Nancy Jo Bush, DNP, RN, MA, AOCN, FAAN, has been appointed director of the UCLA School of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program, effective July 1, 2018.

In this role, Dr. Bush will be responsible for direct oversight of the administrative and teaching aspects of the program.

Dr. Bush has taught graduate nursing at the school since 1988.  Her clinical focus has been as an oncology clinical nurse specialist and nurse practitioner. Her clinical and research expertise is in the psychosocial impact of cancer for patients, families, and caregivers. She recently co- Read more...

MarySue Heilemann, associate professor at the UCLA School of Nursing, has been selected as an official delegate to the 62nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) being held at UN headquarters in New York, March 12 – 23, 2018. The Review theme for CSW62 focuses on women/girls' participation in and access to the media and the use of communications technologies for the advancement and empowerment of women and girls.

Heilemann has been invited to participate in two UN-parallel events. At the NGO CSW, she will speak on a panel titled “Women/Girls and Media: Power Read more...

RESEARCHERS AT THE UCLA SCHOOL OF NURSING ARE ADDRESSING HEALTH CHALLENGES RELATED TO DISEASES OF THE HEART, THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH WORLDWIDE – FROM CHRONIC HEALTH CONCERNS FACED BY INDIVIDUALS BORN WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE TO THOSE WHO ARE AT RISK OR HAVE DEVELOPED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.

For each researcher, there was a defining moment that started them on their research path. Maybe it was a specific patient or being at the right place at the right time. For some, the path has been fairly straight, while others have had twists and turns. But all of their journeys are Read more...

The UCLA School of Nursing is one of only 31 schools of nursing selected to receive a grant to increase the number of nurses holding PhDs.  The selected schools comprise the fifth cohort of grantees of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholars program, which will provide financial support, mentoring, and leadership development to nurses who commit to earn their PhDs in three years. UCLA will select one nursing student to receive this prestigious scholarship.
 

“Our fifth cohort of Scholars will join an impressive group of nurse researchers who Read more...

For nearly three decades, the UCLA School of Nursing and the Kitasato University School of Nursing in Japan have had an academic collaboration including a student/faculty exchange program.  Dean Ada Lindsay, who launched the program in 1986, believed that international exchange programs were valuable because each institution gains a greater appreciation of the cultural diversity that exists between them and a better understanding of the world. 

Every other year, students from Kitasato visit UCLA for two weeks, where they are provided with an overview of nursing Read more...

The UCLA School of Nursing is launching fully online Anatomy and Physiology courses using a multi-disciplinary approach taught by Dr. Catherine Carpenter our faculty member who has appointments in Nursing, Medicine and Public Health.  

Students, you can finish these pre-requisites from the comfort of your own home.  Both courses have virtual labs.  The Anatomy lab was modified from cadaver dissections where structures are identified through use of virtual imagery.  The Physiology lab is fully animated.”

N13, Introduction to Human Anatomy starts on June 26th, and Read more...

For four years, the UCLA School of Nursing faculty and students have honored outstanding members of our exceptional faculty with the Daisy Faculty Award.  We are proud to shine a spotlight on these individuals who have made a positive difference in our students’ lives as they prepare to make a difference in the lives of so many others.

This year, the faculty member selected for inspirational teaching that motivates students and serves as a role model for professional nursing is John Lazar:  John was nominated by members of the MECN class of Read more...

Marking World No Tobacco Day 2017, Edge Runners Honors Model that Seeks to Improve Health of Nurses and Patients

On World No Tobacco Day 2017, the American Academy of Nursing announces the designation of Linda Sarna, dean of the UCLA School of Nursing and her collaborator Stella Aguinaga Bialous, associate professor at the University of San Francisco School of Nursing, as Academy Edge Runners for their model, Tobacco Free Nurses (TFN).

Through its award winning website, www.tobaccofreenurses.org, TFN provides national and international tobacco cessation education to Read more...

Dr. De Silva examines a patient while NP Student Elaine Law looks on.

When you walk into the Kids and Teens Health Clinic in La Canada, the first thing you notice is the bright and cheery office space.  The walls are decorated with positive messages and each patient room is painted with fun artwork – all geared to ensuring a child’s visit to the clinic will be as pleasant (and maybe even fun!) as possible.

It is at this specialized clinic that the UCLA School of Nursing Pediatric Nurse Practitioner students have come to learn.  Under the tutelage of Dr. Janesri De Read more...

FINDINGS

Donepezil, a medication that is approved to treat people with Alzheimer’s disease, should not be prescribed for people with mild cognitive impairment without a genetic test. UCLA School of Nursing researchers discovered that for people who carry a specific genetic variation — the K-variant of butyrylcholinesterase, or BChE-K — donezpezil could accelerate cognitive decline.

BACKGROUND

Mild cognitive impairment is a transitional state between normal age-related changes in cognition and dementia. Because many people with the condition display symptoms similar Read more...