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Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Welcomes New Members

Tue, 06/16/2020
The Yale School of Nursing community gathered virtually on June 3 to celebrate the new inductees of the Delta Mu chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International honor society.  Chapter President Andree de Lisser, ’79 MSN, DNP, APRN, PMHCNS-BC addressed the crowd within the context of global health...

Simulation Technology Redirects Nursing Curriculum During COVID-19

Tue, 06/09/2020
As the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic spread with alarming ferocity during spring break, it became clear that students wouldn’t return to campus to finish the semester. The school needed to pivot to online instruction on a ticking clock, and the simulation experts jumped into action....

Racial Disparities of COVID-19 are a Consequence of Racist Social Structures

Mon, 06/08/2020
Associate Dean for Global Health and Equity LaRon E. Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FAAN recently coauthored the paper “Understanding COVID-19 Risks and Vulnerabilities among Black Communities in America: The Lethal Force of Syndemics” for the journal Annals of Epidemiology.The term “syndemic” refers...

YSN Stands in Solidarity with Black Communities

Fri, 06/05/2020
As the nation suffers the events of the past several weeks—events that have also occurred over the past four centuries of American history—YSN stands in solidarity with Black communities across the United States whose voices are front and center demanding an end to the existing system of anti-Black...

COVID-19 Can’t Stop 17th Annual Creative Writing Awards

Thu, 06/04/2020
Since the beginning of her career as a professor of nursing in the Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing(GEPN) program, Linda Honan,’89 MSN, PhD, CNS-BC, RN, ANEF, FAAN has asked her students to journal their experience. “When you write, you learn what you think about things. GEPN is so fast. I...

New Nursing Grad Cares for Oncology Patients During COVID-19

Wed, 06/03/2020
Brandon LaRoche ’20 DNP is the clinical nursing director for oncology/hematology at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. LaRoche is certified as a progressive care nurse (PCCN) and a professional in patient safety (CPPS). He is also a recipient of the prestigious Yale School of Nursing Gruber Nursing...

How to Be a Patient With COVID-19: Advice from a Yale Nurse

Wed, 06/03/2020
Sana Goldberg ’20 MSN, RN published her first book, How to Be a Patient: The Essential Guide to Navigating the World of Modern Medicine, last year. She focuses on patient agency and how patients can participate in their own care. Amid the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic, many of her...