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Second-Year MEPN Student Drives 500 Miles to get COVID Vaccine
Second-year MEPN student Tiffany Duong was at home in the Bay Area when she got the email from USD telling her the vaccine was being…
MEPN White Coat Ceremony Adapts to Pandemic Restrictions
For nursing students, the White Coat Ceremony is a rite of passage. For MEPNs at the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, this ceremony ta…
Song-Brown Grant Funds Used to Purchase Virtual Reality Units and Scenarios
Watch the video here USD Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science Associate Dean Kathy Marsh and the MEPN program are excited about a state grant th…
Defending the Dissertation during COVID-19
Army Major Jeff Ransom, PhD, DNP, FNP-BC, worked for years on his dissertation, Chronic Pain, Sleep Disruption, And Work Performance in the Military.&…
First-Year MEPN Students Complete Hands-On Labs, Thanks to Faculty Support, Modifications
University of San Diego Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science nursing students are preparing to enter a world that needs them now more than ever.&…
What is it like to have COVID-19?
UPDATE: Whitney Buzbee has fully recovered from her bout with COVID; her father had a more serious case, but he is recovering. He was well enou…
Psych-Mental Health NP Program Receives $1.6 Million State Grant
The DNP Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program (PMHNP) at USD’s Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science has 1.6 million new reas…
USD SON Among Sponsors of USD Just Read! Youth, Homelessness, Health
Nyla Vivas is a recent graduate of the University of San Diego; she earned her degree in psychology and one day, hopes to earn her PhD. But just…
2020 MEPN Graduating Class Earns 100% NCLEX Pass Rate
Dean Jane M. Georges and the faculty and staff of the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science congratulate the MEPN class of 2020 for earning a 100%…
Virtual Homecoming and Family Week (Oct. 13-18): 'Toreros Together at Home' Events
The University of San Diego will celebrate Homecoming and Family Week, Oct. 13-18, with a lineup that includes a virtual ceremony to recognize its gra…
Just One Word May Help Relieve Some of the Pandemic Stress You Feel
Fear, uncertainty, and anxiety; these words are not new to us, but they have become more prominent in many of our lives since the COVID-19 pandemic be…
SON PhD One of Four Alumni Selected as Torero Talks Speaker for Homecoming and Family Weekend
Dr. Deena Drake, PhD '19, MSN '13, was one of four USD alumni selected as a Torero Talks speaker during Homecoming and Family Weekend. The theme…
Racism: A Public Health Crisis Webinar
“I think that everything that we have talked about today is polarized when you're talking about the African American male. In every system acros…
Racism: A Public Health Crisis
“I think that everything that we have talked about today is polarized when you're talking about the African American male. In every system acros…
Meet Karen O’Grady, Librarian for the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science
Karen O’Grady is a fan; of nurses, of libraries, of medical libraries. And it all came about as a fluke. O’Grady was in a library technici…
Congratulations USD SON ARCS Scholars
The Faculty, Staff, and Students at The Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science congratulate our 2020 ARCS Scholars. These scholars will repre…
Webinar: Racism-A Public Health Crisis
Please join Dean Jane M. Georges as she moderates a panel of experts to discuss racism as a public health crisis. In June, Dean Georges sent an email…
Alumna Keeps Families In Touch During Pandemic
We’ve seen the images. We’ve read the stories. COVID-19 patients are dying in hospitals alone; there are medical professionals…
Nurse Scientist named Associate Provost
Dr. Eileen Fry-Bowers, Associate Professor in the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, has been named the Associate Provost for Research Adminis…
Dean Jane M. Georges accepts appointment to Board of Directors for the Howell Foundation
Dean Jane M. Georges was recently appointed to serve on the Board of Directors for the Doris Howell Foundation for Women’s Health Research.…
Recent DNP Graduate Featured on Univision
Dr. Johana Bermudez Vera is one of a few USD students selected to be featured in “vignettes” that air on Univision. Click here to wa…
Dean Jane Georges: Racism is a Public Health Crisis
A Message from Dean Jane Georges, PhD, RN The University of San Diego Hahn School of Nursing and Health Sciences supports the position of the America…
Nursing Professer Wins Prestigious Award
Congratulations to Professor Mary Barger, PhD, CNM, MPH, for winning the prestigious Dorothea M. Lang Pioneer Award at the annual meeting of the Ameri…
Nurses Rock: Quarantined Artists Hope Painted Rocks Lift Finders' Heavy Burdens
Escondido native Ceci Lusky has been painting and hiding rocks for years, but this spring she painted a series of rocks for her daughter, Allison Lusk…
GNSA 2020-2021 Board
Joy is currently a 2nd-year student in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Family Medicine and Emergency Nurse Practioner program. She gradua…
USD SON Professor's Research to Appear in the Congressional Record
USD Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science professor Eileen Fry-Bowers recently wrote an article for the Journal of Pediatric Nursing entitled "Chi…
USD SON Professor's Research to Appear in the Congressional Record
USD Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science professor Eileen Fry-Bowers recently wrote an article for the Journal of Pediatric Nursing entitled "Chi…
The Personal Sacrifices Made by Front Line Health Care Workers
Doctor of Nursing Practice student Shalaine Corbilla works with COVID patients at Sharp Grossmont Hospital. For her, going to work is not just a…
New Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science Website Launched
A new School of Nursing website has launched at the University of San Diego, aiming to deliver information to prospective undergraduate students …
The Power of Connection
With a BSN and PhD from the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, Dr. Laurie Ecoff knows first-hand the value of a USD education. Today, she serv…