As a part of our interview series called “5 Things We Must Do To Improve the US Healthcare System”, I had the pleasure to interview Katie Boston-Leary.
“There’s no FDA-approved medication to treat these (psychiatric) symptoms,” when they’re caused by dementia, says Elizabeth Galik, professor of organizational systems and adult health at the University of Maryland School of Nursing in Baltimore.
“It has resulted in some nurses electing to leave the profession for the time, some nurses electing to become traveling nurses because financially, the compensation they receive is considerably more than what they receive as an employee in one of our hospitals,” said Dr. Jane Kirschling, Dean of University of Maryland School of Nursing.
For the first time this year, the U.S. News rankings included a category assessing 690 schools with Bachelor of Science in nursing programs. The University of Maryland, Baltimore was Maryland’s highest scoring institution in this category, and placed 10th.
Stretching should be part of every arthritis patient's daily routine, says Barbara Resnick, PhD, a nurse practitioner with the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
Tim has a unique conversation with Dr. Luana Colloca - a top scientist in placebo studies - who shares insights on how our brains filter our experience of reality.
“For people of color like myself, we’ve had deep personal experiences during the pandemic” of caring for loved ones and sometimes losing them, said Yolanda Ogbolu.
Strong muscles, flexible tendons, and healthy cartilage. These are the things that make everyday life possible. "Everybody needs exercise," says Barbara Resnick, PhD, a nurse practitioner at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
AACN member deans, faculty, and students have been doing their part to fight against COVID-19. View some of their contributions and photo highlights in the videos below.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) is the first nursing school in the United States to offer a post-bachelor’s Substance Use and Addictions Nursing Certificate. The online 12-credit graduate certificate is offered to registered and advanced practice registered nurses.
Luana Colloca, a physician, neuroscientist, and placebo researcher at the University of Maryland, worries that prescribing open-label placebos could just become a means for doctors to shoo away patients. “I truly believe that we don’t need open-label placebos,” she says.
“It’s wonderful to think of nurses as heroes, and, in many ways, I love seeing the recognition not just as people, but of the essential role they play in the health care system,” says Alison Trinkoff. “But you have to recognize even heroes are human."
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) this fall will become the first nursing school in the nation to offer a post-bachelor’s certificate in Substance Use and Addictions Nursing.
In the newly released 2022 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools,” the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) has remained ranked among the best schools in the nation for its overall Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) programs, out of 597 accredited nursing schools surveyed.
Students from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy will be volunteering their time to prepare each of the vaccine doses, and students from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the University of Maryland School of Nursing will be among the volunteers giving vaccination shots in the clinic.
Maryland is also launching mobile clinics to better serve areas with less geographic access to vaccination sites. The units will be provided by the Maryland School of Nursing and will be staffed by the Maryland National Guard. They will have the capability to administer between 60 and 160 vaccines per mission.
The Maryland Vaccine Equity Task Force, led by Brigadier General Janeen Birckhead, will launch mobile clinics in hard-to-reach areas utilizing mobile units provided by the University of Maryland School of Nursing. These units will be deployed and staffed by the Maryland National Guard. Learn more about the task force at governor.maryland.gov/VETF.
Hogan also announced that "mobile vaccine units" will soon be deployed to hard-to-reach rural places. These units — provided by the University of Maryland School of Nursing — will be on the Eastern Shore by Friday, according to Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead of the Maryland Army National Guard, offering both walk-up or drive-thru capabilities.
The Maryland Vaccine Equity Task Force — which was created amid criticism over equity in the state's vaccination rollout — will launch mobile clinics in hard-to-reach rural areas using mobile units provided by the University of Maryland School of Nursing. The units will be staffed by the Maryland National Guard and can administer between 60 and 160 shots per mission, Hogan said.
At Thursday’s news conference, Hogan announced that the state will set up mobile vaccine clinics in underserved areas of the state that will be operated by the University of Maryland School of Nursing and the Maryland National Guard. The mobile clinics are designed to increase vaccine equity.
Lerner says aides in nursing homes and assisted living facilities typically get into the field and stay in it because they’re “natural caregivers” who develop deep relationships with their patients — even though their patients are often close to the end of their lives. The pandemic has accelerated that dynamic, with residents in nursing homes and assisted living facilities accounting for a big share of deaths from the virus.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing has launched agreements of dual admission with Hagerstown Community College and Allegany College of Maryland, completing formal partnerships with every community college in Maryland that offers an associate degree in nursing program.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing has expanded their class size, and all the openings were filled immediately. They and others are seeing that people are drawn to the profession. And that’s good. We need more nurses. The average age of nurses has been rising. And we need to replace those who will be retiring.
The Nurse Leadership Institute (NLI) at the University of Maryland School of Nursing (USMON) Thursday announced its 2020-21 cohort of NLI Fellows, the institute’s sixth cohort and the first admitted under its renewed $1.7 million, five-year grant.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) Wednesday announced it has launched agreements of dual admission with Hagerstown Community College (HCC) and Allegany College of Maryland (ACM), completing formal partnerships with every community college in Maryland that offers an Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) program.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing has received a $13.83 million commitment from Bill and Joanne Conway in support of scholarships and capital improvements.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing has received a nearly $14 million donation, the largest in the institution’s history, which it plans to apply in a scholarship fund covering in-state tuition and book fees.
“Pushing the mask down below the chin could spread virus from the outside of your mask to the inside, or to the face and neck,” where they could infect you, says Karin Russ, MS, RN, clinical instructor at University of Maryland School of Nursing.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) has received a $13.83 million commitment from Bill and Joanne Conway through their Bedford Falls Fund to create an additional 345 Conway Scholarships across all degree programs, which cover in-state tuition, fees, and (at the undergraduate level) books. The gift also includes $1 million to support renovation of the nursing building at the Universities at Shady Grove (USG) in Rockville, Maryland.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) has received a $13.83 million commitment from Bill and Joanne Conway through their Bedford Falls Fund to create an additional 345 Conway scholarships across all degree programs, which cover in-state tuition, fees and (at the undergraduate level) books.
Contrary to how most people think of it, pain is more than just a message sent from point A (our body) to point B (our brain), said Luana Colloca, a pain neuroscientist at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. Instead, it’s more accurate to characterize pain as our brain’s interpretation of that message—an interpretation influenced by our emotions, thoughts, and beliefs.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing has received a record $13.83 million commitment from Bill Conway, co-founder of The Carlyle Group, and his wife, Joanne.
“The nocebo effect has been described in biosimilars used in autoimmune diseases, when patients believe the drugs are less effective than the original biologics,” Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, the review’s first author and associate professor in the Department of Pain and Translational Symptom Science at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, said in an interview.
Op-ed by Dr. Shannon Idzik, associate professor and associate dean for the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at UMSON. As I reviewed the media coverage surrounding Jill Biden’s academic achievements and read the related condescending comments urging her to stop using her “Dr.” title, I was once again awash with the frustration I have experienced over many years as a nurse with a doctoral degree.
The pandemic has exacerbated what has long been a problem in Maryland and the entire country: the nursing shortage. Reporter Shawna De La Rosa spoke with Rebecca Wiseman, Director of the Maryland Nursing Workforce Center at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, about the factors impacting the nursing shortage in Maryland and what can be done to reverse it.
It had been four years since Joan Davenport, a nurse and assistant professor in the University of Maryland School of Nursing, did regular clinical work. Normally she teaches full-time, but since the coronavirus pandemic began, she has taken shifts at the Baltimore Convention Center, testing the public for COVID-19 during breaks from classes and meetings.
How did Maryland — and the rest of the country — get to a point where there just aren’t enough nurses to go around? For starters, educating nurses is not cheap, said Rebecca Wiseman, University of Maryland Maryland Nursing Workforce Center.
Faculty members of University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) were recently awarded six Nurse Support Program II grants worth $9.6 million in fiscal year 2021. The grants will help increase the nursing capacity in Maryland through funding statewide initiatives aimed at growing the number of nurses set to serve in faculty roles and through strengthening nursing education programs at Maryland institutions.
Esther E. McReady, the first African American admitted to University of Maryland’s school of nursing died near Baltimore on September 2. McReady was 89.
Maryland health systems are again tapping nursing students to help out on the COVID-19 frontlines amid a surge in hospitalizations, reports The Washington Post.
Though the rules differed by state, those that offered nursing students this option generally required a high grade point average and proven competency in clinical settings. Among the institutions that permitted early graduation were the University Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) and the University of Maine School of Nursing (UMaine Nursing).
Congratulations to the graduates of the University of Maryland School of Nursing! Many of the students have been working in hospitals and they received their diplomas this week.
After Gov. Hogan put the call out to nurses and nursing schools that the state needs more personnel on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of nursing students decided to graduate early and join in the fight.
With hospitalizations in Maryland hovering just under all-time highs and fears of another holiday surge coming Eymmy Jimenez, Manny Scott and Deborah Madu are hurrying to be ready to care for the pandemic’s next round of victims. “There is a sense of urgency,” says Scott.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact nursing education and in response to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s request that nursing programs encourage student engagement in caring for hospitalized COVID-19 patients and in assisting with COVID-19 screenings and vaccines, UMSON has been strongly encouraging its entry-into-practice students scheduled to graduate in spring 2021 to begin participating in clinical experiences and community/public health rotations as soon as possible.
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 across Maryland are reaching highs we haven't seen since early summer and with that surge comes a real strain on health care workers across the state. "It's been nine months since we've been dealing with this," Dr. Veronica Quattrini with the University of Maryland School of nursing said.
Upon graduating from nursing school, Jane M. Kirschling decided to go right into academia after learning there was a shortage of nursing educators. Decades later, while much about nursing has changed, shortages still persist in many facets of the profession, a challenge Kirschling has helped tackle as dean of the University of Maryland School of Nursing for the past seven years.
Students just finishing school are headed to work on the front lines of the pandemic, and in Maryland, all efforts are being taken to fast track them from the classroom to the hospital.
My wife, Marik Moen, is an RN and assistant professor of community and public health at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. She was invited to serve as the director of nursing here at the Lord Baltimore Hotel Triage Respite and Isolation Center, a collaborative effort of the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services, the city health department, and the University of Maryland Medical System, with support from nonprofits like Healthcare for the Homeless Maryland.
Some nursing students will again graduate early from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, to help bolster the health care workforce as cases of Covid-19 continue to spike in Maryland and across the nation.
For the second time, the University of Maryland School of Nursing is allowing students to finish their studies early to get them out sooner on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With the growing coronavirus pandemic squeezing the health professions, the University of Maryland School of Nursing for the second semester in a row is offering the option of an early exit to undergraduate and graduate nursing students in their final semesters.
"Moreover, communities of color, and in the context here, young Black men and women, have so many legitimate reasons not to trust information and vaccines offered by the healthcare system due to past unethical treatment and experimentation," added Moen, whose research specialties include STIs and social determinants of health.
The University of Maryland School of nursing (UMSON) received the 2020 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
Find out what your colleagues are saying about how the academic nursing community can help end racism and foster equitable change at AACN's Gallery of Leadership.
But without more specific information about potential vaccines, nursing homes are limited in what they can do to prepare, said Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN, a geriatric nurse practitioner and professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. Resnick would like to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy with the staff she works with at Roland Park Place senior living facility in Baltimore. For now, however, she said it’s not possible without specific safety and efficacy data.
“This is not rocket science,” said healthcare expert Barbara Resnick of the University of Maryland’s School of Nursing, who was not involved in the new study. “Nurses are providing direct care to patients, and you have to be up close and personal for a lot of what they do. They spend the most time with patients, especially the nursing assistants. Bathing, dressing and giving medications — you can’t do that from six feet away.”
“I used to say deceptive statements,” remembers Luana Colloca, a physician scientist and associate professor at the University of Maryland who studies pain modulation and placebo use and has used placebos in her own studies. “And every time I felt this dilemma inside me. I felt like, ‘I don't want to lie to people.’”
"Considering the large number and availability of shelter dogs in the United States, it really makes sense to consider the potential for these dogs to be involved in a unique intervention that combines the benefits of human-animal interaction with the benefits of altruistic action like volunteerism," said Erika Friedmann, Ph.D., co-author, a professor and associate dean for research at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
Now a professor and associate dean for research at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, Friedmann was the lead author for a scientific paper published in 2018 that found dog owners adopt healthier lifestyles, including getting enough exercise. “Having a dog gives a person a reason to exercise and thus improves cardiovascular health,” the paper says.
Past-president of the American Geriatrics Society, Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, of the University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, weighed in on these results from the Generation 100 study.
The 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Health Professions awards are recognizing some of the nation’s top nursing schools for their efforts to recruit and support a diverse student and faculty population.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) announced Associate Professor Tonya Schneidereith, Ph.D., CRNP, PPCNP-BC, CPNP-AC, CNE, CHSE-A, and eight UMSON alumnae were selected as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN).
The University of Maryland School of Nursing’s Pi Chapter of Sigma international nursing honor society officially recognized Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) as a member organization during a chartering ceremony, thus changing the chapter’s name to Pi at-Large Chapter.
Some of the other proteins have been linked to social bonding via their actions on neurons. “Probably here there is a [friendly] interaction between the experimenter and participant that influences the placebo response,” says Luana Colloca at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
"There's no FDA-approved medication to treat these (psychiatric) symptoms,” says Elizabeth Galik, professor of organizational systems and adult health at the University of Maryland School of Nursing in Baltimore.
As Dr. Barbara Resnick tells it, being a geriatric nurse is not for everyone. It’s a specialty that takes a particular mindset, a specialist knowledge base – and passion. As with so many areas of healthcare, the pandemic has thrust these nurses into tough new ways of working, demanding new levels of resilience and adaptability.
The university stated that Dr Akintade’s role on the DOC Board of Directors will allow him to improve his ability to advocate for minority nurses at UMSON, and across the nation. There are 10% more DNP students who identify as members of a minority ethnic or racial group (46%) at UMSON than DNP students nationally (36%), according to the press release.
Esther E. McCready, who helped open segregated professional and graduate schools to African Americans when she won a court victory in 1950 to become the first Black student admitted to the University of Maryland School of Nursing, died Sept. 2 at a hospital in Randallstown, Md. She was 89.
Esther E. McCready, DPS (Hon.), DIN ’53, the first African American to gain admittance to the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON), died Sept. 2 after a lengthy illness. She was 89.
A groundbreaking figure in the fight for civil rights in Maryland has passed away. The University of Maryland School of Nursing’s first Black student, Esther McCready, died last week at the age of 89.
Maryland has lost an African American woman who set the groundwork for racial equality in education. Esther McCready worked as a nurse in her early years. Esther McCready, the first Black woman to be admitted to the University of Maryland School of Nursing, died Wednesday. She was 89.
Esther E. McCready made history in 1950 when she became the first African American to be admitted to the University of Maryland School of Nursing after a legal battle led by Thurgood Marshall that resulted in a case helping to lay the groundwork for the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, died Wednesday from a blood-borne infection at Northwest Hospital in Randallstown.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing has announced that Dr. Nancy Bolan, assistant professor, has been named director of the Office of Global Health, and Dr. Lynn Marie Bullock, assistant professor, has been named director of the Office of Professional Education.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing is helping bolster the nursing workforce by offering 107 nursing students with a 3.3 grade-point average or above an option to graduate early and help combat the coronavirus. The university partnered with major hospital systems in Maryland for employment.
“Here’s my advice: Start small and begin with the basics,” said Resnick. “Establishing a sense of purpose and meaningfulness is important to resilience, as is maintaining a focus on and concern for others. Goals can be established that are short-term and realistic to help stimulate resilience.”
“Considering the large number and availability of shelter dogs in the United States, it really makes sense to consider the potential for these dogs to be involved in a unique intervention that combines the benefits of human-animal interaction with the benefits of altruistic action like volunteerism,” said Erika Friedmann, Ph.D., co-author and professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
Our generation has never experienced a pandemic before, and the uncertainty, stress, anxiety, loss, and isolation are affecting many people’s mental health. Here are some tips for what all caregivers can do to support their patients’ emotional and mental health ...
School of Nursing director of alumni relations Cynthia Sikorski shares her experience participating in a COVID-19 clinical trial through the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health.
School of Nursing director of alumni relations Cynthia Sikorski is participating in a COVID-19 clinical trial through the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health.
University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) faculty members have been awarded six Nurse Support Program (NSP) II grants totaling more than $9.6 million.
In support of efforts to promote statewide mentoring for nursing students, the Morgan State University (MSU) Nursing Program, in collaboration with University of Maryland School of Nursing Workforce Center, announces the receipt of $146,722 in funding from the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) Nurse Support II (NSP II) Competitive Institutional Grants program.
Susan G. Dorsey, Ph.D., MS, RN, FAAN, a professor and chair of the school’s Department of Pain and Translational Symptom Science; Associate Professor Cynthia Renn, Ph.D., MS, RN, FAAN; and professor Barbara Resnick, Ph.D., RN, CRNP, FAANP, FAAN, the Sonya Ziporkin Gershowitz chair in gerontology and co-director of UMSON’s Biology and Behavior Across the Lifespan Organized Research Center, were awarded more than $5.4 million by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Susan G. Dorsey, PhD ’01, MS ’98, RN, FAAN, professor and chair, Department of Pain and Translational Symptom Science; Cynthia Renn, PhD, MS ’97, RN, FAAN, associate professor; and Barbara Resnick, PhD ’96, RN, CRNP, FAANP, FAAN, professor, Sonya Ziporkin Gershowitz Chair in Gerontology, and co-director of UMSON’s Biology and Behavior Across the Lifespan Organized Research Center, have been awarded more than $5.4 million by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to fund their research projects.
"Considering the large number and availability of shelter dogs in the United States, it really makes sense to consider the potential for these dogs to be involved in a unique intervention that combines the benefits of human-animal interaction with the benefits of altruistic action like volunteerism," said study co-author Erika Friedmann, a professor and associate dean for research at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
The inaugural INSIGHT Into Diversity Inspiring Affinity Group Award recognizes 38 member groups that have made a significant impact on their members, campuses, and communities.
Three faculty members of the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) were named 2020 Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
"Considering the large number and availability of shelter dogs in the United States, it really makes sense to consider the potential for these dogs to be involved in a unique intervention that combines the benefits of human-animal interaction with the benefits of altruistic action like volunteerism," said Erika Friedmann, Ph.D., co-author, a professor and associate dean for research at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
Yet “fatigue is not a natural consequence of aging,” says Barbara Resnick, codirector of the Biology and Behavior Across the Lifespan Organized Research Center at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. “It’s more related to the changes that occur due to age and commonly associated diseases.”
The Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) Secretary, Dr. James D. Fielder, announced that $29.3 million was awarded for 29 Competitive Institutional Grant proposals at fourteen Maryland nursing programs by MHEC’s Nurse Support Program II (NSP II).
“I’m getting way fewer calls about falls,” says Barbara Resnick, RN, PhD, CRNP, Sonya Ziporkin Gershowitz chair in gerontology at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, but that doesn’t mean that this issue shouldn’t remain a priority.
Classes are set for the fall semester at the University of Maryland School of Nursing in Baltimore, but officials at the highly rated 132-year-old school are keeping an eye on “melt,” Dean Jane M. Kirschling said.
We often talk here on the show about the placebo and nocebo effects. However, it’s not every day that we get to include the perspective of a top researcher in the field of placebo and nocebo research.
Classes are also set for the fall semester at the University of Maryland School of Nursing in Baltimore, but officials at the highly rated 132-year-old school are keeping an eye on “melt,” according to Dean Jane M. Kirschling. The term is admissions-speak for that group of applicants, usually comparatively small, who commit to attending but for one reason or another decide not to come.
In 2006, Corbett spent a year at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, where Susan Dorsey, a professor and chair of the Department of Pain and Translational Symptom Science, ran a lab that allowed students to perfect their work with wet chemicals.
“Some folks, it takes them a fair amount of time to learn the language and develop the skills,” Dorsey said. “She was very quick to thoroughly understand every single step, which for an undergraduate student is fairly remarkable. Every student
When the news hit that school was closed for the rest of the year, her robotics team started making 3D face shields. That inspired her to then start sewing face masks for the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
Due to the coronavirus, high school seniors are missing out on special moments including prom and graduation. Jena Ialongo, a senior at Glenelg High School, is one of the disappointed seniors missing her friends, but she's making the most of her time at home by making hundreds of face masks for workers at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and Gov. Larry Hogan’s request, the University of Maryland School of Nursing has approved an early-exit option for students who want to begin working as nursing graduates in an effort to bolster the nursing workforce.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing is graduating students early in an effort to bolster the nursing workforce in the country amid the coronavirus pandemic. One graduate decided to dive right in and head to the front lines.
Graduation was less than a month away for Debbie Sahlin, a student at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, when she was presented with a choice she couldn’t have seen coming when the entered the school as a career-changing adult two years ago. She could finish her academic program, graduate May 14, take her licensure exam and apply for jobs as planned. Or she could go straight into the workforce and join an overburdened health care system.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing has approved an early-exit option for students who want to start working as nurses to bolster the essential workforce during the coronavirus pandemic. The option is available to select students in the entry-into-practice Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Clinical Nurse Leader master’s option who are scheduled to graduate on May 14 from the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
Some students at the University of Maryland School of Nursing could be graduating a bit early to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. It's called the early-exit option, and it was approved by the university on the request of Governor Larry Hogan.
Maryland opened its field hospital at the Baltimore Convention Center on Sunday as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to grow in the state. Cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus grew to nearly 19,500 on Monday. The number of people tested in the state has increased significantly over the past week.
Students from the University of Maryland School of Nursing donated two intubation domes and 10 face shields to healthcare workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic. Students from the Class of 2022 Doctor of Nursing Practice Nurse Anesthesia specialty collected $400 to purchase the equipment.
Katie hears from public health leaders like Dr. Debra Bingham and politicians like New Jersey’s First Lady Tammy Murphy who are actively trying to turn high maternal mortality rates around.
Long before COVID-19 hit the U.S. in early 2020, the American health system was suffering another crisis: alarmingly high — and rising — rates of maternal mortality, particularly among black women. In this country, an estimated two women die every day from pregnancy and childbirth-related causes. And 60 percent of those deaths could have been prevented.
When student Maria Segovia received an email from the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON), inviting students, alumni, faculty, and staff to sew cloth masks to be donated to University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) to assist employees on the front lines of the COVID-19 epidemic, she knew she wanted to get involved.
As the coronavirus pandemic creates an excess demand for health care workers, hospitals and medical systems across the country are looking to a resource not used since World War II: nursing students.
And at the University of Maryland School of Nursing in Baltimore, qualified nursing students can join the frontlines as early as next week.
In just over two weeks, what began as an initiative among faculty, staff, students and alumni of the University of Maryland School of Nursing turned into nearly 2,000 cloth masks for the University of Maryland Medical Center.
"The response from the community has been overwhelming," Susan Dorsey, a professor at the university and chair of the pain and translational symptom science department at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, said in prepared remarks. "To see everyone come together to support frontline clinicians and staff who care for patients during this difficult time has been incredibly inspiring."
As hospital systems continue to be challenged to meet the needs of patients who may be COVID-19 positive, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued guidance approving the use of cloth masks. In response, the University of Maryland School of Nursing put out a call to faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members who can sew such masks.
“In just under a week, we received 868 homemade masks that we’ve been able to deliver to the medical center,” Susan Dorsey, Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, said.
Staff, students and alumni of the University of Maryland School of Nursing have sewn hundreds of cloth masks for medical workers and now they’re asking the community to join in the effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Barbara Resnick, a professor of organizational systems and adult health at the University of Maryland School of Nursing and past president of the American Geriatrics Society, implores people to think about how they can incorporate activity into their daily routine, to avoid problems like increased risk of heart disease, high blood pressure and a shorter life span.
“Hoping for the best and preparing for the worst. Nobody wants to make those decisions. It’s agonizing for people whose code of ethics is to help people to have to make a choice like that who gets a limited resource,” Anita Tarzian, of the University of Maryland, Maryland Healthcare Ethics Committee Network, said.
He is responsible for providing vision and leadership for the master’s program, including innovative program development and integration of technology. He is also responsible for administration and program coordination, curriculum planning, student recruitment, advisement, and retention. In addition, he will continue the School’s development of partnerships with other academic institutions and health care organizations to facilitate entry of nurses into the master’s programs.
The process of gaining public input included geographic, racial and economic diversity, said Anita Tarzian, an ethics network member and associate professor in the University of Maryland School of Nursing. She did not take part in the panels but reviewed the findings as part of an advisory group working to develop the final plan.
In the newly released 2021 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools,” the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) remained ranked among the best schools in the nation for its overall Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) programs, out of 603 accredited nursing schools surveyed.
Placebo- und Noceboeffekte lassen sich auf neuronaler Ebene nachvollziehen. Positive Erwartungen führen beispielsweise zur Ausschüttung endogener Opioide, Dopamin oder Oxytocin, negative vermehren den Angstbotenstoff Cholezystokinin.
Lauren Russell, BS, RN, became the first student from the University of Maryland (UM) Prince George’s Hospital Center to take advantage of a full scholarship and enroll in the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) through its Conway Scholarship Hospital Partnership Program.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) named Bimbola F. Akintade, Ph.D, MS, MBA, MHA, BSN, CCRN, ACNP-BC, NEA-BC, an assistant professor in the department of organizational systems and adult health, as the associate dean for the Master of Science in nursing program. He succeeds Gail Schoen Lemaire, Ph.D, RN, PMHCNS, BC, CNL.
"The decision on the type of walker a person obtains may have to do with their upper extremity strength and ability, the location that they will be using it in, and personal preference,” says Barbara Resnick, professor of organizational systems and adult health at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. Standard walkers, without wheels, which need to be picked up and moved forward, are seldom used anymore. Today's options have two, three or four wheels.
How symmetrical is your stride? “If you're favoring one leg because you can't fully tolerate bearing weight on one leg or the other, it can indicate a mobility issue, perhaps soreness from arthritis,” says Barbara Resnick, a registered nurse and professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
Given that the "opioid epidemic" appears to be an outgrowth of over-reliance on opioids to manage pain, it should be obvious that better pain management is key to bringing the epidemic under control.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) have launched a Guaranteed Seat Partnership for UMSON’s Master of Science in Nursing Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) Option, which prepares students with undergraduate degrees in fields other than nursing.
Dr Phil Parker interviews Prof Luana Colloca MD. Luana is a medical doctor, holds a PhD in neuroscience and has an MSc in bioethics. Her cutting edge research into Parkinson's with Prof Benedetti changed the map on how we value and understand placebos. She has a special research interest in placebos, pain, the opioid crisis and music.
Doris Titus-Glover, a research fellow at the University of Maryland’s School of Nursing, has done extensive research on pregnancy and opioid use disorder in particular. She has found that pregnant women often face the biggest barriers to obtaining effective treatment for opioid dependence.
Luana Colloca works at the University of Maryland, in Baltimore, where she studies the science of pain. She finds the new results intriguing. Modeling different types of pain with capsaicin is “a strength of the study,” she says. “I think it simulates chronic pain very well.” However, she notes, the number of volunteers was small.
"Addiction is a chronic disease, it’s a medical condition that needs to be treated,” says Doris Titus-Glover, a nurse practitioner and assistant professor at the University of Maryland [School of Nursing] who researches pregnancy and opioid use disorder. “If a diabetic binges on sugar, we don’t tell them that we’re going to withhold their insulin. Why don’t we treat these women like they have a chronic disease?”
American Association of Colleges of Nursing - Syllabus,
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Colloca has shown that the key driver of the benefit is the entertainment provided by the experience, which helps relax patients and reduce their anxiety. Whatever the mechanisms underlying its effectiveness, doctors already are using virtual reality to help patients in acute pain, such as those with severe burns. Colloca believes the strategy also could prove useful in treating chronic pain.
“Something that’s actually pretty well established in the field of public health is that poverty is the greatest predictor of all kinds of health problems,” said Karin Russ, the course director of Community/Public Health at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
Hundreds of knit hats collected over months were donated Tuesday to babies at Mercy Medical Center. The hats came from the University of Maryland School of Nursing's Hooked on Helping service project and were donated to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Unit.
Luana Colloca, MD, Ph.D., MS, an associate professor with the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON), has been awarded more than $3.65 million by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to fund the research project Neural Correlates of Hypoalgesia Driven by Observation.
For the second year in a row, the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) won the Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, officials announced Tuesday.
Maryland is one of four states predicted to experience a shortage of 10,000 registered nurses or more by 2025, according to Larry Fillian, associate dean for student and academic services at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
Researchers aren’t exactly sure how the brain manifests these effects. But some who have studied nocebo say they’ve identified at least two underlying explanations. “At the molecular level, we know the body releases cholecystokinins, or CCKs, in anticipation of increased pain,” says Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS, an associate professor of pain science at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
Susan Dorsey, co-director of the University of Maryland Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research, walks us through how the body’s pain response can go rogue.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) named Yolanda Ogbolu, Ph.D., MS, BSN, CRNP, FNAP, FAAN as chair of the Department of Partnerships, Professional Education, and Practice (PPEP).
The Clinical Nurse Leader Scholars Program, designed to encourage the leadership aims of nursing students who are members of the patient population at large, is an initiative of ANAC and the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) commemorated its 130th anniversary on September 21 with a gala honoring its impact on nursing education and its continued leadership in Maryland and around the world.
A placebo refers to a physiologically inert substance, pill, or intervention that produces a therapeutic effect. The placebo pill in itself does not have any effect. Rather it is the action of taking a pill or undergoing a procedure that produces the beneficial effect.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) commemorated its 130th anniversary Sept. 21 with a gala honoring its effect on nursing education and its continued leadership in Maryland and worldwide.
Katie Huffling (MS '06), the executive director of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, said the organization has seen an uptick in nurses attending events and lectures on climate change... Kristen Brown (UMSON RN-to-BSN student), an intensive-care unit nurse based in Lanham, Md., reported more patients coming in for chronic respiratory diseases.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) recently received a $500,000 donation from alumna Mary Catherine Bunting, MS, CRNP, RN. Bunting received her master’s degree from UMSON in 1972. Her donation will help the university continue the work of UMSON’s Community and Public Health Environmental Initiative to provide health oversight for children and families served by Baltimore City Early Head Start and other Head Start centers.
According to Elizabeth K. Johnson, a clinical instructor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, who specializes in pediatric primary care, “A toddler coughing at night could have several causes. If the child has allergies or a chronic cold, post-nasal drip may trigger coughing when they are lying flat in bed.
Combination of stressful work, too many hours and the lack of control over one’s schedule is a toxic combination that is yielding a turnover rate of 65% among CNAs and 47% among licensed nurses in nursing homes, according to a University of Maryland study.
Philanthropist and alumna Mary Catherine Bunting donated $500,000 to the the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) to help continue the work of UMSON’s Community and Public Health Environmental Initiative (CPHEI) to provide health oversight for children and families served by Baltimore City Early Head Start and Head Start centers.
Four University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) faculty members have been awarded Nurse Support Program II grants totaling more than $2.5 million, college officials announced Wednesday.
While much is known about the benefits of animal-assisted interventions in a variety of health care settings, there is limited evidence of the biological and psychosocial effects of this form of interaction in the military population, particularly in an aeromedical staging facility setting.
The Nurse Leadership Institute (NLI) at the University of Maryland School of Nursing recently announced the 2019-20 class of NLI fellows. Two nurses from Peninsula Regional Medical Center were selected for the fellowship — Sarah Arnett, executive director, Acute Care Services, and Lesley Weihs, director of Professional Practice & Nursing Quality.
Corazzini will be responsible for ensuring that graduates of the PhD program are well prepared to engage in research and scholarship that enhance the field of nursing, influence health care, and spark new approaches to scientific questions. She will oversee the recruitment, retention, and advancement of doctoral students; develop and implement new initiatives to advance their research capacity; and facilitate interprofessional interactions and learning.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing named Kirsten Corazzini, Ph.D, FGSA as professor with tenure and associate dean of the Doctor of Philosophy program.
Nurses spend their work lives caring for the sick—you’d better believe they know how to keep from getting sick themselves! Here are some common health mistakes nurses try NOT to make.
Ashford University has introduced new online courses designed to educate more students on the important role of aging patients’ treatment. "We definitely need this type of thing, and I really appreciate that Ashford is doing it. No matter what professional field, everyone will be working with older adults,” says Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, president of the American Geriatrics Society and a professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
Erika Friedmann, PhD, associate dean for research, University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON), has been named the recipient of the 2019 Distinguished Anthrozoologist Award by the International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ).
Dogs can help lower your blood pressure. Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Nursing studied a group of hypertension-prone individuals who were tasked with sitting quietly for two minutes, talking to a moderator for two minutes and then sitting quietly again for two minutes. The sitting-talking-sitting sequence repeated, a second time with a friendly, unfamiliar dog in the room.
The American Academy of Nursing (AAN) has selected John Bing, BSN, CRNA, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) from Clarksville, MD, to serve as a Fellow. He is also a sought-after lecturer on topics ranging from office-based anesthesia to diversity and the namesake of an endowed scholarship at the University of Maryland’s School of Nursing.
The Nurse Leadership Institute at the University of Maryland School of Nursing on Tuesday announced the 2019-20 class of NLI fellows, the institute’s fifth cohort.
Margaret Hammersla, PhD, CRNP-A, assistant professor and senior director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program, has been appointed to the Maryland Health Care Commission (MHCC), while Crystal DeVance-Wilson, PhD, MBA, PHCNS-BC, assistant professor, has been appointed to the Montgomery County Commission on Health (COH).
A growing scourge is threatening modern medicine as Americans know it. Each day, hundreds of us die or are maimed by infections caused by superbugs — a.k.a. drug-resistant bacteria.
Ben Canha discusses his PhD dissertation on a critically important, and absolutely fascinating, topic: how humor can play a role in helping to treat the opioid crisis in America.
During the RSVP Volunteer Luncheon, the Baltimore County Department of Aging named University of Maryland Schools of Nursing and Physical Therapy as their Legacy Partner of the Year.
Adam and guest co-host Dr. Stephen Hooper talk with Dr. Luana Colloca—placebo expert, pain researcher and associate professor at the University of Maryland—about the real science behind tricks of the mind.
Charlotte Nwogwugwu knows all about nursing, having worked in a number of specializations and settings. She joins us by phone to talk about nursing and some of the language challenges and victories that come with the job.
“We’re one of the professions in which the demand continues to grow—by a projected 16 percent in the next five years,” says Jane M. Kirschling, dean of the UMSON. “And we also know we have to replace the nurses that retire. So the combination of the growth and the replacement of the baby boomers as they finally leave the workforce just creates this unbelievable demand for well-educated nurses.”
Fake drugs have been shown to be at least as effective as antidepressants at treating mental illness, so why does your prescription still say ‘Prozac’?
Local Baltimore students will soon be putting on an original puppet show, as part of the University of Maryland Baltimore, Police Athletic League Program.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) and the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) recently joined forces to offer a new dual admission BSN program. CCBC is the thirteenth school to create a dual-admission partnership agreement with the school.
It's important to recognize that an "I" statement does not mean that a preventive service should not be offered, but rather is an acknowledgement that there is insufficient evidence for or against a given service. "The USPSTF recognizes that there may be value in recommendations from other groups that use alternative evidence review approaches," note Dr. Adam Spanier and co-authors from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Nursing, in Baltimore.
Those who don’t know if they or their children are vaccinated should check with their health care provider, said Ann Felauer, director of the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Specialty in the University of Maryland School of Nursing. A blood test can also confirm if measles antibodies are present, which means a person has protection against the disease.
A study conducted by the University of Maryland’s School of Nursing found that 55 percent of the female nurses they surveyed were overweight or obese. Many participants cited similar reasons for weight fluctuations, including job stress and disrupted sleep and eating schedules, unhealthy snacking and inability to schedule regular exercise due to working 12-hour shifts.
"If you’ve never had the vaccines, you’re infinitely more at risk, because you don’t have the immune response,” said Professor Betsy Johnson of the Maryland School of Nursing.
Barbara Resnick, PhD, of the University of Maryland School of Nursing in Baltimore, who was not involved with the study, reiterated that the findings are not especially new but do make sense: "Caregiving is stressful even for those who are healthy, so when one has his or her own comorbidities to deal with, it becomes an even greater challenge."
“Nurse educators are life-long learners, and life-long learning helps keep minds active,” adds Professor Louise S. Jenkins, PhD, RN, FAHA, ANEF, who’s the Director of the Institute for Educators and Director of Teaching in Nursing and Health Professions Certificate at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
“The mechanism underlying nocebo tends to show different characteristics,” said Luana Colloca, a physician-scientist and an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. It’s mostly just convenient to talk about placebo and nocebo as opposites, she said, and their biological differences might explain why they have different triggers. I’m an anxious person, and if I’m always ready to ignite my anxiety, it could lead to more nocebo effects.
Barbara Resnick, professor and chair of gerontology at the University of Maryland, said the ability to get off the floor is valuable but “it’s really pretty hard for anybody” if you’re not using your hands. Failure may be because of something as simple as where you carry your weight, she said. If you have a thicker midsection, getting off the floor might be challenging. But unless body composition is a sign of other health problems, such as obesity, you’re probably not going to die of it.
Everyone who registered was given a medical screening and offered testing for HIV and the hepatitis C virus. The latter was offered by the JACQUES Initiative of the University of Maryland School of Medicine. The former was conducted by physicians and nurse practitioners from Saint Agnes Healthcare, who were assisted by Bachelor of Science in Nursing students from the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing and the Community College of Baltimore County have launched a new program that will allow nursing students to get their degrees faster and less expensively.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing and the Community College of Baltimore County campuses in Essex and Catonsville have launched an agreement of dual admission that will enable a smooth transition from CCBC’s associate degree in nursing program to a Bachelor of Science in nursing at the University of Maryland.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) and the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) campuses in both Essex and Catonsville, Maryland, have launched an agreement of dual admission that will enable a smooth transition from CCBC’s Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) program to UMSON’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program.
According to University of Maryland School of Nursing professor Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, and past president of the American Geriatrics Society, there’s a lot to gain psychologically speaking.
Resnick told Healthline that while benefits vary on an individual basis, general benefits include “an overall sense of well-being and psychologically feeling better” with less depression and more energy.
University of Maryland, Baltimore ranks No. 12 in the category of "Best Nursing Schools: Master's" and No. 6 in "Best Nursing Schools: Doctor of Nursing Practice."
Victoria L. Selby, PhD, CRNP-PMH, PMHNP-BC, CARN-AP, from the University of Maryland School of Nursing, and associates, conducted a retrospective review of youth aged 12 to 25 years admitted to a single substance use treatment center during 2014 to examine the extent of SC use as well as identify personal characteristics and risk behaviors associated with this population. Patients showing no evidence of SC screening and those who did not use either marijuana or cannabis were excluded.
Alison Trinkoff, ScD, RN, of the University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, who has written about nurse safety, believes part of the problem with chemo exposures is that nurses may be neglecting themselves by not adhering more closely to safety practices.
Utvrđeno je da se bolovi u leđima češće javljaju kod ljudi koji obavljaju kancelarijske poslove i nisu skloni aktivnom vježbanju i kretanju. "Mnogi pacijenti koji boluju od bolova u leđima imaju snažan strah od kretanja", rekla je Luana Colloca, specijalista sa "University of Maryland School of Nursing".
Two University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) faculty members have been awarded a $15,000 mini-grant from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) in support of the All of Us Research Program.
Students on the Eastern Shore hoping to get a bachelor’s degree in nursing will now have more opportunities to do so at Wor-Wic Community College. Wor-Wic now has an agreement that allows students to transfer seamlessly and have dual enrollment into the University of Maryland’s nursing program once they graduate from Wor-Wic.
A new agreement of dual admission between the University of Maryland School of Nursing and Wor-Wic Community College will allow students to progress from Wor-Wic’s nursing program, to the University of Maryland’s nursing program, where they can earn a bachelor of science degree.
People with knee osteoarthritis who walked 6,000 steps daily reported less difficulty and pain doing everyday activities such as walking up the stairs, according to a study published in Arthritis Care & Research. If that’s too painful, consider walking in a pool, which offers the same benefits with much less pressure on your joints, adds registered nurse Barbara Resnick, the Sonya Ziporkin Gershowitz Chair in Gerontology at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
Students pursuing an associate degree in nursing from Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury can now enroll simultaneously in the University of Maryland School of Nursing’s bachelor of science degree program under a dual admission agreement, the schools announced Wednesday.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing and Wor-Wic Community College have launched an agreement of dual admission to enable seamless academic progression from Wor-Wic’s Associate Degree in Nursing program to the School of Nursing's Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing and Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury have launched an agreement of dual admission that will enable seamless academic progression from Wor-Wic’s Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) program to UMSON’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program.
The state [of New Jersey] has hired Debra Bingham, founder of the Institute for Perinatal Quality Improvement at the University of Maryland, to show New Jersey hospitals how she led an effort in California that led to the 50 percent decline of maternal deaths.
Jane M. Kirschling, PhD, RN, FAAN, the dean of the University of Maryland School of Nursing, welcomed an audience of faculty, staff, students, alumni, donors and other guests who gathered at the school Dec. 6 for the Debra L. Spunt Clinical Simulation Labs 20th anniversary celebration.
Marik Moen, Ph.D, MPH, RN, an assistant professor in the University of Maryland School of Nursing, has been named the 2018-19 recipient of the Excellence in Advancing Nursing Science Award by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
Social connections are not just nice to have—they can significantly affect our health and well-being. Inspired by creative approaches abroad, communities across the United States are taking steps to reduce social isolation and increase residents’ sense of belonging. The University of Maryland School of Nursing is adapting the Saúde Crianca program for poor families with children under age 3 that live in the Upton and Mondawmin neighborhoods of West Baltimore.
Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS, associate professor, explores the role of the placebo reflex in the neurobiology of pain. It's not about the popular culture conception of placebos as pills, but rather expectations that can create an array of responses in the brain. Colloca is an associate professor in both the Department of Pain and Translation Symptom Science at the University of Maryland School of Nursing and the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, professor and the Sonya Ziporkin Gershowitz Chair in Gerontology, writes about how health care providers can help increase vaccination rates in older adults.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing and Howard Community College have signed a dual-admission agreement that will allow students to transition easier between the two schools.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) and Howard Community College (HCC) have signed an agreement of dual admission ensuring a smooth transition from HCC’s Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) program to UMSON’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program.
Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, professor and the Sonya Ziporkin Gershowitz Chair in Gerontology, talks with Time.com about the benefits of exercise in older adults.
"It doesn't go away with age, despite what the younger generation wants to think," says Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, professor and the Sonya Ziporkin Gershowitz Chair in Gerontology, about sexual desire.
Research by Erika Friedmann, PhD, associate dean for research and professor, was cited in this article on the positive impacts of spending time with animal companions.
College of Sothern Maryland (CSM) nursing students can benefit from a dual admission agreement with UMSON that grants students provisional acceptance and allows them to complete several courses online as “special status” students while enrolled in the CSM nursing program.
Rebecca Wiseman, PhD, RN, associate professor and chair of the University of Maryland School of Nursing at the Universities at Shady Grove, has been awarded a grant to establish the Maryland Nursing Workforce Center at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), according to an October 8 news release.
Cynthia Renn, PhD, MS, RN, associate professor in the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON), was recently awarded a five-year, $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Cynthia L. Renn, PhD, MS ’97, RN, associate professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON), has been awarded a five-year, $3,073, 811 grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate chronic pain in trauma patients suffering from lower-leg fractures.
Debra Bingham, DrPH, RN, FAAN, associate professor, reflects on the startling rate of California women dying from childbirth back in 2006. Bingham was tasked with helping to figure out a solution for keeping mothers alive who had just given birth.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing was mentioned in a blog article as an institution that offers a commercial pumping station for mothers who are nursing newborns.
Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS, associate professor, discusses the effectiveness of a modified form of Botox that is being tested for reducing pain. The study, which is currently being performed on mice, is examining if the painkiller could potentially be developed for humans as alternatives to more addictive drugs, such as opioids.
Studies show that approximately 10 percent of newborns require assistance breathing after birth, and one percent of infants may require more complex resuscitation efforts. In response, the University of Maryland School of Nursing is training its students using the high-fidelity model, “Super Tory,”on how to appropriately respond to a newborn in distress, according to Neonatal Resuscitation Program guidelines.
Studies show that approximately 10 percent of newborns require assistance breathing after birth, and one percent of infants may require more complex resuscitation efforts. In response, the University of Maryland School of Nursing is training its students using the high-fidelity model, “Super Tory,”on how to appropriately respond to a newborn in distress, according to Neonatal Resuscitation Program guidelines.
Studies show that approximately 10 percent of newborns require assistance breathing after birth, and one percent of infants may require more complex resuscitation efforts. In response, the University of Maryland School of Nursing is training its students using the high-fidelity model, “Super Tory,”on how to appropriately respond to a newborn in distress, according to Neonatal Resuscitation Program guidelines.
Four sets of twins were among the 409 graduates from the University of Maryland School of Nursing’s class of 2018. They discuss their journey through nursing school.
A gift of $10 million from Bill and Joanne Conway, through their Bedford Falls Foundation, will enable the University of Maryland School of Nursing to provide scholarships to nearly 350 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees and aid in addressing the state’s nursing workforce needs.
UMSON Dean Jane M. Kirschling, PhD, RN, FAAN, discusses why schools of nursing are turning away thousands of qualified applicants as they struggle to expand class size and hire more teachers for nursing programs.
Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS, associate professor, is interviewed in a PBS NewsHour segment and web story, "The placebo effect’s role in healing, explained." She discusses the effects of expectations for improvement on descending pain modulations in the brain--in other words, feeling less pain. She discusses her research into clinical applications of placebo.
Lori Edwards, DrPh, MPH, BSN '80, RN, PHCNS-BC, assistant professor and associate director for global occupational health, Office of Global Health, talks about the importance of forming partnerships with community organizations that focus on improving the lives of Baltimore residents. Edwards received the Birdland Community Hero Award, honoring people who have selflessly worked or volunteered to improve the lives of others, from the Orioles in 2016. Watch it at the -35:28 mark.
Lori Edwards, DrPh, MPH, BSN '80, RN, PHCNS-BC, assistant professor and associate director for global occupational health, Office of Global Health, discusses the importance of collaborating with community organizations that focus on improving the lives of Baltimore City residents. Edwards received the Birdland Community Hero Award, which honors people who have distinguished themselves by selflessly working or volunteering to improve the lives of others, from the Orioles in 2016.
Barbara Resnick, PhD ’96, RN, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, professor and Sonia Ziporkin Gershowitz Chair in Gerontology, addresses the most common reasons that residents move into assisted living facilities.
The aging Baby Boomer population is creating a critical need for nurses across the country. A grant, resulting from a partnership between the University of Maryland School of Nursing, the Healthcare Initiative Foundation, and WorkSource Montgomery, is helping to accelerate the pipeline of students who earn nursing degrees.
PhD student Lauren Covington, MS, RN, conducted a study in collaboration with a colleague at the University of Maryland School of Medicine about the negative health effects co-sleeping with toddlers can have on parents. The study was then referenced in an article, “Co-Sleeping with Toddlers” (pg. 20), which examines the risks and rewards of co-sleeping with toddlers.
UMSON alumna Catherine "Cassie" O'Malley, MS '15, RN, OCN, and UMSON student Thomas Young, BSN, RN, CNOR, talk about tuition assistance programs that made their dreams of advanced degrees a reality.
PhD student Lauren Covington, MS, RN, appeared on Fox 45 News to explain the results of a study on the negative health effects co-sleeping with toddlers can have on parents. The study, which she conducted in collaboration with a colleague at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, was recently published in the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.
Maxie Blasini, MS, research assistant, discusses the nocebo effect and the factors that can influence susceptibility to it during a podcast with PainMedicineNews.
Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, associate professor, discusses how a patient's expectation to experience clinical pain can actually cause them to experience it.
Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, associate professor, discusses the role that the spinal cord plays in pain modulation, and that we can have different signalling at the level of the spinal cord and brain region because of our expectations based on a drug’s price.
Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, associate professor, discusses the role the spinal cord and areas of the brain plays in switching pain on and off and the very real impact a person's perception can have on their pain levels.
Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, associate professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing, discusses a new study that suggests pricey drugs may make people more vulnerable to perceiving side effects -- and the phenomenon is not just "in their heads."
Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, associate professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing, is quoted in an article about the placebo effect’s evil twin -- the nocebo effect, which triggers pain that isn't actually present.
To provide the public with a better understanding of recent ground-breaking research on the nocebo effect, Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, associate professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing, has written a Perspectives article, “Nocebo Effects Can Make You Feel Pain,” published in the Science magazine issue released today.
Shannon Idzik, DNP ’10, MS ’03, CRNP, FAANP, associate professor and associate dean for the DNP program, discusses the importance of improved quality of care and the increased need for nurses on all levels.
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Debra Bingham, DrPH, RN, FAAN, associate professor, talks with NPR Morning Edition about her new study and the importance of teaching nurses about maternal mortality.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing’s Living History Museum was featured in the Big Ten Network’s LiveBig campaign. BTN.com seeks to tell stories of impact, inspiration and innovation from around the conference using video and written online articles.
Debra Bingham, DrPH, RN, FAAN, associate professor, contributed to a blog entry that explores the link between management of unit culture, nursing, and patient flow to maternal health outcomes.
Debra Bingham, DrPH, RN, FAAN, associate professor, discusses why expectant mothers should resist the urge to induce labor unless there is a strong medical reason.
Barbara Resnick, PhD ’96, RN, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, professor and Sonia Ziporkin Gershowitz Chair in Gerontology, and her study, "Caring for an Aging America," were highlighted in a blog entry discussing the importance of providing health care for aging Americans.
Robyn Gilden, PhD ‘10, MS ‘01, RN, assistant professor, and Pat McLaine, DrPH, MPH, RN, assistant professor and director, Community/Public Health Nursing Specialty, strongly advocate for the Keep Antibiotics Effective Act, SB 422/HB 602, in an op-ed they submitted to MarylandReporter.com.
Yolanda Ogbolu, PhD, CRNP-Neonatal, assistant professor and director, Office of Global Health, discusses the significant impact foreign-born nurses have had on improving health outcomes in the United States.
UMB alumni couple, Richard Sherman, MD, SOM '72, and Jane Sherman, PhD, SON '85, made a $1.5 million gift to the University to establish a new health care innovation center to be located in the Health Sciences and Human Services Library.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) and Cecil College in North East, Maryland, recently signed an agreement of dual admission that will ensure students’ seamless transition from Cecil’s Associate Degree in Nursing program to UMSON’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) recently received a $2 million gift from Bill and Joanne Conway’s Bedford Falls Foundation. Their donation was the third largest philanthropic gift the school has ever received and will be used to fund scholarships for UMSON students in financial need. Funding scholarships won’t be the only thing the $2 million gift will go towards. It will also assist in expanding UMSON’s Family Nurse Practitioner Program.
Barbara Resnick, PhD '96, RN, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, professor and Sonia Ziporkin Gershowitz Chair in Gerontology, University of Maryland School of Nursing, recently began a one-year term as president of the Gerontological Society of America.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing has received another gift from Bill and Joanne Conway through their Bedford Falls Foundation, this time for $2 million. This new award will provide scholarships to students in advanced degree programs.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing has received a gift of $2 million from Bill and Joanne Conway, through their Bedford Falls Foundation, that will provide scholarships to students in advanced degree programs.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing has received a gift of $2 million from Bill and Joanne Conway, through their Bedford Falls Foundation, that will provide scholarships to students in advanced degree programs. This is the second seven-figure gift the Conways have given the School.
UMSON alumna Mary Lohmann Edwards, BSN '82, RN, CCRN, penned a response to the dean's op-ed, Well Educated RNs Are Critical to Country's Future, that ran in The Baltimore Sun on Jan. 7.
Dean Jane M. Kirschling, PhD, RN, FAAN, discusses the importance of having a well-educated nursing workforce for the future of health care in an op-ed she submitted to The Baltimore Sun.
The collaborative partnership between the University of Maryland Schools of Nursing and Medicine and the University of Maryland Medical Center is discussed in an article about the Medical Center opening up a new urgent care center.
Joseph E. Pellegrini, PhD, CRNA, director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Nurse Anesthesia specialty, discusses the importance of the relationship and communication between a surgeon and anesthesia provider in an article in Medscape.
Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, associate professor, and her research were mentioned in a National Geographic Magazine article about overcoming pain through belief.
Susan L. Bindon, DNP '11, RN-BC, CNE, assistant professor, was recognized in her hometown newspaper for being awarded the 2016-17 American Association of Colleges of Nursing Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Award.
Students and faculty from the University of Maryland schools of Nursing and Pharmacy offered free vaccinations against influenza at a clinic near a State Board of Elections poll site in Montgomery County on the campus of Universities at Shady Grove.
Commenting on a study, Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, associate professor, says that predicting placebo responses would be useful in tailoring the treatment of patients with pain.
Esther McCready, DIN ’53, the first African American student to be admitted to the University of Maryland School of Nursing, discusses Donald W. Stewart, one of the first African Americans admitted to the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
The University of Maryland schools of Nursing, Pharmacy, and Social Work will work closely together on the project, bringing their faculty and students to two additional ambulatory clinics in Montgomery County to learn and provide care. The three schools already run an IPE clinic with Mercy Clinic in Montgomery County, and the grant allows them to expand their efforts to two more facilities, outpatient clinics affiliated with Holy Cross Hospital.
Carla Storr, ScD, MPH, is a co-author of the first study to investigate time trends and increases over the last decade in prescription opioid use disorder, defined as meeting the criteria for DSM (clinical) abuse and dependence and needing treatment.
School of Nursing assistant professor Marik Moen, MPH, MSN, RN, led a team of several nursing students who were working up a sweat in the bright sun as they helped to build tables, benches, bean bag toss games, and concrete foundations. The SSW also recruited volunteers from the school and the University.
CNBC's monthly "Where the Jobs Are" segment recently discussed the nationwide nursing workforce shortage. It was filmed at and prominently features UMSON Dean Jane M. Kirschling, PhD, RN, FAAN, and students.
In Baltimore, the University of Maryland School of Nursing has allowed students to graduate early and plans to spend $5.1 million on a recruitment initiative.