We are pleased that our faculty have been recognized for teaching excellence at Emory University. They are in the forefront of nursing education, exploring issues ranging from active learning to ethical questions. We are especially pleased with the Senior Innovative Projects our creative students have developed to benefit the community. We are also committed to innovative health care programs designed in partnership with the communities we serve as exemplified by the Booker T. Washington Adolescent Health Station in Atlanta and the Malama program in Hawaii. We in nursing are learning that people are in a constant movement on the continuum between health and disease.
Nurses can detect that movement through symptom-distress markers.
The dominant American medical system processes symptomatology primarily to determine diagnosis and treatment. However, that is no longer good enough. Skyrocketing medical costs loom over both health professionals and patients. Nothing is free in health care. The nursing approach is to pay up front for quality care and preventive services that a symptom-distress model of clinical practice provides.