School of nursing news
Professors Jody Lori and Carol Boyd to Evaluate Maternity Waiting Homes in Liberia
Jul 07, 2011Project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development to Africare hopes to reduce maternal mortality.
School of Nursing professors Jody Lori and Carol Boyd will soon embark on a trip to Liberia to help explore effective methods of reducing maternal mortality through maternity waiting homes. Several of these homes are under construction, and the goal is, through their improved accessibility to rural parts of the country, to have more mothers give birth with the aid of a professional nurse or nurse-midwife. Lori and Boyd will collect data on the efficacy of this... Read more
Students Return from Ghana with Wealth of Community Health Knowledge
Jul 06, 2011Thirteen Michigan students spent two weeks working in clinics, meeting with health officials, and discovering the culture.
After spending two weeks immersed in community health in Ghana, Professor Norma Sarkar and the thirteen Michigan students she accompanied on the trip have returned safely and with a new perspective.
Throughout the trip, the students had the opportunity to visit clinics, nursing and midwifery training schools, the Tamale teaching hospital, and an elementary school. They also met with representatives of global health organizations including UNICEF and... Read more
Graduate Student Receives Prestigious APNA Scholarship
Jul 01, 2011The School of Nursing congratulates post-baccalaureate PhD student Amanda Krohn on being selected to receive a 2011 American Psychiatric Nurses’ Association (APNA) Janssen Student Scholarship. The award recognizes outstanding graduate and undergraduate nursing students who have expressed a passion for psychiatric mental health nursing and who have demonstrated exceptional academic achievement and clinical performance. The scholarship program serves as an effort to help foster the professional development of these students within the psychiatric nursing field.
Krohn was one of only... Read more
School of Nursing Mourns Passing of Accomplished Nursing Educator and Scholar Lois W. Gage
Jun 29, 2011Michigan Pioneer and nursing leader developed primary care program and co-chaired the Academic Women's Caucus.
The School of Nursing was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Lois W. Gage, Professor Emeritus of Nursing from May 31, 1991 until her death on June 28, 2011. Dr. Gage was a pioneer for women and in nursing practice, and made innumerable contributions to the Michigan academic nursing community.
A native of Massachusetts, Professor Gage completed a diploma in nursing at St. Elizabeth’s School of Nursing in Brighton, Massachusetts in 1943. She received her B... Read more
School of Nursing Drs. Kalisch, Tschannen, and Friese published in American Journal of Medical Quality
Jun 23, 2011Study explores the extent and types of nursing care that are missed in hospital settings.
An article co-authored by Drs. Bea Kalisch, Dana Tschannen, and Christopher Friese of the School of Nursing, along with Dr. Hyunhwa Lee of the National Institute of Nursing Research for the NIH, has been published online on the website of the American Journal of Medical Quality, and will be published in a forthcoming print issue of the journal as well. The article, titled "Hospital Variation in Missed Nursing Care," explores the reasons for missed care across different hospitals. The hope is... Read more
Dr. Luther Christman, Nursing Pioneer, Passes Away at 96
Jun 16, 2011He devoted his career to promoting the importance of nursing and ensuring that nurses gain both the education and the respect they deserve.
The University of Michigan School of Nursing was saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Luther Christman, a pioneer in the field of nursing who advocated for higher salaries for nursing, sought racial equality in the nursing field, and became the first male dean of a School of Nursing. Dr. Christman was a research associate and associate professor in psychiatric nursing at the University of Michigan from 1963 to 1967. His contributions to... Read more
Dr. Redman Describes the Story of INDEN, a Growing International Nursing Organization
Jun 14, 2011What started as a series of informal meetings has become a fully-fledged organization supporting new fellowships, awards, and initiatives.
What began as an informal biennial meeting of minds in the community of doctoral nursing education has blossomed into the International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing (INDEN). Finishing up his term as President of INDEN is the University of Michigan School of Nursing’s Dr. Richard Redman, who is stepping down from the position of Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs to return to teaching in the classroom.
Dr. Redman described the... Read more
Students Experience Nursing Through Work in Ghana
Jun 13, 2011Follow their blog to see how they are helping the people of Ghana and how their experiences affect their own global perspectives.
Thirteen nursing students, predominantly from the University of Michigan, have endeavored on a summer trip to Ghana, promoting health initiatives and experiencing the nursing profession through work in a less developed country. Leading them along the way are two University of Michigan faculty members: Norma Sarkar, a School of Nursing lecturer, and Kofi Gyan, program manager for all of the University’s health initiatives in Ghana. The trip is part of... Read more
Dean Potempa Speaks at Event to Recognize the Journey of Women
Jun 09, 2011"U-M Women Leaders Making a Difference: Stories to Inspire your Path" features many powerful women in the University of Michigan community.
On June 8th, “U-M Women Leaders Making a Difference: Stories to Inspire Your Path” took center stage at the University of Michigan’s Power Center. It was a morning full of compelling stories of women who followed all different trajectories to eventually find themselves in powerful positions at the University. The event played out through a series of interviews, with powerful women taking the positions of both interviewer and interviewee. Among... Read more
Masters Student Vanessa Hoyos Selected for Fellowship Award from U-M International Institute
Jun 09, 2011Award provides funds for students to pursue interests in international affairs.
The University of Michigan International Institute has just recently announced that it has awarded almost $170,000 through its Individual Fellowship program, divided among 47 University students. Among those students is School of Nursing Masters student Vanessa Hoyos, who was awarded a fellowship to do work in Chile examining the determinants of adolescent obesity. The fellowship awards are merit-based and very competitive.
