Meet the YSN Class of 2025: Jordan Levandoski, Transforming Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
Wed, 05/14/2025
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. The...
Meet the YSN Class of 2025: Laura Manzo, Army Nurse-Scientist on Duty
Wed, 05/14/2025
By Christina Frank
As the daughter of a career Army officer, it made perfect sense to Laura Manzo to combine her love of nursing with a commitment to military service.
Manzo joined the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) while pursuing her BSN in and committed to four years in the Army after...
Meet the Class of 2025: Michael Backman, MSN Class Speaker
Wed, 05/14/2025
By Christina Frank
Michael Backman, RN, MSN, was pursuing a degree in speech pathology when he decided that nursing was his calling. “I was taking an anatomy and physiology course, and I fell in love with the body in its entirety and the science that made it all,” he says. “The field of nursing...
YSN Students Explore Global Nursing Leadership with The University of Tokyo
Mon, 04/21/2025
By Megan J. Allen, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
This March, five Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students including Megan Allen, Batchimeg Erdenebaatar, Abbe Riffle, Carolina Rodriguez, and Intan Sulistyawati, were led by faculty member Dr. Jennifer McIntosh to Tokyo for an unforgettable week of global...
Kenya’s Healthcare Horizons: Collaborative Partnerships Advance with Yale School of Nursing
Mon, 04/21/2025
Kenya. A vast land of more than 52 million people and over 40 ethnic groups. A land of profound beauty with diverse terrain from coastal plains to deserts and highlands. A region where healthcare resources are often limited, yet nurses and other healthcare professionals and paraprofessionals...
