School of Nursing
Nursing responds to the Opiate Crisis
Nursing responds to the Opiate Crisis The data are staggering. According to Connecticut’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 415 people died of heroin overdoses in 2015. Connecticut’s Senator Richard Blumenthal has called the opiate and heroin crisis a “public health hurricane.” Mental health nurse Dr. Annette Maruca, assistant clinical professor and an associate in […]
Nursing Study Abroad Short-term Programs
Nursing Study Abroad Short-term Programs Since the School of Nursing inaugurated the first full-semester clinical and didactic education abroad program in the United States less than a decade ago, students now have opportunities both for a full semester or for a variety of shorter education abroad experiences. “For many students, this time may be the […]
Quantitative Medicine with Minakshi Tikoo
School of Nursing Quantitative Medicine with Minakshi Tikoo The nursing profession is justly proud of its ethos of caring and holistic healing. However, nursing is also built on a foundation of careful attention to documenting and analyzing statistical information about a patient or patient population. Florence Nightingale was, after all, the first female Fellow of […]
CEIN/BS Nursing Program Soaring Popularity
“From tiny acorns mighty oaks do grow,” according to the popular proverb, and a decade after its inception CEIN/BS (originally called Master’s Entry into Nursing or MEIN) has grown from one site in Storrs to four, including Waterbury, Stamford, and Avery Point. Designed as an eleven-month intensive didactic and clinical program for students who had […]
High Touch Meets High Tech: Healthcare Innovation Program Expands
Due to its overwhelming success as a pilot program in the past two years, the UConn School of Nursing’s Healthcare Innovations program is set for expansion in the 2015-2016 academic year.
Pain in the Gut
Genetic variants may help explain why, given the same circumstances, one person can feel so much pain while another does not, says School of Nursing researcher Erin Young.
Getting Older Shouldn’t Mean Being in Pain
Exercise can help combat osteoarthritis pain. A UConn nursing professor is using guided reminiscence to encourage older adults to stay active.
Medical Practitioners Face Up to Pain
An interdisciplinary UConn team has designed a teaching module to help medical professionals learn how to treat their patients' pain more effectively.
Understanding Pain, from Cells to Systems
A new center at UConn is devoted to finding answers to chronic pain.
Why Pregnant Women Should be Screened for Depression
Nursing professor Cheryl Beck comments on new national guidelines that recommend depression screening for all pregnant and postpartum women.