Rebekah Kaplan ’89 MSN, CNM, died on November 16 after a bicycle accident. As a midwife of over 30 years her career spanned the North Central Bronx to UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital where she taught midwifery students for over two decades. She was widely respected for her expertise, compassion...
Yale Nursing Co-Hosts International Climate Conference
Mon, 11/08/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) partnered with the Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC) to cohost the “Graduate Forum & Global Youth Summit on Net-Zero Future,” on October 28.
Yale University President Peter Salovey welcomed attendees from across the globe.
“At Yale we believe...
Staff Series: Research Director DesJardins Navigates Funding Needs
Fri, 11/05/2021
Jenna DesJardins started as the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Director of Research on June 14. She brings 20 years of experience working with both federal and non-federal sources of research funding in a university setting, most recently in a leadership role for the Research Administration office at...
What’s at stake at the Glasgow climate talks
Fri, 11/05/2021
Courtesy of Yale News
Representatives from nearly 200 countries are in Glasgow, Scotland this month for the 26thUnited Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP26, which aims to unite the international community in the fight against global warming. The latest climate talks will attempt to...
Nursing Students Cheer Cohort’s First Big Milestone
Wed, 11/03/2021
On October 22, the Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing (GEPN) students at Yale School of Nursing (YSN) swapped their scrubs for dressier duds and cheered their classmates in a celebration of their first significant milestone: the nursing certificate ceremony, signaling the successful completion...
Yale Nursing Team Publishes Results of 5-Year Sleep Study
Tue, 11/02/2021
A team of Yale School of Nursing (YSN) faculty, students, and collaborators recently published the results of a five-year NIH-funded randomized controlled trial in SLEEP – the leading journal in the field.
“We found sustained improvements in insomnia, fatigue, and six-minute walk distance in the...
DNP Student Torres Creates Climate Change and Renal Health Toolkit
Thu, 10/28/2021
DNP student Christie Torres, MSN, RN, APRN, FNP-BC recently created “Climate Change and Renal Health: Awareness and Education Toolkit for Healthcare Providers.” As Torres points out, because the kidney has a unique role in providing protection from heat and dehydration and is an important site of...
