Big week! Honored to be inducted as an NLN Academy of Nursing Education Fellow (ANEF) & to celebrate nursing science at the National Institute for Nursing Research’s 40th Anniversary. Grateful for colleagues, students & mentors who make this work possible. #NLNSummit25 @gwnursing.bsky.social

Advocacy works. The Senate Appropriations Committee has preserved $197.7M in funding for NINR! The work continues. NINR’s 40th Anniversary Scientific Symposium: Advancing Nursing Science to Improve Health for All! Register here #Nursingscience

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"This proposal sends a troubling message: that nursing science is expendable."
--> Editorial by @adarcymahoney.bsky.social on the proposed elimination of NINR. Nurse-led research shapes policy & improves care. "Don’t fold nursing science—fund it!"
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"“In just one quarter of the year, we are approaching last year’s total— an unmistakable sign that measles is spreading at a dangerous pace,” --Me. today.com/health/disea... via
@todayshow.com

Celebrating teaching excellence @gwu1821.bsky.social ! Proud of our @gwNURSING team for leading the way with AI integration, helping students harness technology to enhance learning and improve outcomes.

That feeling when the R01 that basically had to be re-written in the last two weeks is in! Hooray!!! @melissabaralt.bsky.social @britobabylab.bsky.social @fiu.bsky.social

“We cannot protect children from politics with more research, policy papers, and earnest scientific explanations… we must engage in politics for kids.”

— @annieandrewsmd.bsky.social

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Nominate a @upenn.edu Nursing alum who inspires! Celebrate their impact in care, advocacy, or leadership. Submit your nomination for the Penn Nursing Alumni Awards today! 🌟 www.nursing.upenn.edu/alumni/event... #Nurse

We published these results in @jama.com Health Forum.

Children are unifying. It's not one party or the other. It's not parents vs. non-parents, democrats vs. republicans, we care all care about kids.

#putkids1st #medsky #pedsky #kids #childhealth

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Nice piece in the #Atlanta Journal Constitution.

But I would go a step further, we have found that a pro-child policy agenda is bipartisan.

In our national poll of child health, we found near consensus on several child policies across party lines.

www.ajc.com/opinion/opin...

Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s a great review from @kff.org Re what a new Sec of HHS can/can’t do about vaccines - to inform your debates over the turkey.

One certainty is that HHS Sec has a bully pulpit - & could decimate public confidence in (safe, effective) vaccines.

www.kff.org/policy-watch...

Grateful and hopeful.

hi! happy to be added!

Grateful to be a finalist for the @vanurses researcher award! Always wonderful to be with @gwNURSING faculty!

Are you a Spirit fan/soccer fan/sports fan/general human in DC today and looking for a place to watch the NWSL final

@fritzhahn.bsky.social has a list for @washingtonpost.com of 10+ (!!!) places around the area where you can catch the game. (Which is on Big CBS at 8!)

An independent @NINR drives nurse-led research that addresses real-world challenges—maternal health disparities, chronic illness, mental health—focusing on whole-person care. NIH restructuring risks losing this vital work. My latest- www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

I was just going to ask what is your first line now for hypotension in preemies.

+ me!