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To help prevent tobacco addiction in another generation of Americans, doctoral candidate Susan Forsyth says we need to examine the relationship between playing video games and young people’s smoking and other risk-taking behaviors.

Pediatric nurse and School of Nursing clinical instructor Ebony Parker helps nursing students translate classroom knowledge into real-world skills to care for sick children.

Three alumnae of the UC San Francisco School of Nursing have created a comprehensive online reference tool for pediatric nurse practitioner students that has attracted thousands of visitors since its October launch.

Can more independent practice for nurse practitioners help address the primary care shortage? UC Health believes it can.

Two news stories on this research effort from Julene Johnson of the UCSF Institute for Health & Aging (IHA).

(a) San Francisco Chronicle reporter Meredith May's story at SFGate.com:

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Story by Dan Fost

UCSF's Millberry Union gym took on the look of a political convention on Monday afternoon, with 500 first-year students packing the floor beneath signs indicating all 50 states. Rather…

Led by Barbara Drew, a research team from UC San Francisco School of Nursing partners with both UCSF Medical Center and GE Healthcare to confront one of the most dangerous unintended consequences of technological progress: alarm fatigue in hospitals.

A renowned pioneer in electrocardiography, David Mortara, funds the School of Nursing’s first distinguished professorship.

Biomedical engineer Xiao Hu’s arrival at UC San Francisco School of Nursing brings timely expertise for the School’s efforts at addressing alarm fatigue and other clinical concerns.

School of Nursing faculty receive national recognition and grants for work aimed at improving the health and well-being of some of the country’s most vulnerable populations.

Kimberlee Honda, director of San Francisco General Hospital’s Pediatric Asthma Clinic, brings a community health outlook to caring for some of the city’s most vulnerable children.

UCSF Proudly Announces the
2013-14 Presidential Chair

Wylie Burke, MD, PhD

Professor and Chair
Department of…