28th Annual Elizabeth Sterling Soule Endowed Lecture

"A Call for Reform: New Ways to Ease the Pain, Symptoms and Stress of Serious Illness"

Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008                        

Kane Hall, Room 120

Lecture: 6:00 - 7:00

Panel Discussion: 7:00 - 8:00

Dr. Betty Ferrell,

City of Hope National Medical Center,

Duarte, CA,

Oncolongy nurse and research scientist

 

Dr. Charles von Gunten,

San Diego Hospice & Palliative Care,

Provost-VP, Center for Palliative Sutdies

• A groundbreaking new medical speciality is emerging to provide comfort and support for those struggling with serious or terminal illness.
• Palliative-care specialists are pioneering new standards to relieve suffering and improve quality of life for the sick and dying.
• Learn how palliative care helps the seriously ill grapple with the physical, emotional and practical implications of their diagnoses - and why too many patients still don't get the care they need.

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"I really thought it was a magnificent event--very nurse-empowering. We had wanted to capture both the science and scholarship along with the passion and caring that characterizes this field as we see it, AND leave with an action message for the audience. I think we accomplished all this and more! " Barbara McGrath, UW School of Nursing

"An absolutely WONDERFUL event that was just superb--speakers, panel members, organization, attendance. It was also such a warm and embracing community experience for the School of Nursing, its alumni, and its supporters!   Barbara Cochrane, The DeTornyay Term Professor for Healthy Aging

Panel Members: 

Fran M. Lewis, Moderator and Soule Committee Chair; the Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Endowed Professor, UW School of Nursing

George Demiris, Associate Professor, BNHS, UW School of Nursing

Stuart J. Farber, Associate Professor, UW School of Medicine; Director, UWMC Palliative Care Service

Nancy R. Hooyman: The Hooyman Endowed Professor in Gerontology, Dean Emeritus, UW School of Social Work

Sarah E. Shannon: Associate Professor, BNHS, Vice Associate Dean for Academic Serivces, UW School of Nursing

Established in 1979, the Elizabeth Sterling Soule Endowed Lecture honors the founding dean of the UW School of Nursing. It is an annual presentation featuring prominent nursing and health care leaders and is supported through the Elizabeth Sterling Soule Endowed Fund and the University of Washington Alumni Association.

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Blood clots: Risks and prevention

Up to two million Americans are affected annually by blood clots, also known as Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). Some 300,000 die each year from pulmonary embolism, most as a result of DVT.

Join us for DVT Awareness by Design, an event to raise awareness about blood clot risks, signs and symptoms.

           Wednesday, March 12
           11 a.m. -12:30 p.m.

           In the lobby of the Health Sciences building

           1959 NE Pacific St.

• Hear from Melanie Bloom, widow of NBC News correspondent David Bloom, who died at age 39 from complications of DVT, as well as a current patient diagnosed with DVT.
• Learn about a new UW-created patient safety toolkit to help prevent, diagnose and treat venous thromboembolism, a disease that includes DVT and pulmonary embolism. An panel of UW vascular experts, led by School of Nursing Associate Dean Brenda Zierler, will share insights.
• Be part of a nationwide challenge to design DVT-themed socks.

April 6, 2008:

"The Art of Aging" on KCTS-TV features two UW School of Nursing faculty members.

April 9, 2008:

Spring healthy aging lecture, sponsored by the UW School of Nursing's de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging. Keynote speaker: Heather Young

 

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