School of Nursing

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, the largest specialty nursing association in the world, has made a substantial deposit of historical materials to the School of Nursing’s Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing.

Penn Nursing’s sixth annual Innovation Accelerator program pitch event expands to include solutions to a foundational challenge: barriers to a healthy workforce for new-to-practice nurses.From Penn Nursing

Villarruel’s appointment as the dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing will be extended for an additional two years, through June 30, 2028.

Three Penn faculty members are among more than 40 experts to author a report addressing the persistent challenge of gun violence and proposing solutions stemming from a JAMA Summit convened last spring.

A report released by Movember in partnership with Penn Nursing’s Program for Men’s Health Equity highlights a critical, preventable health crisis: The majority of male deaths in the U.S. occur prematurely, before age 75.

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 postdoctoral research fellow in Penn Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research has been selected as one of this year’s STAT Wunderkinds, a national recognition that highlights standout early-career researchers who are not yet independent scientists but are already making extraordinary contributions to biomedical science.

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 report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine outlines a roadmap to strengthen breastfeeding support through national coordination, public health programs and health care strategies, coverage of lactation services and supplies, and workplace supports. Penn Nursing’s Diane L. Spatz served as one of 15 national experts on this study.

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.