Nursing

A new Penn Nursing study reveals that expectant and new fathers, particularly Black American fathers, express a significant need for more resources and support to better assist mothers during pregnancy and childbirth, highlighting a gap in tailored information and resources for fathers within healthcare and social service systems.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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