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Three advanced practice nursing students take advantage of UCSF Global Health Sciences to experience the unique challenges and rewards of helping a resource-challenged hospital deliver better nursing care.

Dr. Pilar Bernal de Pheils is a Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing. In addition to her teaching duties, Dr. Bernal de Pheils maintains a practice at the Mission…

Dr. Erica Monasterio is a clinical professor in the Family Health Care Nursing department at the University of California at San Francisco. In 2008, Dr. Monasterio was awarded the Teaching Award for Excellence in…

Doctoral student Nancy Dudley explores how palliative care services could help older adults with chronic illness.

When acute care nurse practitioners first entered inpatient settings in Central and Northern California, few knew what to make of them. Twenty years later, they are central to the delivery of care in hospitals throughout the region.

School of Nursing faculty and students have been recognized for their contributions to the health of their communities across a variety of fields, including cardiology, midwifery and public health.

Margaret Wallhagen, PhD, professor of gerontological nursing in the UCSF School of Nursing and a geriatric nurse practitioner, has been named chair of the Board of Trustees of the Hearing Loss Association of America…

Naomi Schapiro, RN, PhD, professor in the UCSF School of Nursing and project director of UCSF Elev8, was awarded a three-year Advanced Nursing Education Grant to fund interprofessional training of students and…

Barbara Drew, RN, PhD, recently presented her research on expanding information obtained from ECG recordings to improve clinical decision-making and patient outcomes in clinical settings at…

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.

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.

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.