Langston Center to offer three-part virtual program for annual Quality Forum focusing on implementation science
The Langston Center for Innovation in Quality and Safety, in partnership with VCU Health, will hold its annual Quality Forum in a three-part virtual series kicking off Aug. 19 with the first session. The forum, titled “The Science of Implementation – Human Behavior in an Age of Contagion,” will provide an understanding of principles from implementation […]
Join us for a discussion on clinical research during COVID
Please join VCU School of Nursing faculty members Patricia Kinser, Ph.D. (B.S.’03/N; M.S.’04/N; Cert.’04/N), and Lathika Mohanraj (Ph.D.’08/M; B.S.’14/N), for an online discussion of “Clinical research during COVID” on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2-3 p.m. Kinser is studying how the health crisis has affected pregnant women and new mothers and Mohanraj is researching how it has affected stem-cell transplantation patients. […]
VCU School of Nursing studies COVID-19 related experiences in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients
A VCU School of Nursing researcher is conducting an online study, “Pandemic COVID-19 and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Patients,” which focuses on understanding COVID-19 related experiences in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) patients. Lathika Mohanraj, Ph.D., RN, BMTCN, assistant professor at the School of Nursing, is the principal investigator, and Jeanine Guidry, Ph.D., assistant professor at the […]
VCU School of Nursing names Suzanne Ameringer the Florence E. Elliott Professor
Suzanne Ameringer, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, a professor at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, has been named the Florence E. Elliott Professor. The professorship is named after its benefactor, who served as a nursing arts instructor at the St. Philip School of Nursing from 1940 to 1943. St. Philip was a nursing school for […]
R.K. Elswick serves as a guest editor for Cancer Nursing
R.K. Elswick, Ph.D., professor and biostatistician at the VCU School of Nursing, is a guest editor along with Sarah Kagan and G.J. Melendez Torres on the Evidence Synthesis Theme Issue of Cancer Nursing. For a limited time, the entire theme issue has been made available to be viewed on the Cancer Nursing website without a […]
Shelly Smith publishes op-ed on reliable internet access for telehealth
Shelly Smith, DNP, APRN-BC, director of the DNP program and associate professor at the VCU School of Nursing, along with Sarah Raskin, Ph.D., assistant professor at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government & Public Affairs, authored a column in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on the need for reliable internet access as the use of telehealth increases […]
School of Nursing receives NIH grant to study an app for pregnant and postpartum women
The School of Nursing received a $2.3 million grant from the NationalInstitutes of Health to build on use of a promising app-based approachfor preventing and reducing perinatal depressive symptoms. Patricia Kinser, Ph.D., WHNP-BC, RN, FNAP, FAAN, associate professor, is the principle investigator of the five-year project, “‘Mamma Mia’: A multisite randomized controlled trial of an […]
VCU School of Nursing appoints Amy Salisbury as associate dean of research
VCU School of Nursing has announced the appointment of Amy L. Salisbury, Ph.D., RN, PMH-CNS, BC, a leading nurse scientist and clinician, as associate dean of research, scholarship, and innovation, effective Aug. 1, 2020. Salisbury, currently an associate professor at the Alpert Medical School at Brown University and a clinical nurse specialist at Women […]
COVID-19 updates
VCU has set up a COVID-19 website to share the latest updates on how the novel coronavirus is impacting the university and VCU Health. The site will be updated throughout the day as plans and procedures are determined or changed. We encourage you to check the site regularly to stay up to date. For questions about the […]
VCU School of Nursing faculty and student receive NLN awards
Two VCU School of Nursing faculty members were recognized as recipients of the National League for Nursing Nancy Langston Research Award at the recent NLN Education Summit. Christine Wynd, Ph.D., RN, chair of the Department of Family and Community Health Nursing, is the principal investigator and Carla Nye, DNP, RN, CPNP-PC, CNE, director of the master’s […]