Vol. 5, No. 17
- Conceive Magazine Web Site Publishes Article about Dean’s Research
- Faculty Member Named as Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar
- Faculty Member Elected to National League for Nursing Board of Governors
- SON Doctoral Student Studying Feeding Methods for Infants With Form of Congenital Heart Disease
- Join Us For A Conversation about the Doctorate of Nursing Practice
- Two Faculty Members Receive SON Literary Award
- School of Nursing’s Longest-Running Employee Retires
- Faculty Member Receives Nearly $3.2 Million Grant From NINR
- Alumni Award Recipients and Leading Donors Honored at Reception
- School of Nursing Alumni Day Nov. 14, 2009
- Atlanta-Area Alumni: Join Associate Dean Gwen Sherwood for “Lunch and Learn”
- Alumni Board Holds Annual Meeting, Prioritizes Student Support and Alumni Education
- Join Us In London – March 2010
Faculty Member Receives Nearly $3.2 Million Grant From NINR
Assistant professor Mi-Kyung Song received a nearly $3.2 million grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, for a study entitled, “Representational Intervention to Promote End-of-Life Decision-Making Preparation.”
The randomized, controlled trial will test the effects of the SPIRIT (Sharing the Patient’s Illness Representation to Increase Trust) intervention in improving preparedness for end-of-life
Assistant professor Mi-Kyung Song received a nearly $3.2 million grant from the NINR, NIH.
decision making among patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and their surrogates. The study also will test the effects of the SPIRIT intervention in reducing surrogates’ conflict during decision making and psychosocial morbidities.
Subjects will be 200 white and black patients with ESRD recruited from outpatient dialysis clinics and their chosen surrogate decision makers. Song’s co-investigators are SON assistant professor Jill Hamilton, UNC School of Medicine associate professor Laura Hanson, UNC biostatistics professor Jason Fine and professor Sandra Ward from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.