Category: School of Nursing
Technology brings at-home nursing care to inner-city Baltimore
November 30, 2009
Congestive heart failure patients in Baltimore City will be using a new FDA-approved electronic health monitoring device to help manage their heart disease at home as part of a new study by the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.
Nursing Workforce Diversity grant awarded to Johns Hopkins
November 9, 2009
Of the almost 135,000 students enrolled in baccalaureate nursing programs in 2008, only 26 percent were minorities, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing hopes to change that.
School of Nursing expands, adds to teaching facilities
November 9, 2009
The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing continues its commitment to excellence in education with the addition of a new 90-seat classroom, an expanded simulation laboratory and expansion into two school properties on the East Baltimore campus.
Nursing, Dickinson College form articulation agreement
October 19, 2009
The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing has formed an articulation agreement with Dickinson College in Carlisle, Penn. In addition to obtaining a bachelor’s degree from Dickinson College, students will be able pursue baccalaureate- and graduate-level degrees in nursing at Johns Hopkins, thereby receiving two degrees from two institutions upon graduation.
School of Nursing researcher expands diabetes study among Korean-Americans
October 12, 2009
A new Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing study will test a community-based glucose control intervention program for Korean-American immigrants who have type-2 diabetes mellitus.
Webwise nurses harness new media to improve global health
October 12, 2009
The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing is harnessing the power of wireless technologies and online communities to help nurses throughout the world “connect for health.” Under the direction of Patricia A. Abbott, an associate professor in Nursing Systems and Outcomes, the school’s Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery Community of Practice, or GANM, speeds new health information and know-how to nurses around the globe—from the most urbanized, high-tech cities to the most remote villages—using low-bandwidth telecommunication technologies.
Nursing receives prestigious WHO redesignation
September 28, 2009
The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing has earned the World Health Organization’s regional Pan American Health Organization redesignation as a collaborating center for nursing information, knowledge management and sharing.
School of Nursing Cardiovascular Health Center to address vulnerable populations
August 17, 2009
A new Johns Hopkins nursing research center will work to significantly reduce cardiovascular health disparities through community engagement, scientific investigation, education and policy initiatives. Funded through a four-year $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, the Research Center for Cardiovascular Health in Vulnerable Populations is located at the School of Nursing and is directed by Miyong Kim, a professor in Nursing Systems and Outcomes.
School of Nursing signs on to GI Bill’s Yellow Ribbon Program
August 17, 2009
Veterans enrolled at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing can experience lower tuition bills as the school becomes one of 700 colleges in the new Post-9/11 GI Bill’s Yellow Ribbon Program. The initiative, which allows colleges to enter into dollar-for-dollar matching agreements with the federal government, helps to pay veterans’ educational costs above those covered by the base GI Bill benefit.
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing receives four-year grant to train faculty for Md. schools
August 3, 2009
The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing has received a $1.6 million Nurse Support Program II grant to increase the number of master’s-prepared nurses qualified to fill faculty vacancies in Maryland schools of nursing. According to a report by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, nursing schools in the United States turned away nearly […]