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Faculty Health Care Nursing Faculty members Sally Rankin, Diana Taylor, Susan Kools, Ellen Scarr and Sandy Staveski were honored at a Faculty Celebration in the School of Nursing.  More photos from the event can be…

By providing doula birth services and training in Bay Area jails, UCSF students and faculty aim to transform individuals and communities.

Combining the practice of mindfulness-based meditation with childbirth is Nancy Bardacke’s life work.

As a San Francisco General Hospital nurse-midwife and assistant clinical professor, Laurie Jurkiewicz cares for women and mentors students in a wide variety of settings.

UCSF’s Linda Franck’s multimedia booklet enhances the tools she has created to help parents comfort their infants in the NICU.

Diabetes is among the world’s most prevalent chronic diseases. Four advanced practice nursing students are receiving unique, intensive clinical training to help battle this epidemic.

Even as she helps clients in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, Esker-D Ligon helps nurse practitioner students gain hands-on experience delivering mental health services.

Mental health patients often struggle to maintain their physical health. A new, HRSA-funded initiative strives to create a national model that can help ensure these individuals get all of the care they need.

Adult nurse practitioner JoAnne Saxe has incorporated the concept of forgiveness into her professional practice in a way that has had an enormous impact on both her patients and her personal job satisfaction.

Are NP scope-of-practice laws and billing practices a stumbling block to meeting California’s growing mental health needs?

School of Nursing faculty, students and alumni garner national recognition for their work in a wide variety of fields, including pediatrics, geriatrics and health policy.

Dear Faculty and Staff,

I am pleased to announce that Dr. Shari Dworkin has been appointed to the position of Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the UCSF School of Nursing…