Monthly Archives: November 2011

Physician Assistants – Preventing and Treating Human Illness and Injury

Campus Connections at UDM recently announced that Associate Professor Suzanne York was a key player in helping advance a fourteen-month advocacy initiative leading to the passage of the Michigan Patient Access to Care and Safety Initiative, signed into Michigan Law … Continue reading

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Remembrances of Mercy

Sister Mary Justine Sabourin gathered a wonderful history of Mercy College and authored ‘Risk & Hope – An Early History of Mercy College of Detroit 1941-1966 (1999, University of Detroit Mercy Press.) She writes of the fortitude of vision and … Continue reading

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At Thanksgiving and Always, We Give Thanks for New Visions in Health Care

Thanksgiving traditionally opens a great season of optimism and hope for the future. Health care reform is, for many, an optimistic sign of greater attention to the needs of the patient and what will be the best way of delivering … Continue reading

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The College of Health Professions – Dynamic, Diverse, Diligent

You might not see the minute-to-minute drama in the College of Health Professions that you see on medical series like Grey’s Anatomy, House, or the old classic, M.A.S.H. Thankfully, life doesn’t happen in 30-minute segments — particularly at Health Professions, … Continue reading

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Scholarship Assistance – Critical to the Future of Health Professions Students

Students who enter the College of Health Professions at University of Detroit Mercy come to us from many backgrounds with dreams of doing great things with their education. Whether they choose McAuley School of Nursing or seek another fulfilling career … Continue reading

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Veterans Day – a Day for Remembering Nurses Serving the Military

This Veterans Day, The McAuley School of Nursing wants to recognize all who have served in our nation’s military, and proudly point to active and retired military nurses. This holiday and always, we honor these brave men and women who … Continue reading

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The McAuley Center – Living Catherine McAuley’s Mission

Catherine McAuley, the Founder of the Sisters of Mercy, was blessed by an inheritance that might have led her to mingle socially among the highest levels of society. She might have enjoyed a spacious home, servants, travel and entertainment. Instead, … Continue reading

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Remembrances of Mercy

What we recall now as the Outer Drive Campus was actually the site of Mercy College of Detroit for more than a half-century. Mercy College of Detroit provided a comprehensive liberal arts foundation for its students and graduated educators, diatetic … Continue reading

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Nurse Anesthesia Programs

Mike Dosch, Ph.D., MS, CRNA recently published an article in the October issue of Outpatient Surgery Magazine titled, “How Do Anesthesia Machines Work?” As an Associate Professor and Director of the Nurse Anesthesia Program at UDM, Mike leads a program … Continue reading

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