Dear UR Nursing community,
As I reflect on the end of the semester and an exciting 2023, I would like to express my gratitude for the passion and hard work shown across the School of Nursing community.
This year brought several milestones, such as our 10-year Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education accreditation, the successful launch of the UR Nursing Scholars Program, the promise of new discoveries by our nurse scientists through recent grant funding, and the continued impact of our wellness and clinical initiatives throughout the Rochester community. None of our progress would be possible without our dedicated and talented faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends. I hope you each take pride in your achievements this year.
Last Wednesday, we celebrated our newest accelerated bachelor's and RN-to-BS graduates at the Fall 2023 pinning ceremony. Seeing graduates receive their pins from individuals who have supported them throughout their nursing journey was a heartwarming reminder of what the holiday season is all about. As we focus on spending time with our family and friends over the winter holidays, I hope you each find moments of gratitude and joy in the company of loved ones.
I wish every one of you a happy, peaceful holiday season and a bright New Year ahead!
Lisa Kitko, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN
Dean, University of Rochester School of Nursing
Independence Chair of Nursing Education
Vice President, University of Rochester Medical Center
Professor of Nursing and Geriatric Medicine
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Renu Singh, Wellness Advocate and Financial Leader, to Retire from Associate Dean Role
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Renu Singh, MS, senior associate dean of finance and operations, will retire from her role at the end of December after more than 20 years of leadership at the School of Nursing. Singh will remain at the School as chief executive officer of UR Medicine Employee Wellness. Read more.
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UR Nursing's Abu-Ba'are Leads $2.3M Study on Improving HIV Prevention, Care in Ghana
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Assistant Professor of Nursing and Public Health Gamji Rabiu Abu-Ba’are, PhD, MA, has earned a $2.3 million National Institutes of Nursing Research grant to implement and test a unique, multilevel intervention program that addresses stigma and discrimination related to HIV, sexual orientation, and gender expression, and seeks to improve health outcomes among those who are most disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic in Ghana. Read more.
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Researchers Recognized by American Heart Association
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Professor of Nursing Mary Carey, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, co-authored the American Heart Association's 2023 Research Article of the Year, "An annotated ventricular tachycardia (VT) alarm database: Toward a uniform standard for optimizing automated VT identification in hospitalized patients." PhD candidate Sunita Pokhrel Bhattarai, MS, RN, earned an early career research travel grant. Read more.
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Lunch & Learn 2024
On Thursday, Jan. 25, join the School of Nursing's Lunch & Learn, where Assistant Professor Sukardi Suba, PhD, RN, will share his findings of the clinical significance of arrhythmia alarms generated from continuous ECG monitoring in adult ICU patients — and their impact on nurses’ alarm fatigue. Special bistro lunches are included, and the first 25 registrants will receive an "I Heart SON" water bottle. Register today.
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Sinko, L., Ghazal. L.V., Fauer, A., Wheldon, C.W. (2023). It takes more than rainbows: supporting sexual and gender minority patients with trauma-informed cancer care. Cancer.
Wang, J., Shen, J.Y., Yu, F., Nathan, K., Caprio, T.V., Conwell, Y., Moskow, M.S., Brasch, J.D., Simmons, S.F., Mixon, A.S., Norton, S.A. (2023). Challenges in Deprescribing Among Older Adults in Post-Acute Care Transitions to Home. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.
Dzikowicz, D.J. (2023). A Scoping Review of Varying Mobile Electrocardiographic Devices. Biological Research For Nursing.
These studies are selected from a larger collection of recent research publications.
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