Clinical Scholars Susan Lindner and Kathleen Bell Present Doula Program Update
On Monday, Dec. 15, Kathleen Bell, RNC-OB, WHNP-BC (B.S. ’07/N; M.S. ’11/N), clinical instructor, and Susan Lindner, M.S.N., RNC-OB (B.S. ’04/N), clinical assistant professor, both in the Department of Family and Community Health Nursing, presented on the impact of their project, titled “Improving Birth Outcomes Through a Birth Companion Program: Educating Nursing Students as Doulas.” […]
Alumna Stephanie Ferguson Featured on the VCU News Center for Election to IOM
Stephanie Ferguson, Ph.D., RN, FAAN (M.S. ’87/N), international health care consultant, was recently featured in a VCU News Center story for her election to the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Ferguson is director and facilitator of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Leadership for Change Program and the ICN-Burdett Global Nursing Leadership Institute. Click here to read the full article on […]
Jeanne Salyer Wins March of Dimes Nurse of the Year
Jeanne Salyer, Ph.D., RN, FNAP, associate professor in the Department of Adult Health and Nursing Systems, was one of 21 nurses statewide recognized on Nov. 1 with a Nurse of the Year award from the Central Virginia March of Dimes. Sayler received the Educator/Researcher/Author Award. The Nurse of the Year awards ceremony is a statewide […]
Patricia Kinser Receives CCTR Endowment Fund Grant
Patricia Kinser, Ph.D., WHNP-BC, RN, assistant professor in the Department of Family & Community Health Nursing, was awarded a $50,000 grant from the CCTR Endowment Fund to support her study, titled “Social, environmental, and epigenetic mechanisms underlying postpartum depression: A pilot study.” Kinser’s study involves following women through their pregnancies and into the postpartum period […]
Alumna Mamoona Arif-Rahu’s Research Featured in MD News Article
Mamoona Arif-Rahu, RN, CCRN (Ph.D. ’10/N), clinical nurse specialist in critical care at VCU Medical Center, was featured in an MD News story on her recent study published in the American Journal of Critical Care. Arif-Rahu was the lead author of a study on how certain facial muscles may help assess pain in critically ill non-communicative patients. Both […]
Senior Nursing Student Susan Ghodrat Featured in VCU News Center Story
Senior nursing student Susan Ghodrat is featured in a story on the VCU News Center for her participation in the UROP program. The story highlights her work with Jo Robins, Ph.D., RN, ANP-BC, AHN-C, HTP, assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Health Nursing, on a study titled “Exploring the Relationships between Mindfulness […]
VCU Nursing Faculty Present at CANS Annual Conference
VCU School of Nursing faculty had more than 25 presentations at the recent Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science (CANS) annual conference in Washington, D.C. The conference examined future directions in science for optimizing health in the face of increasingly complex health needs and health systems. Sessions focused on the ways nurse scientists are […]
VCU School of Nursing Welcomes New Faculty
The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing recently welcomed several new faculty members, bringing a diverse mix of teaching, clinical and research interests that range from quality and safety in rural health care to wellness for low-income seniors. New faculty members include: Marianne Baernholdt, Ph.D., MPH, RN, FAAN, is a professor and director of the […]
Guest Speaker Hyekyun Rhee Presents on Improving Asthma Outcomes in Adolescents
Hyekyun Rhee, Ph.D., RN, PNP, associate professor of Nursing and Pediatrics at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, recently visited the VCU School of Nursing to discuss her research on improving asthma outcomes in adolescents. A guest speaker of the school’s Center for Biobehavioral Clinical Research, Rhee presented on the topic “Asthma Self-Management in […]
Candace Johnson Selected for VCU’s Research and External Funding Academy
Candace Johnson, Ph.D., RN (B.S. ’07/N; M.P.H. ’07), assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Health Nursing, has been selected to participate in a new VCU initiative designed to increase external funding opportunities for underrepresented ethnic minority faculty. The VCU Research and External Funding (REF) Academy, launched by VCU’s Division for Inclusive Excellence, […]