In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Breastfeeding is an accepted practice for millions of women worldwide and strongly endorsed by the World Health Organization. To provide appropriate counseling about human milk and breastfeeding, it is important to understand cultural beliefs and customs related to the practice.
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Penn Nursing’s Sharon Y. Irving has been awarded a Distinguished Nutrition Support Nurse Service Award from the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.).
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Penn Nursing’s Linda Aiken, the Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor in Nursing, and Director, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, was recently awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
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In the decade since the federal government’s electronic health record (EHR) initiatives first became law, nearly all U.S. hospitals have adopted some form of EHR technology. Now, focus is on how a comprehensive EHR can enhance outcomes. Yet, little is known about the sociotechnical factors that can shape the relationship between advanced EHR adoption and quality of care.
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Considerable research has explored the relationship between the nurse work environment and a variety of patient and nurse quality and safety outcomes. New research articulates the association between nurse work environments and health care quality, safety and patient and clinician well-being.
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In this role, Marion Leary will design and execute innovation programs and projects through Penn Nursing’s Office of Nursing Research.
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Current Ph.D. candidates Shoshana Aronowitz and Amanda Bettencourt will be part of a program that works to cultivate health equity, eliminate health disparities, and achieve higher quality health care at lower cost by training nurse and physician researchers who work as leaders and collaborators embedded in communities, healthcare systems, government, and foundations in the United States and around the world.
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Lewis, an associate professor of nursing in the Department of Family & Community Health, a Calvin Bland Fellow, and Penn Nursing’s Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusivity, is recognized for her scientific and professional accomplishments, as well as volunteer leadership and service.
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With $13.4 million dollars in awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the School of Nursing retains its top spot for a second consecutive year for 2018 research funding.
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A new study from the School of Nursing suggests that alcohol consumption may attenuate long-term weight loss in adults with Type 2 diabetes.
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