Talk Marks 75 Years of Nursing at Duke
Patient care and scholarship are focus of Duke nursing education
Thursday, January 12, 2006
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Durham, N.C. -- The Duke University School of Nursing is starting 2006 by
looking back three-quarters of a century.
It is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its first class in 1931, beginning on Jan. 17 with the Harriet Cook Carter Lecture, one of the school’s most important public events. This year, people can come to the lecture and stay for birthday cake.
Since its founding, Duke’s nursing school has focused on promoting scholarship and training students to be health caregivers. The lecture and anniversary celebration serve as reminders of patient care’s importance in nursing education.
“The School of Nursing has a rich history in direct preparation of generalist and advanced practice nurses,” says Mary Ann Fuchs, chief nursing and patient care services officer for DukeHospital and Health System (DUHS). “These individuals learn in our hospital and clinic settings. Most become DUHS employees or care providers in other organizations across the state. In some way, shape or form, they touch citizens across North Carolina.
“We wanted to use the 75th anniversary and the Cook lecture to emphasize the good that we have delivered in health care to our communities,” Fuchs added
The Cook lecturer will be Dr. Marita G. Titler, director of research, quality and outcomes management in the Department of Nursing Services and Patient Care at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Titler is an internationally recognized expert in the translation of research on patient care to clinical practice. She is co-leader of a $ 2.8 million National Cancer Institute grant to study ways to improve cancer pain management in older adults. Her talk will focus on how collaboration between researchers and patient care can improve patient care outcomes.
“For [School of Nursing] Dean Catherine Gilliss and myself, this linkage between service and practice is a common goal,” Fuchs said.
Event: School of Nursing’s Harriet Cook Carter Lecture & 75th Anniversary Cake Cutting
Speaker: Marita G. Titler, University of IowaHospitals and Clinics
Topic: "Collaboration to Achieve Excellence in Patient Care: An Evidence-Based Practice Approach"
Details: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, SearleCenter Auditorium
