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Bart C. De Jonghe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Nursing and senior author of a new study published in the highly regarded Journal of Neuroscience, has advanced our understanding of how chemotherapy causes side effects. "It is our hope that this knowledge can be used to inform future research with the goal of further limiting, or even altogether preventing, common chemotherapy side effects in cancer patients,” Dr. De Jonghe explains.

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Penn Nursing Research Findings Show Nurses are Key to Kaiser Permanente Hospital Success

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University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Names Dr. Therese Richmond Associate Dean for Research and Innovation

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Professor Afaf Meleis of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing co-led a Lancet commission on women and health. Here are the findings from the commission's report.

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With demand for primary care expected to increase sharply over the next five years– due to passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), population growth and aging – the role of advanced-practice nurses or nurse practitioners (NPs) is also increasing. But a new study illustrates how federal policies influence the NP workforce and practice, and how misalignment of those policies with state mandates can affect workforce supply and patient access to care.

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University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Expert on Nutrition and Breastfeeding is Guest Editor of Special Edition of the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, Focusing on Lactation

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Nurse Scientist Therese S. Richmond Receives Claire M. Fagin Distinguished Researcher Award

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University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Announces Major General Margaret C. Wilmoth as Commencement Speaker on May 18, 3 p.m. at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia

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Penn Nursing and the Renfield Foundation Seek Nominations for $100,000 Award for Global Women's Health

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In the first study of its kind about critically ill infants, a University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing investigation shows that an insufficient number of nurses and poor work environments are associated with poorer health of infants born in hospitals that care for disproportionately many black infants.

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In the largest study of its kind, a University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) investigation shows that home health agencies providing organizational support to their nurses get better outcomes. The best outcomes for patients, including fewest hospitalizations and transfers to nursing homes, are achieved by home health agencies that provide supportive work environments, enabling nurses to focus on patient care.

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RightCare Solutions, the company co-founded by Penn Nursing professor Kathryn Bowles, was awarded 'Game Changing Healthcare Company of the Year' at the 21st Annual Enterprise Awards presented by PACT, the Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies on May 8, 2014.

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The award will help Penn Nursing predoctoral student Darina Petrovsky expand her exploration of the impact of music on language and memory in Alzheimer's patients.

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Edna Adan has been named the inaugural recipient of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Renfield Foundation Award for Global Women’s Health.

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Penn Nursing and partner Zeena Johar, creator of SughaVazhvu Healthcare, use innovation to bridge the primary healthcare gap for rural peoples in India.

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Learn about global aging and vital signs from health experts at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Enroll now in Growing Old Around the Globe and Vital Signs: Understanding What the Body is Telling Us, two free courses which commence on May 19.

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Dr. Afaf I. Meleis, PhD, DrPS(hon), FAAN, Dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Claire M. Fagin Distinguished Researcher Award. The Fagin Award will be presented on April 10, 2014 and will feature a lecture by Dr. Meleis titled “Revisiting a Career in Scholarship: On Uncovering and Empowering Voices.” This annual award is given to a University of Pennsylvania nursing faculty member or a graduate from the School's doctoral program who has made a distinguished contribution to nursing scholarship.

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Penn Nursing's Diversity Forum on March 18, 2014 convened national thought leaders to discuss best methods to accelerate diversity and equity for future nursing scholars

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Edna Adan has been named the inaugural recipient of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing’s Renfield Foundation Award for Global Women’s Health.

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Antonia Villarruel has been named dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, effective July 1. The announcement was made today by Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price.

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The Lancet reported today the results of a study in 9 European countries documenting that hospital nurse staffing and the proportion of nurses with bachelor’s education are associated with significantly fewer deaths after common surgery.

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Researchers, led by Prof. John B. Jemmott, III, Annenberg School for Communication and the Perelman School of Medicine; and Loretta Sweet Jemmott, Director of the Center for Health Equity Research at Penn Nursing,* developed an intervention involving nearly 1,200 individuals, who participated in customized and proactive education programs on condom usage and the importance of discussing safe sex in their relationships. The results of their study are being reported this week in the American Journal of Public Health (Volume 104, Issue 2).

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Edna Adan Ismail is the inaugural recipient of the Penn Nursing Renfield Foundation Award for Global Women’s Health. This award and $100,000 prize will be presented biennially to a leader or leaders in the field of global women’s health. It was established at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in 2012 by the Beatrice Renfield Foundation.

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As 10,000 baby boomers reach 65 each day, the incidence of cancer is increasing, estimated to increase by 67% between 2010 and 2030, bringing attention to the nation’s response to cancer care. Cancer is diagnosed at a higher rate, accounts for more survivors, and results in more deaths than in younger patients.

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In the largest study of its kind, researchers led by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing have investigated the caregivers of 186 mothers to childhood brain tumor survivors aged 14-40 whose care needs last long into adulthood. They based their research on a model containing factors central to nursing practice, namely the caregiver, the survivor, and the family. They discovered that a complex interaction among components of the model, the health of the caregivers, the demands experienced by the caregiver, the caregiver’s perceptions about the health of the survivor, and the family’s support interact to explain how the caregiver assesses herself in her role. The study was recently published in Health Psychology.

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While widely known for spending the most dollars per capita on health care in the world, the United States is lagging behind World Health Organization’s (WHO) Millennium Development Goals (MDG) for women’s health and child mortality, with Philadelphia, the nation’s fifth largest city losing ground.

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Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, a globally influential public health scholar, Penn Nursing professor, and a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, has been elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Glanz is an internationally known public health scholar and is currently the George A. Weiss University Professor, Professor of Epidemiology and Nursing in the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Nursing, and Director of the Center for Health Behavior Research.

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London is to host a major conference, looking at women's influence on the health of their families and communities and the role this has to play in developing strategies for improving the overall health and well-being of cities.

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In one of the few studies to provide information on eye screening of children, African American children with the greatest risk for disease of the retina as a complication of Type 1 diabetes are the least likely to have received an eye exam.

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The need for professional care of African-American children with autism can go unmet. Some of the disparity could stem from cultural differences in parental perceptions of behavior, says autism expert Margaret C. Souders, PhD, RN, assistant professor of human genetics at Penn Nursing.

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From trying on the first set of scrubs to guiding a patient toward a good death, a new book features a Penn Nursing professor and student on quintessential moments in nursing – stories that have been largely untold.

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Very low birth weight infants, those weighing less than 3.25 pounds, account for half of infant deaths in the United States each year, yet a new study released in today’s issue of JAMA-Pediatrics documents that these critically ill infants do not receive optimal nursing care, which can lead to hospital-acquired infections that double their death rate and may result in long-term developmental issues affecting the quality of their lives as adults.

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When hospitals hire more nurses with four-year degrees, patient deaths following common surgeries decrease, according to new research by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research as reported in the March issue of the prestigious policy journal Health Affairs. Less than half the nation’s nurses (45%) have baccalaureate degrees, according to the most recent data available (2008).

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Students at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing take top prizes for their healthcare technology inventions.

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In a unique photography exhibit at Penn Nursing, 40 veterans turn cameras on their experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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New research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing has found that children who regularly have breakfast on a near-daily basis had significantly higher full scale, verbal, and performance IQ test scores.

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Over the past two decades, the incidence of type 1 diabetes in very young children under age 5 has increased by 70 percent in the city of Philadelphia, according to research from a University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing researcher who currenly maintains the only US registry of diabetes in children that has collected data continuously since 1985.

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New research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing has found that Medicare patients treated in hospitals with a good work environment for nurses had up to ten percent lower odds of readmission than those treated in hospitals with a poor work environment.

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To reduce the shortage of available staff nurses, hospitals have hired temporary “travel” nurses without fully knowing the effect on patient outcomes. However, a new study has concluded hiring extra nurses may actually save lives.

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It is a known fact that active maternal smoking during pregnancy has negative effects on child health, such as attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, new research suggests that second hand smoke, or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), may be just as harmful.