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Happy Nurses Week 2018!

Happy belated 2018 Nurses Week and congratulations to all of our 2018 Nursing Awards nominees and winners! Excellence in Acute & Transitional Care Nursing Award Winner : Yin Lo, RN, BSN- 14 Moffitt Medical/Surgical High Acuity Unit

UCSF 2017 Flu Summit

INEx & Occupational Health host an annual Flu Summit to kick off the Flu Season. The goal of the Flu Summit is to provide information on this season’s flu vaccine and to train new flu deputies on the vaccination workflow (i.e. how to navigate questions about the vaccine, how to order vaccines,...

UCSF Nurses Recognized Nationally for Excellence in Patient Care and Innovation

By Kristen Bole on October 20, 2017 UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco have earned the prestigious Magnet Recognition® designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), acknowledging their excellence in nursing, quality of patient care and...

UCSF Medical Center Ranked 5th Best Hospital in US

U.S. News & World Report released its annual rankings of best hospitals in the United States. I am very pleased to share the results: UCSF Medical Center is the fifth best hospital in the nation, the best hospital in California and the best hospital in the West.  Further, of the 16 specialties...

UCSF Hospital & Nurses Week: May 8-12, 2017

2017 Excellence in Nursing Leadership Award: Lee Greenholtz

This award is presented to recognize a professional nurse who through various professional activities in leadership and mentoring roles displays professionalism through effective communication of the vision and mission of professional nursing, advocacy and support for patients and staff, and whose...

2017 Joanna Briggs Institute Comprehensive Systematic Review Training

The UCSF JBI Centre is committed to advancing patient care by teaching JBI comprehensive systematic review (CSR) methods. The CSR workshop will enable learners to transform a particular clinical problem/interest into a systematic review that will be published by JBI and used to support global...

2017 UCSF Invitation JBI Clinical Fellow Program Applications

2017 UCSF Invitational JBI Clinical Fellows Program applications are now available. Information  and application for the third cohort of JBI Clinical Fellows below. Applications are due April 24th, 2017

2017-18 Call for the Barbara Faust Memorial Fund Research Grant

The Clinical InQuERI Council is pleased to announce the availability of the Barbara Faust Memorial Fund Research Grant. This grant is designed to support primary research and is available to all UCSF Medical Center career nurses employed at or greater than 60%. Please see the Clinical Inquiry...

UCSF International Nursing Fellow Program 2017

The Institute for Nursing Excellence is pleased to announce that we are continuing our International Nursing Fellow Program with the Nursing Department from Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital (HKSH).