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Yale School of Nursing responds to the overdose crisis in New Haven

Thu, 08/16/2018
Statement from Yale School of Nursing It is with deep concern that we observe the situation unfolding in New Haven over the last 24 hours with close to one hundred people having overdosed from a synthetic form of marijuana called K2. This situation is not only distressing for our local community,...

Dr. Ruth McCorkle receives the American Academy of Nursing’s highest honor of “Living Legend”.

Thu, 08/09/2018
We are proud and thrilled to share the news that Yale School of Nursing’s Dr. Ruth McCorkle has received the American Academy of Nursing’s highest honor of “Living Legend”. The announcement was made today, August 9th, in a press release from the AAN – read the full release here. Dr. McCorkle, who...

National Student Leadership Conference: exploring potential careers in nursing at YSN

Thu, 08/02/2018
This summer, YSN hosted several groups of high school students from the National Student Leadership Council (NSLC) who spent a week at the school taking classes, and attending simulation events, in order to explore nursing as a possible career path. The National Student Leadership Conference on...

A PNP student's journey into plant-based medicine: the story behind "Nutrition that Heals"

Thu, 07/26/2018
Vanessa Correia, RN, CLC, YSN ’19 (pictured on the right), is a second year MSN student, and teaching assistant to Michelle Kennedy (pictured left), lecturer of the Community Health Nursing and Public Health course for students in the first year of the Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing (GEPN)...

A Salute to Dean Annie W. Goodrich on the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I

Thu, 07/26/2018
As America and most of Europe prepares to commemorate the end of World War I, much attention is focused on the immense bravery, patriotic fervor, and unimaginable carnage which mark the history of that long and destructive ”War to End All Wars.” With visions of the gallantry of dogfights in the...