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Leading the Way for Advances in Healthcare: Naratils endow fund for nursing innovation

Tue, 09/04/2018
Established in 1923 as the first university-based nursing school, Yale School of Nursing (YSN) has a nearly century-long commitment to science and research. Ann Kurth ’90 MSN, dean and Linda Koch Lorimer Professor of Nursing, is proud to uphold that tradition. “Yale nurses lead the way in applying...

Elevating Nurses and Health Systems: Patricia Gruber supports the next generation of nurses at Yale

Tue, 09/04/2018
Nathan Christopherson ’18 DNP learned his trauma-management skills as a U.S. Army combat medic and trauma nurse in Iraq. Currently the assistant vice president of the Northwell Health Trauma Institute, Christopherson oversees eight trauma centers in the New York metropolitan area, with a mission to...

Welcoming eight new faculty to Yale School of Nursing

Sun, 09/02/2018
The Yale School of Nursing is delighted to introduce eight new faculty members whose collective expertise will build on the school’s deep teaching and research strengths. Dr. Samantha Conley graduated from the PhD program at Yale School of Nursing in 2016 and joined the YSN faculty as an assistant...

Celebrating YSN’s new Simulation Lab and classroom space

Fri, 08/31/2018
On August 30, Yale School of Nursing celebrated the completion of the Simulation Lab and classroom expansion project at a ribbon cutting ceremony. Faculty, staff, students, community partners, and the many individuals who contributed to the project were present. Dean Ann Kurth cut the ribbon,...

Disaster simulation video: How Yale nursing students are preparing for real life catastrophes

Thu, 08/30/2018
In June, students at the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) engaged in a “disaster simulation” in which a tornado had destroyed a grocery store. Filmmakers from Yale’s Office of Public Affairs and Communications created this insightful video which captures both how a simulation is executed, as well...