News & Podcasts

Victoria Flores (left) with her academic advisor, Soo-Jeong Lee (video and still by Elisabeth Fall)
Dec. 4, 2017
Choosing a Topic for Doctoral Research
By Victoria Flores
Science of Caring
Second-year PhD student Victoria Flores speaks about navigating the challenge of defining her research topic.
Dr. Sandra Weiss
Interim Dean Sandra Weiss announces Chair appointment
Dr. Carol Dawson-Rose will become the official Chair of the Department of Community Health Systems (CHS) in the School of Nursing. As most of you know, Carol has been Interim Chair of CHS during this last year. The search committee and those who provided input to the search process indicated their strong support for her continuation in the role of Chair.
Remy Paille (left) and Laurensia Widyastami (photo by Elisabeth Fall)
Sept. 14, 2017
Geriatric Surgical Health Coaching Teaches the Value of Team-Based Care
By Remy Paille and Laurensia Widyastami
Science of Caring
Two graduates of the UCSF School of Nursing Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program found that serving as geriatric surgical health coaches during their master’s degree program was an outstanding learning experience.
MEPN class
Recruiting for new MEPN faculty—adult medical-surgical-geriatrics
The School is recruiting for faculty to teach medical-surgical-geriatric nursing curriculum, and to be content expert in this academic year.The faculty members are to be appointed in the Assistant/Associate Health Sciences Clinical Professor series, and join the Department of Physiological Nursing as colleagues in all academic roles expected of that series.
Barbara Koenig (photos by Elisabeth Fall)
Sept. 4, 2017
Making Sense of California’s End of Life Option Act
By Andrew Schwartz
Science of Caring
Passage and implementation of California’s End of Life Option Act has raised difficult questions for patients, families, clinicians, health systems and others. UCSF’s Barbara Koenig heads a project aiming to define the most critical challenges and describe how people and systems are best addressing them.
UCSF School of Nursing master’s degree student Jenny Mendez Butler volunteered this summer at the Adolescent Wellness Camp in Mancos, Colorado.
Sept. 4, 2017
Navajo Area IHS Camp Delivers Powerful Learning
By Jenny Mendez Butler
Science of Caring
A master’s degree student from the UCSF School of Nursing Diabetes Minor has a transformative experience as a counselor at a Navajo Area Indian Health Service camp for kids.