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End of life care quality remains a problem—nurses may be a solution
hospice nurse standing by the side of a seated elderly person holding a cane

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End of life care quality remains a problem—nurses may be a solution

A new study from the School of Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research describes the quality of end of life care in nearly 500 U.S. hospitals, utilizing nearly 13,000 bedside nurses as informants of quality.

Penn Today Staff

The man in charge of Pa.’s commutation system says it’s broken. Can it be fixed?

The man in charge of Pa.’s commutation system says it’s broken. Can it be fixed?

Kathleen Brown of the School of Nursing spoke about her frustrations with the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons, which has ignored evidence of rehabilitation, instead examining the original crime itself. “That’s not what it’s supposed to be,” she said. “They’re supposed to be evaluating people as they are now.”

A new, virtual tool in the very real fight against opioid overdoses
Students holding up cardboard virtual reality reader devices.

Students in the Penn School of Nursing test out a virtual reality training for administering the drug Narcan in the event of an opioid overdose. Results from this experiment led researchers to conclude that such simulation sessions could be as effective for training health care providers on the topic as in-person simulation training sessions.

A new, virtual tool in the very real fight against opioid overdoses

Researchers from Penn Nursing and the Annenberg School have found that an immersive Narcan training video is as effective as in-person simulation trainings.

Michele W. Berger

Workplace pumping made easier
Dare Henry-Moss leaning against the doorway of a new lactation room, with a breast pump in the background

Dare Henry-Moss, an adjunct fellow at the Center for Public Health Initiatives, developed a recommendation plan for improving lactation support for the University of Pennsylvania Health System, including conducting a needs assessment intended to guide standards for such spaces.

Workplace pumping made easier

Listening to employee feedback, Penn Medicine added hospital-grade pumps and doubled its lactation spaces, taking strides to help women meet their breastfeeding goals.

Michele W. Berger

One in three nurses says patient safety ‘unfavorable’ at hospitals, Penn study finds

One in three nurses says patient safety ‘unfavorable’ at hospitals, Penn study finds

Penn researchers have found that safety recommendations from a 1999 report have not been evenly implemented in hospitals. The shortcomings “may be hampering progress toward improving patient safety and preventing patient harm,” said lead author Linda Aiken of the School of Nursing and the School of Arts and Sciences.

Staging the plague
Laurel Redding of the School of Veterinary Medicine writes on an easel as members of her table look on

Gathered in Fagin Hall for a daylong disease outbreak symposium, students worked across disciplines to devise strategies for containing a fictionalized infection. Laurel Redding, a School of Veterinary Medicine faculty member and event facilitator, writes up her group’s thoughts during a brainstorming session. 

Staging the plague

Eighty-one students training in a diversity of health professions worked with regional and federal agencies to confront an imagined outbreak scenario centered around bubonic plague in Philadelphia.

Katherine Unger Baillie

New scholars named to promote research into the influence of gender on health
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New scholars named to promote research into the influence of gender on health

Melanie Kornides of the School of Nursing, Jennifer Lewey of the Perelman School of Medicine, and C. Alix Timko of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are pursuing research that examines the role of sex and gender on health, supported by the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health program.

Katherine Unger Baillie