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Practice
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In honor of National Nurses Week May 6-12, we take a look at what a day in the life of a nurse practitioner is truly like.
For Michele Kolostian, RN, MSN, GNP-BC, no two days are exactly the same. As with many nurse practitioners, each shift comes with its own unique challenges and rewards. In honor of National Nurses Week, Kolostian graciously took time to speak with us, providing a glimpse of a typical day in the life of a nurse practitioner.
USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work: What is your educational and professional background?
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Aileen Hongo, MSW ’13, MAG ’07, first met award-winning commercial and art photographer Ron Levine through his photographs – striking images of aging prisoners.
“This a voiceless population,” said Hongo, a life skills instructor at Five Keys Charter School and a research fellow at the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging.
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While all our field placements offer the chance for our Master of Social Work students to engage in real-world client services, sometimes those opportunities collide with something larger.
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Suh Chen Hsiao wasn’t sure what to expect from students when she taught a class at Beijing Normal University. She thought they might act like “traditional” Chinese students who listen intently to lectures without much interaction with their instructors. After some coaxing, these Master of Social Work students quickly proved her wrong.
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In partnership with the Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families (CIR) at the USC School of Social Work, 211 LA County and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, the Los Angeles Veterans Collaborative has launched a new text-messaging platform to help veterans as they transition back to their local communities.
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The idea behind Korean American Community Service Day is a simple one: Pick one day of the year when Korean Americans and their families and friends across the country volunteer in support of their local communities. Conceived by fellows in the Network of Korean-American Leaders, the second annual community service day is slated for Oct. 17.
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A college student falls into a deep depression. A young person from a rural village has difficulty adapting to his new urban home. A couple from different socioeconomic backgrounds deal with the fallout from their parents.
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Every year during fall Orientation Week at USC, the USC School of Social Work welcomes its new Master of Social Work students with a unique community outreach experience. Students spend two days in Community Immersion exploring the varied neighborhoods of Southern California and then take time to reflect on those experiences, readying themselves for what’s to come in their social work educational careers by examining the societal factors that shape a community.
Here MSW student Janet Bayramyan shares what she learned last fall while touring downtown Los Angeles.
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The USC School of Social Work and United Friends of the Children hosted more than 500 Los Angeles foster youth in October for an event designed to encourage them to go to college.
The 13th annual College Within Reach day offered middle and high school-aged students living in foster care information about higher education, with the goal of showing them college is an option and providing them the necessary tools to begin college planning.