News & Podcasts

July 11, 2014

By Martha Ross

Science of Caring

Immigrant mothers – driven by poverty to leave their children behind and come to the US to provide their families with better lives – wrestle with the mental health challenges their choices engender. Rosa Maria Sternberg’s work brings their struggles to light and helps the mothers and health care providers address the challenges.

Seventeen-year-old Eli Cooper gets a cooking lesson from his mother, Jennifer (photo by Elisabeth Fall).

July 2, 2014

Improving Partnerships to Make Family-Centered Care Work for Children with Special Health Care Needs

By Diana Austin

Science of Caring

Fragmented systems and services affect the quality of care for children with complex, chronic health needs. Overcoming the fragmentation requires partnerships among families, providers and various support organizations.

Ruth Malone delivers the 2014 Helen Nahm Research Lecture (photo by Elisabeth Fall).

July 2, 2014

Reframing the Tobacco Story

By Andrew Schwartz

Science of Caring

For over a century, the tobacco industry's narrative about cigarettes has been a major contributor to more than 100 million deaths worldwide. In the 34th annual Helen Nahm Research Lecture, UCSF’s Ruth Malone described how she and her tobacco control colleagues are reshaping that narrative.

Helen Nahm, dean of UCSF School of Nursing from 1958 to 1969

July 2, 2014

Seeking Helen Nahm: Visionary Established Nursing as Its Own Unique Discipline

By Andrew Schwartz

Science of Caring

Former UCSF School of Nursing dean was at the forefront of a revolution that transformed nursing forever and still resonates today.

Ruth Malone Delivers Helen Nahm Research Lecture

Dr. Malone, Professor and Chair in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, has earned a national and international reputation for her expertise in health policy and its interaction with ethics and practice…

NINR Director Patricia Grady Delivers Commencement Address

An internationally recognized researcher, Dr. Grady's scientific focus has primarily been in stroke, with emphasis on arterial stenosis and cerebral ischemia. She was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 1999 and…

Interdisciplinary team members in the intensive care nursery. From left to right: pediatric pharmacist Sarah Scarpace Lucas, School of Nursing faculty member Linda Franck, neonatologist Thomas Shimotake, clinical nurse specialist Linda Lefrak, nurse Robin Bisgaard, research assistant Fiona Ng and pediatric pharmacy resident Sylvia Stoffella (photos by Elisabeth Fall).

June 14, 2014

Optimizing Pain Management While Preventing Opiate Withdrawal in Postoperative Newborns

By Andrew Schwartz

Science of Caring

For too long, infant pain went unrecognized and untreated. That’s changed, but with improved pain management, a new set of clinical challenges has emerged. An interdisciplinary team from UCSF is tackling those challenges.

Picture of overlapping handprints made in colorful paint.

June 14, 2014

The Mouse That Roared: Doctoral Program in Sociology Continues to Make Its Mark

By Andrew Schwartz

Science of Caring

Since its early days under renowned sociologist Anselm Strauss, the pioneering PhD program in sociology at UCSF School of Nursing has been asking critical questions about – and making essential contributions to – health and health care.

FHCN Faculty Celebration

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…

Nicole Sata (second from left) and Darcy Stanley (fourth from left) open a training session for prospective doulas (photos by Elisabeth Fall).

June 1, 2014

UCSF Students and Faculty Offer Doula Services to Transform Lives of Incarcerated Women

By Martha Ross

Science of Caring

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

Nancy Bardacke leads a mindfulness-based childbirth class (photos by Elisabeth Fall).

June 1, 2014

Spreading the Well-Being of a Mindful Childbirth

By Kate Darby Rauch

Science of Caring

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

Nurse-midwife Laurie Jurkiewicz talks with a new mother (photos by Elisabeth Fall).

June 1, 2014

Laurie Jurkiewicz: A Passion for Midwifery and Women’s Health

By Laurie Jurkiewicz

Science of Caring

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.