Experimenting in the brave new world of online learning, UCSF School of Nursing transforms two of its courses into MOOCs and wins fans around the world.
Can training nurse practitioner students and medical residents together as part of a patient-aligned care team improve primary care? The San Francisco VA aims to find out.
Their unique skills and perspectives can transform nursing, but men are still reluctant to join the profession. Dean David Vlahov and UCSF students join national efforts to boost men’s numbers.
With help from a federal grant, the UCSF School of Nursing PrimeRISK program is teaching family nurse practitioner students how to better serve vulnerable populations that often remind students of themselves.
To address one of the major contributing factors leading to medical errors, an interprofessional UCSF team develops a web-based curriculum to improve communication among clinicians.
In response to a documented need, UCSF School of Nursing helps create a school dedicated to the needs of native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and grounded in the latest research about nursing, teaching and learning.
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Science of Caring is an online publication from one of the nations top nursing schools, UCSF School of Nursing. We feature stories about important health care issues and themes from the perspectives of UCSF nurse experts. Our goal is to share how communities are affected by our nurses, how the profession is served, and how our students grow and become leaders in the field.