Patricia (Pat) Ruth Underwood, Professor of Clinical Nursing (Emerita) of the UC San Francisco (UCSF), died in Cape Coral, Florida on June 24, 2016 after a long illness. Pat received her BSN degree from the…
News & Podcasts
Summer 2016: Recent Leadership and Staff Updates for the School
Community Health Systems
Department Chair Carmen Portillo—Carmen will be on sabbatical beginning September. She returns to the Department of…
Article courtesy of the UCSF Program for Interprofessional Practice and Education (PIPE)
The Pharmacy-Nursing-Social Work teamwork exercise took place in Kanbar Center during Winter Quarter 2016. This innovative…
The UC San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing welcomes the appointment of Howard Pinderhughes as Interim Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS). As part of the SBS tradition, there is…
July 1, 2016
Science of Caring
Medical anthropologist Sharon Kaufman looks at how we experience and make decisions about aging and end-of-life care.
July 1, 2016
Science of Caring
Policy experts help point to better ways for delivering care to patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia.
July 1, 2016
Science of Caring
Nonprescribing nurses have largely been invisible in the discussion about the effects of industry marketing to clinicians. A new study makes the case for more scrutiny.
Two faculty from the UC San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing received awards at this week’s Academy Health Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues (AHIRGNI) Conference.
Ulrike Muench, RN, PhD,…
The School of Nursing is excited to announce that Healthcare Management Degree Guide has ranked UC San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing one of the top programs in Clinical Nurse Leadership and Nursing…
A recent study published in Annals of Internal Medicine highlights that prescribing naloxone decreases the use of emergency room in patients taking opioids for pain. Glenn-Milo Santos, PhD, MPH, assistant professor…
The UC San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing welcomes the appointment of Janine Cataldo as Chair of the Department of Physiological Nursing (PN), effective July 1, 2016.
Janine completed her PhD at New York…
The School of Nursing is excited to announce that DorAnne Donesky, RN, PhD, NP, is the recipient of an educational change award for 2016 from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation. DorAnne is the first-ever Macy Faculty…