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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Diane Spatz of the School of Nursing discussed her research about on-campus lactation spaces. “The research is indisputable that breastfeeding improves the lives of individual mothers and infants and results in overall better societal outcomes,” said Spatz.
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The School of Nursing’s Alison Buttenheim and Janet Chrzan as well as Lindsay Glassman, a doctoral candidate in the School of Arts and Sciences, commented on anti-vaccine beliefs.
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The School of Nursing offers a virtual reality (VR) simulation to train responders how to administer Narcan, an overdose-reversing drug. The simulation demonstrates that VR training can be “low cost, high efficacy, and that it’s just as good as the gold standard of medical training,” said Clare Whitney, a doctoral student in the Hillman Scholars Program in Nursing Innovation.
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A study from the nursing school, authored by postdoc Salini Mohanty, was cited in a report about medical exemptions from vaccination.
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Kathleen Brown of the School of Nursing spoke about her frustrations with the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons, which has ignored evidence of rehabilitation, instead examining the original crime itself. “That’s not what it’s supposed to be,” she said. “They’re supposed to be evaluating people as they are now.”
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A recent study authored by Linda Aiken of the School of Nursing and the School of Arts and Sciences was mentioned in a discussion of a failed Massachusetts measure that would have implemented mandatory patient-to-nurse ratios. “Better-staffed hospitals with good work environments actually returned lower mortality for the same or lower cost,” said Aiken.
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Penn researchers have found that safety recommendations from a 1999 report have not been evenly implemented in hospitals. The shortcomings “may be hampering progress toward improving patient safety and preventing patient harm,” said lead author Linda Aiken of the School of Nursing and the School of Arts and Sciences.
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The School of Nursing’s Nancy Hodgson has co-authored a new book, Better Living with Dementia, which emphasizes supporting patients through all stages of the disease.
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Diane Spatz of the School of Nursing discussed cultural differences in breastfeeding rates and alcohol consumption between the U.S. and Australia.
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The School of Nursing’s Karen Hirschman discussed the challenges families face after loved ones leave the hospital.