Archive: UCSF Welcomes Nursing School Dean David Vlahov
<p>David Vlahov arrives to UCSF on April 1 for his first day on the job as dean of the UCSF School of Nursing.</p>
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Archive: Higher RN Staffing Levels Improve Patient Outcomes, RWJF Study Finds
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Archive: UCSF Ranks Among Nation's Best Medical, Nursing Schools
<p>UCSF is ranked among the nation’s top four schools for medicine and nursing, according to a new survey conducted by <em>U.S. News & World Report</em>.</p>
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Archive: UCSF Students Echo Conclusions of WASC Accreditation Report
<p>Students say they agree with the recent accreditation report that recognizes UCSF for “exemplary levels of student achievement" and for its “many indicators of a rich learning environment, students learning outcomes and diversity.”</p>
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Archive: 'Seeing' the Difference With the Help of Nursing Informatics
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Archive: Doctors Look Again at Laughing Gas as Option for Laboring Moms
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Archive: UCSF Conference to Honor African-American Nurse
The UCSF community is invited to attend a conference to honor the late pioneering nurse Florence Stroud during Black History Month on February 11.
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Archive: UCSF Engages in Discussions About How to Transform Nursing Profession
Incoming UCSF School of Nursing Dean David Vlahov joined a recent discussion about the future of nursing to meet the increased demand for patient care and to make improvements in America's increasingly complex health system.
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Archive: UCSF Hosts Panel Discussion on Future of Nursing
UCSF is holding a panel discussion to provide an overview of a report issued late last year by the Institute of Medicine, which found that the role, responsibilities and education of nurses should significantly change in coming years.
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Archive: Panel to Discuss IOM's Future of Nursing Report
Members of the campus community are invited to attend the panel discussion, which is slated for Tuesday, Feb. 1, from 10 a.m. to noon, in Health Sciences West, room 301 on the UCSF Parnassus campus.
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Archive: Training Improves Cognitive Functioning for Patients with Brain Injury
In a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco, a new cognitive training method significantly improved the ability of patients with chronic brain injury to maintain attention on goals and execute tasks – skills that these patients often lack as a result of their injuries.
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Archive: Can Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Be Stopped Before it Begins?
UCSF researchers at the San VA Medical Center have been working with US Air Force officers to develop and field test Deployment Anxiety Reduction Training with the goal of stopping post-traumatic stress disorder before it starts.
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Archive: Social Support is Key to Nursing Home Length of Stay Before Death
In a study of elderly Americans who moved to a nursing home for their final months or years of life, 80 percent died there within one year, according to an investigation by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
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Archive: Physicians call for more flexible end-of-life planning
Specialists in geriatric medicine at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the VA Connecticut Healthcare System call the traditional approach of advance care planning “fundamentally flawed,” and propose a new paradigm.
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Archive: UCSF nursing dean quoted in Philadelphia Inquirer
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Archive: Miaskowski First Nurse Scientist to Receive ACS Clinical Research Professorship
UCSF’s Christine Miaskowski is the first nurse scientist to be named American Cancer Society (ACS) Clinical Research Professor.
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Archive: Veterans Health Research Institute Presents Brain at War Conference Today
The Veterans Health Research Institute or NCIRE will present “The Brain at War: Neurocognitive Consequences of Combat” today (June 17).
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Archive: UCSF student discusses role of nurse practitioners, KQED
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Archive: AP and USA Today feature UCSF nursing graduate
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Archive: Institute of Medicine study led by UCSF's Hauser links Gulf War to health problems
A new report by the Institute of Medicine has found that military service in the Persian Gulf War is a cause of post-traumatic stress disorder in some veterans.
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Archive: Stress-affected brain region is smaller in veterans with PTSD
A specific region of the hippocampus, a brain structure that is essential to memory, is significantly smaller in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder than in those without the condition, according to a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UCSF.
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Archive: Regional media cover groundbreaking UCSF textbook on lesbian health
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Archive: UCSF Doctors Return from Medical Mission Treating Haitian Earthquake Survivors
A month after the devastating earthquake struck Haiti, UCSF anesthesiologists report that more volunteers are needed to help earthquake survivors.
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Archive: Killing in Iraq combat linked with PTSD, alcohol abuse, other problems
Among soldiers who served in Iraq, the act of taking a life in combat was a significant predictor of post-traumatic stress disorder, alcohol abuse, hostility and anger, and relationship problems, according to a study led by a psychologist at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
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Archive: Most Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with PTSD did not get enough care, study shows
Between 2002 and 2008, fewer than 10 percent of U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who were newly diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder received the recommended course of care for their condition at VA health facilities, according to a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UCSF.
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Archive: Landmark Textbook Aims to Improve Clinician, Consumer Understanding of Lesbian Health
A landmark textbook focusing on lesbian health, based on extensive research and the clinical experience of its 46 chapter authors, is now available.
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Archive: UCSF Nursing Informatics Specialist Selected for National Leadership Program
Nursing informatics specialist Sandra Ng has been selected by the Alliance for Nursing Informatics to participate in an emerging leaders program.
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Archive: New Center Focuses on Women's Health and Empowerment on Global Scale
UCSF’s Phil Darney is co-leading a new Center of Expertise on Women’s Health and Empowerment that will tackle global health issues such as violence against women and reproductive health and rights.
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Archive: Commonwealth Club focuses on end-of-life care
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Archive: CBS "Sunday Morning" features UC Japanese-American honorary degrees