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Blood-Siegfried, Docherty, Rankin, Wooden Present at 2012 Fifth National DNP Conference

September 23, 2012

At the 2012 Fifth National Doctors of Nursing Practice Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, September 19-21, Audra Rankin, DNP '12, and Associate Professor Jane Blood-Siegfried presented a session entitled "Implementation of Childhood Obesity Identification and Prevention Strategies in Primary Care," and Steven Wooden, DNP'11, and Associate Professor Sharron Docherty presented a session entitled "Exploration of Specialty Certification for Nurse Anesthetists: Nonsurgical Pain Management as a Test Case."

Aselage Presents at 2012 State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research

September 23, 2012

Assistant Professor Melissa Aselage presented a poster entitled "Ethical Considerations for Informed Consent of Persons with Dementia" on September 14 at the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science 2012 State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research in Washington, D.C.

Bettger Publishes in Annals of Internal Medicine

September 23, 2012

Assistant Professor Janet Bettger published an article entitled "Transitional Care After Hospitalization for Acute Stroke or Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review" in Annals of Internal Medicine. Article

Holt Receives 2012 Norma L. Harris Award for Excellence in Nursing Practice

September 23, 2012

Jo Ellen Holt, ABSN'08, MSN'10, received the 2012 Norma L. Harris Award for Excellence in Nursing Practice, one of the highest honors a Duke Nurse can receive.

Schneider Receives 2012 Award for Excellence from Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

September 16, 2012

The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing Alumni Association presented Associate Professor Susan Schneider with the 2012 Award for Excellence at the Case Western Reserve University Nursing Alumni Luncheon on September 29.

Trotter Presents at 2012 Breast Cancer Symposium

September 16, 2012

Assistant Professor Kathryn Trotter gave a poster presentation entitled "Evaluation of a Breast Cancer Survivorship Clinic That Uses a Group Medical Appointment Model: Patient Program Evaluation and Financial Analysis" at the 2012 Breast Cancer Symposium in San Francisco, California, September 13-15.

Bettger Guest Editor for Social Network and Elder Health Issue of Family and Community Health

September 16, 2012

Assistant Professor Janet Bettger was the Guest Editor for the September/October themed issue on "Social Networks and Elder Health" for the journal Family and Community Health. In this issue she published an editorial entitled "The social environment supporting elder health: An exploration of social ties" and co-authored an article entitled “Exploring the use of social network analysis to measure social integration among older adults in assisted living."

Valiga Earns CNE Credential

September 16, 2012

Professor Terry Valiga has been credentialed as a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE). For academic nurse educators, the CNE credential establishes nursing education as a specialty area of practice and demonstrates their expertise in this role.

Adams Presents at 2012 State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research

September 16, 2012

PhD student Judith Adams gave a podium presentation entitled "Finding Your Way Through End-of-Life Challenges in the ICU: Adaptive Strategies That Work with Families" at the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science 2012 State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research in Washington, D.C., September 13-15. She co-authored the abstract with Ruth Anderson, Virginia Stone Professor of Nursing, and Chip Bailey, associate professor.

Barroso First Nurse to Serve on Board of Trustees for International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

September 16, 2012

Julie Barroso, PhD, ANP, APRN, BC, FAAN, professor at Duke University School of Nursing, has been selected as the first nurse to serve on the Board of Trustees of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC).