News & Podcasts

Catherine (Kit) Chesla delivers the 33rd Helen Nahm Research Lecture

July 19, 2013

Managing Chronic Illness in Ethnically Diverse Families

By Diana Austin

Science of Caring

UCSF’s Catherine (Kit) Chesla delivered the 33rd Helen Nahm Research Lecture, highlighting findings from her research into families, ethnicity and chronic illness.

Comforting Your Baby In Intensive Care by Professor Linda Franck: Now Available Free-of-Charge

Now Available New Multimedia Edition

free-of-charge (iBook* and pdf formats**)

A booklet written for parents to help them learn about infant pain and the important role parents can play, in partnership…

Nurse practitioner Elizabeth Colglazier leads a transport team for UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital (photo by Elisabeth Fall).

July 2, 2013

NPs Fill “Critical” Gaps in Health Care Delivery

By Andrew Schwartz

Science of Caring

In the health care reform era, acute care NPs at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital forge new roles in pediatric intensive care and transport.

Nursing doctoral student Rich Fidler observes an internal medicine resident practicing in the San Francisco VA Medical Center's Simulation Center (photos by Elisabeth Fall).

July 2, 2013

Improving Cardiac Care with the Science of Human Use

By Kate Darby Rauch

Science of Caring

Rich Fidler’s rigorous testing of hospital cardiac equipment is attracting the attention of federal agencies and cardiac equipment manufacturers from around the world.

Person sits at desk, looking at computer screen.

July 2, 2013

Preparing Health Care’s New Leaders

By Martha Ross

Science of Caring

The UC San Francisco School of Nursing collaborates across its health sciences campus to launch an innovative online master’s degree program in health care leadership.

Elizabeth Marlow stands next to a sign for the The Gamble Institute.

July 2, 2013

Straight Time

By Martha Ross

Science of Caring

Alumna Elizabeth Marlow collaborates with parolees to mentor other ex-offenders for educational success.

Matt Tierney and his NP colleague, Jadine M. Cehand

July 2, 2013

What Volunteer Clinical Faculty Do: Matt Tierney and Psychiatric Nursing

By Matt Tierney

Science of Caring

Psychiatric nurse practitioner Matt Tierney brings a lifelong love of learning to his role as a volunteer clinical faculty member.

Tekoa King (center) with her husband, William Fawley, and former ACNM President Holly Powell Kennedy. (photo by Robert Levy).

July 2, 2013

Tekoa King Receives American College of Nurse-Midwives’ Highest Honor

By Diana Austin

Science of Caring

The UCSF School of Nursing’s Tekoa King has received the Hattie Hemschemeyer Award from the American College of Nurse-Midwives.

FAANs for 2013 include Five UCSF School of Nursing Faculty Members

The American Academy of Nursing of Nursing (AANNET.ORG) has selected 172 nurse leaders for induction as Fellows in 2013. Ten of these leaders are from California, and five are faculty members at UCSF School of…

In Science of Caring: Healthy Aging, Climate Change

Nursing and Climate Change In response to a speech by California Governor Jerry Brown, Dean David Vlahov of UCSF School of Nursing speaks to the role of nurses and the nursing profession in combating climate…

UCSF's Dr. Audrey Lyndon Awarded National Association's Highest Honor

UCSF Faculty Member Receives the 2013 Distinguished Professional Service Award

The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN, www.awhonn.org) today presented its highest honor, the…

UCSF School of Nursing Professor Awarded National Association's Highest Honor

We are pleased to announce that the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) has presented its highest honor, the Distinguished Professional Service Award, to Audrey Lyndon,…