School of nursing news
January Headlines: UMSN Presentations, Publications, and Research
Jan 10, 2013From a summit with President Bill Clinton to the United Nations, we’re leading the way in nursing science. UMSN Assistant Professor AkkeNeel Talsma Ph.D., RN, was a panelist at the mid-January Patient Safety Science & Technology Summit in California with keynote speaker President Bill Clinton. The summit focuses on innovations to transform the process of care. Dr. Talsma’s panel was on the concept of “failure to rescue,” focusing on when a patient dies because of a complication that was not recognized or treated appropriately. UMSN Associate Professor Patricia Abbott... Read more
UMSN Technology Connects Michigan and Haiti
Jan 03, 2013A pilot program allows community health nursing students to videoconference with global peers.
“Let’s start with a weather report,” said UMSN lecturer Norma J. Sarkar, MPH, RN, at the beginning of a videoconferencing session with 8 University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN) students on campus in Ann Arbor and 14 Faculty of Nursing Science of the Episcopal University of Haiti (FSIL) students in Léogâne, Haiti. “It’s only 40 degrees here, but nice. It’s good videoconferencing weather.”
“It’s 80 here,” responded FSIL’s Dean Hilda Alcindor, BA, RN, with a laugh. The... Read more
Dr. McCullagh’s Research on Hearing Loss, in “Modern Materials Handling” Magazine
Dec 17, 2012The majority of factory workers have suffered damaged to their hearing, but many don’t even recognize it.
“Even workers who are served by a workplace hearing conservation program and receive annual hearing testing may be unaware of their actual hearing ability,” Marjorie C. McCullagh, PhD, RN, APHN-BC, COHN-S, explained in the December 2012 issue of Modern Materials Handling. “Most of the damage happens in the first 10 years of exposure. And, often people don’t realize that it’s happening until they have suffered a fair amount of damage.” Dr. McCullagh, an associate... Read moreCognitive Problems May Be Present Before Chemotherapy in Women with Breast Cancer
Dec 07, 2012The research of UMSN's Dr. Bernadine Cimprich was written about in Time, USA Today, and numerous other media outlets.
Women undergoing chemotherapy who experience cognitive problems, commonly referred to as “chemo brain,” displayed alterations in neurocognitive responses prior to undergoing treatment, according to research presented at the 2012 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 4-8.
Bernadine Cimprich, Ph.D., R.N., associate professor emerita at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, and colleagues found that pretreatment... Read more
Review Paper Finds Unexpected Barriers to Snuffing Out Smoking among Cancer Patients
Nov 28, 2012Researcher Sonia Duffy, PhD, RN, identifies opportunity for nurses to make a difference in smoking cessation.
Dr. Sonia Duffy says she was surprised by some of her findings in a recent review paper, "Why Do Cancer Patients Smoke and What Can Providers Do About It," which appears in the journal Community Oncology. She was lead researcher for the paper-- the first to examine reasons why smoking, which is frequently the cause of cancer, wasn’t being addressed during treatment of the cancer.
It’s a sensitive topic that is getting a lot of attention. Dr. Duffy tells... Read more
UMSN Faculty Nominated by Student for Global Leadership Award
Nov 26, 2012Lecturer Norma Sarkar, MPH, RN, was honored at Council on Global Engagement Reception.
University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN) senior Angela Wan nominated UMSN lecturer Norma Sarkar for a University of Michigan leadership award after an inspiring trip to Ghana as part of Nursing 421 Perspectives in Global Health. Wan also nominated Kofi Gyan, U-M Program Manager of the International Family Planning Fellowship Program, who helped lead the trip.
“I nominated Norma because she was a great example of interacting with cross-cultural health professionals in a... Read more
Blending High Tech with High Touch: UMSN Strengthens Leadership Role with Health Informatics
Nov 20, 2012University of Michigan School of Nursing Associate Professor Patricia Abbott, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, is featured in 'The American Nurse' for her role in nursing innovation.
Dr. Patricia Abbott shifted her career focus more than 20 years ago after being confronted with information technology that was ineffective in her nursing practice. She recognized the importance of heavy user involvement in the design of technology meant to support people in their jobs and normal lives.
“I did not want someone else to invent the systems that my colleagues and my patients would have to use,”... Read more
UMSN Associate Dean Named Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow at Australian Catholic University
Nov 20, 2012The research partnership will focus on heart failure and cognitive impairment.
Susan J. Pressler, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, will embark on a two-week fellowship to Australian Catholic University (ACU) next year. The appointment is with the National Centre for Clinical Outcomes Research (NaCCOR) Faculty of Health Sciences.
Dr. Pressler’s visit to the Melbourne campus will contain a full schedule of research presentations, workshops, a video-conference, and work on several research publications. In addition, she’ll attend events with students to provide insight into... Read more
Proposed Law to Let Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Work Under Own Licenses (with video)
Nov 18, 2012Michigan physician shortage would be mitigated by legislation for nurses.
Release updated Nov. 21, 2012 ANN ARBOR—Reports indicate that Michigan faces a physician shortage much larger than the national average, and it will grow as millions of Americans qualify for insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Yet Michigan law prevents the medical professionals who could best mitigate this shortage from doing so, because it prohibits advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) from using the full scope of their training and education to treat patients. "Current... Read more
Celebrating the "Many Faces of Advanced Practice Registered Nursing"
Nov 15, 2012Photo-story exhibit at UMHS brings life and form to evidence-based, compassionate care.
If you were asked to find a visual way to thank and enhance public appreciation for a group of hard-working people, you wouldn’t likely come up with a better solution than the portrait-based storyboards now on display in the Gifts of Art Gallery in the main corridor of the second floor of University of Michigan Hospital. The exhibit, entitled “Many Faces of Advanced Practice Registered Nursing,” brings to life the voices of many APRNs working within the University of Michigan Health... Read more
