Scholarship Related Announcements

Certificate Program Project Accepted for Poster Presentation

Stacey O’Brien, MSN, RN-BC, recent graduate of the AHEAD certificate program, had her program project accepted for poster presentation at the 13th annual SENSES (Southeastern Nursing Staff Education Symposium) in October 2017. Congratulations!

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Stacey O'Brien

Nursing Program Manager

Member Publications Updates

Duke AHEAD member Jennie De Gagne's, PhD, DNP, RN-BC, CNE, ANEF, paper “Experience of Novice Clinical Adjunct Faculty: A Qualitative Study" was published in the Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. (Read abstract) Members Megan von Isenburg, MSLS, AHIP, Linda S. Lee, PhD, Marilyn H. Oermann, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN recently had an article about their AHEAD sponsored Writing Boot Camp published in JMLA. (Read Abstract)

Associate Dean for Library Services Named

AHEAD Steering Committee Member, and Membership subcommittee chair, Patricia Thibodeau, MLS, MBA, Associate Dean for Medical Center Library Services and Archives, will be retiring effective March 31, 2017. Throughout her career, Pat has focused on the integration of technologies into information services and resources and the teaching of information management skills to students and health professions.

AHEAD to Sponsor Selected Nursing Transformation Conference Participants

The Transforming Nursing Education conference that is sponsored by the Duke University School of Nursing’s Institute for Education Excellence, and all are invited to attend. This exciting conference is scheduled for March 30-31, 2017 and will be held in the Pearson School of Nursing building.  Register now at https://events.duke.edu/transformation-2017. Duke AHEAD is excited to sponsor two members interested in attending the conference.

DUSON Center for Nursing Discovery Granted Accreditation

The Center for Nursing Discovery’s (CND) simulation program was granted accreditation by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare.  The award will be presented at the annual IMSH conference in Orlando on Monday, January 30, 2017.  Michele Kuszajewski and Margie Molloy along with other DUSON Faculty Members will be there to accept the award. This achievement was a group effort and one that the CND Staff and CND Advisory Board are proud of.

 

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