Stories of Care & Discovery

UVA Study Aims to Relieve Huntington’s Patients’ Hidden Symptoms

UVA Study Aims to Relieve Huntington's Patients' Hidden Symptoms

A UVA nurse scientist and psychology professor are working together to help Huntington’s patients deal with the “emotional roller coaster” the disease can cause.

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UVA Study Aims to Relieve Huntington’s Patients’ Hidden Symptoms
As Stress and Demands Increase, Three Nurses Set Out to Create a Traveling Escape

As Stress and Demands Increase, Three Nurses Set Out to Create a Traveling Escape

Amid a national conversation about resilience and burnout in health fields, three UVA nurses created “resiliency toolkits” to be easily accessible in hospital units.

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As Stress and Demands Increase, Three Nurses Set Out to Create a Traveling Escape
Class of 2021: Nurse at Center of Pandemic Response Finds Renewed Personal Mission

Class of 2021: Nurse at Center of Pandemic Response Finds Renewed Personal Mission

Trisha Durfee was already juggling a career as a nurse in the UVA Dermatology clinic, her responsibilities as a mother of four, and an academic program in the School of Nursing. Then the pandemic hit.

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Class of 2021: Nurse at Center of Pandemic Response Finds Renewed Personal Mission
Nursing Student Learns the Labor of Love

Nursing Student Learns the Labor of Love

Determined to see her patient through, nursing student Madi Wilson helped a new mother in labor.

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Nursing Student Learns the Labor of Love
Study to Shed Light on Women Living With Disabilities, Better Position Clinicians to Help

Study to Shed Light on Women Living with Disabilities, Better Position Clinicians to Help

Nursing professor Jeanne Alhusen earned a $1.9 million National Institutes of Health grant to study American women with disabilities who face a lack of access to quality reproductive and family planning care.

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Study to Shed Light on Women Living With Disabilities, Better Position Clinicians to Help