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  • Drexel's 11th Street Center Takes Health and Wellness Outside

    April 30, 2013

    The 11th Street Family Health Services of Drexel University (11th Street) is partnering with the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services (DBHIDS) in an event called Painting a Healthy City, part of a series that aims to promote health and well-being across Philadelphia by bringing together the powerful forces of public art, community engagement and health resources.

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  • Inside-Out update

    April 29, 2013

    This summer, five unique Inside-Out courses will invite students to learn inside a prison, at a farm, a senior citizen home and an enterprise center.

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  • Nutrition Students Begin Next Step in Path to Becoming Registered Dietitians

    April 19, 2013

    On April 8, nineteen students from the Nutrition Sciences Department were placed in dietetic internships across the country for the coming year. Please join us in congratulating the following students who received internship matches...

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  • Rubertone Elected to Education Section Nominating Committee

    April 19, 2013

    Patricia Rubertone, assistant professor and Director of Clinical Education in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, was elected to the American Physical Therapy Association’s Clinical Education Special Interest Group Nominating Committee...

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  • Patients Get Tools for Managing their Chronic Pain at 11th Street

    April 19, 2013

    Patients with chronic pain now have the opportunity to participate in group education sessions at 11th Street Family Health Services of Drexel University to get the tools and knowledge they need to best manage their pain.

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  • Painting Begins on Community Mural at 11th Street Family Health Services

    April 19, 2013

    Painting began at 11th Street Family Health Services of Drexel University on April 5 for the mural which will be placed on a residential building at 8th and Parish Streets upon completion.

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  • Drexel Nursing Students Lead National Convention

    April 19, 2013

    Drexel nursing students were recognized as major leaders this year at the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) Annual Convention, which took place in Charlotte, North Carolina from April 3-7.

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  • New Drexel Washington D.C. Office Gets Media Attention

    April 19, 2013

    The Washington Business Journal published an article on April 3 about the new Drexel University office opening in Washington D.C. this summer.

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  • Posmontier Quoted by Sanjay Gupta

    April 19, 2013

    Barbara Posmontier, PhD, an assistant professor in the Doctor of Nursing Practice Department, was quoted by Sanjay Gupta, MD, in his article, “How Support, Coping Skills, Can Reduce Postpartum Depression Risk,” On everydayhealth.com.

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  • Green Tea: The Fountain of Youth

    April 19, 2013

    The pioneering work of Denham Harman, MD, PhD, paved the way for the concept that aging is not a mysterious event that occurs at random. But, rather, aging is a consequence of the damage caused by an excess of “free radicals.”

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  • Stephanie Ross Travels as Liaison to 3 Korean Universities

    April 19, 2013

    Stephanie Ross, Director of the Complementary and Integrative Therapies Program, traveled to Seoul, Korea in mid-October 2012. She served as a liaison from Drexel’s Office of International Programs and from the College of Nursing and Health Professions, developing potential international relationships between Drexel University and Korea University, Dongbang Graduate University, and Eulji University...

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  • FNP Student Marilyn Berchie Awarded Minute Clinic Scholarship

    April 19, 2013

    Family Nurse Practitioner student Marilyn Berchie was awarded a $5,000 scholarship to complete her final clinical with Minute Clinic. Berchie has worked in adult care clinical settings at several locations in Maryland, seeing patients for a variety of conditions.

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  • Chiarello Promoted to Full Professor

    April 19, 2013

    Congratulations to Lisa Chiarello, PhD, who has earned promotion to full professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences...

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  • Join the Alumni Network- Now Accepting Nominations

    April 19, 2013

    The College of Nursing and Health Professions Alumni Network  is currently accepting nominations of qualified alumni interested in running for election to the Board of Directors...

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  • Goodstadt Published in the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy

    April 19, 2013

    Noel Goodstadt, DPT, an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, wrote an article published in the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy in April.

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  • Dreher Promoted to Full Professor

    April 19, 2013

    Congratulations to H. Michael Dreher, PhD, who was promoted to the rank of Professor. He is the fourth nursing faculty member to be promoted to this rank since 1996...

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  • Marlene Watson

    Watson Publishes Book About Cultural Belief in Black Inferiority

    April 19, 2013

    Marlene Watson, PhD, an associate professor in the Couple and Family Therapy Department, wrote a book about African Americans’ unhappiness with their families, relationships, and bodies. Facing the Black Shadow was published in February...

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  • Ode to Evelyn: What the Mother of Hand Therapy does for Drexel Students

    April 12, 2013

    “Evelyn Mackin is a true pioneer in her commitment to returning hand surgery and hand injury patients to full function of rehabilitation,” said Gloria Donnelly, PhD, Dean of the Drexel College of Nursing and Health Professions. Mackin, now ninety years-old, is considered the “mother” of the hand therapy profession...

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  • Scholarship Allows Student Jen Manning to Provide Hand Therapy on Rural Reservation

    April 12, 2013

    Jen Manning has a two-month patient waiting list for her therapy care in the health clinic on the White Earth Indian Reservation in Minnesota where she works. She is a current student in the Hand and Upper Quarter Rehabilitation Program at Drexel’s College of Nursing and Health Professions.

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  • Drexel Connections Changed an Alumna's Career

    April 12, 2013

    “The program really made a big difference in my life. It changed my career path,” began Gayle Severance, a 2004 graduate of the Drexel Certificate in Hand Therapy Program. “I was working in hand therapy because the person doing hand therapy at...

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  • You're Hired! Drexel Hand Therapy Graduates from an Employer's Point of View

    April 12, 2013

    Terri Skirven is the Director of Therapy at the Philadelphia Hand Center, the Director of the Hand Rehabilitation Foundation, and a guest lecturer in the Drexel Certificate in Hand Therapy Program on the topics of wrist examination and the treatment of wrist injuries and conditions. There is no doubt in Skirven’s mind that hand therapists who have completed the Drexel program tend to have a significant leg up in the competitive job market for certified hand therapists.

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  • Drexel Hand Therapy Program Prepares Students to See Complex and Post-Op Patients

    April 12, 2013

    The Drexel Certificate in Hand Therapy and Upper Quarter Rehabilitation Program is unique in both quality and format, providing busy practitioners with a blend of online, didactic and laboratory experiential components that allows them to pursue a higher degree while working, maintaining family life, and taking care of other responsibilities.

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  • Student from Singapore Knew Books Alone Weren't Enough

    April 11, 2013

    “Sometimes books cannot tell you the actual feel of how you touch a patient. For interventions, books tell you roughly what to do but there isn’t a part that tells you how to touch, how many repetitions you have to do,” said Un San (“Christina”) Tai, an occupational therapist and current student in Drexel’s Certificate in Hand Therapy and Upper Quarter Rehabilitation Program.

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  • Rebecca Walker Runs for Nursing Association Presidency

    April 01, 2013

    Nursing student Rebecca Walker is campaigning for the role of president of the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA), the the largest pre-professional organization in the country.

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  • CNHP Clinical Compliance Website is Live

    April 01, 2013

    The College of Nursing and Health Professions Compliance website is now officially up and ready for viewing...

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  • Certificate Program in Nursing Care of Autism Spectrum Disorder Slated to Begin Fall 2013

    April 01, 2013

    A new post-baccalaureate certificate program in the Integrated Nursing Care of Autism Spectrum Disorder will be offered in fall 2013 to nurses who have a Bachelor’s degree or higher in nursing as well as to BSN or Master’s degree students who want to minor in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) nursing care.

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  • Aroma Therapy Pebble Foot Massage

    April 01, 2013

    After a long tiring day, discover deep relaxation and scintillating comfort by experiencing an “Aroma Therapy Pebble Foot Massage". Simply cover the bottom of a large ceramic dish or wooden bowl with...

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  • Holt Receives Distinguished Alumnus Award

    April 01, 2013

    Congratulations to Karyn Holt, PhD, an associate clinical professor in the Advanced Role MSN Department, who was recognized for her contributions to the nursing profession by the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) School of Nursing with their Distinguished Alumnus Award.

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