School of nursing news
Together, We Can: Clinical Instructor Laura Prochnow, DNP, RN, CHSE
Sep 08, 2020"Together, We Can” is a series of stories featuring U-M School of Nursing faculty members who will be guiding our students through their nursing education amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this series, you will learn about the people at the U-M School of Nursing who make it possible for our students to feel safe and secure as they learn and grow into Michigan Nurses.
Laura Prochnow has been a nurse for 30 years, practicing in the emergency department and cardiovascular specialty settings. For the last 14 years, she’s also been an educator, and this fall she... Read more
Recapping Welcome Week at the U-M School of Nursing
Sep 04, 2020This week, we welcomed new and familiar faces to campus with a number of in-person and virtual activities to celebrate the start of a public health-informed fall term at the U-M School of Nursing.
Throughout the week, students had the opportunity to connect with faculty and staff while learning more about valuable resources available at the School of Nursing and across campus. Check out our Welcome Week recap below to see how we celebrated and catch up on anything you might have missed.
If you missed the resource fair, you can explore resources available for current nursing... Read more
U-M School of Nursing staff member among first to receive presidential Arts Initiative pilot grant
Sep 03, 2020Tanaka Chavanduka, MPH, a research associate in the U-M School of Nursing's Center for Sexuality and Health Disparities, is among the first to receive a pilot grant as part of the presidential Arts Initiative, announced last fall by university president Mark Schlissel.
The initiative kicked off its startup phase in January 2020, and put out a request for proposals to all faculty, students and staff at U-M’s three campuses in February. Reviewers, made up of arts leaders that are part of the initiative’s working group, selected eight projects from more than 80 submissions.... Read more
We dare to advance palliative care
Sep 02, 2020“Don’t add to the confusion. Palliative care and end of life are not synonymous.”
Confronting that confusion is an objective for the faculty members on the informally assembled but intensely dedicated Palliative Care Team at the University of Michigan School of Nursing. Clinical Assistant Professors Karen Harden, DNP, MS, RN, AOCNS, Deb Price, DNP, MS, RN, and Heidi Mason, RN, DNP, ACNP-BC, along with Clinical Associate Professor April Bigelow, Ph.D., ANP-BC, AGPCNP-BC, have integrated their efforts to improve palliative care education and lead new conversations about the... Read more
Together, we can: Clinical Instructor Patricia Tillman-Meakins, Ph.D., ANP-BC
Aug 28, 2020"Together, we can” is a series of stories featuring U-M School of Nursing faculty members who will be guiding our students through their nursing education amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this series, you will learn about the people at the U-M School of Nursing who make it possible for our students to feel safe and secure as they learn and grow into Michigan Nurses.
Patricia Tillman-Meakins has focused her career on community health. As clinical instructor, she relies on her experience as a community health nurse, U-M alumna and lifelong member of the... Read more
Welcome Week activities in person and online kick off a new academic year at the U-M School of Nursing
Aug 27, 2020The University of Michigan School of Nursing has planned a number of fun and informative events next week to welcome students back to campus for a public health-informed fall term. Safe and socially distanced activities include outdoor fitness classes, a resource fair and numerous opportunities to connect with School of Nursing leadership. Welcome Week festivities also feature interactive Zoom sessions led by faculty and staff, who will engage students in important discussions about academics, ... Read more
Hunger for knowledge: educating nurses on food insecurity
Aug 11, 2020Written by: Deborah (McConnell) Dalebroux (BSN '02), MPH, RN, PHN
Since graduating from the University of Michigan School of Nursing, my career has grown to focus on nursing education with a special interest in nutrition and health. In September 2019, I joined the faculty at St. Catherine University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, designing and implementing interactive learning exercises within the Introduction to Professional Nursing Practice course. Researching and reading about the financial resource limitations faced by many college students, I was alarmed by recent studies on the rise... Read more
Homecoming and Reunion event update
Aug 06, 2020Dear School of Nursing Alumni,Hello from your alma mater and I am hoping you and your loved ones are safe, healthy and thriving. Based on guidance from the university, state and concern for alumni well-being, we have made the difficult decision to cancel all 2020 Reunion and Homecoming in person events due to the pandemic. Some virtual events will continue: for example, do join us for the Margaret M. Calarco Leadership Lecture on Friday, October 23 at 2:00 pm EST. More to come soon. My hope is that when we do gather together, in person, it will be all the sweeter for this period of... Read more
Who gets to live? How doctors make impossible decisions as COVID-19 surges
Jul 27, 2020Eighteen states are currently in what’s considered the “red zone” by the White House coronavirus task force, meaning they had more than 100 new cases per 100,000 people last week. Additionally, 14 states currently have more than 70 percent of their ICU capacity occupied.
Such dire straits raise important questions: how best to care for patients when there aren’t enough resources to go around—and who has to make those triage decisions.
Experts including U-M School of Nursing Assistant Professor Deena Kelly Costa weigh in on providing the greatest amount of... Read more
Stateside: For older adults, social distancing brings its own mental and physical health risks
Jul 27, 2020U- M School of Nursing Assistant Professor Geoffrey J. Hoffman was recently featured on Stateside, discussing his research and the mental and physical health challenges seniors are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Listen to the full show and hear more about older adult care and health policies that affect older adults.
