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Learning nursing care in a different type of classroom
Learning nursing care in a different type of classroom
Penn Nursing students Aman Uppal and Michelle Tran spent the summer before their final semesters in a clinical rotation at the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy.
Incarceration associated with negative mental health risks for Black men
Incarceration associated with negative mental health risks for Black men
A review of literature from the past decade found that for this group in the U.S. such a detention was linked to higher levels of psychological distress, more severe symptoms of PTSD and depression, and more.
Penn announces new tuition-free program to recruit, train, and deploy nurse practitioners to underserved communities across the U.S.
Penn announces new tuition-free program to recruit, train, and deploy nurse practitioners to underserved communities across the U.S.
$125 million gift from Leonard A. Lauder to transform nursing care
From Penn Nursing undergrad to Nurse Anesthesia doctorate
From Penn Nursing undergrad to Nurse Anesthesia doctorate
After graduation, Kendall Smith will work as a certified registered nurse anesthetist in North Carolina. Long term, he hopes to build a career that divides his time between patient care, research, and educating the next generation of CRNAs.
Amy Gutmann and Michael Doyle create Gutmann Leadership Scholars Program at Penn Nursing with $2M gift
Amy Gutmann and Michael Doyle create Gutmann Leadership Scholars Program at Penn Nursing with $2M gift
As as part of the University’s Power of Penn Campaign, the newly endowed program will select and fund 10 scholars annually across undergraduate and graduate degree-levels, creating new cohorts of leaders at Penn.
University of Pennsylvania Names Calvin Bland Fellows
The University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Futures Project (PFP) has named three Calvin Bland Faculty Fellows to collaborate on research for boys and young men of color.
Weaning From Extended Breastfeeding Varies for Every Mom, Penn Research Finds
What are the best practices for weaning a toddler from breastfeeding, and what role can health-care providers play in helping nursing mothers to do so?
Penn Nursing, Medicine Collaborate to Improve Post-surgical Pain Management in China
Between 60 and 70 percent of patients who undergo a thoracotomy, or a surgical incision into the chest wall, experience some sort of long-term, post-surgical pain.
Penn Nursing's Wendy Grube Appointed Director of the Center for Global Women’s Health
Wendy Grube, PhD, CRNP, Practice Associate Professor (effective July 1, 2016), has been appointed Director of the Center for Global Women’s Health.
Penn Futures Project: Investing in Children & Communities
Three University of Pennsylvania deans have joined forces to improve the lives of Philadelphia youth and families through the Penn Futures Project (PFP).