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Nursing student Aman Uppal assists a student from the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy during art class. She holds up a painting, and painting supplies are all around.

Learning nursing care in a different type of classroom

Penn Nursing students Aman Uppal and Michelle Tran spent the summer before their final semesters in a clinical rotation at the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy.

The future of nursing

Penn Nursing dean Antonia Villarruel and associate dean for research and innovation Therese Richmond co-authored commentary published in the journal Nursing Outlook about the the National Institute of Nursing Research’s new strategic plan.

Philadelphia Inquirer

From Ikea to Cherry Street Pier, Philly workers are changing what it means to work from ‘home’

Marion Leary of the School of Nursing is quoted on planning ahead if you want to have a productive experience while working outside.

On a sunny day on an outdoor patio, a man in a surgical mask pours a smiling woman a drink.

How to navigate another summer of COVID-19

John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine and Melanie Kornides of the School of Nursing stress the continued importance of vaccination and testing.

Technical.ly Philly

How I Got Here: Marion Leary wants her nursing colleagues to know they, too, can have a career in tech

Marion Leary of the School of Nursing and her work on integrating technology and innovation into the training for healthcare providers and lay responders are featured.

WHYY (Philadelphia)

Some Philadelphia parents scramble to find COVID-19 vaccine appointments for their young kids

Alison Buttenheim of the School of Nursing understands the frustration of parents still waiting to find a vaccine appointment.

Women’s Health

Everything you know about self-care isn’t wrong … But it’s not quite right

Barbara Riegel of the School of Nursing says that self-care is about taking control of your body and taking control of what’s going on with you.

Philadelphia Inquirer

When an infant dies, some women find comfort in donating breast milk to help other babies

Diane Spatz of the School of Nursing is interviewed on a breast milk bank she established and on her research on lactation and breastfeeding.

A put-out cigarette standing on its end, next to half of another crumpled cigarette. In the background are two whole cigarettes.

Q&A

Parental nicotine use and addiction risk for children

In research done using rats, Penn Nursing’s Heath Schmidt and colleagues found that males that engaged in voluntary nicotine use had offspring more likely to do so, too. Some offspring also developed impaired memory and anxiety-like behavior.

Nurse in full PPE including a face shield.

Will a return to pre-pandemic hospital and nursing home conditions solve nurse burnout?

A new study of RNs finds preexisting burnout and dissatisfaction poses a persistent risk to public health.

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