SONHP is the Answer, #9

Which School of Nursing and Health Professions has a student who received a "2011 Heroes in Healthcare" award?

You bet -- The USF School of Nursing and Health Professions!

We are very pleased and proud that one of the 2011 "Heroes in Healthcare" for Fresno, California is DNP student and USF faculty member Debbie Zamora!

Please see heroesinhealthcare.com for the announcement.

$1.7 million Research Grant Goes to School of Nursing

We are pleased to share that Dr. Judith Lambton and her team in the School of Nursing and Health Professions have received $1.7 million from a US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity grant to help build a simulation research lab for the School of Nursing. The new state-of-the-art lab will engage in research to determine how best to teach nursing students to improve patient safety and avoid medical error by using sophisticated clinical learning equipment. Nursing faculty will research which simulation strategies can be adapted across disciplines that share high-stakes error consequences. The research design of this three year grant includes both assessment and training and will allow faculty to measure the cognitive and affective levels of the students’ ability.

School of Nursing Adds Health Professions

The University of San Francisco’s School of Nursing has changed its name to the School of Nursing and Health Professions.

The name change reflects the college’s recent expansion to include a master of public health (MPH) degree beginning this fall.

The MPH program is expected to draw recent graduates and professionals interested in careers in fields such as health promotion, community organizing, and healthy lifestyle leadership, allowing them to choose an emphasis in community health, global health, or health promotion education.

“Advancing health professions programming at USF has become a university priority,” said Judith Karshmer, dean of the School of Nursing and Health Professions.

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Master of Public Health Degree

The School of Nursing at the University of San Francisco is set to launch a Master of Public Health degree beginning in fall 2011.

Students will study epidemiology, biostatistics, public health care leadership and administration, social science applications to behavioral health, and environmental health considerations.

“We want to provide an advanced degree option to those who are interested in the health care field but do not want to seek a licensed degree,” said Kia James, program director and assistant professor of nursing at USF.

As the U.S. moves to rein in health care costs and deliver health care to more people through preventative medicine, the School of Nursing’s MPH degree will prepare students to move into this expanding field, working closely with communities.


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