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Our mission is to optimize the health and well-being of children, women, and families in a changing multicultural society by fostering excellence in our nursing programs of teaching, research, and practice, as well as through community service.
We promote the advancement of knowledge through systematic exploration, scholarly dialogue, reflection, and dissemination.
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News / Events

Dean Announces New Chair

Linda Franck, RN, PhD, RGN, RSCN, FAAN, will be the new Chair of Family Health Care Nursing (FHCN) beginning May 2010, a position that will return her to her "roots" at UCSF School of Nursing.

Dr. Franck has been with University College, London Institute of Child Health as Professor and Chair of Children's Nursing Research since 1999. Dr. Franck received her Masters in Nursing from UCSF School of Nursing in 1983 and her PhD in Nursing in 1995. Dr. Franck joined the faculty of Family Health Care Nursing as an Assistant Professor, a position she held from 1995 to 1999.

Dr. Franck is an internationally respected research leader, having built an impressive dossier with highlights in leadership, research, and mentoring. She has also worked with several universities to develop learning activities and teaching curricula. She is one of the first nurses practicing outside of the United States to be awarded a Fellowship in the American Academy of Nursing. Dr. Franck is the first Chair of Children's Nursing Research in the UK.

Her pain research program is focused on pioneering pain assessment and management techniques for acutely and chronically ill infants and children. Her most recent research highlights the information needs of parents when their children are in pain and suggests innovative strategies for enhancing the partnership between parents and professionals to ensure children receive optimal pain care.

FHCN Chair Steps Down

Dr. Sally Rankin stepped down from her position as Chair of the UCSF School of Nursing Department of Family Health Care Nursing on December 31, 2009, a position she has held since 2004. Dr. Rankin assumed the role of the Associate Dean for International Programs on January 1, 2010. In addition, she has agreed to begin serving immediately as the Director of the UCSF WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Clinical Training in Nursing, a position vacated by Dr. Bill Holzemer, who recently left UCSF to become Dean of the Rutgers University College of Nursing.

Research Award

Janice Humphreys was awarded the Excellence in Research award from Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International. There are three awards given out at the NNVAWI conference and this is the only one for research.

Changes at Valencia Health Services

Effective December 31, 2009, the University of California at San Francisco School of Nursing no longer owns Valencia Health Services (VHS). Mission Neighborhood Health Center (MNHC) is the new owner and the new name is MNHC Valencia Clinic. There is sadness with the end of the school's ownership of the practice. Dr. Larry Granader and Justine Barnard will continue to offer pediatric and family patient care at Valencia, however, our clinical faculty will continue to provide excellent pediatric primary care as well as exemplary teaching experiences at SFGH and at other FHCN faculty practices.

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