The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded $1.4 million dollars to the School of Nursing’s Community Health Systems (CHS) to develop and implement substance abuse and mental…
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September 1, 2015
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School of Nursing faculty join in new national efforts to employ harm reduction methods to prevent and treat substance abuse disorders.
September 1, 2015
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When she joined the UC San Francisco School of Nursing late last year, Stella Aguinaga Bialous brought an impressive résumé as a tobacco researcher, policy expert and nursing scholar.
Aug. 12, 2015
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Researchers and graduates from the Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing program at UC San Francisco School of Nursing are demonstrating the power of an often-misunderstood specialty to have a dramatic impact on population health.
August 12, 2015
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Professor Emerita Barbara Resnik founded the School’s Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing program and has seen it grow into one of the finest of its kind in the nation.
Marylin J. Dodd, PhD, RN, FAAN, emeritus professor in the Department of Physiological Nursing, has been designated a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing—the Academy’s highest honor.
The Academy…
Aug. 1, 2015
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Residency program gives pre-licensure MEPN students invaluable early experience while deepening UC San Francisco’s working relationship with the Veterans Health Administration.
August 1, 2015
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A UC San Francisco alumna and retired faculty member continues her career-long effort to champion transcultural nursing.
July 21, 2015
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Suzanne Bakken (PhD, ’89) has been a leader in using informatics to improve care and reduce health disparities. Her current work wrestles with how to use technological trends – from big data to mobile technology – to further improve the health of the underserved.
July 1, 2015
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UC San Francisco School of Nursing is forging clinical partnerships to train a new generation of primary care providers to work in patient-centered, interprofessional teams.
July 1, 2015
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UC San Francisco School of Nursing alumnus Joe Niemczura has spent many summers and most of 2015 in Nepal, teaching advanced cardiac life support skills to nurses and medical students. When the April earthquake shook the country, the Nepali students he trained were prepared to help.
June 22, 2015
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Certified nurse-midwife Tekoa King has spent a career collaborating with midwives and physician colleagues to bring evidence-based birth practices to students, clinicians and patients.