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Jan 15, 2020Where would you go to pursue your passion?
BSN student Hayley Flores grew up hearing stories of the dedicated NICU nurses who provided lifesaving care to her brother when he was born prematurely. She came to the University of Michigan from Santa Clarita, California, to pursue the dream of becoming a NICU nurse herself.
“I’ve always looked up to nurses, and understanding the impact they’ve had on my family made me want to become one,” Flores said.
Flores also draws inspiration from her father. Raised in poverty by a single mother, he became an educator and has... Read more
Student spotlight: Understanding the business of health care to create change from within
May 10, 2019Nursing students are known to have some of the busiest schedules, but University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN) Honors Student Kathryn Parkhurst isn’t letting that deter her from taking on extra challenges to benefit her future career and patients. She’s following an uncommon academic path by pursuing a minor in business administration.
“My plan is to work a few years at the bedside to get direct patient care experience and then go towards policy or administration,” said Parkhurst. “We need more nurse leaders, especially people who know what nurses do in daily practice,... Read more
2019 Research Day: Driving nursing innovation to the forefront
Apr 11, 2019“Nurses are in closest proximity to the problems patients face and are well positioned to deliver and implement solutions,” said Nancy P. Hanrahan, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, as she kicked off the Brouse Lecture at University of Michigan School of Nursing’s Research Day: Innovation at the interface of knowledge development and equitable care. Research Day is a celebrated annual event now in its ninth year.
Hanrahan, executive director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, focused on the largely untapped potential of nurses to disrupt the health care... Read more
UMSN Lifetime Achievement Award honors Jo Anne Horsley posthumously
Jul 20, 2018By Suzanne Feetham, Ph.D., RN, FAAN (BSN 1962)
The contributions of Jo Anne Horsley, Ph.D., RN, FAAN (1940-2018) to the nursing profession and excellence in the practice and science of nursing are exceptional. Horsley was a three-time Michigan graduate, receiving her BSN in 1962, MS in 1968, and her Ph.D. in Education in 1971.
She was a prescient leader for quality and safety years before the Institute of Medicine’s 1999 report To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System. Her most highly recognized contribution is the Conduct and Utilization of Research in Nursing (... Read more
Research Day 2018: The Science of Nursing Education
Apr 09, 2018More than 200 students, faculty and researchers came together for the University of Michigan School of Nursing's eighth annual Research Day. The event celebrates the wide range of nursing research, from big data to health promotion, but this year it was nursing education that was the primary focus.
The event kicked off with the annual Suzanne H. Brouse lecture. Marilyn H. Oermann, Ph.D., RN, ANEF, FAAN, Duke University School of Nursing, delivered her presentation -titled, “A Program of Research in Nursing Education: Building Evidence for Teaching.”
Research presentations and a... Read more
UMSN Ph.D. candidate receives funding to research yoga for bone marrow transplant patients
Sep 26, 2017Mohamad Baydoun, a University of Michigan doctoral candidate, recently won a $5,000 research award from the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Foundation. ONS will fund Baydoun’s dissertation research on “Yoga for persistent fatigue in the survivors of bone marrow transplantation (BMT).”
Baydoun has six years of experience as an oncology nurse in a bone marrow transplantation unit. His research addresses fatigue after BMT, a problem that limits activities and causes distress.
Baydoun’s study explores the feasibility of a yoga program to address fatigue. Because yoga is easy to... Read more
Dean’s Research Day 2017: The science of addictions: From risks to recovery
Apr 10, 2017“I am knocked away by the poster session; I don’t think I’ve ever seen one with that kind of vigor,” said University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN) Dean Patricia Hurn, Ph.D., RN, as she greeted the crowd of approximately 200 guests, faculty, staff and students gathered for UMSN’s annual Dean’s Research Day. Eight months into her role as dean, this was the first Dean’s Research Day for Hurn.
The event celebrates nursing research and provides a forum for faculty, students and collaborators to present their work. While the theme focused on addictions, opioids and substance... Read more
Million-Dollar Gift to University of Michigan School of Nursing Motivated by Family History and Desire to Improve Maternal Care
Aug 04, 2016She didn’t know it at the time, of course, but her own birth would inspire Eleanore (Maitland) Higginson’s career path and an incredible gift to the University of Michigan.
“I was a twin but my brother was stillborn, and my mother barely survived herself because of the terrible care she received,” says Ellie. “As I grew older, I couldn’t help but wonder what kind of difference better care could have made. The outcome could have been entirely different.”
Ellie says she learned early on how lives can be impacted by support from various sources, from family to universities. “No... Read more
50 Years of Impact: Two Alums Share Their Stories for Milestone Reunion
Oct 01, 2015Graduates of the University of Michigan School of Nursing are making an impact in their own communities and around the world.
From a BSN to Botswana “I always knew that I wanted to travel to developing countries and find opportunities to help other people’s lives improve,” says Sara Rothschild, a member of the University of Michigan School of Nursing’s Class of 1965. After graduation Rothschild considered joining the Peace Corps but felt it wasn’t the right time or fit. She pursued a career in public health nursing and teaching, “But I always had that thought in the back... Read more
