Dean Patricia Davidson, PhD, MEd, RN, FAAN, discusses a recent study on female physicians and their breastfeeding patterns; cultural changes to better support women; and prioritizing psychological health and social welfare. Listen below, and check out additional podcasts. Program Notes: 0:12  Ranked No. 1 and 130 years of Hopkins Nursing 1:27  Breastfeeding study published in

Dean Patricia Davidson, PhD, MEd, RN, FAAN, discusses what patients value in care, the impact of technology on nursing, and how health care teams should interact to provide the most efficient and effective care. Listen below. Program Notes: 0:19  Importance of educated, competent, and credential nurses in adequate numbers 1:20  Today’s radically different landscape from

Dean Patricia Davidson, PhD, MEd, RN, FAAN, discusses opioid use and domestic violence and what nurses can do to screen for risk factors and take holistic approaches to care. Listen below. Program Notes: Podcast: Opioid Epidemic and Domestic Violence 0:27  Opioid epidemic and social determinants of health 1:24  Reimbursement for nonpharmacologic measures 2:26  Behavioral clues

At Johns Hopkins, nurses, physicians, and students from the Whiting School of Engineering are developing bioengineering solutions to clinical problems through a new initiative led by Assistant Professor Vinciya Pandian, PhD, MSN, RN, ACNP-BC. With diversity of thought and approach as essential components, the collaboration gives engineering students an opportunity to observe clinical situations, travel overseas

Dean Patricia Davidson, PhD, MEd, RN, FAAN, covers the significance of social media in nursing and a Twitter chat on antimicrobial resistance in her latest podcast with Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine. She also talks about a collaboration with students from the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering and new

In her latest podcast, Dean Patricia Davidson, PhD, MEd, RN, FAAN, discusses infectious diseases, immunizations, and the importance of health professionals to communicate facts about immunizations to patients and their families. Click on the player below to hear the full podcast, or listen to last month’s podcast. Program notes: 0:16  International travelers decline vaccination 2:16  Choice for immunization is

In this month’s podcast, Dean Patricia Davidson, PhD, MEd, RN, FAAN, talks to Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine, about the Consortium of Universities for Global Health conference, public and private partnerships in the context of health, and how nurses are poised to address physical, social, psychological, and cultural needs of patients. Click

Welcome to a new blog/podcast series featuring Patricia Davidson, dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. In this episode, Davidson, PhD, MEd, RN, FAAN, talks to Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine, about health care in a new political environment, the impact of infectious diseases, immunizations in adults, and more. Click

In the fourth episode of The Center for Global Initiatives Podcast, hosts Anne Schultz and Elyse Rudemiller talk to Dr. Nancy Glass about her Pigs for Peace project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Glass discusses how a career in nursing led her to raising pigs to help rural adult women and men in the DRC

Johns Hopkins School of Nursing students and faculty talk about their travels, projects, experiences with, and thoughts on global nursing. In episode 3, Developing a Post-Partum Depression Screening Tool in Mali, hosts Anne Schultz and Elyse Rudemiller welcome Dr. Nicole Warren to talk about her work with the GEMS program in Mali and researching and