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Nursing students have many exceptional opportunities
for clinical experiences and research opportunities
via the School's Penn Nursing Network (PNN) Academic
Nursing Practices, a
multi-practice health care delivery network
spanning the life cycle. Clinical learning
opportunities are available also at LIFE, a
multi-site demonstration of the transitional
care model and translation of the nursing
home palliative care model to homebound frail
elders.
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Research Opportunities for Students
To learn about more research opportunities for our students,
visit the
PENN NURSING Student
Research page. The
information is presented in a 3-page document which you
can print. Please contact the faculty members
whose research projects are of interest to you. This
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Nursing Network - Clinical Practice |
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Penn
Nursing Consultation Service (PNCS)
Penn Nursing Consultation
Service (PNCS) provides education and consultation focusing
mainly on the care of older adults. However, access on campus
to distance learning and other technology enables PNCS to
broaden its consultation services in ways formerly unimagined.
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Living
Independently for Elders (LIFE)
Living
Independently For Elders (LIFE)
is a program which provides integrated acute and long-term
care services for the frail elderly who are nursing home
certifiable and prefer to live in the community. As a
Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) model,
LIFE incorporates a comprehensive range of health and
social services on a 24-hour basis. More.... |
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Clinical or Internship Opportunities |
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Penn-Beverly Scholarship/Internship
Initiatives
The scholarship internship initiatives were a result
in part of the collaborative research work with Beverly
related to “organizational” change lead by
Drs. Evans and Scalzi. Drs. Evans and Scalzi as part
of their research findings made recommendations to redirect
long term care focus to a nurse focused patient centered
model. A
million dollars was awarded for undergraduate through
master’s degree scholarships, summer internships
and to provide Penn designed training to Beverly staff
nurses. Five BSN/MSN students were successfully
placed in internships over the summer at Beverly facilities. Beverly has been very flexible with tailoring the experience
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Telehealth
Research
Kathy Bowles, PhD, RN (Assistant Professor,
UPenn SoN) and clinicians from the Visiting Nurse Association
of Greater Philadelphia (VNA) ) have developed expertise
in telehomecare through several research projects conducted
at the VNA. More....
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Gero-Oncology
with Dr. Sarah Kagan
Dr.
Sarah Kagan's program of clinical research is centered on
symptom management in older adults with an emphasis on symptom
management with older adults who have cancer. |
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Undergrad
Student Interns at Elder Watch Plus
Mary Nguyen, a Penn Nursing undergraduate
student is looking forward to the Fall semester and to start
her internship at Elder
Watch Plus. "I am very excited to be working
at this Center because I will learn through my internship
while developing relationships with the elderly population."
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Palliative
Care in Nursing Homes
Palliative care in nursing homes (Strumpf/UPenn,
Tuch/Genesis ElderCare) Nearly 20% of Americans, approximately
500,000 people, die each year in our nation's nursing homes.
The medical literature raises significant concerns about
the quality of end-of-life care that is currently provided
to these residents.
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Sleep
Apnea Studies
In conjunction with an interdisciplinary
team of researchers from Penn's
Sleep Center,
Associate Professor Terri
E. Weaver, PhD, FAAN, CS, RN is currently conducting
an international, multi-site study of effectiveness
of the Continuous Positive Airways Pressure (CPAP) device. More....
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"Does
an Early Stage Support Group Intervention Affect AD Patients'
Quality of Life?" - A study by Valery Cotter investigates
whether a support group intervention for persons with early
stage Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects quality of life, coping
strategies, depression, and insight into their health and
AD. More....
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