Patient Care Articles

With the number of Americans age 65 and older projected to increase by nearly 50% by 2050, UCSF School of Nursing students are heeding the call for a workforce prepared to provide high quality care to our…

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About 38 million people in the United…

Natalie Wilson, DNP, PhD, MPH, stands inside a large van decorated with bright, welcoming designs of overlapping butterflies. The van is equipped with medical equipment, and Wilson is preparing supplies to administer…

Excessive alcohol consumption accounts for an estimated $24.6 billion dollars in United States' health care costs annually. There are over 1 million emergency department visits for non-life-threatening alcohol…

While working as a nurse anesthetist at an endo-surgery clinic, Janice Cain, DNP ’23, CRNA, noticed many patients used marijuana for stress reduction on the day of their procedure.

“The clinic frequently…

Amanda Fox, DNP ’23, FNP-C, pursued a career in nursing because she wanted to help people. Never did she imagine she would one day provide that help from within the walls of the Pentagon.
 
“It’s a…

The room erupts in applause as the player rolls a strike – his second in a row. But this isn’t a bowling alley. It’s the community room of a local residential care program, and the game is video…

Connecting health care providers with experts to treat substance use disorder. Ensuring patients receive quality diabetes care. Removing barriers to mental health support.

Experts at the UCSF School of…

Nurses in India, Malaysia and Bangladesh are gaining new knowledge and skills to strengthen pediatric care through a nurse residency program - the result of a collaboration between UCSF associate professor Sandra…

From ensuring care for people with disabilities to establishing new policies that hold nursing homes more accountable, experts at the UCSF School of…