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Therapy Dogs Cure Stress at Hopkins Nursing

A therapy dog gets as good as it gives at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore.

Just add dogs. It turns out that’s a fairly easy recipe for taking a bit of the stress out of the room, one that Caitanya Min, Trad. ’13, of the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) believes should be served every time exam season rolls around. Her fellow students got a feel for what [...]

Guidance for Clinicians on Prescribing Exercise for Depressed Patients

Exercise has been shown to be an effective treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD), both when used alone and in combination with other treatments. There’s now sufficient research data to provide specific guidance on how to prescribe exercise for depressed patients, according to a report in the May Journal of Psychiatric Practice®. Related Posts: May [...]

Innovations & Technology: Sense of Touch Reproduced Through Prosthetic Hand

In a study recently published in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, neurobiologists at the University of Chicago show how an organism can sense a tactile stimulus, in real time, through an artificial sensor in a prosthetic hand. Scientists have made tremendous advances toward building lifelike prosthetic limbs that move and function like [...]

Guest Blog: Mary Foley RN, PhD, Chairperson, Safe in Common

Safe in Common Chairperson Mary Foley, PhD, RN, is former President of the American Nursing Association and a US leader for needlestick prevention. She is the Director at the Center for Nursing Research and Innovation at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing. She continues to write and lecture about healthcare policy, [...]

PCORI Awards $88.6 Million in Funding for Comparative Effectiveness Research Projects

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has approved 51 new awards, totaling $88.6 million over three years, to fund patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) projects under the first four areas of its National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda. This brings the total that PCORI has awarded for projects addressing these priorities to $129.3 [...]