School of nursing news
Dr. Rob Stephenson named Sylvia S. Hacker Collegiate Professor of Nursing & Sexual Health
Jul 23, 2020U-M School of Nursing Professor and Center for Sexuality and Health Disparities Director Rob Stephenson, Ph.D., has been named the Sylvia S. Hacker Collegiate Professor of Nursing and Sexual Health, recognizing his work as an internationally renowned scholar in sexual and reproductive health.
Stephenson has made particularly large contributions to research and practice in HIV prevention, including pioneering couples HIV test counseling. He has made significant contributions to researching the intersection between violence and health, and his portfolio also includes... Read more
Faculty News and Accolades
Jul 14, 2020Cynthia Arslanian-Engoren
2019 Reviewer of the Year from the editors of the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
Melissa Bathish
Gilbert Whitaker Fund for the Improvement of Teaching Grant:Simulated Cardiac Arrest (Code Blue) Training for University of Michigan School of Nursing Undergraduate and Graduate Students Using a High-Fidelity Patient Simulator and Crash Cart
Promoted to co-director of the U-M School of Nursing Clinical Learning Center
Sue Anne Bell
American Nurses... Read more
Alumni News
Jul 14, 2020Thank you to the alumni who shared their latest news and accomplishments with us. And thank you to all of the U-M School of Nursing alumni who have displayed tremendous courage and selflessness caring for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The future of nursing depends on world-class education and research. In this uncertain time, you can provide critical support to the U-M School of Nursing in a number of ways:
Make a gift to help the School of Nursing address immediate needs.Support important diversity, equity and... Read more
Tweets, Posts and Notes
Jul 14, 2020Members of our U-M School of Nursing family took to social media to congratulate the Class of 2020, honor nurses on the front lines or simply show support for one another during challenging times.
Whether you're sharing an accolade, view on a nursing-related topic, memory, suggestion or career update, we love hearing from you. Email us at nursingalum@umich.edu or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Instagram.
Today, we’re featuring 2020 graduate Abby Walters! Abby is a member of our trombone section and will graduate with a degree in Nursing. Post-... Read more
Ensuring protection for the front lines
Jul 14, 2020Written by: Alex Bienkowski
The COVID-19 pandemic has tested America’s health care workforce unlike any crisis in recent history. Nearly 600 U.S. health workers and counting have died of COVID-19, and a shocking shortage of personal protective equipment has likely contributed to those losses.
In the early stages of the U.S. outbreak, Elizabeth Tone Hosmer Professor of Nursing Chris Friese, Ph.D., RN, AOCN®, FAAN, reconvened with six colleagues from the 2018 National Academy of Medicine Study Committee on the Use of Elastomeric Respirators in Health Care to issue... Read more
How a pandemic highlighted restrictions holding back Michigan’s nurses
Jul 13, 2020Written by: Alex Bienkowski
In March, as Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s office was coordinating Michigan’s COVID-19 response, state officials relied on the expertise of Assistant Professor Deena Kelly Costa, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, to inform policies that could improve nursing practice on the front lines of patient care.
Michigan has some of the strictest advanced nursing practice standards in the country, which officials quickly realized could hinder the response to a major health crisis. Costa advised the state in crafting an executive order that provides relief from scope of... Read more
Q&A with Dean Hurn
Jul 13, 2020In this special digital edition of Panacea, we focus on the COVID-19 pandemic and the multifaceted response from the U-M School of Nursing community. We begin our coverage with a Q&A featuring Dean Patricia D. Hurn to hear her thoughts on the pandemic and how nursing is specially equipped to lead our health care system through this historic public health crisis and beyond. She also takes a closer look at our community’s collaborative efforts to move the U-M School of Nursing’s mission forward in the midst of the pandemic, and explains why she believes nurses are well-positioned... Read more
Q&A with Ph.D. Program Director Ellen Smith
Jul 10, 2020The U-M School of Nursing Ph.D. program values and emphasizes a culture of trust, collaboration and care for its students, faculty and support staff. As you begin you process of evaluating schools that are the right fit for your doctoral training, we want you to have every opportunity to get to know the leaders who will be supporting you on a daily basis. Before you attend our live webinar, we encourage you to learn more about the U-M School of Nursing Ph.D. program through the words of its program leader, Ellen Lavoie Smith, Ph.D.
How do you help students pursue their passion and the... Read more
Clinical Associate Professor Laura Struble and the challenges of caring for the cognitively impaired in a pandemic
Jun 24, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has presented personal and professional challenges for Clinical Associate Professor Laura Struble, Ph.D., GNP-BC. At East Ann Arbor Health and Geriatrics Center and in two local dementia assisted living facilities, Struble cares for cognitively impaired patients ages 65 and older with various neurological and psychological conditions, including those with difficult neuropsychiatric behaviors.
In March, Struble spent two weeks in self-isolation to care for her son and protect her extremely vulnerable patients.
“When I picked up my son from college in Boston... Read more
Fall announcements for U-M School of Nursing
Jun 22, 2020U-M School of Nursing students, faculty and staff:
President Schlissel has shared his vision and a general vision of the fall reopening of the campus to students.
One clear message that resonates throughout the U-M community is our commitment to the highest quality educational experience for our students. The mechanisms for delivering that experience will be a medley of face-to-face small classes, remote large lectures, full digital education programs that require little on-campus residency, clinical education and mentorship in on-site practice, and... Read more
