Future of Nursing

April 2013 • By Andrew Schwartz
National Leader to Direct Diabetes Minor
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Nurse practitioner Maureen McGrath returns to UCSF to lead new diabetes minor at UCSF School of Nursing.
April 2013 • By Martha Ross
Advancing the Global Classroom
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Experimenting in the brave new world of online learning, UCSF School of Nursing transforms two of its courses into MOOCs and wins fans around the world.
March 2013 • By Andrew Schwartz
Gazing into the Future of Advanced Practice Nursing
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Expanded access due to the Affordable Care Act and an aging population have led to worried discussions about projected provider shortages. Three national nursing leaders discuss how advanced practice nurses can help.
January 2013 • By Andrew Schwartz
Training Nurse Practitioners and Physicians for the Next Generation of Primary Care
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Can training nurse practitioner students and medical residents together as part of a patient-aligned care team improve primary care? The San Francisco VA aims to find out.
January 2013 • By Kate Darby Rauch
Are Residencies the Future of Nurse Practitioner Training?
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UCSF and UCLA schools of nursing partner with community clinics to give newly minted NPs an extra year of training.
December 2012 • By Martha Ross
Manpower
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Their unique skills and perspectives can transform nursing, but men are still reluctant to join the profession. Dean David Vlahov and UCSF students join national efforts to boost men’s numbers.
December 2012 • By Austin Nation
Time to Welcome Men into Nursing
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The nursing profession remains more than 90 percent female. The reasons include deeply ingrained, often unconscious biases against men in nursing. Those attitudes, writes doctoral student Austin Nation, need to change.
October 2012 • By Andrew Schwartz
Helping Drive Health Care’s Fast-Moving Technology Train
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Researchers at UCSF School of Nursing create innovative partnerships and interventions that use technology to extend the nurse’s human touch and deepen connections between patients and caregivers.
October 2012 • By Andrew Schwartz
Electronic Interventions Bridge Nurse-Patient Gaps
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UCSF nurse scientists OiSaeng Hong and Heather Leutwyler use interactive screens and software to reach different patient populations.
October 2012 • By Andrew Schwartz
“Joining Forces” to Assist Veterans
 and Their Families
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UCSF School of Nursing seeks to help service members, veterans and their families through its participation in the "Joining Forces" campaign.

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Retooling for the Aging America Health Care Crisis – As the United States wrestles with a dramatic increase in the number of people age 65 and older, UCSF School of Nursing responds to a national policy shift by revising its training of advanced practice nurses and collaborating with the UCSF School of Medicine’s Division of Geriatrics.
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Envisioning the Future of Global Health Nursing – As interest in global health grows rapidly among practicing and aspiring clinicians, faculty from UCSF Global Health Sciences and UCSF School of Nursing seek ways to ensure that the interest translates into real health improvements.
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Nursing in Disasters – UCSF nurse leaders consider collaboration with a first-of-its-kind Japanese doctoral program in disaster nursing.