Patient Care
The use of telehealth, sharing medical information and communicating electronically, has increased dramatically in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, UCSF School of Nursing students are answering the call to provide vital care to vulnerable communities affected by the coronavirus. From caring for those experiencing homelessness to testing thousands for COVID-19 in densely populated urban areas, the School’s students are helping to halt the spread of COVID-19.
Whether working at UCSF sites across the Bay Area or serving the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in New York, UCSF School of Nursing alumnae are playing critical roles amid the coronavirus pandemic.
In 2019, Science of Caring explored critical nursing issues in practice, research, and policy.
UCSF Nursing students are applying their skills and knowledge to assist those in need, including some nearly half a world away.
UCSF School of Nursing faculty member Carolina Noya pioneers a version of shared medical appointments for patients with diabetes. Its initial successes are drawing interest from rural communities in California and in Mexico.
California has a significant shortage of primary care providers. Nurse practitioners can help plug the gap, but they must first overcome some significant hurdles.
Inspired by what she heard at the 2016 Thelma Shobe Endowed Lectureships in Ethics and Spirituality at UC San Francisco School of Nursing, a pediatric intensivist writes of how bioethics can help clinicians of all kinds cope with the moral distress associated with having to make high-stakes decisions with and for their patients.
Alarm safety is a significant problem with no easy solutions. UCSF Medical Center and UCSF San Francisco School of Nursing are approaching it as a team effort.
UCSF’s Office of Population Health and Accountable Care is leading a series of experiments to help UCSF Health adapt to a period of truly disruptive health care change.
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