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For more than 20 years, the University of Washington School of Nursing has been ranked America's No. 1 nursing school, including 17 years atop the U.S. News and World Report list, which began ranking nursing schools
in 1993.
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and Teaching
Six degree programs, multiple specialties, continuing education opportunities and world renowned research are part of the UW School of Nursing's goal of addressing society's most pressing challenges in health care. Students: Oliver Liscano and Joann Ucol.
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Every year the UW School of Nursing honors local and national leaders for their important contributions to the field of nursing and pays tribute to our community's most accomplished nurses and health care leaders at the annual Nurses Recognition Banquet.
Advancing Nursing Research
With a commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration and patient care the UW School of Nursing is the No. 3 Nursing School in research funding from the NIH, with six centers of excellence and over 185 active and pending research projects.
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Diana M. Taibi, PhD, RN Assistant Professor Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems 357266 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 Email Address: dmtaibi@u.washington.edu |
| Scholarship: Dr. Diana Taibi has an established program of research investigating complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies for pain and sleep disturbance in persons with arthritis. Her prior work includes studies of the herb valerian for sleep disturbance. Dr. Taibi’s current research investigates yoga for pain and sleep disturbance in older adults with osteoarthritis. She is also a pilot study principal investigator on the NIH-funded Center for Research on the Management of Sleep Disturbances (CRMSD). She also serves as an expert consultant on sleep assessment using actigraphy. | |
| Teaching: Dr. Taibi is passionate about baccalaureate-level nursing education, with her teaching primarily focused at this level. She has taught undergraduate health assessment courses for many years and currently serves on the UW BSN Curriculum Committee. She has also taught courses at the graduate level, including scholarly proposal development and statistics. Dr. Taibi frequently provides guest lectures in areas of her expertise, including sleep, CAM research, and digestive health. In addition to direct teaching, Dr. Taibi collaborates on simulation-based initiatives for promoting nursing education and interprofessional communication. | |
| Service: Dr. Taibi has served the Psi Chapter-at-Large of Sigma Theta Tau International for several years and is currently a Vice President of the chapter. As the VP for Communications, Dr. Taibi has lead advances in chapter communications through technologies such as Twitter and Facebook. Dr. Taibi is a member of the Washington State Nurses Association/American Nurses Association, the Western Institute of Nursing, and the Sleep Research Society. She is a BNHS departmental reviewer of applications to the UW Institutional Review Board (IRB), and she reviews regularly for journals such as Sleep Medicine and Research in Gerontological Nursing. | |
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Current Projects:
• Examination of Methods for Quantifying Night-to-Night Variability in Insomnia Outcomes (Principal Investigator) • Center for Research on the Management of Sleep Disturbances (Pilot Project Principal Investigator) • Nursing Technology Collaborative (Key Personnel) • Interprofessional Team Training Toolkit (Key Personnel) |
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