
Ranked as the best nursing school in the world, Penn Nursing advances the entire profession, from research & education to practice & policy.
The undergraduate and transfer program uses hands-on, mentored education to transform what happens in the classroom to what happens in the clinical and beyond.
The accelerated program suits students with ambition to expedite their education in order to enter a chosen career path as soon as possible.
The masters program offers the opportunity to step to the forefront of nursing science and practice in a wide range of specialties.
Our doctoral programs are committed to producing leaders in the field of nursing science, both in scholarship and research (PhD) and clinical scholarship and practice (DNP).
Advancements in diabetes technology have improved quality of life and glycemic control in children with type 1 diabetes. However, data show that a subset of children is being left behind. Those from low-income families and non-Hispanic Black (NHB) children are not experiencing benefits associated with technological advances, and are at higher risk for diabetes complications and adverse outcomes through ongoing poor glycemic control.
It’s an ethical question that experts like Alison Buttenheim of the School of Nursing, Harald Schmidt of the Perelman School of Medicine, and Kok-Chor Tan of the School of Arts & Sciences are contemplating. One fact is certain, they say: Distribution must not exacerbate persisting disparities.
Provost Wendell Pritchett and Vice Provost for Faculty Laura Perna announce the appointment of José Bauermeister, most recently Presidential Professor of Nursing, as the fifth Albert M. Greenfield Professor of Human Relations, effective January 1, 2021.
Matthew McHugh, PhD, JD, MPH, RN, FAAN, the Independence Chair for Nursing Education and Professor of Nursing, has been appointed the Director for the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR). The appointment was effective as of January 1, 2021. CHOPR was established in 1989 by Dr. Linda Aiken as one of the first centers to scale up rigorous research on the impact of nursing on patient outcomes. It uses evidence to inform policy and produces the next generation of nurse scientists.
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