academy recognizes a small group of fellows as Living Legends in honor of their extraordinary contributions to the nursing...
Dr. Linda Schwartz inspires audience at Scholars' Day
Wed, 10/31/2018
Dr. Linda Schwartz was the speaker at last week’s Scholars’ Day at Yale School of Nursing. She shared many inspiring stories from her time as a United States Air Force nurse in the Vietnam War and her subsequent work to help veterans in her roles as commissioner for the Department of Veterans’...
GEPN Award Ceremony and Fall Fest, 2018
Mon, 10/29/2018
View a photo slideshow of last Friday’s GEPN Award Ceremony and Fall Fest, where family and friends gathered to celebrate YSN’s new cohort of RNs. View slideshow here.
Dr. Holly Powell Kennedy speaks at Frontier Nursing University Commencement Ceremonies
Thu, 10/25/2018
Dr. Holly Powell Kennedy, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, was the keynote speaker at Frontier Nursing University’s commencement ceremonies on Saturday, October 20 in Hyden, Kentucky. The Helen Varney Professor of Midwifery at the Yale School of Nursing, Dr. Kennedy is an internationally known midwifery...
West Campus hosts Artspace's City Wide Open Studios October 26-28
Wed, 10/24/2018
This weekend West Campus will be abuzz with activity as it hosts Artspace’s annual City-Wide Open Studios from Friday 26th at 12 noon, through Sunday afternoon. With a theme of wellbeing, hundreds of artists will feature their work in the building adjacent to the School of Nursing. There will...
Reducing alarm rates in a medical ICU: YSN study published in PLOS ONE
Mon, 10/22/2018
Congratulations to Halley Ruppel ’18 PhD and Marjorie Funk ‘84 MSN, ‘92 PhD, whose study on “Testing physiologic monitor alarm customization software to reduce alarm rates and improve nurses’ experience of alarms in a medical intensive care unit” has been published in the peer-reviewed open access...
YSN faculty to be honored at American Academy of Nursing conference on November 3rd
Mon, 10/22/2018
From November 1-3, the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) will hold its annual Transforming Health, Driving Policy Conference in Washington D.C. where three faculty from Yale School of Nursing (YSN) will be honored with awards. Yale School of Nursing will co-sponsor a reception on Saturday, November...
GEPN deadline extended to November 1st
Thu, 10/11/2018
The Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing (GEPN) program deadline for applications has been extended to November 1, 2018. Apply now.
City-Wide Open Studios at West Campus, October 26-28
Mon, 09/24/2018
For the first time, Artspace’s City-Wide Open Studios (CWOS) Alternative Space Weekend is coming to Yale’s West Campus! New this year is Preview Day on Friday, October 26th! Enjoy an extra day before the crowds. All are welcome.
The Alternative Space Weekend sets New Haven’s CWOS apart...
Dean Kurth attends Global Climate Action Summit
Mon, 09/17/2018
Last week, Dean Kurth attended the Global Climate Action Summit, an international gathering of public and private sector leaders in San Francisco. One of the summit’s sessions was Higher Education Leadership on Carbon Pricing, an event which focused on the experiences of Yale and other schools in...
Meet the YSN Class of 2025 - Jordan Levandoski: Transforming Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
Thu, 05/15/2025
By Christina Frank
Jordan Levandoski, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, who is graduating this year from YSN’s Post-MSN Clinical Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program, wants to redefine how clinicians assess and manage cardiovascular risk. His first step: eliminate misleading race-based modifiers....
Nelson Focuses Journal Issue on Black MSM, HIV
Tue, 10/27/2020
Dr. LaRon E. Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FAAN recently curated the historic special edition of the Journal of Urban Health devoted to Black MSM (men-who-have-sex-with-men) and HIV. Nelson’s introduction, “Awakening to an Intersectional Reality: Ending the HIV Epidemic in the USA Starts with...
YSN Alumni Appointed to Yale Alumni Association Board
Fri, 06/26/2020
Lydia Cristobal ’16 DNP (left) and Stephan Davis ’16 DNP (right) have both been appointed to serve on the Yale Alumni Association (YAA) Board. Dr. Cristobal, who currently serves as the YAA Assembly Appointed At-Large Delegate, takes on the additional role of a YAA Board of Governors Representative...
Congratulations to the Class of 2020!
Mon, 05/18/2020
Congratulations to the 134 degree recipients in the Class of 2020! Today’s virtual celebration included encouraging remarks from Dean Ann Kurth ’90 MSN, PhD, CNM, MPH, FAAN and student speaker Danielle Um ’20 MSN. The class is comprised of 115 Master of Science in Nursing candidates, 16 Doctor of...
PhD Students Defend Their Theses
Fri, 03/27/2020
Congrats to Bridget Basile Ibrahim and Krista Knudson, who defended and passed their PhD dissertation defenses. Ibrahim presented “Pregnancy after Cesarean: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Women’s Experiences in a Diverse U.S. Sample” on Thursday, January 30. Knudson presented “Patient and Family...
Breazeale represents YSN at the Three Minute Thesis preliminary competition
Fri, 03/27/2020
Stephen Breazeale represented YSN in the Three Minute Thesis preliminary competition with his presentation on recognizing mental health symptoms in those with traumatic physical injuries. Over the course of his research and work as nurse, he said “it has become obvious that in addition to treating...
Yale Nursing ranks 6th in the world
Wed, 03/04/2020
Yale School of Nursing ranks sixth in the world, per the QS World University Rankings in nursing. Of the top ten schools of nursing in the listing, half are United States (US) schools. The QS ranking system uses six metrics: academic reputation; employer reputation; faculty/student ratio; citations...
Sana Goldberg ’20 MSN Publishes First Book
Sat, 12/14/2019
When Sana Goldberg ’20 MSN, RN, first started working on her new book, How to Be a Patient: The Essential Guide to Navigating the World of Modern Medicine, she expected that its final form would be a concise booklet. “Maybe something you would find in the hospital gift shop,” she said. But as she...
YSN Team Excites with New Nursing Applications
Sat, 12/14/2019
Working with partners across campus, acute care Yale School of Nursing (YSN) student Travis McCann ’20 MSN is pursuing two exciting projects to help providers become better clinicians. His team has developed a visual and auditory hallucinations app that allows participants to better appreciate the...
Nurses Climate Challenge!
Tue, 08/27/2019
Scientists have said we have limited time to make major societal change to stop global warming/climate damage and the resulting extreme weather, coastal flooding, shifting disease patterns, pollution, food and water stresses1. As the nation’s most trusted profession and largest workforce, nurses...
Diabetes Program Utilizes Texting
Thu, 08/15/2019
YSN faculty member Robin Whittemore PhD, APRN, FAAN felt drawn to the culture of Mexico early on in her first RN job in San Diego, California. She has made myriad trips since that first one many years ago, and during her recent sabbatical she combined a research focus on preventing and treating...
From the US Navy to Yale University: A Chat with Dr. LaRon E. Nelson
Wed, 07/10/2019
Dr. LaRon E. Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FAAN arrived at YSN in early 2019 as the Inaugural Associate Dean for Global Health & Equity. He earned his doctorate from the University of Rochester, where he also served as the Dean’s Endowed Fellow in Health Disparities and Associate Director of...
YSN Celebrates 93rd Commencement
Fri, 05/31/2019
When the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) celebrated its 93rd Commencement on May 20, graduates waited until just the right moment to launch their party poppers and colorful silly string. The confetti celebration during the Old Campus ceremony has become a student trademark, and the festive results...
