Rutgers professor Bart Krekelberg is named 1 of 20 US Pew Scholars for 2007
... Recent...Award winning book co-edited by Rutgers College of Nursing Dean updated with new information
... Written for a wide range of health professionals, particularly nurses, this second edition, p...FNSNA awards $25,000 grant to Rutgers College of Nursing
... The grant is aimed at providing undergraduate nursing students with additional supervised time in the evening and during the weekend to use the College of Nursing Learning Resource Centers on the Newark and New Brunswick campuses and to receive tutoring, when needed, for ident...Rutgers presents Susman award to College of Nursing faculty member Marlene Rankin
... ... "Marlene is an outstanding teacher and it was an honor to nominate her for this award," said Felissa R. Lashley, dean and...Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member co-edits book for teens with special needs
... Promoting Health Care Transitions for Adolescents with Special Health Care Needs and Disabilities, co-edited by Wendy M. Nehring, associate dean for academic affairs at the College of Nursing at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and Cecily L. Betz, director of nurse training and director of research, University of Southern Ca...2 Rutgers College of Nursing professors study patients with prostate cancer
... The $162,000 study, funded by National Institutes of Health, will develop, for the first time, self-care behaviors that may be used by men undergoing prostate cancer treatment. The two-year study will be conducted by Lucille Sanzero Eller, associate professor, and Elise Lev, associate professor, at the College of Nursing at Rutgers, Th...Rutgers College of Nursing professor to test exercise program for older individuals with CKD
... "Physical functioning is a major problem for individuals with chronic kidney disease and has a devastating impact on older adults with this condition...Rutgers College of Nursing professor to examine Latinas' attitudes towards exercise
... The first study will examine the attitudes and beliefs of young Latinas with regard to physical activity using a focus group-type methodology known as "culture circles." The second study will use this information to develop and test a pilot physical activity intervention for Latinas, accordin...Pfizer to fund doctoral study fellowships, seminars in biostatistics at Rutgers
... ... The student, Andr...Rutgers College of Nursing to host Preparing for Natural Disasters Forum November 3
... "Recent events such as the Tsunami in I...Rutgers College of Nursing professor to be inducted into RAAA Hall of Fame
... ... <p...Two Rutgers nursing professors to explore nursing work environment
... ... A survey will be sent out to 2,000 ANNA member registered nurses practicing in dialysis centers across the United States in September. The study will be conducted by Linda Flynn assistant professor...Rutgers College of Nursing professor elected Academy of Emergency Nursing Fellow
... ... The Academy of Emergency Nursing was established by the ENA to honor nurses who have made enduring and substantial contributions to emergency nursing, who advance th...Rutgers-Newark researcher discovers new motor protein mechanism linked to heart disease and strokes
Cardiomyopathy is an insidious disease which often strikes without warning and can lead to heart failure and eventual death. Although the disease can be traced to conditions such as high blood pressure, heart valve or arterial diseases and congenital heart defects, it is also caused by viral infections in the bloodstream. In a paper to be published in the July issue of the journal Nature Structu...Rutgers/EOHSI builds model to assess World Trade Center fallout
New Brunswick/Piscataway, N.J. The environmental and health consequences of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center have been the subject of controversy almost from the beginning. Scientists at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, have created a computerized model that will help public health officials understand the degree of harmful exposure in the immediate aftermath of the a...Rutgers College of Nursing hosts International Nursing Computer Conference
NEWARK, N.J. The 24th Annual International Nursing Computer and Technology Conference, hosted by the College of Nursing Center for Professional Development at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, will focus on how to integrate state-of-the-art technology into nursing education, administration, and practice....... The three-day conference, in collaboration with the University of Ontario I...Concerned Black Nurses of Newark honors Rutgers College of Nursing Professor Robert Atkins
NEWARK, N.J. The Concerned Black Nurses of Newark will present its Research Nurse of the Year award to Robert Atkins, a Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member, at its 24th Annual Scholarship & Awards Luncheon at the Holiday Inn, Newark May 6. ... ...The luncheon keynote speaker will be his College of Nursing colleague Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins, assistant professor at Rutgers, The State Unive...Rutgers College of Nursing's NJ Collaborating Center for Nursing hosts National Workforce Forum
NEWARK, N.J. The New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing, based at the College of Nursing at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, will host the National Forum for State Nursing Workforce Centers annual meeting at the Hyatt Regency in Jersey City April 27-28. The conference is funded in part by a $50,000 planning grant from the New Jersey Health Initiatives program of the Robert Wood...Rutgers College of Nursing Professor premieres video to reduce HIV risk
NEWARK, N.J. - Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member, Rachel Jones, will premiere her video vignettes for hand-held computers aimed at reducing young women's HIV sexual risk behavior before community members, AIDS experts and caregivers at John Cotton Dana Library on the Newark campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey April 25.... ... The video vignettes will be shown in the libr...Rutgers College of Nursing professor to study N.J. nurses' work environment
NEWARK, N.J. A Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member launched one of the largest studies of New Jersey nurses to explore the impact of nurse staffing levels and work environment on patient outcomes.... ...Funded by a $357,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and contributions from the New Jersey State Board of Nursing, the study's focus is to find out more about the New Jersey'...Rutgers College of Nursing hosts end-of-life conference
Julia Duane Quinlan, mother of Karen Ann Quinlan, whose legal battle to remove her daughter from a respirator changed the use of life-support for the dying, will speak at the first annual conference of the New Jersey End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium hosted by the College of Nursing Center for Professional Development at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.... ... The conference wi...Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member to receive a Diva Award
... ... ......The Institute for Nursing of the New Jersey State Nurses Association Foundation will present one of its Diva awards to Julia R. Plotnick, a Rutgers College of Nursing visiting faculty member, at its sixth Divas and Dons gala at the Hyatt Regency Princeton on Dec. 1.... ... Plotnick was one of several award recipients selected for significant contributions to nursing science in Ne...Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member to receive distinguished alumna award
NEWARK, N.J. Illinois Wesleyan University School of Nursing will present its Distinguished Alumna Award for Excellence in Nursing Practice, Education and Research to Wendy Nehring, associate dean for academic affairs, at the College of Nursing at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The awards ceremony will take place at the university's Beckman Lecture Hall, Center for Natural Science,...Rutgers-Newark psychology researchers reveal link between body and action perception
(Newark)-Psychology researchers have long understood and accepted the importance of an individual's brain activity in motor areas when interpreting the actions of others. However, much less was known about the role the body plays in helping individuals process and understand the same information. With the help of two patients suffering from an extremely rare degenerative neurological condition, a...Rutgers nursing professor edits book on health topics pertaining to persons with I/DD
NEWARK, N.J. A Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member has edited a book in which authors address 14 topics pertaining to the health and well being of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD)....... "Health Promotion for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities," edited by Wendy M. Nehring, associate dean for academic affairs, at the College of Nursing at...Rutgers present Sussman Award to Rutgers faculty member Mary Ann Scoloveno
NEWARK, N.J. Rutgers University presented one of its Warren I. Sussman awards, the university's highest honor for innovative teaching and mentoring, to Mary Ann Scoloveno, a Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member, during a ceremony at Rutgers President Richard L. McCormick's home on May 4.... ...The award is named after a prominent cultural historian and popular faculty member who served Rut...ANNA awards Nurse Researcher of the Year to Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member
NEWARK, N.J. The American Nephrology Nurses' Association awarded its Nurse Researcher of the Year award to Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins, a Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member, during its national symposium in the MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas April 18-21.... ...Thomas-Hawkins, assistant professor at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, was honored for her research contributions to the ca...Learning software developed by Rutgers-Newark scientist helps 450,000 students with reading
(NEWARK) About 450,000 children spread among 2,700 public school districts in 25 states all have something in common: They've used educational Fast ForWord software products developed from research that began in the lab of Rutgers-Newark professor of neuroscience Paula Tallal....... Working at Rutgers-Newark's Center for Molecular and Biological Neuroscience, she has brought a neuroscientist's p...