Black Women and Matters of the Heart
By: Dr. Diana Baptiste and Dr. Yvonne Commodore Mensah February is Black History Month, and also happens to be American Heart Month! Every 38 seconds, someone’s wife, mother, sister, or daughter dies from heart disease and stroke. In the U.S. rates are highest among Black women; more than 60 percent of us are living with The post Black Women and Matters of the Heart appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine. (Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University)
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Social Problems are Health Problems —Dean Podcast
Why does the affliction of serious illness have to be the affliction of poverty? In her latest podcast, Dean Patricia Davidson, PhD, MEd, RN, FAAN, discusses this question along with social determinants of health and equitable mechanisms of financing health care in the future. She also chats with host Elizabeth Tracey about gun violence and The post Social Problems are Health Problems—Dean Podcast appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine. (Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University)
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Black Americans ’ Historical Trauma and Our Response to ‘ Surviving R. Kelly ’
Forty-four percent of Black women experience intimate partner violence (physical or sexual violence, stalking, and/or psychological aggression) at some point in our lives. That’s compared to one-third of White women. And Black women are murdered by an intimate partner at a higher rate than any other race. In 2013, we were two and a half The post Black Americans’ Historical Trauma and Our Response to ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine. (Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University)
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Black. Baltimore. HIV.
“You have to factor in the historical path it took to get us to where we are in the HIV epidemic in Baltimore, including unequal treatment, inadequate care, substance use in the eighties and nineties, and the health disparities African Americans experience nationwide,” begins Dr. Derek Dangerfield. On National Black HIV/AIDS Day Dr. Dangerfield, Dr. The post Black. Baltimore. HIV. appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine. (Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University)
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Cells to Society —February 2019
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I Was Supposed to Die at 57
Miki Goodwin recently joined the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing as the Associate Dean of Clinical Practice. The pain was textbook, “In the chest, down the arm, up the jaw” but when Miki Goodwin, then two years in as chief nursing officer of a prominent Phoenix hospital, saw a specialist and asked for an angiogram, The post I Was Supposed to Die at 57 appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine. (Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University)
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Future RNs, Future Hopkins Nurses
Never before have nurses been so desperately needed. Never before have nurses’ words garnered such respect. This is the atmosphere students accepted into the MSN (Entry Into Nursing) Program are entering as they begin their nursing journey. The field is growing rapidly. Demand for RNs is expected to grow 15% and 31% for Nurse Practitioners The post Future RNs, Future Hopkins Nurses appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine. (Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University)
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And The Winner Is … Student Leaders of 2019
Students at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing work hard and are dedicated, not just to Johns Hopkins, but to the greater Baltimore community. A special few truly epitomize what it means to be a “Hopkins Nurse;” they go above and beyond in their commitment to impacting the world at large. In effort to recognize The post And The Winner Is… Student Leaders of 2019 appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine. (Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University)
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‘Cultural Humility’ Impacts Patient Safety for Transgender Women Healing From a Vaginoplasty
By: Matt Hopper A common theme among transgender women who undergo a vaginoplasty is their frustration with the health care system and lack of confidence that practitioners can or will provide quality care for gender-affirming procedures (medical procedures that affirm a transgender person’s gender identity). These medical procedures, such as hormone therapy, “top” surgery (i.e. The post ‘Cultural Humility’ Impacts Patient Safety for Transgender Women Healing From a Vaginoplasty appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine. (Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University)
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Career Services, Students, and Alumni Take Questions on Nursing Careers
#OfficeHour is a monthly chat on Facebook and Twitter where anyone can ask Johns Hopkins School of Nursing experts questions about their field. In January’s #OfficeHour, Career Services director Laura Arthur and students and alumni of the MSN (Entry Into Nursing) Program tackled frequently asked questions about the job hunt for nurses. On Twitter, current The post Career Services, Students, and Alumni Take Questions on Nursing Careers appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine. (Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University)
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‘ Dirty John ’ and a Safety Plan for Domestic Violence
By: Dr. Nancy Glass If you have been following Dirty John, the Wondery and LA Times podcast and Bravo TV series, you likely didn’t miss the final episode. Thankfully the Newell family was safe, but their lives were forever changed. At the last minute, Debra Newell (actor Connie Britton) decided to return the call from LA The post ‘Dirty John’ and a Safety Plan for Domestic Violence appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine. (Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University)
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The Nursing Journey Begins With a White Coat
By: Dr. Bruce Schoneboom Dr. Bruce Schoneboom delivered this speech on January 10, 2019 at the white coat ceremony of the Spring 2019 cohort of MSN (Entry Into Nursing) students. He was the keynote speaker of the ceremony.  Photos from the January 2019 White Coat Ceremony Welcome to all of the incoming students, as well The post The Nursing Journey Begins With a White Coat appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine. (Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University)
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Excellence … Everywhere.
High quality online education in nursing is a game-changer. And the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is leading the way; U.S. News & World Report just named us as the No. 1 online graduate nursing program in the United States. This is quite an achievement, we’re up from No. 5 in 2018. And although a The post Excellence … Everywhere. appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine. (Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University)
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6 Reasons There ’s Never Been a Better Time to Be a Nurse
“The people you touch you may not remember, but they will always remember you. They will remember your kindness and compassion during an important moment in their lives,” says Dean Patricia Davidson. Nurses are privileged to do work that matters. And there’s never been a better time to become a nurse or advance in the The post 6 Reasons There’s Never Been a Better Time to Be a Nurse appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine. (Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University)
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14 Best Blogs of 2018
It’s hard to believe the diversity—and convergence—of heart, skill, and lived experience inside each member of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing community. In the editor’s choice of the top 14 blogs of 2018, writers open up about the inner forces that stir them to do the work of nursing in Baltimore, in South Sudan, The post 14 Best Blogs of 2018 appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine. (Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University)
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