Novel Sleep Education Learning Modules Developed for Nurse Practitioners
Sleep health is increasingly recognized as important to overall health, and sleep disturbances and disorders are clinical problems that require diagnosis and management. But when patients present with symptoms and concerns about their sleep...
23-Jun-2022 2:55 PM EDT
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Penn Nursing Launches New Online Master of Science in Nutrition Science
The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) is launching a new, online Master of Science in Nutrition Science (MSNS) program. The 10-course interdisciplinary program has been in the works for the past 25 years. The MSNS will...
14-Jun-2022 10:50 AM EDT
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Study Finds Nicotine-Sired Male Offspring at Risk of Addiction Behavior and Memory Impairments
Parental smoking is a significant risk factor for developing smoking behavior and nicotine dependence in offspring. These findings suggest that parental nicotine exposure may promote addiction-like behaviors in subsequent generations. Given the...
8-Jun-2022 2:40 PM EDT
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EVENT ADVISORY/REQUEST FOR COVERAGE Caregiving NOW: An initiative to address the caregiving crisis in the United States
Join Penn Nursing for a year-long webinar series exploring innovative solutions to the caregiving crisis in the United States. This webinar series is the first step of a two-year plan to uncover promising innovations for testing.
7-Jun-2022 4:05 PM EDT
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Lead As a Social Determinant of Child and Adolescent Physiological Stress and Behavior
Lead is an environmental neurotoxicant that causes neurocognitive deficits and cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. It also disproportionately affects socially disadvantaged communities. The association between lead exposure and children’s IQ...
11-Apr-2022 2:05 PM EDT
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Increasing Access to Breastfeeding Services for Incarcerated Women
Of the more than 200,000 women in U.S. federal and state prisons and jails, it is estimated that up to 10% are pregnant and will give birth while incarcerated. Clinical practice guidelines to support breastfeeding and increase infants’ access to...
18-Mar-2022 11:05 AM EDT
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Join Penn Nursing and Elevate Theatre Company for an Evening of FREE Virtual Plays About the Trials of Frontline Healthcare Workers
The Frontline Health Workers Digital Theater Project uses the viewpoints of those working in the Penn Medicine health system (transport, nurses, doctors, etc.) as inspiration for virtual theatrical performances created by playwrights from Elevate...
17-Mar-2022 3:20 PM EDT
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Penn Nursing Researchers Co-Edit Special Journal Issue About Social Determinants of Health
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) faculty J. Margo Brooks Carthon, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Adriana Perez, PhD, ANP-BC, FAAN, are guest editors of the April 2022 special edition of the journal Research in Nursing & Health. The...
17-Mar-2022 3:05 PM EDT
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Nursing Science, Evidence, and Policy Recommendations for Creating a Culture of Health in Home Care
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Surviving Survival
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...
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