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Category: Boston College

Innovative Leadership and the Public Health Nursing Workforce of the Future

March 8, 2022

Rear Admiral Aisha K. Mix Chief Nurse Officer, U.S. Public Health ServiceTuesday, March 29, 2022, 5 p.m.Presentation in-person and online via ZoomLearn…

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Age-Friendly Health Systems and the Role of Nursing Leadership

May 12, 2021

Terry Fulmer, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, president of The John A. Hartford Foundation, will discuss how health systems can provide evidence-based…

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The power of three

April 4, 2019

First-year nursing students Alexa, Jaclyn, and Kylie Russell are believed to be the first Boston College triplets to study in…

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Nursing Association Names UMass Boston Alumna Its 2019 Distinguished Research Lecturer

November 6, 2018

Office of Communications | November 06, 2018 Patricia A. Hickey earned a PhD in health policy from UMass Boston’s College of…

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A conversation with Professor Ann Burgess and John Douglas

October 3, 2018

Monday, September 17 4:30 p.m. Boston College, Robsham Theater In the late 1970s, Boston College Professor of Nursing Ann Burgess,…

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First BS-PhD Nursing Program Grad to Be Inducted into American Academy of Nursing

September 26, 2018

Office of Communications | September 26, 2018 Julie Lynch ’12, the first person to graduate from UMass Boston’s Accelerated BS-to-PhD Nursing…

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$3.3M NIH grant for CSON Dean Susan Gennaro

June 5, 2018

Connell School of Nursing Dean and Professor Susan Gennaro has been awarded a $3.3 million grant, from the National Institutes…

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At CSON, leadership is part of the curriculum

February 26, 2018

The Connell School of Nursing has earned a reputation for developing leaders. The five high-achieving alumni profiled here credit opportunities…

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  • The importance of retaining professional identity within multidisciplinary advanced clinical practice May 22, 2022
    This week’s Blog is written by Emma Innes (@emmainnes3), Senior Lecturer in Advanced Clinical Practice and Matthew Harris (@mattdh86), Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology and Medicines Optimisation at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Midwifery and CPD at the University of Worcester (@UW_AdvPractice). Nurses continue to be the largest professional group embarking on the […]
  • Is a lack of knowledge about Long-COVID a reason to dodge people’s needs? May 15, 2022
    Worldwide, the introduction of vaccines has led many governments to downgrade the severity and risks of COVID-19, but their enthusiasm to clutch at a ‘return to normal’ agenda has led them to neglect a serious health and economic concern – the impact of, and risks linked to Long-COVID. Long-COVID is a multi-system condition associated with […]
  • A cancer diagnosis during covid-19. A nurse’s insider perspective May 8, 2022
    In this week’s Blog, Dr Rebecca Garcia (@bexlostinbooks) interviews Miguel Garcia a Registered Nurse (Adult).  Dr Rebecca Garcia also compiled the blog. This brief account is the insider perspective of my journey as a nurse who was diagnosed with advanced cancer in mid-February 2020. This coincided with the beginning of the global pandemic of coronavirus. […]
  • Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss – Is it time to challenge definitions of hearing recovery? May 1, 2022
    This week’s blog comes from Rebecca Collingwood (MSc, Adv Dip, BSc, NMP), Advanced Clinical Practitioner ENT Head and Neck Surgery at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (@BCol81090) and Dr Clare Whitfield (PhD RGN PGCE FHEA), University of Hull (@CWhitHealthcare). Sudden sensorineural hearing loss affects an estimated 5 per 100,000 people annually (1) and usually […]
  • Digital Matrons leading the way with Digital technologies April 24, 2022
    This week’s blog comes from Nikki McNulty and Candice McGrane, Digital Matrons at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW). Nikki is a senior Midwife, of 15 years and was a Specialist Digital Midwife before her promotion. She was always keen to be involved in patient safety and innovation projects for improvements within the […]