Nursing Research

To better support the health of children, school nurse specialist Erin Maughan and the American Academy of Nursing provide a pathway and policy recommendations for redesigning health care to focus on a holistic child approach using nurses’ unique perspectives.

Large language models can identify judgmental language in clinical notes but the settings play a major role in accuracy.

George Mason University dementia researchers examined fear of falling in people with dementia and their caregivers and how it affected individual and relational sleep.

The Algorithm Won’t Hold Your Mother’s Hand.

Digital health tools do not always build confidence for dementia caregivers.

For school nurses, burnout didn’t fade after pandemic stresses.

Study links paid sick leave to lower infection risk.

As more care and coordination moves online, nearly half of caregivers report low confidence in their digital health literacy, with implications for their own health and burnout.

Researchers from George Mason University highlight that without changes, the school nursing profession faces risks to both workforce retention and student health services. Suggested solutions include better staffing, stronger administrative support, and improved working conditions.

In the College of Public Health, researchers are embracing AI’s potential while also interrogating it, testing it, and redesigning it to work better for real people. Faculty are building AI tools to detect cancer earlier, support dementia patients, guide students through biostatistics, document evidence of violence, and flag burnout in caregivers—targeting some of public health’s toughest challenges.