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For Nine Consecutive Years, Penn Nursing is Ranked the #1 Nursing School in the World

For Nine Consecutive Years, Penn Nursing is Ranked the #1 Nursing School in the World

The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) holds its number one spot as the world’s leading nursing school according to a recent ranking by QS World University. The rankings highlight the world’s top universities in 55 different subject areas from 1,559 institutions, of which 64 universities are new to the rankings.

Nurses Cite Employer Failures as their Top Reason for Leaving

Nurses Cite Employer Failures as their Top Reason for Leaving

A new study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) – published in JAMA Network Open today – showed that, aside from retirements, poor working conditions are the leading reasons nurses leave healthcare employment. These study findings come at a time when hospital executives cite staffing problems as their most pressing concern.

Above & Beyond: Women Award for Penn Nursing Dean

Above & Beyond: Women Award for Penn Nursing Dean

Penn Nursing Dean Antonia M. Villarruel was recently honored with a 2024 Above & Beyond: Women Award from City & State: Pennsylvania. The award celebrates influential women in Pennsylvania who demonstrate exemplary leadership in their respective fields, making significant contributions to society in business, public service, media, nonprofit, and organized labor.

Baby Seal Robots Are Comforting Older Adults on Penn Presbyterian’s Acute Care Unit

Baby Seal Robots Are Comforting Older Adults on Penn Presbyterian’s Acute Care Unit

Nurse scientist Pamela Cacchione is studying how the warm and fuzzy, embodied AI animatronics can reduce pain and agitation.

Two Penn Nursing Professors Selected for Induction to the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame

Two Penn Nursing Professors Selected for Induction to the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame

Penn Nursing’s Eileen Lake and Salimah Meghani will both be honored by Sigma Theta Tau International for their contributions to the nursing profession during the organization’s 35th International Nursing Research Congress in Singapore, in July, 2024.

Lindback for Jacoby

Lindback for Jacoby

The University of Pennsylvania is honoring Penn Nursing’s Sara Jacoby, PhD, MPH, MSN, FAAN, Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Health, Penn Nursing’s Calvin Bland Professor, and a Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics and a Senior Scholar of the Penn Injury Science Center with a 2024 Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching.