School of nursing news
UMSN students carry out hands-on research on trauma-informed care
Jul 27, 2017University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN) students are working on a unique research project: analyzing how trauma-informed care is taught at the School of Nursing in clinical and didactic settings.
One of the projects under the research initiative CASCAID which aims to comprehensively address trauma-informed care in nursing, the task is interviewing faculty about how students are prepared to handle trauma in clinic and in the classroom, and for ideas on how to better prepare them. Their goal is to create tools to incorporate trauma-informed care in nursing education.
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After traveling the world for Doctors Without Borders DNP student returns to where it all began
Jul 20, 2017Kelly Grimshaw’s return to Ann Arbor was a homecoming after years of adventure, hard work and health care service in nearly a dozen African and Asian countries.
She was born in the former St. Joseph’s hospital that is now partially home to the University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN). When she was five years old, her parents, who are both U-M alumni, moved the family from Ann Arbor to New York.
Grimshaw stayed in the Northeast to earn her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Connecticut. She decided it was time to continue the U-M family tradition by earning her... Read more
Summer 2017 staff newsletter
Jul 10, 2017Movement afoot in School of Nursing spaces
UMSN is in the process of completing phase one of its space planning and implementation, bringing changes for some faculty and staff offices.
Several moves are happening in July and August, as UMSN continues to create the most effective use of space in both of its buildings. Two of the driving forces behind these moves are creating an environment that fosters more collaboration between faculty and staff who work together, as well as encouraging more movement between the two buildings. Stay tuned for more details about these and other... Read more
Faculty and alumni selected as 2017 AAN Fellows, honored as Living Legend
Jun 30, 2017The American Academy of Nursing recently announced its 2017 class of Academy Fellows. Of the 173 distinguished nurses selected, two are faculty at the University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN) and two are UMSN alumnae.
Fellows are selected based on their significant contributions to nursing and health care, and in particular how their career has influenced health care policies. The inductees will be honored at a ceremony during the Academy’s annual policy conference to be held on October 5-7, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
Stephen Strobbe, Ph.D., RN, PMHCNS-BC, CARN-AP, FIAAN is a... Read more
What's in a name? Nurse, veteran, farmer: student's unique experiences help guide him along the journey to a DNP degree
Jun 27, 2017Nursing students may wake up early and work long hours, but not many of them start and end their day by taking care of a herd of dairy goats, a handful of ducks, some chicken, and a couple of horses.
Michael Cochenour, doctorate of nursing practice (DNP) student who expects to defend in December 2017, does all that and more. On five acres in South Lyon, Michigan, he and his family are in the process of starting a micro-dairy with the goal of selling goat milk, cheeses, yogurt, and ice cream in local stores.
Cochenour also works full-time at the John D. Dingell VA Medical... Read more
Collaborative learning across continents
Jun 16, 2017Every summer, the midwifery program holds a suturing workshop for students who will begin attending births through their clinical course in the fall. This summer, the workshop was joined by a handful of special guests.
Two students joined from Academie Verloskunde Maastricht (AVM), a midwifery academy in the Netherlands. They are part of an exchange program with UMSN, spending four weeks during the summer on a clinical rotation at Michigan Medicine. In return, each winter, two UMSN students spend four weeks at AVM.
Four midwifery program directors from... Read more
Faculty Impact: Pumping new life in patients and the future of nursing
Jun 16, 2017Sometimes just one clinical experience as a student is powerful enough to set the course for a career. That’s what happened to Jesus (Jessie) Casida, PhD, RN, APN-C, at a cardiology unit during his junior year of nursing school.
“I became absolutely fascinated with cardiovascular physiology,” said Casida. “I wanted to know all I could about heart function, heart failure, electrocardiograms, all of it.”
Just like that, Casida had found the focus area to which he would dedicate his career, first as a nurse in cardiac surgery critical care and now as an assistant professor at the... Read more
Improving practice one chart at a time: DNP student's perspective bringing technology and nursing together
Jun 07, 2017Fadi Islim, clinical nursing informatics analyst at Michigan Medicine and current doctorate in nursing practice (DNP) student at University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN), never intended to immigrate to the United States.
Originally from Jordan and trained as a nurse, in 2005 he had accepted a contract to work in Ireland and was getting ready to move there. With a month between accepting the contract and starting work, his brother, who was living in Dearborn, MI, suggested he come for a visit.
“I was 100% sure I would not get a visa. No one gets a visa [to come to... Read more
UMSN receives grant to increase study abroad opportunities
Jun 06, 2017The University of Michigan School of Nursing is a recipient of a 2017 Capacity Building Grant for U.S. Undergraduate Study Abroad from the U.S. Department of State and Partners of the Americas. Each of the 11 winning institutions will be awarded up to $42,000 to increase and diversify participation in study abroad.
Capacity Building Grants ensure that U.S. institutions are able to: 1) provide students with opportunities to gain global knowledge and skills through a study abroad opportunity; 2) increase the overall number and diversity of student participation in study abroad; 3)... Read more
My beginnings: Joseph Morris, Ph.D., CNS, GNP
Jun 05, 2017This story was first published in Nursing Matters, Summer 2017.
Joseph Morris, Ph.D., CNS, GNP (BSN ’97, MSN ’02) is a true Michigan man. He excelled at the University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN) at a time when there were very few men enrolled and even fewer African-American men. Still, he forged close connections with his colleagues and mentors, and he found, in nursing, an ever-inspiring profession.
Personal callingNursing is personal for Morris, whose family was forever impacted by an avoidable mistake within the health care system.
“My mother suffered... Read more
