Your son fell on the playground at school and you find yourself in the emergency room with him. Medical staff are bustling around the triage area, and a seemingly large number of people are involved. The quality of care your son receives becomes top of mind. How skilled are my nurses and doctors? Did they […]
UMSN faculty member shares how family loss caused her to question herself and her career before leading her to new inspiration to improve patient outcomes. “I’m a nurse and I couldn’t do more to prevent my father’s death,” said Patricia Abbott, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI. “The guilt stays with you. I will never stop wondering […]
When UMSN Assistant Professor Matthew Davis, Ph.D., MPH, decided he wanted to make an impact beyond his patient base, he knew he’d have to get creative. “When I started off as a researcher, I had no money and no resources, so I looked for ways to do meaningful work using pre-existing information,” explains Davis. Davis’ […]
The U-M School of Nursing has produced brilliant caregivers throughout its 126-year history with alumni on the job in clinics and hospitals the world over. Now, though, the times are calling for UMSN graduates to lead in an area removed from conventional caregiving. Nurses and other clinicians on the front lines are not just at […]