News

YSN's Creative Writing Award Winners Announced

Tue, 04/18/2017
The winners of YSN’s annual Creative Writing Awards have been announced. Chimene Diomi (Psychiatric/Mental Health ‘17), Jessica Kelly-Hauser (Acute Care ‘18), and Elizabeth Renker (Pediatrics ‘19) will be recognized for their winning entries and receive 1000 dollars each at a ceremony to be...

53rd Annual Bellos Lecture Honoree Announced

Thu, 03/30/2017
In considering the 53rd Annual Bellos lecture honoree, Yale School of Nursing sought a woman whose work has been incalculably impactful both nationally and internationally. In the case of this year’s honoree, that work also happens to be incredibly timely. Elizabeth Bradley, the Brady-Johnson...

YSN Student Recognized with Double Honors

Tue, 03/28/2017
Fanta Bayoh (FNP ‘18) is having a great spring. The Nightingale Awards for Excellence in Nursing has chosen Bayoh as a student scholarship award winner. She’s being recognized for both her academic achievement as well as her involvement in the community and for demonstrating the qualities...

YSN Continues Ascent in Rankings of Top-tier Nursing Schools

Tue, 03/14/2017
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Yale School of Nursing one of the nation’s leading nursing schools. YSN is now at number 6 in overall rankings representing a 13 place jump and number 8 in its Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program, a remarkable accomplishment after having graduated only...

YSN Associate Professor to Become a FAANP

Mon, 03/13/2017
Geraldine Marrocco, EdD, APRN, CNS, ANP-BC, is the latest member of the Yale School of Nursing community to be selected as an American Association of Nurse Practitioners Fellow. FAANPs impact the broader healthcare community by leading new initiatives and engaging with nurse practitioners to...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force – Attention to Populations

Thu, 03/09/2017
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has published a new paper explaining the rationale and process behind issuing population-specific recommendations. USPSTF is an independent body of clinical experts charged with developing evidence-based guidelines for screening, preventive...

Yale School of Nursing Professor Honored with Hall of Fame Award

Tue, 03/07/2017
Yale School of Nursing’s Nancy Schmieder Redeker, Beatrice Renfield Term Professor of Nursing, has been awarded the prestigious Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame Award.  The award recognizes nurse researchers who “have achieved significant and...