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Beeping medical equipment, ringing phones, rushing feet — the sounds of a hospital surround a Purdue University School of Nursing (NUR) student as they tend to their patient and are paged to care for another. The health care decisions are theirs alone to make as they look at the clock to manage their time. Forty minutes have passed. They remove the Oculus headset from their eyes and prepare to debrief their experiences with their faculty instructor.

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu Beeping medical equipment, ringing phones, rushing feet — the sounds of a hospital surround a Purdue University School of Nursing (NUR) student as they tend to their patient and are paged to care for another....

In the lab of Distinguished Professor Don Lynam, it’s the toxic threshold of personality traits that separate that likable and outgoing extrovert from a self-absorbed narcissist.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu Not all personality traits of a narcissist are bad. For instance, narcissists are extroverts, and extroverts are generally outgoing and likable people. In the lab of Purdue University Psychological Sciences Distinguished Professor Don Lynam, it’s...

From the Hispanic community in Lake County, Indiana, to individuals experiencing homelessness in Greater Lafayette, Natalia Rodriguez, assistant professor in the Purdue University Department of Public Health, is working to advance health equity in communities throughout Indiana. By taking a community-based approach to increase access to preventive care and develop health technologies that detect disease early, Rodriguez’s research focuses on reducing cervical cancer rates among these vulnerable populations.

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu From the Hispanic community in Lake County, Indiana, to individuals experiencing homelessness in Greater Lafayette, Natalia Rodriguez, assistant professor in the Purdue University Department of Public Health, is working to advance health equity in communities...

Students in the School of Nursing navigate low frequency high-risk scenarios such as this in the Center for Nursing Education and Simulation (CNES) on a routine basis. Although the patient is a high-fidelity simulator mannequin and not a live human, for the nursing students, the stakes feel just as high.  

Written By: Kat Braz Alarms sound and stress builds as a patient admitted for chest pain goes into cardiac arrest. The nurse calls the code, begins chest compressions and quickly explains what should happen next. Students in the School of...

For nearly 30 years, Catherine (Cammie) McBride, professor of human development and family science at Purdue University, has fostered career paths and influenced groups of scientists through exceptional mentoring. Now, the steadfast mentor is being recognized by the Association for Psychological Science (APS) with the 2024 APS Mentor Award. The award honors the dedication and impact of psychology researchers and educators with a distinguished record of teaching, advising, and encouraging students and colleagues.

Written by: Denise Buhrmester, dmbuhrmester@purdue.edu For nearly 30 years, Catherine (Cammie) McBride, professor of human development and family science at Purdue University, has fostered career paths and influenced groups of scientists through exceptional mentoring. Now, the steadfast mentor is being recognized...

HHS Success Mentors transformed hundreds of timid first-year students into high-achieving leaders inside and outside the classroom. As is often with HHS students, the urge to help and give back has kept the number of mentors plentiful.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu More than 8,000 miles away from her biological family in India, Saniya Savita arrived at Purdue University not knowing anyone. She was on a huge campus in a new country with about 40,000 students. In...