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Preventing falls in older adults with mild cognitive impairment
An elderly person opening a door with a cane in hand.

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Preventing falls in older adults with mild cognitive impairment

A team led by researchers in the School of Nursing has developed a multicomponent intervention that uses passive monitoring and behavioral support to help reduce falls in at-risk older adults.

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Revolutionizing lactation support and outcomes

Revolutionizing lactation support and outcomes

Faculty and doctoral students at Penn Nursing are at the forefront of advancing human milk feeding through a series of research studies, featured in the current issue of The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing. The issue, edited by Penn Nursing’s Diane L. Spatz, the Helen M. Shearer Professor of Nutrition and Professor of Perinatal Nursing in the Department of Family and Community Health, highlights articles showcasing critical strategies to enhance lactation care and improve outcomes for families.

Disaster simulation trains nursing students in mass casualty incident response
Nursing students help man on floor in disaster simulation.

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Disaster simulation trains nursing students in mass casualty incident response

The School of Nursing—in collaboration with Penn Medicine, the School of Social Policy & Practice, and the Division of Public Safety—held a disaster simulation, with graduate nursing students responding to volunteer actors injured in a mock explosion.

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Collaborative initiative highlights successes and challenges in global bioethics training

Collaborative initiative highlights successes and challenges in global bioethics training

A new Penn Nursing initiative explores the impact of federally funded international bioethics training programs. The collaborative initiative, published in the Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, highlights both the significant achievements and ongoing challenges in building bioethics research capacity in low- and middle-income countries.

TREO Foundation Award for Penn Nursing’s Colleen Tewksbury

TREO Foundation Award for Penn Nursing’s Colleen Tewksbury

Tewksbury, an assistant professor in nutrition science in the Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, has been awarded the 2025 TREO Foundation LEAD Award for Excellence in Nutrition.

Nurse practitioner award for Selena Ann Gilles

Nurse practitioner award for Selena Ann Gilles

Gilles, a practice professor in the Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences and associate dean for School and Community Engagement at Penn Nursing, has been named a recipient of the& 2025 AANP State Award for Outstanding Contributions by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

Pa.-based doctors, nurses and physical therapists will soon be able to work in dozens of other states with ease

Pa.-based doctors, nurses and physical therapists will soon be able to work in dozens of other states with ease

Matthew McHugh of the School of Nursing says that joining a multistate health compact will benefit Pennsylvania nurses by attracting more people to the field and increasing job opportunities, particularly in the virtual medical landscape.