Research
The Pandemic Has Made Many Seniors Less Active
A University of Michigan team surveyed about 2,000 American adults aged 50 to 80 in early 2021, asking about their activity levels.
Lockdowns during early pandemic saved lives, but not a go-to strategy moving forward
The U.S. pandemic lockdown in 2020 caused a $2.3 trillion economic downturn and split the nation politically, and now some European nations are locking down again as Omicron surges through the global population.
But do these drastic measures save lives? Are they worth massive job and income losses?
Neonatal hospitalization leaves parents feeling isolated, separated during pandemic
Emotional exhaustion, isolation and “nonsensical” visitor and other hospital policies contributed to parents of children hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units feeling less satisfied with care during the early days of COVID-19.
Vaccine mandate will likely have little impact on health care worker staffing shortage
The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing challenges to a Biden administration vaccine mandate that requires eligible employees in Medicare or Medicaid-funded facilities to get vaccinated or receive an exemption.
Prescription drug misuse later in life greatly increases risk for substance use disorder
Nearly half of people in a large U.S. study reported misusing prescription drugs between ages 18-50, which made them more likely to develop substance use disorder symptoms as adults––especially those whose misuse peaked later in life.
New learning tool: Click a button and dive under the skin of chemotherapy patients
A team of faculty from the University of Michigan Center of Academic Innovation, School of Nursing and College of Pharmacy designed an innovative way to teach nursing and pharmacy students about the intricacies of chemotherapy.
U-M School of Nursing Introduces a New Prescription Drug Safety Toolkit for Providers and the General Public
The University of Michigan School of Nursing announces the introduction of the ABCs Prescription Drug Safety Toolkit, a “must have” resource for educating patients, and the general public, about the proper use, risks, and disposal of prescription medications, especially those that can become addictive, like painkillers and tr
Making a Difference for Small-Town Care
“Just because you’re from a small town doesn’t mean you deserve less.” That mindset has motivated alumna Ashley Tupper (MSN ’14) throughout her nursing career, leading her to the U-M School of Nursing and her very own family practice in Newcastle, Wyoming.
Tupper grew up in the small farming community of Shepherd, Michigan. Her parents were health care professionals and helped Tupper acknowledge her ambitions at an early age. Throughout high school, she took night classes at Mid Michigan College in order to enter the nursing program as soon as she graduated.
U-M School of Nursing student-led hackathon awards $7,250 in financial support for innovation in health care
The inaugural Innovate 4 Change hackathon, the University of Michigan’s first hackathon hosted by nursing students, concluded on October 24 with five interdisciplinary student teams being awarded a total of $7,250 in financial support to move their innovation projects forward.
Black COVID patients: Less medical follow-up, longer return-to-work delays, more hospital readmissions
African American COVID-19 patients had the least physician follow-up and the longest delays in returning to work, a University of Michigan study found.
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