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...
