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Category: Boston College

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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  • ‘Congenital Heart Disease, Lockdown and me: Global Perspectives of Living through a Pandemic’ June 14, 2021
    Dr Kerry Gaskin, Chairperson Congenital Cardiac Nurses Association, Head of Department Midwifery and CPD, Three Counties School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Worcester @GaskinKerry @CongenitalCNA #CCNA21 Over the last year children, young people, and adults with congenital heart disease (CHD), their families, health care professionals, organisations and charities supporting them, have faced unprecedented challenges […]
  • Professional Advocates: Investing in practitioners to achieve excellence in service delivery June 6, 2021
    By Vanessa Whatley, @whatleyvj : Deputy Chief Nurse, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Lisa Stephens ,@sagefemme2000 : Lead Midwife for  Education, University of Worcester, and Michelle Sterry, @michelleSterry2 :  Lecturer in Midwifery, University of Worcester The role of the Professional Advocate (PA) is a vehicle for deploying the four elements of the Advocating for Education […]
  • Postpartum psychosis: beyond the baby blues and postpartum depression May 23, 2021
      In this latest blog in our spotlight on maternal mental health Dr Amy Perry, Research Psychologist from the Mood Disorders Research Group, University of Worcester, provides an overview of postpartum psychosis. New mothers are vulnerable to mood disturbances within the first year of childbirth. In more severe cases, these episodes can negatively affect not only […]
  • All Storms Pass May 16, 2021
    Scott Mair describes his experiences of perinatal mental health as a father as part of our series of blogs throughout May 2021 for maternal mental health awareness month. Having had a career as an infantry soldier, going into fatherhood I thought I would be able to handle any situation and cope with it. Being ex-military, my […]
  • To the mum who needs to hear this right now and the professional ready to listen – there is always hope May 9, 2021
    As part of our series of blogs throughout May 2021 for maternal mental health awareness month, Leanne Howlett describes her experiences of perinatal mental health.   Before I had children I had a really naive understanding of mental illness and believed I was immune to it. Five years on I have learnt the hard way the […]