Nursing

Penn Nursing researchers and collaborators found that caregivers for family members with dementia who receive one or two consultations saw improvements in their ability to manage stress, and that people requesting more than one call reported lower baseline confidence in their ability to manage their emotions than those requesting only one call.

The fourth cohort of the Leonard A. Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program are beginning the year’s full-time nursing program which will provide clinical skills necessary to address complex challenges in their communities and make a lasting impact on health care.

A new Penn Nursing study suggests that the weight-loss drug tirzepatide may cause fewer side effects like nausea and vomiting than the drug semaglutide. The research, published in Science Advances, was conducted using preclinical models to study the effects of the drugs.

Nearly 70 students from Penn Nursing and Penn Engineering participated in the Datathon, sponsored by the Penn Community Collaboratory for Co-Creation last month, using the MIMIC-IV database, a massive critical care dataset, to develop innovative, data-driven solutions for real-world health care challenges. Team 6 CARE: A Critical-care Acuity & Resource Evaluation Metric earned the top award by creating a solution to better evaluate patient acuity and resource needs.

Kathryn Connell, assistant professor in the Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences at Penn’s School of Nursing, has been named a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine. Connell is a critical care nurse and health services researcher dedicated to improving outcomes for both patients and clinicians in intensive care units.

A new publication the International Nursing Review highlights the success of an international partnership working to strengthen nursing and midwifery in the Caribbean, led by Penn Nursing’s Eileen T. Lake and Carmen Alvarez. The initiative supports the strategic goals of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization for nursing and midwifery workforce development in the Caribbean region.

A new Penn Nursing Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research study reveals a significant underrepresentation of Black nurses compared to the Black patient populations they serve, particularly in hospitals that care for a higher proportion of Black patients. The study, led Eileen T. Lake, the Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor in Gerontology, Professor of Nursing and Sociology, and CHOPR associate cirector, is set to be published in Nursing Research.

A new study from Penn’s School of Nursing reveals a critical link between neighborhood firearm violence exposure, involvement in fighting, and adolescents’ perceived ability to obtain a firearm outside the home.

Fifteen nursing professionals with ties to Penn Nursing will be inducted as 2025 Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. Three are current Penn Nursing faculty members and alumnae, with the other 12 are alumni.