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DSON Congratulates PhD student-  Lynn M. Baniak!

Congratulations to Lynn M. Baniak, PhD student, who was selected on April 30th out of 41 entrants to receive the 2013 Health Care Innovation Days Binghamton Biomedical Research Conference Best Poster Award. Lynn's poster reflects her current research to increase sleep quality in individuals diagnosed with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and  who exhibit low cardiac output by mobilizing lower extremity (LE) pooled fluid via calf muscle pump (CMP) stimulation  thus returning  venous blood and interstitial fluid to the central circulatory system.The findings from this pilot clinical trial indicates that quality of sleep can be significantly improved by mobilizing lower extremity fluid through activation of the calf muscle pump through plantar stimulation. 

 

One of the nation’s foremost authorities on rural health and healthcare policy, Mary Wakefield is administrator for the $7.5 billion Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA ) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources. She oversees approximately 7,000 community clinics that focus on improving access to healthcare services for the uninsured, underserved and special needs populations. The agency also funds 3,000 grants for programs across the country, including ones that support educational programs in Binghamton University’s Decker School of Nursing. Read more.

DSON Invites YOU to Join in the Fight us Against Breast Cancer
What: THE BINGHAMTON BREAST CANCER WALK When: Sunday September 30th 2012 at 10:45am near the white Gazebo Where: Binghamton's Recreation Park What to Wear: Pink or Decker School of Nursing Apparel! Donations for the cause accepted all week via the Decker donation box on the main floor of Academic B outside Jazzmans. For more information contact Kali Gehring: kgehrin1@binghamton.edu or Victoria Koke: vkoke1@binghamton.edu. All friends, family, and pets (leashed please) are invited to join us for this Sunday Morning Event!

Spending most of the past decade as a clergyman has helped David Klimachefsky prepare for his new career as a nurse. “The pastoral role is not really that different (from nursing),” he said. “It’s a different focus: spiritual pain and spiritual need. But it’s still helping people in need. So even though this path seems very different on some levels, there is a central thread of caring for other people.” Klimachefsky, a 34-year-old originally from Baldwinsville, will receive his bachelor’s in nursing as part of the Decker School of Nursing’s Baccalaureate Accelerated Track (BAT) Program for college graduates from fields other than nursing. Read More.

DSON BS '99 alumna, Tanyka Smith, MS, FNP-Certified, RN, a PhD student at the New York University College of Nursing received a 2010 American Nurses Foundation (ANF) research grant made possible by the generosity of donors who support nursing innovation through research. ANF’s work with nurse scholars helps nurses like Smith advance the profession. Read more.

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The problem: Heart attacks in women go largely unrecognized 30 to 55 percent of the time because women experience a range of symptoms that might not include the kind of chest pains that men feel during a heart attack. Those who miss the warning signs and fail or delay getting help run the risk of death or disability. The researchers: Pamela Stewart Fahs, professor and Decker Chair in Rural Nursing at Binghamton University's Decker School of Nursing, in collaboration with Melanie Kalman, associate professor and director of research, and Margaret Wells, assistant professor, in the College of Nursing at SUNY Upstate Medical University. . . Read more.


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