School of nursing news
Off the clock: Administrative assistant by day, comic book artist by night
Feb 28, 2017“There are a lot of misconceptions that comics are only about superheroes,” explained Alisa Maiville, a UMSN faculty support administrative assistant intermediate. “But they can really be about anything.”
Maiville, a fine arts major, discovered her talent for creating comics during a class at Michigan State University. The new interest led to an autobiographical weekly web comic, a self-published mini-comic sold at a comic book store near campus and inclusion in an MSU Student Comic Art Anthology. In 2011, her work was also featured in juried exhibition, “Seriously... Read more
Student Spotlight: Leadership through action and outreach
Feb 24, 2017“When I was starting nursing school I was hesitant about getting involved in extracurricular activities because I knew the demands of the program would be really tough,” explained Rylie Haupt, president of the University of Michigan Nursing Student Government (NSG). “But that didn’t last long,” she added with a laugh.
Instead, Haupt embraced the opportunity to get involved in leadership and service opportunities just as she has done previously. In fact, one of her high school experiences helped shape her decision to pursue nursing as a career.
“I was always interested in... Read more
Student Spotlight: Passion for patient safety inspires pursuit of DNP
Feb 16, 2017Leila Cherara knows that mistakes happen in hospitals. As a nurse with more than 20 years of experience, she’s seen them happen and cared for patients who suffered complications from an error. Cherara hasn’t been immune to mistakes during her career either.
“If a nurse makes a mistake, it’s usually not because they are a bad nurse,” Cherara explained. “Most likely, there was something that triggered the mistake such as understaffing or poor communication. If a nurse is in an environment that is substandard, they will be more prone to making a mistake."
While Cherara... Read more
The University of Michigan School of Nursing receives prestigious Future of Nursing Scholars grant to prepare PhD nurses
Feb 10, 2017Ann Arbor, MI – The University of Michigan School of Nursing is one of only 28 schools of nursing nationwide to receive a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to increase the number of nurses holding PhDs. The Future of Nursing Scholars program will provide financial support, mentoring, and leadership development to nurses who commit to earn their PhDs in three years. UMSN will select two nursing students to receive this prestigious scholarship. “The Future of Nursing Scholars program is making an incredible impact in real time. These nurses will complete their PhDs in... Read more
Faculty Impact: Transforming communication strategies to prevent patient harm
Feb 06, 2017Poor communication between physicians and nurses is consistently ranked as one of the top causes of adverse patient outcomes in health care settings. It’s to blame for hundreds of deaths each year and a third of malpractice cases, according to a recent Comparative Benchmarking Report from CRICO Strategies, an insurance company that serves the health care community.
Examples of communication failures pepper the report, such as a mother requesting a tubal ligation after her cesarean section. The on-duty obstetrician was unaware of the request and the mother sued the... Read more
Jan 27 Executive Order and U-M’s International Community
Jan 30, 2017On Saturday, Jan. 28, President Mark Schlissel issued a statement in response to the recent executive order on immigration policies. The statement emphasized our campus-wide commitment to protect the rights and opportunities of international scholars and support academic talent from around the world. As global leaders in the health sciences, the UMSN also shares in the university’s commitment to protecting the rights and opportunities of our international students and scholars. In addition to President Schlissel’s statement, the University has established a communications resource... Read more
UMSN Faculty Named Fulbright Scholar
Jan 27, 2017ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN) is pleased to announce Clinical Associate Professor Stephen Strobbe, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, CARN-AP, FIAAN, has been selected for a Fulbright Flex U.S. Scholar grant from the U.S. Department of State. Screening adolescents for substance use will be the focus of the award through collaboration with the University of São Paulo (USP) at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing in Brazil.
Nearly 22 million people in the United States are classified as needing substance use treatment, but only 11% receive... Read more
Student Spotlight: Tri-Citizen Senior is Changing Cultural Expectations through Example
Jan 25, 2017Unlike many nursing students, it wasn’t a personal experience or a family member’s example that motivated Hassan Abbas to pursue a nursing career. The son of an engineer took an analytical approach.
“I knew I wanted something with a lot of options,” said Abbas, a University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN) senior. “I started researching careers and liked that nursing had different things you could do in patient care, research, advanced practice and even business. I like to think of myself as a forward thinker and I really feel like nursing is a forward-moving profession... Read more
Don’t Blame it on Baby Weight; New U-M Research Finds Parental Lifestyle and Aging More Likely Causes of Higher Weight
Jan 24, 2017ANN ARBOR, Mich. — For Olga Yakusheva, PhD, understanding the relationships between weight gain, pregnancy and motherhood is a professional objective that includes personal experience.
“I gained 70 pounds with my first baby,” said Dr. Yakusheva, a University of Michigan School of Nursing associate professor. “For my second pregnancy, I counted calories, weighed myself every day and still gained 60 pounds. I felt terrible, and many women feel that anxiety about gaining pregnancy weight because they’re already anticipating pressure to lose the weight, from others and themselves.”... Read more
Research initiative bridging trauma and physical health kicks off with seminar series
Jan 23, 2017One of two research projects funded through the Dean’s Centennial Seminars, the Complex Adverse Childhood Experience and Complex Aid (CASCAID) project aims to develop the evidence undergirding trauma-informed care. This evidence should lead to a theory of change, moving patients from trauma to resolution and resilience.
CASCAID research coalesces around the imperative to treat the whole person by focusing on how life experiences influence biological health and finding ways to empower people both for better health and for resolution of traumatic experiences. ... Read more
