The School of Nursing Alumni Association (NAA) is pleased to announce the selection of Patricia L. McFarland RN (’84), MS (’85), FAAN, as the 2017 recipient of the Jane Norbeck Distinguished Alumni Award. McFarland…
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GeriatricNursing.org ranks the Dean's Blog of the Science of Caring as one of the top sources of nursing education.
A leading online resource for providing information on nursing schools and programs that…
April 7, 2017
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A collaboration between the UCSF School of Nursing and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco to validate an assessment tool may help nurses better predict which children are at risk for falling while in the hospital.
April 7, 2017
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Students, alumni and faculty of the UC San Francisco School of Nursing are changing the face of health care with innovative educational, research and clinical projects.
Following a successful presentation to the commission of the Song-Brown CA Health Workforce of the School’s Certified Nurse-Midwife/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (CNM/WHNP) program and "RN Special Programs"…
March 3, 2017
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Researcher Annesa Flentje is examining how stress in LGBT people and other sexual minorities affects gene expression and health.
March 3, 2017
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Students, alumni and faculty of the UC San Francisco School of Nursing are changing the face of health care with innovative educational, research and clinical projects.
Dorothy Pechman Rice, professor emerita of health economics at the UC San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing, passed away on February 25, 2017. A pioneer in medical economics and health statistics and an inspiration…
In the February 2017 edition of The Gerontologist, The Gerontological Society of America published an article based on a study led by Elena Portacolone, MPH, MBA, PhD, assistant professor at the Institute for Health…
Feb. 16, 2017
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Nurse scientist Elena Flowers gets her genome profiled in the dawning era of accessible, affordable precision medicine.
Feb. 6, 2017
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As hospitals scramble to fully integrate palliative care into how they operate, an interprofessional program equips working professionals with the core skills of the field.
February 6, 2017
Science of Caring
Students, alumni and faculty of the UC San Francisco School of Nursing are changing the face of health care with innovative educational, research and clinical projects.