School of nursing news
Students who serve: Stephanie Colton, U.S. Army
Nov 07, 2019\
Stephanie Colton has always wanted to help other people. It’s a passion that inspired her to become a nurse and pushed her to join the U.S. Army in 2010. She completed her military service in 2017 as a first lieutenant and is now in her second year of the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Doctor of Nursing Practice degree program at the U-M School of Nursing.
A self-described adrenaline junkie, Colton recalled the moment she decided to become a nurse.
“I remember this nurse who was helping me in the ER after one of my numerous trips for broken bones.... Read more
Students who serve: Warren DeLong, U.S. Navy
Nov 07, 2019Warren DeLong enlisted in the U.S. Navy out of high school and began his military career as a Hospital Corpsman, training for a wide variety of health-focused duties from deployment in active combat zones to working in primary care clinics.
“I knew I wouldn’t regret military service,” he said. “I wanted to see the world and get real-life experience before deciding on a career.”
DeLong’s first assignment was a military hospital in Japan, where he served on labor and delivery and postpartum units. He spent two years working closely with nurses to provide care to newborn... Read more
US-born residents more than five times likely to use prescription opioids than new immigrants
Oct 29, 2019A new study from the University of Michigan and Dartmouth University found that in an adjusted analysis, immigrants who lived in the U.S. between five and 15 years were more than three times as likely to use opioids than new immigrants. U-M Nursing associate professor, Matthew Davis discusses the influence of American culture on opioid use, the immigrant paradox and research implications.
“Our results indicate that American culture has a potent influence on opioid prescribing, as evidenced by the dramatic time effect that is associated with a massive increase in... Read more
U-M School of Nursing study shows too many older adults readmitted to hospitals with same infections they took home
Oct 24, 2019About 15% of hospitalized older adults will be readmitted within a month of discharge.
However, a new study led by U-M School of Nursing Professor Geoffrey J. Hoffman, Ph.D., MPH, found that a disproportionately high number return for preexisting, or linked infections — infections presumably treated during the first hospital stay. Further, patients discharged home or to home care were more likely to return with a linked infection than those discharged to skilled nursing homes.
“We found that as many as 5% of patients leaving the hospital with an infection have... Read more
U-M School of Nursing selects Noodle Partners to help launch online MSN program in Leadership, Analytics and Innovation
Oct 14, 2019
The University of Michigan School of Nursing has announced a partnership with online program manager (OPM) Noodle Partners to develop its new fully online Master of Science in Nursing program in Leadership, Analytics and Innovation. Courses officially begin in fall 2020.
The program will deliver the in-depth U-M School of Nursing educational experience in a flexible format, providing convenient access to the school’s renowned faculty and the wide array of resources students expect from a world-class research institution.
“The Michigan difference will continue... Read more
U-M School of Nursing professor earns prestigious recognition as ACMI Fellow
Oct 14, 2019University of Michigan School of Nursing Associate Professor Marcelline Harris, Ph.D., RN, FACMI, has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI), recognizing her as one of the nation’s top biomedical scientists and her significant, sustained contributions to the field of biomedical informatics at the national and international levels.
The process of becoming an ACMI fellow is exhaustive, requiring a minimum 10 years of major scientific contributions to the field and rigorous scholarly scrutiny from peers. With her election, Harris joins a... Read more
U-M School of Nursing staff pivotal to launch of new online MSN programs
Oct 09, 2019
The U-M School of Nursing announced the launch of three new online Master of Science in Nursing degree programs last month, and staff members are playing an important role in their development and delivery.
In addition to traditional residential programs, students will have the opportunity to complete their MSN in the Primary Care Family Nurse Practitioner, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner and Leadership, Analytics and Innovation specialties through engaging online courses, which officially begin in fall 2020.
“The Michigan difference... Read more
Innovation for intervention: a collaborative effort to teach the ABCs of Prescription Drug Safety
Sep 30, 2019Over 6 million people in the United States misuse addictive medications, while nearly 80 percent of Americans who use heroin started with misusing prescription opioids. Led by Carol Boyd, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, a team of researchers at the University of Michigan School of Nursing’s Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health (DASH) are working to address this public health crisis by teaching parents, patients and providers the ABCs of Prescription Drug Safety.
When patients are prescribed a potentially addictive medication, they often receive an assortment of... Read more
U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood returns to campus to share insight with future U-M nurses
Sep 23, 2019On Saturday, Sept. 21, U-M School of Nursing alumna and U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (BSN ’08) returned to her alma mater for a special reception, where she spoke with students, faculty, alumni and other members of the U-M School of Nursing community.
Underwood serves Illinois’ 14th Congressional District and was sworn into the 116th U.S. Congress on January 3, 2019 as the first woman, the first person of color and the first millennial to represent her community in Congress. She is also the youngest African American woman to serve in the United States House of... Read more
Welcome, new U-M School of Nursing faculty!
Sep 20, 2019
Noël Arring, DNP, Ph.D., RN, OCNAssistant Professor
Noël Arring joins our faculty after more than 15 years at the Mayo Clinic, Arizona, where she most recently served as nurse administrator for education and professional development and led nursing research. She led the revision and implementation of the Mayo Clinic Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model. She is an oncology certified nurse whose research and clinical interests include... Read more
