Penn Hillman Scholars Study the Design Thinking Process to Innovate and Educate
This past summer, in the midst of a global pandemic, three University of Pennsylvania Hillman Scholars, Jessie Axsom (’23), Nina Juntereal (’24), and Anthony Scarpone-Lambert (’24), took on an project aimed at sharpening their innovative skills and creating something to benefit the greater healthcare community. Scholars first completed an online five-module Design Thinking for Health course, then applied the framework to a project of their choosing that relates to the particular health challenge and community that is the focus of their dissertation research. The final project deliverable was for each student to create a brief case study presentation detailing their experience.
For the Second Year in a Row, US News & World Report Ranks Penn Nursing BSN Program # 1 in the Nation
Penn Nursing’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing is again the number one undergraduate nursing program in the nation according to the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings.
Humans Of Penn Nursing: Ingred Prince, RN, BSN
Ingred Prince, Nu’16, is a Registered Nurse and emerging screenwriter based in Baltimore, Maryland. A Baltimore Youth Film Arts Fellow, Ingred is a recipient of the 2019 Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund Award.
In Focus with Heidi Steinhebel
We connected with Heidi Steinhebel, RN,BSN,CCM,CCP, Senior Associate Director of Care Management at IHA, and Clinical Coordinator for the MIRROR-TCM study at Trinity Health-Michigan. Steinhebel shares her thoughts on the importance of equitable access to care, communication and engagement, and meeting the needs of patients across the care continuum.
We All Just Want to Be Heard
Penn Medicine recently profiled Azucena (Susy) Villalobos, BSN, a nurse in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU), a fellow in the Leonard A. Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program at Penn Nursing, and the president-elect of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) Philadelphia chapter. Her profile was featured in HUPdate.
Burke to be 2022 Penn Nursing Commencement Speaker
Sheila P. Burke, MPA, BSN, FAAN, an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, will serve as the 2022 Penn Nursing commencement speaker. The May 16, 2022 event at 3:00 PM EST will be the first in-person commencement the School has held in two years.
Penn Hillman Scholar Investigates the Autism Phenotype in Preschool-aged Children in China
Stacey L Bevan, BS, BSN, RN, is a second-year PhD student writing a mixed-methods dissertation on sociocultural perspectives of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnosis in pediatric immigrant communities. Stacey was awarded an interdisciplinary grant from the Hillman Scholars Foundation to support her project with the China Jintan Child Cohort study. This grant helped her contextualize the results of her secondary analysis of ASD phenotype in this population-based cohort and plan for dissemination according to Community Based Participatory Research methods. While this project was planned during a complicated time in global health and politics, she was able to appreciate several themes of the work, including recognizing the international platform, engaging with the historical paradigm and developing flexibility in fieldwork.
New Gift to Penn Nursing Continues Sands Nursing Scholars Program
Delaney R. Lawson, BSN, RN, Nu’18 chose to attend Penn Nursing for numerous reasons—Ivy League education, commitment to excellence, faculty expertise, career opportunities—but it was the Estelle M. Sands and George H. Sands Nursing Scholars program that made attending possible. “The funding from the Sands Nursing Scholar Program made a tremendous difference for me—it truly eased the financial burden of affording tuition,” she said. “And later, after graduation, the program granted me the opportunity to work at a prestigious medical center.”
A Day in the Life - Samantha Cueto
Samantha joined Penn Nursing’s BSN program remotely this past fall from her hometown of Union City, New Jersey. Before coming to campus in January, she lived with her parents, younger brother and sister, Abuela, and three huge Labrador Retrievers. While she may not have been on campus, she found plenty of ways to stay busy and engaged!