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Charlotte Brown in front of historic nursing photo display.

Bringing together passions for nursing, community, and policy

Charlotte Brown recalls a childhood climbing up and falling out of trees, picking blueberries in the mountains and currants in the woods, and paddling down her backyard creek on snow sleds with her three younger brothers—“lots of just being outside, being happy, being rained on,” she says.

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Study challenges conventional thought on nurse continuity in ICUs

Research from Penn’s School of Nursing finds that the relationship between nurse continuity and patient outcomes is more complex than previously assumed.

Person with a goatee and moustache wearing a tee-shirt and vest, the hand wrapped up in gauze as if it was injured. The person has a pained expression.

Childhood trauma and neighborhood disorder impact mental health of injured Black men

A new study by Penn Nursing’s Therese Richmond highlights the critical role of social and environmental factors in post-injury recovery.

Uncovering key brain circuit in the fight against cocaine use disorder

A new study published in Science Advances by Penn Nursing’s Heath Schmidt has identified a critical brain circuit that plays a pivotal role in regulating cocaine-seeking behavior.

Exploring the role of AI in palliative care and decision-making

Working with professors George Demiris and Connie Ulrich, Penn Nursing Ph.D. student Oonjee Oh is investigating the role of AI in end-of-life care from technological and ethical perspectives.

The Atlantic

RFK Jr. won. Now what?

Allison Buttenheim of the School of Nursing says that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. disavowing his vaccine antagonism would likely do more to turn some of his most ardent supporters against him than to change their views.

Medical concept of a doctor checking a patient’s heartbeat virtually.

The future of nursing care

Faculty at Penn’s School of Nursing have created a clinical decision support early warning system that accurately detects patient deterioration.

Nurse adjusts IV for older Black man in hospital bed.

Hospitals that serve more Black patients have poorer nurse staffing, study shows

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing researchers and collaborators found that hospitals serving disproportionately Black patients have more patients per nurse.

Roxana Chicas speaking at a Penn Nursing lecture.

Climate crisis meets nursing know-how

How nurses at Penn are innovating public health care for a changing world.

The New York Times

Is protein powder a scam?

Colleen Tewksbury of the School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine says that the vast majority of people in the U.S. already get enough protein from the foods they eat and don’t need to take it in supplement form.

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