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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Penn receives $125M gift from former Estée Lauder CEO to establish tuition-free program for nurses
A $125 million gift to the School of Nursing from alumnus Leonard A. Lauder is the largest gift ever to an American nursing school. The gift will be used to establish a funded nurse practitioner program that will eventually enroll 40 fellows annually.
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Workers at a Wisconsin hospital sought new jobs with higher pay—then the hospital sued to stop them from leaving
Research by the School of Nursing found that nurse burnout and job dissatisfaction are tied to poor working conditions.
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A mom and daughter debate: Should kids be in school right now?
Marion Leary of the School of Nursing and her high school-age daughter, Harper, debated the merits of in-person schooling during the omicron surge. “There is no denying that in-person learning is paramount for kids academically and socially, but it is our responsibility as parents and educators to make the hard choices,” argued Leary.
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Nurses and the never-ending shifts
Linda Aiken of the School of Nursing discussed her research on burnout and job dissatisfaction among nurses. Her research found that exceedingly long shifts not only harmed nurses, but also patients. “Any time after 12 hours, the medical errors that nurses were involved in started to escalate dramatically,” she said.
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America’s COVID rules are a dumpster fire
When asked if people would give up on trying to understand COVID-19 isolation guidelines and just improvise their own rules, Alison Buttenheim of the School of Nursing said, “I think people already have.”
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Telemedicine is here to stay, but how it will be covered by insurance is still being debated
Rolando Vega, a graduate student at the School of Nursing, wrote an opinion piece about the future of telemedicine. If signed by the governor, a Pennsylvania State Sensate Bill would mandate full insurance reimbursement for these services going forward. “This bill is essential and there is a sense of urgency as many patients, as well as health care providers are counting on its final approval,” Vega wrote.
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Why cash incentives and lotteries for COVID-19 vaccinations failed
Alison Buttenheim of the School of Nursing said if policy makers had studied what does and doesn’t motivate people to get vaccinated, they would have probably rolled out COVID-19 vaccine mandates sooner.
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Thousands of California hospital workers strike over 'critical staffing shortages' at nearly a third of hospitals in the state
Research led by Linda Aiken and Karen Lasater of the School of Nursing found that New York City hospitals were understaffed months before the COVID-19 pandemic began in the U.S.
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The Hopkins doc vs. the vaccine consensus
The School of Nursing’s Melanie Kornides says that it is hard to determine how much impact a professional basketball player’s anti-vaccine stance will have on vaccination rates.
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Claims of anti-vax nurses fueling hospital staff shortages ignore the limited support and lack of mental health care for COVID's frontline workers
Eileen Lake of the Nursing School researched the impact of poor working conditions on nurse-staffing levels. The study, supported by additional data, revealed that staffing shortages reflect systemic problems with pre-pandemic origins.