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Recent News:

• August 10

  The Spatz 10-Step System as a National Model for Breastfeeding Vulnerable Babies

  Mothers of critically ill infants may not receive necessary breastfeeding support, because their babies may be taken directly to a newborn intensive care unit or to surgery. There is an alternative model that focuses on serving the needs of these vulnerable infants.

  
  
• August 6

  State Appointment for Hodgson

  Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has appointed Penn Nursing’s Nancy Hodgson, PhD, RN, FAAN, the Anthony Buividas Endowed Term Chair in Gerontology, to his 35-member Long-Term Care Council.

  
  
• August 2

  # 1 in International Ranking

  Penn Nursing takes the top spot for a second year in a row in ShanghaiRanking’s annual report on the best nursing programs in the world.

  
  
• July 11

  New Research Finds About Half of Parents Use Cell Phones While Driving with Young Children in the Car

  A new study from a team of researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Penn Nursing found that in the previous three months, about half of parents talked on a cell phone while driving when their children between the ages of 4 and 10 were in the car, while one in three read text messages and one in seven used social media.

  
  
• July 11

  New Research Finds About Half of Parents Use Cell Phones While Driving with Young Children in the Car

  A new study from a team of researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Penn Nursing found that in the previous three months, about half of parents talked on a cell phone while driving when their children between the ages of 4 and 10 were in the car, while one in three read text messages and one in seven used social media.