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BU nursing students conduct annual disaster drill . . .
VESTAL The annual disaster drill coordinated by Binghamton University's Decker School of Nursing students, faculty and staff will begin at 9:40 a.m. Monday in the University Events Center. The drill will simulate a gas leak and explosion scenario, as well as a traumatic bus accident. The drill will come to a close at 1 p.m. when a debriefing will begin. Read more. More links to Disaster Drill stories follow:
Nursing Students Disaster Drill
Ready for Disaster
Nursing Students Train For Disasters
Dealing With Disaster
Mock Disaster Drill at BU
BU nursing students prepare for emergencies
Decker nursing school to add high-level training courses . . .
VESTAL -- Binghamton University's Decker School of Nursing is offering two new courses that will help train nurses for the work force of tomorrow. The Doctor of Nursing Practice and the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner programs will provide higher education to those who need it, said Decker Dean Joyce Ferrario.
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BU expands nursing program to meet local demand . . .
While many industries have seen a decline in recent years, there's one that's projected to have substantial growth well into the next decade. The demand for nurses has been on the rise nationwide. YNN's Janelle Burrell tells about two new programs at Binghamton University that are aimed at curbing the shortage.
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Decker instructor volunteers in Haiti
Karen Feltham is still struck by the scenes she observed while volunteering in earthquake-ravaged Haiti in early March . . .
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Three entrepreneurship projects to receive funding
Carolyn Pierce, assistant professor in the Decker School of Nursing, will create a class focused on complexity science as a tool to develop innovative health-care provider roles . . .
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Decker professors with interdisciplinary team receive faculty development project funding to continue tobacco use research
DSON Professors Geraldine Britton and
Gary James, along with Sean McKitrick and Steven Lynn, received $43,575 to continue Binghamton's Interdisciplinary Tobacco Research Use Program (ITURP) from the University's recently launched Academic Program and Faculty Development Fund. Decker Clinical Faculty
Joyce Rhodes-Keefe and
Lori Sprague have also been involved in the project. PhD students
Rosemary Collier and
Tina Abbate were contributing writers on the grant proposal. Collier and FNP Grad Student,
Taffae Cadeau, have worked with ITURP since junior undergrad nursing students. . . .
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New Doctoral Program Planned at BU
VESTAL -- Binghamton University will establish a new doctoral program in nursing this fall. The Decker School of Nursing program will allow advanced practice nurses the opportunity to gain clinical and leadership experience beyond the Master's degree level. . . .
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Inside BU article on the new program.
Kudos
In Spring 2010, professor and researcher
Dr. Linda Buettner earned her most recent and prestigious award – the 2010 Barry Reisberg Award for Non-Pharmacologic Research, Theory, and Clinical Practice.
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Professor Kathleen Anderson was selected to receive the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Invitational Health Policy Fellowship to work with Jan Towers PhD, NP-C, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, Director of Health Policy, American of the Academy of Nurse Practitioners this summer in Washington, DC. This is a wonderful opportunity for her to receive this invaluable experience as she works toward her DNP at the Decker School. Cograts, Kathleen!
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