Kurth Contributes to NASEM Clinical Prevention Report
Mon, 01/03/2022
A committee that includes Dean Ann Kurth ’90 MSN, PhD, CNM, MPH, FAAN, recently launched “Closing Evidence Gaps in Clinical Prevention,” a new consensus study report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NASEM) Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice...
Yale Midwifery Conference Examines 20 Years of Research
Wed, 12/22/2021
Yale School of Nursing’s (YSN) Helen Varney Professor of Midwifery Dr. Holly Kennedy, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN cohosted the “Normal Labour & Birth: 20 Years of Evidence and Debate” conference with international partners on December 1 and 3 to accommodate time zones in two hemispheres.
The sessions...
New Preceptors Inspired to Support Next Generation of Yale Nurses and Midwives
Mon, 12/20/2021
While reviewing preceptor data for the 2020-21 school year, Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Associate Director of the Clinical Support Unit Tracy Chidsey made an astonishing discovery: a full 40% of the preceptors were first-time volunteers.
“It was incredible to welcome so many new preceptors,”...
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...
