Faculty

Recent News:

• September 16

  New Professorship for Lake

  Eileen Lake, PhD, MSN, MA, BSN, FAAN has been named the Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor in Gerontology, effective September 1, 2021.

  
  
• September 15

  More Intensive and Personalized Strategies May be Needed for Weight Loss

  Modest weight loss can lead to meaningful risk reduction in adults with obesity. Although both behavioral economic incentives and environmental change strategies have shown promise for initial weight loss, to date their efficacy alone or in combination have not been compared.

  
  
• September 14

  Hospitals with More Inpatient Nurse Practitioners Linked to Better Outcomes, More Satisfied Patients

  According to a new study published in Medical Care, hospitals that employ more inpatient nurse practitioners (NPs) have lower surgical mortality, higher patient satisfaction, and lower costs of care. Nurse practitioners are registered nurses (RNs) with advanced graduate education and expanded legal scope of practice to prescribe treatments including pain medications.
  
• September 14

  Hospitals with More Inpatient Nurse Practitioners Linked to Better Outcomes, More Satisfied Patients

  According to a new study published in Medical Care, hospitals that employ more inpatient nurse practitioners (NPs) have lower surgical mortality, higher patient satisfaction, and lower costs of care. Nurse practitioners are registered nurses (RNs) with advanced graduate education and expanded legal scope of practice to prescribe treatments including pain medications.
  
• September 13

  US News & World Report Ranks Penn Nursing BSN Program # 1 in the Nation

  Penn Nursing’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing is the number one undergraduate nursing program in the nation according to the 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings. What makes this designation even more special is that this is the first year the national magazine has ranked undergraduate nursing programs and Penn Nursing takes the top spot.