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Baltimore, Md. – Six University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) doctoral students are among more than 100 students nationwide to be named Jonas Scholars by the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence.
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Courses to emphasize ethnic diversity and cultural competency.
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Baltimore, Md. –The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is among 11 universities in the nation designated as Centers of Excellence in Pain Education (CoEPEs) by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pain Consortium. The School of Nursing is one of four UMB schools collaborating in the UMB CoEPE, along with the Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, and Pharmacy, with the goal of developing an interprofessional pain management curriculum resource for health care professionals to advance the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of pain.
Twelve students, representing each of the University of Maryland's six professional schools in Baltimore, will depart Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in early July and arrive in Blantyre, Malawi, for a six-week study of maternal/child health services. The project will also determine if gaps in care exist, and if so why-from a local, national, and international perspective.
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Funds will aid second career nurses from groups underrepresented in nursing or from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The video, Reflections on INQRI’s Work, highlights the efforts of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI). Dr. Newhouse’s part, Rural Hospital Quality Cooperative, begins at 4:42 minutes (voice only); Dr. Resnick’s part, Function Focused Care, begins at 6:48 minutes.
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648 Graduates Receive Degrees
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Baltimore, Md. – Janet D. Allan, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean of the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON), has announced the appointment of Susan G. Dorsey, PhD, RN, FAAN, as associate dean for research. Dorsey, an associate professor and a member of the UMSON faculty since 2004, has served as interim associate dean for research since January 1, 2012.
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UMSON Joins the Ranks of Hundreds of Others in Educating Nursing Students on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) & Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in the Coming Years
RACHEL GRANFIELD AND CAELIE HAINES
Dozens of representatives of the University met with state legislators recently during the annual advocacy events in Annapolis. Every winter, during the Maryland General Assembly’s legislative session, each school schedules a day for students, faculty, and staff to discuss issues with lawmakers in the state capital.
