YSN Professor Juliette Shellman Receives VNA Community Partnership Award
New Haven, CT — November 20, 2008
Yale University School of Nursing Assistant Professor Juliette Shellman, PhD, APRN-BC, received the Community Partnership Award from Visiting Nurse Association of South Central Connecticut (VNA/SCC). Shellman was presented with the award during the VNA/SCC's 2008 Awards Event at the New Haven Lawn Club on November 19.
She was awarded for her role in the Carelink program, a collaboration between Yale University School of Nursing and Southern Connecticut State University School of Nursing.
Shellman was instrumental in bringing Carelink to VNA/SCC after having success with a similar program between the UConn School of Nursing and a New Britain, Connecticut-based VNA.
Carelink matches student nurses with discharged VNA/SCC patients who no longer need home health care services, but who are at risk for recidivism. The program involves fall prevention, reminiscence therapy, and medication education. The program's success comes mainly from the health literacy education component.
