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ODEI Welcomes YSN Community to Fall Fest

Tue, 10/26/2021
On the kind of day that prompts residents to extoll the superior glories of a New England fall, the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) welcomed students, faculty, and staff to Fall Fest: A Family Affair on October 21. More than 150 attendees enjoyed music...

YSN Partners on Free COVID-19 Tool for Long-Term Care Facilities

Mon, 10/25/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) faculty, in partnership with The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), Saraya Co. Ltd., and Best Sanitizers, Inc., have designed and produced a first-of-its-kind infection prevention resource to give long-term care facilities the tools they need to battle COVID-19 and...

Staff Series: Librarian Batten Partners in Nursing Mission

Mon, 10/18/2021
Dr. Janene Batten, EdD, grew up in Adelaide, South Australia and arrived in the US in 1993. She began her career as a librarian at Bridgeport Hospital, where she worked for three years. She was recruited to the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library to specifically as the nursing librarian working with...

Yale Honors Nursing’s Flinter ’80 MSN for Dedication to Community Health, Innovation, and Training the Next Generation

Wed, 10/13/2021
Dr. Margaret Flinter ’80 MSN, PhD, APRN, was honored last week with the Yale-Jefferson Award, a recognition of outstanding public service across a 40-year nursing career dedicated to providing high-quality primary care to vulnerable and underserved populations.  “Primary care in the U.S. would not...

Yale Nursing’s Nelson Leads $7 Million Pilot Study on Ending Racial Inequities in HIV

Mon, 10/11/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Professor Dr. LaRon Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FNYAM, FAAN is leading a $7 million study funded by the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases at NIH to address disparities in HIV among Black men who have sex with men (MSM) by studying the effects of a...

Yale Nurses Lead, Present at Nursing Science Conference

Wed, 10/06/2021
Today Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is sponsoring, leading, and presenting at the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science (CANS) advanced methods conference: “Inclusion by Design: Methods and Approaches Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, and Accessibility in Nursing Research.” Beatrice...

Call the Midwives: Yale Nursing Clinicians Practice, Teach, and Advocate

Mon, 10/04/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is full of clinicians who love pregnancy and babies. Studying them, researching them, and teaching the next generation of midwives all about them. Pregnant members of the community walking the halls have been known to sharpen a keen sense of any midwives in the building...