Former nurse and renowned bioethics scholar Barbara Koenig returns to her training ground of UCSF to help the campus become a leader in researching the impact of scientific advances on health and medicine.
Doctoral student Jennifer Baird’s research seeks ways to deliver more effective palliative care to families with children who suffer from life-limiting or life-threatening illness.
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.
Hoarding is a public health problem that disproportionately affects older adults. UCSF’s Monika Eckfield is helping to increase awareness, understanding and treatment.
Nurse practitioner student Helen Smith wants service members and veterans who have been victims of sexual assault to receive sensitive treatment from caregivers and suggests ways to prevent future assaults.
It’s taken nearly half a century, but palliative and end-of-life care are finally beginning to establish a significant foothold in the US healthcare system. In an era of “death panel” fears, what’s next for palliative care clinicians, researchers and educators?
Director Patricia Grady of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) discusses the future of palliative and end-of-life care, as well as the role that nurses and the NINR play in shaping that future.
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.
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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.