A step back in time

First-year medical and graduate nursing students at the Uniformed Services University experienced breathtaking pieces of military heritage on the storied fields of Antietam. Leaving behind USU’s traditional brick-and-mortar classrooms, they marched across the famous Civil War battlefield, home to the bloodiest one-day fight in American history. First-year medical and graduate nursing students at the Uniformed Services University experienced breathtaking pieces of military heritage on the storied fields of Antietam. Leaving behind USU’s traditional brick-and-mortar classrooms, they marched across the famous Civil War battlefield, home to the bloodiest one-day fight in American history.

 


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COL Bruce Schoneboom, Ph.D., is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

USU faculty takes first place in Navy Wide Research Competition

Several Graduate School of Nursing faculty members and students were honored during the 26th Annual Navy-Wide Research Competition held on May 26 at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP).

CDR Greg Nezat, USU's former research director at NMCP, and CDR Chris Oudekerk, USU's current research director at NMCP, represented the winning team in the Navy Medicine East competition.

Their presentation, "The effect of intraoperative intravenous lidocaine infusion on the reduction of postoperative pain and return of bowel function in patients undergoing minor laparoscopic gynecological procedures," was supported by USU teammates LT Philip Grady, LCDRs Nathaniel Clark and John Lenahan, CDR Robert Hawkins and CAPT (Ret) Joe Pelligrini.