Updated: Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 9:27pm
Florence Wald NUR ’41 GRD ’56 devoted her life to death. Even until her own passing this month at the age of 91, Wald worked tirelessly to make the process of dying dignified and comfortable for countless terminally ill patients. In fact, the former dean of the School of Nursing died while receiving the kind of end-of-life care she herself introduced to the American...
The Yale School of Nursing has received a $3.9 million grant — the largest in the school’s history — from the National Institutes of Health to conduct a study assessing nurses’ electrocardiogram monitoring skills. Nursing School professor Marjorie Funk and her co-investigator, University of California–San Francisco School of Nursing professor Barbara Drew, will...
Groundbreaking research by Yale School of Nursing Dean Margaret Grey and her colleagues was recently honored as being among the top ten most influential nursing studies in the 22-year history of the National Institute of Nursing Research, according to “Changing Practice, Changing Lives: 10 Landmark Nursing Research Studies,” a publication issued by the NINR last...
When Dorothy Cannon NUR ’47 was a young cadet nurse during World War II, she gained experience the hard way — by caring for wounded soldiers. But these days, nursing students practice their skills on a different kind of patient: a robot affectionately nicknamed “Harry.” “Harry,” a patient robot that can blink, cry and simulate convulsions, is one of many...
The Yale School of Nursing announced over the weekend that it has received a multi-million-dollar grant from a local nonprofit to provide increased financial aid for nursing students. The Helene Fuld Health Trust Fund of New York has pledged to provide $2 million in need- and merit-based scholarships and an additional $500,000 to support the startup of the school’s new...
AIDS in Africa, medical challenges in Latin America and women’s health issues in the Caribbean are on the lips and minds of Yalies as they participate in the University’s first Global Health Week. The multidisciplinary effort aims to bring a greater awareness of the world’s health issues to Yale students and faculty. The week’s events range from a dance contest...
Those of us who were at Yale last fall no doubt remember having our worst fears about New Haven seemingly confirmed: Before the first week of classes was over, a student was shot in the hand during a robbery and another group of students was mugged at gunpoint just off campus. These were only the first in a rash of crimes that prompted an unprecedented expansion of...
Three days after a pair of shootings killed two people within yards of the Yale School of Nursing, members of the surrounding community have reacted with shock and frustration. New Haven Police Department spokeswoman Bonnie Winchester said NHPD detectives are currently in the process of investigating Sunday’s shootings, which killed New Haven residents Carlos Ortiz...
The Yale School of Nursing’s new doctorate program debuted on Tuesday, offering students a chance to become part of the next generation of nursing school faculty. The program, first unveiled in June when the school received approval from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will enroll about four students each year. Part of the Nursing School’s broader efforts to...
Black mortarboards got a fashionable upgrade at Yale's 305th Commencement ceremony on Monday as the graduates added an assortment of personal touches to their traditionally plain caps. Graduates of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies wore garlands of plants and flowers atop their graduation robes, while Nursing School students added paper...
In 1973, when Margaret Grey NUR '76 went to a happy hour at the Graduate and Professional Student Center at Yale, she found more than just drinks -- she found her eventual husband, Michael Lauterbach GRD '77. Thirty-two years later, Grey -- now the dean of the School of Nursing -- is still at Yale, having forged still further ties. Slightly more than two months...
