Newborns in Need honors nursing professor who helped countless women
Mon, 05/14/2018
Many Yale students have stories about the professors who inspired them, but few can say that they were at her bedside after she’d given birth, providing postpartum care. Such is the singular life of nursing students. Heather Reynolds ’80 M.S.N., lecturer and minority student coordinator at Yale...
Honoring Dr. Ruth McCorkle: nurse pioneer in hospice, palliative care, and oncology
Fri, 05/11/2018
The Yale School of Nursing hosted a symposium and reception this week to honor pioneering hospice, palliative care, and oncology nurse, Dr. Ruth McCorkle – the Florence Schorske Wald Professor of Nursing and Professor of Epidemiology – who is retiring after a distinguished career, the last twenty...
“La Charla”: The impact of one YSN alumnus in Nicaragua
Thu, 05/10/2018
When Simone Ippoliti ’16 MSN was accepted to Yale School of Nursing, she was instantly attracted to YSN’s commitment to global health. By the end of her Graduate Entry Pre-Specialty (GEPN) year, Simone met with Patricia Ryan-Krause, director of the Global Health Concentration, to discuss ways...
Three Yale nurses receive Nightingale Awards
Tue, 05/08/2018
Three nurses from Yale were honored with Nightingale Awards for Excellence in Nursing, at the annual award ceremony on May 3 in New Haven. Dr. Monica Ordway, assistant professor of nursing; Dr. Andrée de Lisser, lecturer in the psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner specialty; and...
Filling Critical Gaps in Primary Healthcare: Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Meeting the Challenge
Mon, 05/07/2018
Filling Critical Gaps in Primary Healthcare: Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Meeting the Challenge
By Katherine L. Kraines
For many health care providers, meeting the needs of patients is a daily if not an hourly challenge. Increasing regulation, a plethora of new technologies and information,...
