School of nursing news
Alum's Endowed Scholarship Helps Michigan Nurses Effect Change
Nov 09, 2021Since 2005, the Denise Shough Jacob Endowed Scholarship has provided financial support for first-generation students from Detroit, opening new doors for a diverse group of Michigan Nurses and empowering a push for more equitable health care in underserved communities.
The full-ride scholarship was established by alumna Denise Jacob (BSN ’77, Ph.D. ’97) and her husband, Jamie, to make a world-class nursing education more accessible for students who graduated from Detroit Public Schools. “Nursing is such a great career path, and I believe the U-M School of Nursing provides a stellar... Read more
Q&A with Dean Hurn
Nov 09, 2021Julia Cooney (JC): Since you became dean of the U-M School of Nursing, you have made innovation one of the primary focuses for the School. What outlets are there for students and faculty to develop more as innovators?
Dean Patricia Hurn (PH): I want innovation to become part of nursing’s identity, but that’s not something that you just snap your fingers and it happens. The first step in making that happen is creating an environment at the U-M School of Nursing where everyone can see that innovation is valued. At a student level, we’ve created extracurricular activities like our Student... Read more
U-M researcher awarded $1.85 million grant from National Institute on Drug Abuse
Nov 09, 2021U-M School of Nursing Associate Professor Terri Voepel-Lewis, Ph.D. RN was awarded a $1.85 million grant by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to support a research project aimed at explaining how complex symptoms and other influences (family and environment) contribute to risky self-treatment behaviors. The study titled, “The symptom associated pathway to substance use and misuse during adolescence”, will also evaluate the potential impact of interventions meant to protect against risky behavior.
FDA awards $1.487 million grant to U-M School of Nursing professor studying stimulant use disorder trajectories
Nov 09, 2021U-M School of Nursing Professor and Director, Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health (DASH) Sean Esteban McCabe, Ph.D., was awarded a $1,487,081 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. McCabe’s project titled, “A Mosaic Approach for Understanding Stimulant Use, Misuse and Use Disorder Trajectories”, will examine individuals who are prescribed stimulants for ADHD nationally to determine who is at greatest risk for transitioning to later illicit stimulant misuse (e.g., cocaine, methamphetamine), other drug misuse, and stimulant/other drug use disorders.... Read more
How to Save a Life
Nov 09, 2021During a meeting of the U-M Student Nurses Association her first semester on campus, Zick joined the bone marrow donor registry through Be The Match, the National Marrow Donor Program. “It can't hurt to sign up,” Zick thought. “They sent a cheek swab to my dorm, I sent it back and then didn’t think much about it.”
Finding a match is essential for thousands of blood cancer patients, but in many cases it’s unlikely. Only one in every 430 prospective donors on the registry has a chance of matching with someone in need. “Every three minutes, someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer in... Read more
Making a Difference for Small-Town Care
Nov 09, 2021“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.
“I didn’t have... Read more
Nursing center eyes reusing simulated learning materials
Nov 04, 2021As various units work to advance the University of Michigan’s commitment to carbon neutrality, the School of Nursing’s Clinical Learning Center (CLC) is leading a new approach to waste reduction that it hopes may expand within and beyond the nursing field.
Proponents see the effort as environmentally sustainable, financially responsible, and scalable for adaptation elsewhere.
At the center, students hone their skills in a simulated environment, designed to replicate real health care scenarios. And because it is a simulated space, as opposed to one for critical care,... Read more
Donors cast votes to award financial support for use of more augmented reality in nursing education
Nov 04, 2021The University of Michigan School of Nursing’s We Dare Challenge saw 62 donors contribute $5,460 during the month of October to support faculty-led projects. On Nov. 1, donors took part in a livestream event to learn more about the three faculty groups vying to receive those funds and vote on a winner. At the conclusion of the event, donors cast votes electronically and selected the project led by Clinical Professor Dana Tschannen, Clinical Assistant Professor Deb Lee and Clinical Assistant Professor Melissa Batish titled, “Augmented Reality for Nursing Education”.
“We want to thank... Read more
U-M School of Nursing student-led hackathon awards $7,250 in financial support for innovation in health care
Oct 26, 2021The 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. The five project teams that were awarded financial support by a panel of judges with backgrounds in innovation were:
Vaccine Passport – Johnson & Johnson Physical and Psychological Safety of Nurses AwardMother Nurture – Johnson & Johnson Health Equity AwardThe OctiPulse Regulator – Sigma Theta Tau, Rho... Read more
Recognizing LEO Contributions to Nursing
Oct 12, 2021LEO lecturers play an important role in advancing the U-M School of Nursing's mission to improve health for all by educating and developing the next generation of nurses. Join us in recognizing our outstanding LEO members and their contributions to nursing education.
Jeri Antilla, Ph.D., MSN-Ed., RNC-OBAlexis Arment, DNP, FNP-BCGabrielle Artymovich, MS, FNP-BC, CVNP-BCBess Bertolis, MSN, CPNPWendy Binguit, MSN, BSN, RNPatricia A Buslawski, MSN, RNEmily Chapin, DNP, FNP-BC, RNJeremy Curtis, MS-RN, NEA-BC, APN-BCMichele DeLaney, RN, MSN, CWCNChelsea DeLuca, MSN, RN, FNP-... Read more
