Peckham Retires After 50 Years Nursing, Five Decades Precepting
Wed, 01/27/2021
Lynn Peckham, ’87 MSN, APRN, PPCNP-BC, embarked on a well-earned retirement earlier this month after a whopping 50 years in nursing and precepting more than 50 Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students across five different decades. Peckham started precepting just after graduation in the 1980s and kept...
Teaching & Learning Upgrade: Refresh for Fall Semester
Thu, 01/21/2021
Yale School of Nursing’s shift to online learning back in the spring was like a mad dash for the finish line without sneakers, a course map, or much experience running. Thankfully, the fall transition arrived with better equipment, more direction, and some valuable logged miles.
On the equipment...
YSN Launches a Clinical DNP: Meet Christa Varnadoe
Thu, 01/21/2021
Christa Varnadoe ’20 MSN, BS, RN, OCN graduated virtually in May 2020, the first online Commencement in Yale School of Nursing’s nearly 100-year history. During her time at YSN, Varnadoe worked as a clinical researcher, volunteered at the HAVEN free clinic, and welcomed new students as an...
YSN Class of 1980 Celebrates 40th Reunion
Thu, 01/21/2021
YSN alumni from the Class of 1980 came together virtually on June 13th to celebrate their 40th Reunion thanks to hosts Shannon Fitzgerald ’80 MSN and Margaret Flinter ’80 MSN, PhD. The group, who were known activists during their time at the school, embraced Dean Kurth’s candid welcome address,...
Yale Psych NP Offers Mindfulness Strategies During Pandemic
Thu, 01/14/2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretched into its fifth month in July, Joanne DeSanto Iennaco, ’05 MPhil, ’09 PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC knew it was time to update her view of the problem. Drawing on her clinical and faculty experience as a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner and her second lens as an...
