While adults are routinely screened for risk factors that indicate the development of heart disease and diabetes, teens are screened for these risk factors only if they exhibit physical symptoms.However, when teens are screened for these conditions ... Continue Reading Groundbreaking Study on Teenage Heart…
Nursing Professor Testifies on Capitol Hill on Behalf of ACNM
Professor of Nursing Ginger Breedlove, Ph.D., FACNM, CNM, who serves as president of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), testified on Capitol Hill in December in favor of legislation to address the maternity care provider shortage. The ... Continue Reading Nursing Professor Testifies on Capitol…
Fehr Recognized With ACNM 2015 Distinguished Service Award
Director of the Nurse-Midwifery Program and Professor of Midwifery Juliana van Olphen Fehr, Ph.D., CNM, FACNM, has been presented with the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) 2015 Distinguished Service Award. The award was created to recognize ... Continue Reading Fehr Recognized With ACNM 2015…
Magazine Feature Chronicles Nursing Students’ Experiential Learning
The following is an excerpt from an article about a chance meeting during a recent Global Experiential Learning Program (GEL) trip to Switzerland. The article appeared in “Reflections on Nursing Leadership,” a magazine published by the Honor Society ... Continue Reading Magazine Feature Chronicles Nursing Students’…
Shenandoah University to Host 17th Annual Nursing Research & Scholarship Symposium
On Friday, April 24, Shenandoah University’s Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing and the Rho Pi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), the international honor society of nursing, will host a research and scholarship symposium, “Changing ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University to Host 17th…
Broadcast News Legend Charles Gibson to Address Shenandoah University Class of 2015
Charles Gibson, one of the preeminent broadcast television journalists of his time, will deliver Shenandoah University’s 2015 Commencement address on Saturday, May 9. Gibson will also be presented with an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree. With ... Continue Reading Broadcast News Legend Charles Gibson…
Shenandoah University Holds Its First-ever Inter-professional Case Competition
On Feb. 28, students from Shenandoah University’s Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Physician Assistant Studies programs, as well as students from the Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy and the Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing came ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Holds Its First-ever…
Shenandoah University Hosts Ebola Panel Discussion
Shenandoah University presented an Ebola Panel Discussion on Dec. 2. Panel members included Health Director of the Lord Fairfax Health District Charles J. Devine, III, M.D.; Dean of the Shenandoah University School of Health Professions Tim Ford, ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Hosts Ebola Panel…
Nursing Instructor Presents to United Nations at the Women Leaders Forum
Lisa Darsch, M.S.N., RN, an adjunct clinical instructor for the Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing, recently presented a talk to the United Nations on funding entrepreneurs in emerging markets. The founder of Zero Mothers Die invited Darsch to ... Continue Reading Nursing Instructor Presents to United…
