Spring 2011, Vol. 9, No. 2

A Publication of New York University college of Nursing

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For updated information, please call 212-998-5305. Greetings from the Dean Celebrations A PUBLICATION OF 2 18 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING 3 Institute of Medicine Issues Groundbreaking Report on SPRING 2011, VOL. 9, NO. 2 the Future of Nursing Seeks Broad Changes in Nursing Education and Practice Dean Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN Managing Editor / Writer Barbara Kancelbaum Writer Cecilia Malm 5 NYU Nursing Students: Assistant Editors Meredith Miller, Steven Tipton Promoting Wellness Design Susan Carabetta Across the City Cover Photo Mathieu Asselin

Editorial Board Deborah Chyun, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN 20 Remembering Florence Downs Judith Haber, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN A Leader in Nursing Research Amy Knowles, MsEd Barbara Krainovich-Miller, EdD, APRN, BC, ANEF, FAAN Ellen Lyons, MPA 21 Health Care on Wheels Gail D’Eramo Melkus, EdD, C-NP, FAAN Major Grant Expands College’s Tom Olson, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC Mobile Health Services Hila Richardson, DrPH, RN, FAAN

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22 College and Faculty News 9 Meeting Urgent Health Care Needs in a Global Community NYU College of Nursing International Presence Grows

13 Research Report NYU Faculty Research on the Nurse Workforce is Driving the Conversation 30 Letter from D r. Ann Marie Mauro NYU College of Nursing Alumni Association President

30 Alumni Achievements

Cover: College of Nursing students in purple scrubs, from left, Natacha Joseph ’11, Nirali 32 Why I Give Thakker ’11, and Lucy Choy-Xiong ’12 talk with Codi-Ann Dyer alumna Stephanie Katz, BS ’10, about her experiences as a new nurse at NYU Langone Medical Center. 32 Dean’s Circle

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communities. This semester we wel- covered by changes in health care policy. comed Gustav Moyo, chief executive offi- I am particularly proud of the leadership cer of the Tanzanian Nurses and Midwives role the College of Nursing is taking in Council, as our first NYU College of Regional Action Committees to imple- Nursing Global Health Scholar. ment the important goals set forth in this We are on the move in the community. landmark report, and I look forward to Around New York City, our nurs- reporting to you on our progress. ing students are working with diverse We are leading the way into a new era of populations, including older adults who nursing excellence. Our doctoral program, are “aging in place” in lower Manhattan, so essential to addressing the shortage of Liberian refugees on Staten Island, and faculty in research-intensive universities, underserved minority groups in Brooklyn was recognized by the National Research who are gaining vital access to health Council with a rank of 7th among the services and health literacy through our nursing programs evaluated. With more Dear Friends, “Feeling Good in Your Neighborhood” than 1,400 nursing students and con- mobile health van. tinuing success for our graduates in the If I were to assign a theme to this issue Collectively, NYU nursing students careers they choose, we are confident that of NYU Nursing, it would be NYU nurses practice and learn in over 120 agencies the momentum for the profession is on a are on the move! throughout the city and the surrounding very positive course. First, we are on the move across the globe. metropolitan area. In addition, our Winter Most important, plans are moving ahead Extraordinary events that have taken place Session continues to provide exceptional for a new home for our College of Nursing. around the world have underscored the experiences for our students in com- With a location in the heart of NYU’s health necessity of preparing our graduates to be munities around New York State. Courses corridor, and with our College of Dentistry well versed in a wide variety of cultures in Saranac Lake, Saratoga Springs, and also based in the new building, we look and communities. As a global network Cooperstown help us continue to build forward to dynamic interdisciplinary col- university, NYU offers its students far- our momentum as the flagship college of laborations and a state-of-the-art home ranging opportunities for studies in New nursing in the state. Our efforts to explore that will support the growing needs of our York, Abu Dhabi, Shanghai, and 10 addi- rural experiences, as well as community students and faculty. tional international study sites. Under hospital-based experiences, are more I feel very fortunate to be witness to this the leadership of President John Sexton, examples of how we distinguish ourselves exciting time in our College’s history. We this expanding international network has with programs crafted for the benefit of the at the College of Nursing invite you to visit enabled our students to advance their patients our students will serve. our campus or to attend one of the many studies in new and creative ways that will We are moving forward to meet the chal- NYU events held throughout the year, help build the next generation of leader- lenges of the future. Another recent high- which include opportunities to meet and ship in global health care. light at the College was the presentation share ideas with friends, alumni, col- As you’ll read in this issue, the College on campus in October by John W. Rowe, leagues, and nursing professionals. Have of Nursing plays an important role in MD, of the much-anticipated report a wonderful summer! this global enterprise. Our faculty are The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, undertaking important research projects Advancing Health. This report, produced Sincerely, around the world, from helping chronic- by a committee of leaders in health care disease patients manage their conditions under the auspices of the Robert Wood in rural Nicaragua to developing strate- Johnson Foundation Initiative on the gies to reduce HIV/AIDS transmission in Future of Nursing at the Institute of Kenya and Uganda. We have also begun a Medicine, has provided a blueprint for new Global Health Scholars Program to nursing over the next several decades. Terry Fulmer foster international exchange and assist The report emphasizes that nurses will be The Erline Perkins McGriff Professor health leaders across the world in bring- central in providing care to the estimated Dean, College of Nursing ing evidence-based practices to their 32 million additional individuals to be

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ore than 200 NYU faculty, associate professor in the College of the capacity of nurses to practice to the full students, and community Nursing and assistant professor in NYU extent of their education, training, and members gathered at NYU School of Medicine. competence,” Dr. Rowe told the audience. on October 12, 2010, to The IOM, an independent nonprofit orga- The usual objection to expanding the scope Mhear John “Jack” W. Rowe, MD (above), nization that provides unbiased, evidence- of advanced practice nurses’ practice is present a landmark report, The Future of based guidance to government agencies and that physicians have more training. Dr. Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, other policymakers, has long been con- Rowe acknowledged that physicians do released by the Institute of Medicine cerned with health care workforce issues. have more hours of education and more (IOM). The report is the result of a com- “When the IOM takes on a topic, others expertise than nurses do on certain issues. prehensive two-year study from the Com- take serious note,” said Dean Fulmer, who “What we are saying is that there is no evi- mittee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foun- was elected to the Institute in October dence that physicians provide better basic dation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, 2010. “This report will have a profound primary care than nurses, and in fact, there at the Institute of Medicine. It proposes sig- effect on us all.” are some 200 papers in the literature that nificant changes in nurses’ roles, respon- Dr. Rowe noted, “Nursing has three mil- indicate that nurses provide as good, or in sibilities, and education to improve patient lion members, it’s the largest sector of the some cases better, care than physicians.” care and meet the demands of the health health care workforce, and surveys show An expansion in nurses’ scope of care system as it is transformed in the com- it’s the most respected.” Yet, the committee practice would require nothing less than ing years by the Affordable Care Act. found that a number of barriers prevent the actions by Congress, state legislatures, Dr. Rowe, a national health care leader, profession from responding most effec- the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare is a gerontologist and professor of health tively to the changing health care system. Services, the U.S. Office of Personnel policy and management in the Mailman At the same time, Dr. Rowe noted, the Management, and even the Federal Trade School of Public Health at Columbia Affordable Care Act has created a substan- Commission and antitrust division of University. Dean Terry Fulmer noted that tial opportunity to provide higher-quality, the Department of Justice. Trade-related Dr. Rowe was the ideal person to describe safer, more affordable, and more acces- entities have stepped into this arena in this groundbreaking report, not only sible care, particularly for the 32 million because he served on the IOM committee additional people who will have health that produced it but because his career insurance coverage in the coming years. The Future of Nursing has touched on nearly every aspect of Reconceptualizing the role of nurses and the health care system, from providing expanding nurse faculty will be central to Four Key Messages patient care to overseeing a health insur- capturing this opportunity. ance company. Dr. Rowe was president Another key finding of the report is that Nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training. and CEO of Aetna U.S. Healthcare from there is tremendous variability in nurses’ 2000 to 2006 and previously served as scope of practice across the country, and Nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an president of Mount Sinai Medical Center. in many states, legal provisions hinder improved education system that promotes The October event included panelists their ability to give care independently seamless academic progression. Jennie Chin Hansen, MS, RN, FAAN, and use the full capacity of their education. Nurses should be full partners, with physi- chief executive officer of the American In most western states, for example, nurse cians and other health care professionals, in Geriatrics Society; Judith Haber, PhD practitioners can see patients and pre- redesigning health care in the United States. ’84, MA ’67, APRN, BC, FAAN, Ursula scribe medications without supervision, Effective workforce planning and policy Springer Leadership Professor in but in other areas of the country, they must making require better data collection and Nursing and associate dean for gradu- work under a physician’s supervision. an improved information infrastructure. ate programs at NYU College of Nursing; “We are not alone in our view that there (IOM, 2010, p. S—3) and Marilyn DeLuca, PhD, RN, adjunct should be significant enhancement in

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e6857text_CS4.indd 3 3/15/11 11:59 AM an effort to monitor potentially anti- nursing programs be reallocated toward rest solely with nurses. Yet nurses must competitive practices on the part of some nurse residency programs. assume greater levels of leadership in the health care professions. Dr. Rowe pointed The report calls for widespread improve- health care system, identifying problems to a case in North Carolina that could have ments in nursing education to ensure safe, and implementing improvements. “Where an impact on battles related to nurses’ effective patient care for a growing aging are the RN MBAs? Where are the leader- scope of practice. That state’s regula- population and strongly supports increas- ship courses in nursing and fellowships tory board of dentistry had prohibited ing the percentage of nurses who have for nurses to work in health policy? This dental assistants from providing teeth- bachelor’s degrees from the current 50% is a tremendous gap,” said Dr. Rowe. The whitening services, at the suggestion of to 80%. It further advocates that public committee recommends that health care dentists in the state. Dental hygienists and private funding bodies help nurses to organizations, nursing associations, and sued the state and won their case. The earn their bachelor’s degrees within five schools expand opportunities for nurses Future of Nursing report makes a number years of graduation from non-baccalaureate to lead and collaborate in improvement of recommendations aimed at govern- nursing programs and that community col- efforts. The committee’s final recommen- mental agencies to ensure that nurses can leges expand their capacity to provide this dation is to build the needed infrastructure practice to the full extent of their training. training. The need for nurses educated at the to collect and analyze interprofessional (See map below for nurse practitioner inde- graduate level is a strong focus of the report, health care workforce data. The Affordable pendent practice requirements by state.) which recommends that nursing schools Care Act establishes two national bodies To reduce nurse turnover — a significant aim to transition at least 10% of their that will address these needs. expense for the health care system and bachelor’s degree graduates into master’s NYU College of Nursing Professor a factor in safe patient care — the report programs within five years. Among the most Christine Kovner, PhD ’85, RN, FAAN, recommends the implementation of challenging, albeit critical, of the report’s was among the elite nursing research- nurse residency or other transition-to- proposals is to double the number of nurses ers enlisted by the Robert Wood Johnson practice programs. “This is not a new with doctoral degrees by 2020 to help solve Foundation to provide data to help the idea, but an idea whose time has come,” the current shortage of nursing faculty. committee make its recommendations. Dr. Dr. Rowe said. The committee further The Future of Nursing concludes that the Kovner worked with Maja Djukic, PhD ’09, recommends that the well over $100 mil- power to change conditions to allow nurses RN, assistant professor, in providing the lion in government funding for diploma to deliver optimal health care does not committee with information on enrollment in nursing-education programs. “Dr. Kovner’s work, as well as the back- Consumer Access and Barriers to Primary Care ground papers provided by other experts, Physician-Nurse Practitioner Restrictive Collaboration Requirements by State was central to the productivity of the com- mittee,” Dean Fulmer says. Panelists at the event agreed that The Future of Nursing had already generated very substantial interest from the nursing and medical communities. Jennie Chin Hansen applauded Dr. Rowe’s leadership in tackling these controversial issues. Dr. Judith Haber acknowledged the wisdom of the interdisciplinary focus of the report, particularly its emphasis on nurse practitioners as key to providing high- quality health care. “The combination of the force of this report, coupled with health care reform After one-time signed articulated plan legislation, brings the stars into alignment Required consultation for Controlled Substancest IIII-III III onlyl NP signs one-page collaboration form; no physician signature required across health professions, to create [poli-

Restrictive Collaboration Requirement cies]... that are necessary to remove the No requirements (independent practice) Required to prescribe barriers to health care access for U.S. citi- An initiative of AARP, the AARP Foundation Required to diagnose, treat and prescribe and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation zens as we bring another 32 million people www.championnursing.org into the insurable scope of health care over Source: This map combines Map 1 OVERVIEW OF DIAGNOSING AND TREATING ASPECTS OF NP PRACTICE and Map 2 OVERVIEW OF PRESCRIBING ASPECTS OF NP PRACTICE developed by Linda Pearson, 2010: www.pearsonreport.com. (c) AARP. 2010. All rights reserved. the next few years,” Dr. Haber said.

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When Jessica Magaldi, BS ’11, placements in sites that include naturally arrived at the apartment of one of occurring retirement communities, the College’s mobile health van, Pathways to her clients during her Community Housing (which provides services to for- Health Nursing rotation, the older merly homeless people with mental health woman did not respond to repeated issues), the Isabella Geriatric Center, and knocks at the door. It turned out the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. NYU nursing students are engaged with Courtney Hubschmann (right) that the client had fallen and was with her client, Geraldine. communities at many other levels as not able to unlock the door. Because well — from assisting faculty with inter- Jessica sought help, emergency national research to volunteering at the combined with the regular visits she services were called, and the client Staten Island–based organization African receives from NYU nursing students, has was taken to the hospital and Refuge to organizing a large College pres- helped her to stay out of the hospital and ence at the annual Making Strides Against to live independently. treated for dehydration. Breast Cancer walk. Geraldine is one of the original partici- These experiences require “system pants in CareLink, an innovative program his story is just one of many in thinking,” according to Ms. Eaton. That is, run by the College of Nursing and Visiting which NYU students have made they call for students to look at the larger Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) differences in the lives of those societal issues contributing to illness. and funded by the Health Resources in New York City and around the “Many people are sick not because of an and Services Administration. CareLink Tworld while honing their nursing skills. internal biological mechanism but because matches NYU nursing students with older Experiences like these have a tremendous of a work, home, or community environ- impact not only on the patients but on the ment that exerts a huge impact on them,” “Community experiences are students, too. Ms. Eaton says, noting the widespread “Community experiences are mutu- impact of poverty on chronic illness. mutually benefi cial. They help ally beneficial,” says Michelle Eaton, DNP, students develop basic skills... APRN, course coordinator, with Susan < UPPER MANHATTAN > [and] provide a tremendous Lombardo, PhD, RN, of the Community Nursing Students Help Older Health Nursing class. “They help students Clients Remain in Their Homes service to organizations that develop basic skills, cultural compe- Geraldine’s small 25th-floor apartment struggle to fi nance the care tencies, and a larger appreciation for is jam-packed with memories: bookcases the environmental factors underlying display dozens of photographs of chil- they give.” — Michelle Eaton patients’ health problems. At the same dren and grandchildren, stuffed-animal time, when our students work in the com- souvenirs, and a framed plate with Presi- adults living in one of five naturally occur- munity, they provide a tremendous service dent Barack Obama’s image. As Courtney ring retirement communities (NORCs). to organizations that struggle to finance Hubschmann, BS ’11 (pictured above with NORCs are areas where a large proportion the care they give.” Geraldine), takes her blood pressure, of residents are older adults who are “aging The centerpiece of this work is the Geraldine explains that she was diag- in place.” VNSNY assigns nurses and social Community Health Nursing course. Most nosed with sickle cell anemia at the age workers to work in each of these sites. nursing students tend to envision them- of 18, soon after moving to New York City The College of Nursing partners with NYU selves at a patient’s bedside in a hospital, from North Carolina. Now, at 78, stay- College of Dentistry and Silver School of but this course often prompts students to ing healthy is her full-time job: She must Social Work to provide additional services consider community-based roles. During keep warm, rested, and well-hydrated. at these NORCs and to further students’ the course, nursing students rotate through Geraldine says that taking those steps, experiences working together in teams.

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r1_e6857text_CS4.indd 5 3/22/11 1:43 PM healthy recipes that require only three ingredients. “Just last week I made the drumsticks from Courtney’s recipe, and they were delicious,” Geraldine says. She adds, “CareLink has been very helpful in keeping me healthy.”

Building Trust and Safety Older adults make up about one-quarter of the population of Stanley Isaacs and Professor Donna McCabe (far left) with her Holmes Towers, and more than half of Community Health Nursing students at the Courtney Hubschmann is eager to visit them live on their own. CareLink targets Stanley Isaacs Housing Development. Geraldine. Several weeks earlier, Geraldine these solo dwellers. One such resident is was admitted to the hospital for a sickle cell Harriet, 68, who has lived in Holmes Tow- CareLink clients do not require regular crisis. After Geraldine returned home, she ers for 14 years. She has multiple chronic home care from a nurse, but many are frail told Courtney that she had a bad head- health problems and had two knee opera- and have chronic health conditions. ache — the result of not being able to refill tions in 2007. Jessica Magaldi, the nursing About 65% of the students in the her blood-pressure medication while she student who worked with Harriet, recog- Community Health Nursing course do was in the hospital. Courtney called Dr. nized that clutter posed a more immediate their rotations in a NORC. Students McCabe, who immediately got in touch threat to Harriet’s health than any of her focus on health promotion and wellness, with Huda Scheidelman, RN, the on-site co-morbidities. helping patients meet goals like control- VNSNY nurse, who in turn contacted It is hard to squeeze a lifetime into a ling their blood sugar or blood pressure, Geraldine’s doctor. Courtney picked small space, Jessica acknowledges, and losing weight, exercising, or improving up the prescription from the pharmacy she has been helping Harriet organize the safety of their homes. Students also and brought it to Geraldine, heading off bags and boxes of papers. Harriet navi- provide practical assistance, such as another emergency. gates her way through her small apart- helping clients obtain medications or According to Ms. Scheidelman, it is not ment using a cane, and the risk of tripping reporting problems with heat or broken unusual for NYU nursing students to help is serious. Overall, Jessica says, Harriet windows to their landlords. avert a crisis. She believes that CareLink has made a lot of progress in reducing her reduces hospitalizations and that living clutter over the past several months. Student’s Action Helps Avert Crisis in this caring community keeps many “CareLink has made such a big difference Since 1990, Geraldine has lived in the residents from having to move into in my life,” Harriet says. “When Jessica is John Haynes Holmes Towers, a large New nursing homes. here, everything gets done. The apartment York City Housing Authority complex that “Nursing students take time to educate is much safer and less crowded.” stands adjacent to the Stanley Isaacs Hous- clients about new disease processes, ing Development on the Upper East Side medications, and home safety,” Ms. Jessica Magaldi (standing) helped Harriet of Manhattan. Community Health Nurs- Scheidelman says. “They have been remove tripping hazards from her apartment. ing students work with clients in these particularly helpful in identifying medica- high-rise buildings under the supervision tion non-adherence among patients who of Clinical Instructor Donna McCabe, DNP, may think it’s not a problem to take their APRN-BC, GNP. medications inconsistently.” At 9:00 a.m. on a Tuesday in fall 2010, Courtney agrees that CareLink ben- Dr. McCabe’s students — all enrolled in the efits students and clients alike, noting 15-month accelerated baccalaureate nurs- that Geraldine “teaches me as much as I ing program — gather in a small, bright con- teach her.” ference room at the Stanley Isaacs Senior Now, in her last visit with Geraldine, Center to discuss the clients they will visit Courtney asks a series of questions: Is that day. Each of Dr. McCabe’s eight stu- she keeping up her fluid intake? Is she dents has been making weekly home visits seeing her hematologist? Courtney also to three or four clients for 13 weeks. It is the asks whether Geraldine has tried the end of the semester, and they are getting cookbook that Courtney and another ready to see their clients for the last time. student compiled for her, containing

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e6857text_CS4.indd 6 3/15/11 11:59 AM Homegrown Insights < STATEN ISLAND > care was the most important thing she could Dr. McCabe emphasizes that there are Volunteering with Liberian do in this community. At a local health important differences between building Refugees Is a Lesson in fair, she discovered that many people had relationships with patients in commu- Cultural Competency high blood pressure. Some had been given nity settings versus health facilities. In The Park Hill neighborhood of Staten prescriptions for blood pressure medication the hospital, patients may feel intimi- Island is home to thousands of refu- without understanding that they needed to dated. With students in their homes, gees from Liberia’s devastating civil war. refill their prescriptions or learning about they open up. Students alike benefit from Many Liberians were relocated from ref- the importance of diet. In 2008, Ms. Nadeau working in patients’ homes. As Jessica ugee camps to these low-rise red brick sought the support of colleagues at Wagner says, “You go beyond what you learned buildings by international agencies dur- College on Staten Island, where she worked in a textbook; you learn your own style ing the 1980s and 1990s. Yet the refu- at the time, including Annemarie Dowling- of nursing.” gees have found that their problems per- Hetal Patel, BS ’11, agrees: “In the hospi- sist in their new home: unemployment is “It is hard to tell which is a tal, you have so many resources. In some- rampant; apartments are overcrowded; one’s home, you really have to use your healthy food is difficult to procure; and more signifi cant determinant critical thinking skills. It’s a lot of pressure many refugees, including former child of health — the war they at first to work inside someone’s home, soldiers, suffer from mental health escaped or their day-to-day but over time, I think you get a much issues. African Refuge, a grassroots, deeper understanding of your clients.” volunteer-run organization, has aided poverty.” — Cheryl Nadeau NYU’s community health nursing this underserved community, known students serve one of the most diverse as “Little Liberia,” since 2003, helping Castronovo, MA-GNP ’96, RN, a professor populations in the country, and they learn immigrants find employment, acquire of community health nursing, to obtain to assess how the urban environment basic skills, and get the social services funding and involve students in the project. affects their clients’ health. Dr. McCabe’s they need. The manager of the building where African students wrote an advocacy letter to Cheryl Nadeau, RN, MS, FNP-C, a clini- Refuge is housed donated space for the Assemblyman Jonathan Bing express- cal instructor at the College of Nursing, Partnership in Community Health Program, ing concern about the difficulty older became involved with African Refuge as it is now called. When Ms. Nadeau joined residents had navigating the pedestrian by tutoring children and helping adults the College of Nursing in 2010, she immedi- passageways around the Second Avenue with their citizenship applications. But it ately began encouraging nursing students to subway construction project and about became clear to her that providing health volunteer there. neighborhood air quality. Grace Balter, RN, college-relations specialist at VNSNY, says that the clients’ feedback about the program is over- whelmingly positive. “This rotation is much more than a training ground for the students,” she says. “They become their clients’ advocates, helping them resolve issues that are difficult to manage. For homebound people, the student nurse may be the only person they see in their home on some days.” Ms. Balter adds that the community health nursing rotation is an ideal way for students to complete their nursing preparation because they learn to work independently and to integrate what they have learned in nursing with other disciplines, including social work and medicine, as well as with client families and agencies with which the client Clinical Instructor Cheryl Nadeau (standing, second from right) and nursing student volunteers might be involved. spend Saturdays bringing health care to a Liberian refugee community on Staten Island.

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r1_e6857text_CS4.indd 7 3/22/11 1:43 PM “This is a very underserved community. beliefs that underlie health attitudes. According to Ms. Nadeau, building There is no hospital, no bank, no grocery Joni says that her experiences at African trust with the community is critical. store. People are very poor and have a Refuge perfectly illustrate her professors’ Neighborhood residents are used to visits great deal of chronic illness,” Ms. Nadeau teachings about cultural understanding. from health teams that appear once and do says. Although immigrant children can She tells the story of a man with hyper- not come back. Over time, they are real- enroll in Medicaid, adults face long waits tension who was waiting for a chance izing that the Partnership in Community for coverage and must travel far on public encounter with a healer who could cure Health Program is staying. That message transportation to the federally qualified it. Joni explained that his beliefs were was reinforced this winter, when the pro- health centers in other communities to important but that he could also ben- gram became an official Community Health receive care. Community members have efit from medicine, which he accepted. Nursing clinical placement site. high levels of stress, Ms. Nadeau says, and Ms. Nadeau teaches the students not to it is hard to tell which is a more signifi- dismiss beliefs that are seemingly not Helping Immigrant Teens cant determinant of health—the war they grounded in science but to try to incorpo- Bridge the Generation Gap escaped or their day-to-day poverty. rate them in the treatment plan. On Friday evenings at African Refuge, Joni Timmins, BS ’11, a student of Ms. One of the most rewarding aspects of young women meet for a discussion group, Nadeau’s, became the first NYU student to volunteering, Joni says, is the gratitude which College of Nursing students have volunteer. Her enthusiasm was contagious, expressed by patients. One of those helped to facilitate. The participants grap- and soon many other students joined her. patients is William Jones, a 32-year ple with the tremendous generational dif- For the past six months, 10 to 12 students resident of the building that houses the ferences between their lives and the lives have been coming to the health program on health program. Mr. Jones has had trouble of their parents. Nursing students listen Saturdays. They monitor blood pressure, walking since having spinal surgery, and to their concerns and teach them about a take physical assessments, provide health without the program, he says, he would variety of health issues, from nutrition to education and screening, distribute food have to take an ambulette to Staten Island reproductive health. pantry bags, and provide referrals to fur- Hospital to receive essential services. On “It’s a high-risk community with a high ther care. The program logged about 1,000 a recent Saturday, Sarah David, BS ’11, took rate of teen pregnancy,” says Charlene patient visits in the past year. his blood pressure, reporting that it was Baron, BS ’11, “but the girls have a very By volunteering with an ethnically within a healthy range. She sent him off difficult time asking their parents ques- diverse African community, students with a food pantry bag containing rice, tions about sex.” Charlene and her class- see the concept of “cultural competency” canned fruits and vegetables, cereal, pow- mates invited students to write down come to life, as they learn to surmount dered milk, dried beans, and fruit juice. their questions anonymously. The leaders language and literacy barriers as well “This is really very helpful,” Mr. Jones were struck that the teens also wanted to as understand the deep-seated cultural says. “They’ve taught me so many things.” learn about issues related to self-esteem, such as how to deal with criticism and navigate conflicts. Working in the community, through volun- teering and other experiences, has had a pro- found influence on the students’ career goals. “In the community, you’re not just dealing with a disease and sending people home. You’re seeing a person’s whole lifestyle,” says Mamadou Fall, BS ’11, who has a unique per- spective on the African refugee community. Originally from Senegal, Mamadou hopes to take his knowledge and material sup- plies back to his home community, where diabetes and other health care problems are growing. Cheryl Nadeau expresses great pride in each of her student volunteers. “The pas- sion and motivation that they bring to our

Sarah David takes the blood pressure of William Jones at the Partnership in Community Health program and to this community is truly Program at African Refuge. remarkable,” she says.

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From Kenya to Nicaragua to South research and building collaborations to The WHO Connection: Key Partnership Korea, NYU nursing faculty mem- respond to urgent needs.” Boosts Faculty Work Abroad bers are embarking on new interna- A priority of the College’s international Under the umbrella of the WHO Collabo- tional collaborations and research. work is to expand the capacity of nurses and rating Center, College of Nursing faculty In doing so, they are expanding the nurse-educators in research and evidence- have forged new collaborations with Latin based practice, particularly in the low- American schools of nursing, medicine, presence of the College of Nursing income countries, according to Madeline and public health. Within the WHO, the in global public health, according to Naegle, PhD ’80, MA ’ 67, APRN-BC, FAAN, College plays a leading role in interna- Marilyn DeLuca, PhD, RN, who is director of international programs. tional networks focused on care of older leading global health special proj- “Our faculty is poised to address press- adults and on nurse midwifery. ects at the College this semester. ing issues in global public health and to There is growing interest in evidence- bring a global perspective and a cultural based practice among nurse administra- hese international collaborations sensitivity to evidence-based nursing tors and educators in Latin America. intersect with the significant growth practices,” Dr. Naegle says. Assistant Professor Allison Squires, T of University-wide international The College of Nursing was designated PhD, RN, works to promote nursing initiatives as NYU transforms itself into a in 2004 as a World Health Organization research in Mexico, and in November global network university. (WHO) Collaborating Center under Dr. she presented a program on evidence- “Globally, there is a huge shortage of Naegle’s direction. This designation was based practice in collaboration with the health care professionals and community built on relationships established over the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Leon workers. The increasing prevalence of past 20 years in Latin America under the in Monterrey, Mexico. This approach chronic conditions in low- and middle- leadership of Beatrice Goodwin, PhD ’70, is also at the heart of a new 30-hour income countries is exacerbating the MA ’60, RN, and Eliana Horta, MS, MPH, course in geriatric nursing developed need for primary care nurses and physi- RN. The College also has developed strong by Professors Elenice Lima, PhD ’04, cians in these settings,” Dr. DeLuca says. ties to universities and health centers in and Sonia Suarez, PhD, RN, in consulta- “Educating and retaining health care Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean. tion with Dr. Naegle. The first course workers is essential to improving global International relationships are best was taught by Dr. Naegle at the Federal health. College of Nursing faculty are when reciprocal, and many nursing edu- University of Minas Gerais in Brazil. leading projects to address global health cators from abroad come to teach and study care workforce issues as well as designing at NYU. Last fall, the College welcomed the College of Nursing Hosts Tanzanian recipient of its first Global Health Scholar- Offi cial as Global Health Scholar ship, a high-level Tanzanian health official. In fall 2010, Gustav Moyo, the registrar and Above Students in the Buenos Aires Winter Students are also clamoring for global chief executive officer of the Tanzanian Session course visit Pilar Solidario, a grassroots project in Pilar, Argentina, that delivers health experience, judging by the popularity of Nurses and Midwives Council, became care and educational services to underserved the College’s study-abroad programs, the College’s first Global Health Scholar. immigrant and indigent populations. From left: and many graduate and undergraduate The program was initiated by Professor receptionist Julia, nurse Lorraine Fernandez, students David Suarez ’12, Allison Bujnoch ’11, students seek to join faculty on interna- Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, FAAN, to provide Chad Toughill ’11, and Jeanne Chang ’12. tional projects. nurse leaders in the developing world with

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e6857text_CS4.indd 9 3/15/11 11:59 AM living with AIDS in Juarez, Mexico, According to Dr. Hutchinson, baseline across the border from El Paso, Texas. All reports from the study participants point to of the research participants live a zone certain characteristics of mother-daughter affected by daily violence. relationships that seem to lessen the risk- Dr. Shedlin is interested in how socio- taking behavior of adolescent girls, such as cultural norms affect patients’ treat- communication about sexual health. Global Health Scholar Gustav Moyo. ment decisions. She employed in-depth More than 300 mother-daughter pairs interviews, focus groups, and participant were assigned to a control or interven- access to the scientific resources of NYU observation to identify the cultural, tion group. The intervention participants with the goal of improving care in their institutional, and individual factors that attended sessions on subjects such as how home countries. Mr. Moyo spent three affect ARV adherence. To help par- mothers can monitor and set limits on months at NYU studying research meth- ticipants describe their perception and their daughters’ sexual behavior and skills ods and working with Dr. Kurth, who heads experience of AIDS and the side effects daughters can use to refuse or abstain from the College’s global health initiatives, to of medication, Dr. Shedlin developed sex or to protect themselves if they do have develop research proposals. an innovative instrument, a body-image sex. The pairs were tested immediately Mr. Moyo says that, while nurse- drawing, that enables people with low after the educational program and again at midwives in Tanzania deliver the bulk literacy to describe where and how they two subsequent intervals. Dr. Hutchinson of health care, they are in short supply, believe HIV and ARVs affect their bodies. and her research team from NYU College of extremely overworked, and have little She found that knowledge and percep- Nursing, the University of the West Indies chance to advance their learning or to tions of HIV, and medication side effects, College of Nursing, and the University of develop applied research skills. vary a great deal from person to person. Pennsylvania expect to begin analyzing data “Only when nurses do research can they The results will be used to inform clinic by June 2011. make meaningful proposals to advance and community-based services on the bor- Project Director Juliet Weir, who is origi- nursing care,” Mr. Moyo says. “At NYU, I der and will also yield recommendations nally from Kingston, Jamaica, was instrumen- have met several faculty members doing for developing more culturally appropriate tal in launching this study; Tanyka Smith, MS, relevant studies, and I believe we can ben- and effective services for Latinos living FNP, RN, a doctoral student, led the analysis of efit from their experience.” with AIDS and their families. the instrument that measures maternal sexual The Global Health Scholarship is cur- Dr. Shedlin is also leading a research role modeling, and Emily Alter ’11, developed rently made possible by the generosity team exploring characteristics of a teaching brochure for mothers. of founding donors Marion Bergman, Columbian refugees who cross the bor- MD, and Stanley Bergman. The College der into Ecuador, fleeing drug-related A Digital Device Is a Weapon against AIDS aims to raise enough funds to create an violence. With an NIH R21 grant, her In western Kenya, where Dr. Ann Kurth is endowment that could bring one scholar team has conducted interviews and conducting a five-year HIV/AIDS study, early to the College of Nursing per semester. focus groups with refugees and others findings have shown that, among heterosex- To donate to the Global Health Scholarship, about refugees’ access to health services, ual couples of childbearing age, one in four please contact Dr. Ann Kurth, akurth@nyu. their risk for HIV, drug use, and other households included couples where either edu, or Development Director Larry Siegel, health issues. One of the researchers’ key one or both partners were HIV positive. [email protected]. accomplishments has been to train local “It’s sobering to see how endemic HIV still development and refugee organizations is,” said Dr. Kurth, a longtime HIV researcher. Respecting Local Cultures in skills that will enable them to research in HIV/AIDS Research immigrant populations, especially in the Exploring Treatment Compliance areas of HIV/AIDS and substance abuse. on the U.S.-Mexico Border rofessor Michele Shedlin, PhD, To Lower HIV Risk: Get Moms and recently completed a two-year Daughters to Talk about Sex P study funded by the NIH through Associate Professor Kathy Hutchinson, the Hispanic Health Disparities Research PhD, RN, FAAN, is close to completing a Center at University of Texas at El Paso, five-year HIV study in Jamaica to develop where she was formerly co-director. and test a risk-reduction intervention As principal investigator, she explored aimed at mother-daughter pairs in a adherence to antiretroviral medica- region where HIV infection rates are sec- In Rongo, Kenya, Dr. Ann Kurth’s collaborators tions (ARVs) by people of Mexican origin ond only to sub-Saharan Africa. update patient records in mobile HIV-testing tents.

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r1_e6857text_CS4.indd 10 3/22/11 10:22 AM The NIH-funded study examines how a resuscitation, according to Dr. Brennan. higher levels of depression and anxiety, couple’s desire for children affects HIV “Immediate assessment can lead to than those with milder symptoms. risk, especially in a country where cultural simple interventions, such as insert- “Most symptom interventions only touch on norms favor large families. Dr. Kurth’s team ing an IV to administer fluids, that could a single symptom, such as nausea or fatigue,” uses GPS devices to randomly select rural save lives,” she explains. “But Ghanaian Dr. Fu says. Her research indicates that inter- households to conduct HIV and pregnancy nurses, who are often the first to evalu- ventions targeting a cluster of three or four tests for couples in their homes. The cou- ate children in the emergency room, lack symptoms could make a major difference ples then use separate handheld computers training in this area or are restricted in to patients, particularly for patients whose to privately take an audio behavioral survey. their nursing practice.” symptoms are more severe. “Even moving Also in western Kenya, Dr. Kurth’s Dr. Brennan conducted a one-day nurse symptoms from moderate to mild can have an team, in collaboration with a local expert training program on pediatric resuscita- impact on quality of life,” Dr. Fu says. advisory panel, created content for a tion in January 2010 and followed it with She and her Korean colleagues recently wireless touch-screen tablet that deliv- a pilot study to determine the program’s translated into Korean an index measur- ers computerized counseling. A second impact on participants’ skills. Results ing multiple cancer symptoms that Dr. Fu NIH R01 study will test whether such a demonstrated that the training program had developed in the United States. She is tool can assist overstretched clinics in was associated with an increase in nurses’ also working with colleagues from China to helping patients adhere to their antiret- knowledge, psychomotor skills, and self- translate the index into Chinese. Her hope roviral therapy and practice safer sex. efficacy in pediatric resuscitation. is that accurately measuring the effect of In Mombasa, Dr. Kurth has begun “Education in pediatric resuscitation for all cancer symptoms on patient quality of life enrolling women in a study to see whether nurses in Ghana is a low-cost intervention will lead to interventions that improve life persuading them to stop intravaginal that might have tremendous potential for for all people with cancer. practices such as douching can restore reducing Ghana’s high infant- and child- a healthy vaginal ecology and reduce mortality rate,” says Dr. Brennan, who was Helping Impoverished HIV risk. Dr. Kurth teamed with Dr. accompanied in providing the training by Communities Fight Diabetes Sumathi Sivapalasingam of NYU School of two recent NYU graduates, Rose Ann Ruddy, Assistant Professor Kelley Newlin, DNSc, Medicine on this study, which is funded by MS ’10, ACNP-BC, RN, and Kwame Mensah ARNP-C, CDE, has been working in Nicara- the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Wiredu, MS ’10, RN, a Ghanaian native. gua since 2008, conducting research while bringing desperately needed health care Faculty Research Helps Translating Research to three communities on the English Cre- Nurses Save Lives into International Practice ole- and Spanish-speaking Atlantic coast. Targeting Critically Ill Infants in Ghana Improving the Quality of Life Her patients are Nicaraguans of African and collaborative program in Ghana for Cancer Survivors Indian descent — a minority group with high between NYU College of Nurs- Assistant Professor Mei Fu, PhD, RN, is rates of diabetes due to a genetic predispo- A ing and School of Medicine led to a known for her groundbreaking research sition and increased urbanization. Com- recent study by Clinical Assistant Professor to help breast cancer patients manage and pounding the large prevalence of diabetes, Mary Brennan, DNP, ACNP-BC, ANP, CNS, prevent the debilitating symptom lymph- patients lack consistent access to medica- RN, which has shown promising results edema. She is also collaborating with tions, testing supplies, and comprehen- for reducing infant mortality. NYU and the researchers abroad to translate her meth- sive education. Dr. Newlin hopes to stem the University of Ghana established an emer- ods to various countries and cultures in widespread amputations, fatal heart attacks, gency and general health care program ways that will advance the practice of nurs- and loss of vision, which are common diabe- there in 2008. After visiting the country ing internationally. tes-related outcomes in the region. with an NYU team, Dr. Brennan, who coor- Dr. Fu recently collaborated with The communities in which Dr. Newlin dinates the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Eunjung Ryu, PhD, RN, a professor at works — Bluefields, Tasbapauni, and Pearl Program, returned frequently to work with Chung Ang University in Seoul, Republic Lagoon — are impoverished to a degree that colleagues at the University of Ghana and of Korea, to explore clusters of symptoms is unimaginable to most Americans. The the affiliated Korle Bu Hospital to find ways in people with liver cancer. Their find- average salary is $700 per year, and employ- to support nurses in improving health care ings, published in Cancer Nursing in 2010, ment opportunities are often inadequate. for patients with acute and critical illnesses. showed that symptoms of liver cancer There is limited farming in the region, and In developing countries, critically ill could be grouped into identifiable clusters. a few apples might cost as much as $1 to $2. infants and children often wait hours They also found that patients reporting With assistance from NYU College of Nursing for emergency care, and many die more severe symptom clusters reported and in collaboration with local churches and because nurses lack skills in pediatric a markedly lower quality of life, as well as the country’s Ministry of Health, Dr. Newlin

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founded three clinics to treat underserved advanced and reliable technologies to mea- sensitivity, especially when talking with patients with conditions like diabetes and sure glycemic control. Dr. Newlin also pro- patients about behavior change. hypertension. Originally invited to the vided the local diabetes clinics and Ministry Tatiana says, “People in Nicaragua lack country by a Nicaraguan colleague, Dr. of Health with disposable hemoglobin A1C the resources necessary to make better Newlin conducted extensive research machines and trained church nurses and dietary choices. The choices available are and community outreach before opening the only endocrinologist in the area, Dr. a wide array of carbohydrates, because the clinics. She is also providing extensive Noel Soza Rodriguez, in their use. that is what is affordable. This leads to education, as well as medicines, supplies, On two recent journeys to Nicaragua, Dr. an excessive intake of foods such as rice and books to local nurses. Newlin, Nancy, and Tatiana focused on and beans. It is unrealistic for us to tell In March and October 2010, Dr. Newlin training the church-based nurses in evi- people not to eat what is available, so we brought two NYU graduate students to dence-based diabetes education and care. tell them to eat less and increase their assist in her teaching and research: Tatiana Working closely with Dr. Soza, students physical activity.” Burgess, RN, BSN, BA, an Adult Care spent much of their time with four local Tatiana notes that a growing awareness Nurse Practitioner student and former nurses in one of the clinics, observing of these recommendations, along with schoolteacher, and Nancy Arbuah, RN, their work, helping them manage their community support, can help people from MN, a student in the Adult/Holistic Nurse patients, and reinforcing the guidelines this region gain better control over their Practitioner Program who had worked in of the American Diabetes Association. diabetes. She adds that patients’ religious orthopedics in a Canadian hospital. “Nurses are well known and respected beliefs make management of their diabe- Dr. Newlin’s goal is to translate evi- in Nicaragua,” says Nancy, who assessed tes easier and important to them. dence-based diabetes education, proven the nurses’ knowledge and provided them Traveling to eastern Nicaragua is not efficacious in the developed world, to with online diabetes education several without challenges — from cold showers community contexts in the developing months before the most recent visit. She to outhouses — but Tatiana and Nancy continues to provide weekly long-distance share a profound sense of responsibility “The nurses are very receptive educational sessions to these nurses and to use their nursing skills to the ben- to us because we are learning has played a lead role in training them efit of those who are less advantaged. in the ethical conduct of human-subject According to Tatiana, it will be a very from them as well.” research, as they will be delivering the long process to improve the health of — Nancy Arbuah church-based diabetes intervention. She these communities, but Dr. Newlin and says that the nurses’ knowledge of diabetes her team are already making an impact world. For similar research on diabetes has improved dramatically because of the by bringing health promotion, preven- care in a faith-based setting in Harlem, work that Dr. Newlin has done. tion, and screening to those at risk. she was recently awarded a Clinical and “The nurses are very receptive to us Dr. Newlin has received an NYU Global Translational Science Institute Scholar because we are learning from them Health Challenge Grant and donations to Award from the NIH, funded through as well,” Nancy says. For example, in pursue her interdisciplinary approach. NYU School of Medicine. Nicaragua the NYU nursing students held She traveled to Nicaragua in March 2011 To help local nurses provide the type of daily classes in a local church, with each with an outreach team from the Colleges patient management that is greatly needed, student taking a textbook chapter and of Nursing and Dentistry to provide Dr. Newlin arranged for the donation of a leading the group. dental care, study rates of periodontal hemoglobin A1C machine — the first in the One of the central messages that the disease among people with diabetes, and region — from a medical supply company nursing students took away from the determine whether periodontal treat- in Florida. The machine is one of the most experience was the need for great cultural ment can lower blood glucose levels.

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NYU Faculty Research on the Nurse Workforce Is Driving the Conversation

Our College is home to a growing core of health services researchers— faculty who take a wide-angle view of nursing, analyzing large amounts of data to develop a greater under- standing of the delivery of nursing care, its impact on patient outcomes, and the challenges and opportuni- ties facing the profession. Over the past decade, the national nursing shortage has been a driving force for this research. Health care reform has made even more evident the urgent need for accurate informa- tion on the nurse workforce and its relationship to patient outcomes. Drs. Christine Kovner and Maja Djukic research new nurses’ work patterns.

Christine Kovner | Newly Most new RNs stay in the profession — and chief nursing officers ensure that Licensed Registered Nurse Study a fact that has been surprising to some, factors highly predictive of job satisfac- Yields Trove of Information according to Dr. Kovner. However, 48% tion — particularly collegial work rela- The work of College of Nursing Profes- of nurses change jobs within three years tionships, organizational support, and sor Christine Kovner, PhD ’85, RN, FAAN, of starting their first position — a turnover opportunities for promotion — are in and her co-investigator Carol S. Brewer, rate that has a deep impact on employ- place in their organizations. PhD, RN, professor at University at Buf- ers. The top three professional reasons The NLRN study has already created falo School of Nursing, is filling a critical for leaving the first job are poor man- spinoff studies and avenues of research research gap. In 2005, they began a major agement, stressful work environment, for several NYU nursing faculty mem- study to determine the factors that influ- and desire to get experience in another bers and PhD students. More infor- ence newly licensed registered nurses’ clinical area. mation about the study is available at (NLRNs) career decisions. Dr. Kovner The NLRN study is yielding an abun- RNWorkproject.org. received two grants from the Robert Wood dance of data on numerous aspects of Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to conduct nurses’ work and lives that will be used Maja Djukic | Combining NLRN this 10-year study. Her team has surveyed even beyond the researchers’ original Data with Other Research the same panel of RNs in 34 states and the intent for years to come. The study delves In her doctoral dissertation, Maja Djukic, District of Columbia four times — it is the into demographic characteristics of PhD ’09, RN, used Drs. Kovner and Brew- only nationally representative panel sur- nurses, such as their ages, marital status, er’s model to survey nurses at NYU Lan- vey of nurses. and whether they have children, as well as gone Medical Center about the impact of “The NLRN panel is not really one study; their personalities, work motivation, and the physical work environment on their it’s actually eight,” Dr. Kovner says. “With work environments. job satisfaction. Using NLRN data, Dr. four years of data, there is a lot we are Dr. Kovner hopes that the NLRN study Djukic, now an NYU assistant profes- learning about nurses’ work patterns.” will be used to help hospital managers sor of nursing, in collaboration with Drs. [continued on next page]

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Kovner and Brewer, continues to build on the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on the Laura Wagner | Using Data to her dissertation study to understand the report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Improve Nursing Care Processes impact of the physical plant on nurse sat- Advancing Health. Her role was to iden- The need for better data to improve patient isfaction as well as on NLRNs’ perceptions tify research on the nurse workforce to aid care fuels the research of Laura Wagner, PhD, of patient care quality. Nurses were asked the committee’s work. For example, she RN, assistant professor of nursing. Dr. Wag- about environmental issues including and Dr. Djukic developed an estimate of the ner is particularly interested in how inci- furniture placement, lighting, and noise. number of qualified applicants to nursing dent reporting in nursing homes can be Preliminary data in the national sample programs who are not accepted. They pub- standardized and brought online to improve show that these factors affect job satisfac- lished this information in 2009 in the Jour- nursing care. Her PhD research was tion and RNs’ perceptions of the quality of nal of Professional Nursing. Additionally, Drs. prompted in part by the 1999 IOM report, patient care. Dr. Djukic, who worked as an Kovner and Djukic produced an analysis of To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health Sys- RN for six years before entering the master’s the overlap between the practice areas of tem. The report noted that better hospital and then doctoral program at the College of physicians and non–nurse practitioner RNs, reporting systems were needed to collect Nursing, says that concerns about her own which was published in 2010 in Policy, Poli- data on the causes of medical errors. work conditions led her to this subject. tics, & Nursing Practice. Around that time, Congress allocated $50 “As a nurse, I felt that the hospital work million to the National Institutes of Health environment constrained my ability to What Are Nurses Learning to address the IOM recommendations. Dr. provide the best care, and it is really a pas- about Quality Improvement? Wagner was enrolled in the PhD program at sion of mine to try to change that,” says Dr. Dr. Kovner’s pool of research subjects is Emory University when the NIH funded the Djukic. “We have the best evidence for care, also helping to assess the possible impact such as turning patients every few hours, but of another RWJF initiative, Quality and “If we can collect better data, if you can’t do that because of issues such as Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN). poor staffing or communication with your This initiative was established in 2005 to then we can use it to identify manager or physician colleagues, then you encourage nursing-education programs to trends and ultimately improve can’t provide the best care.” improve teaching about quality improve- the quality of care.” In another study using NLRN data, ment — a range of formal approaches to Marie-Claire Rosenberg, PhD, RN, assistant the analysis of patient-care quality and — Dr. Laura Wagner professor, collaborated with Dr. Kovner to systematic efforts to improve it. In Dr. compare the travel time of nurses living in Kovner’s initial survey of 436 nurses, development of a center there for patient rural, suburban, and urban areas. Using 38.6% thought that they were “poorly” or safety in nursing homes. She became a national census data and the NLRN data “very poorly” prepared about, or had “never research assistant to Professor Elizabeth from Dr. Kovner’s study, Dr. Rosenberg heard of,” quality improvement. An article Capezuti, PhD, RN, FAAN, now the Dr. John and her colleagues found that nurses in that she and her colleagues wrote, based on W. Rowe Professor in Successful Aging rural areas travel for greater lengths of these survey results, was published in 2010 and co-director of the Hartford Institute time to work. Further research is needed in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality for Geriatric Nursing at NYU College of to fully understand the effect of travel time and Patient Safety. on the RN labor supply. However, the study Now, Dr. Kovner says, the RWJF has done a suggests that health care employers should lot of work to get people talking about qual- be attentive to commuting distance, ity, “so we want to see what the impact has which can be quite significant. Targeted been.” The National Council of State Boards resources, such as travel subsidies, may of Nursing awarded Dr. Djukic a grant to help ensure an adequate supply of provid- compare nurses in the NLRN database ers where they are needed. In addition, from 15 states who passed the NCLEX-RN increased use of technologies — such as in 2004–5 with a cohort who graduated e-ICUs and e-radiology consults — are three years later to see whether the QSEN emerging opportunities that may mini- and other national initiatives were having mize the importance of travel distance. a positive effect on NLRNs’ understanding of quality improvement and patient safety. 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Nursing, on her influential study on interest in her results. Once a standard- the dangers of hospital bed side-rails. ized reporting form is finalized, it will be Observing the impact of Dr. Capezuti’s the CMS’s job to guide nursing homes and research was pivotal for Dr. Wagner, con- state departments of health on its use. vincing her that health services research Dr. Wagner serves on a U.S. expert panel could improve patient care. with the National Quality Forum, which For her dissertation research, Dr. has produced a list of “never events” — Wagner applied the IOM recommenda- serious, reportable events that take place tions for reducing hospital medical errors in hospitals, such as mistakes made to the nursing home setting, where she during surgery. She is one of six experts developed a sophisticated computerized working to modify and expand that list to incident-reporting system that helps nursing homes. pinpoint where problems occur. “Older residents of nursing homes often Marie-Claire Rosenberg | have multiple co-morbidities, and there Searching for Truths in are many system-level problems that National Databases increase their risk for falls, wandering, and Like Drs. Wagner and Kovner, Dr. Rosen- infection-control issues,” Dr. Wagner says. berg is using large national databases to “If we can collect better data, then we can get what she calls the “10,000-foot” view use it to identify trends and problems and of the nursing profession. Dr. Rosenberg ultimately improve the quality of care.” attended graduate school at Dartmouth To take her research to the next stage, College, where she had the opportu- Dr. Marie-Claire Rosenberg Dr. Wagner received an NIH R03 grant nity to work with The Dartmouth Insti- to survey U.S. nursing homes and state tute for Health Care Policy and Clinical in non-Magnet U.S. medical-surgical departments of health about their report- Practice (TDI). TDI produces the widely hospitals with comparable organizational ing systems. She found that few of these cited Dartmouth Atlas Project, document- characteristics. Of the five outcomes systems were computerized and that there ing variations in the distribution and she examined, three — pressure ulcers, was little analysis taking place at the state use of medical resources throughout the complications of post-operative infec- level to track adverse events. United States. As a nurse, Dr. Rosenberg tions, and deep-vein thrombosis/pul- Most nursing homes still use pen and ink was intrigued by the potential to translate monary emboli — have been identified by to collect and analyze information, includ- Dartmouth’s model to the nursing setting. the Agency for Healthcare Research and ing serious incidents, Dr. Wagner notes. She began her research career with a dis- Quality as “nurse-sensitive” — meaning But hospitals that switch to the system she sertation exploring patient outcomes in that these outcomes are related to the devised can make a large impact on their hospitals that are recognized by the Mag- quality of nursing care and that nurses quality-improvement efforts. For example, net Recognition Program® of the Amer- are held accountable to prevent these one nursing home that used her system was ican Nurses Credentialing Center — a outcomes. The other two adverse events able to draw a correlation between falls and program that recognizes hospitals that studied were in-hospital mortality and restraint use, and used that information to meet a set of criteria for nursing excel- length of stay, both indicators of team and better manage this problem. lence — with outcomes in non-Magnet organizational quality. “Every nursing home uses a different hospitals. Dr. Rosenberg’s research showed that, reporting system, and their legal obliga- Dr. Rosenberg chose to study outcomes even with risk adjustment for patient and tion to report incidents is vague. They’re of patients with specific diagnoses, in organizational characteristics, Magnet not doing a good job of collecting the this case hip fracture and acute myo- hospitals were not more likely to have information,” she says. cardial infarction, because medical better outcomes than non-Magnet hospi- Dr. Wagner received the Springer Award treatment for these diagnoses varies tals. She acknowledges that Medicare data in Geriatric Nursing, co-sponsored by the little among geographic regions. Using were not collected specifically to assess Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing data from Medicare Part A hospitaliza- the quality of nursing care and as a result and Springer Publishing, in 2008, for tion claims, she compared patients will always be a limited data source. But her research into nursing home incident with these diagnoses in more than 300 in light of the results of her study, she reporting. The Centers for Medicare and Magnet hospitals, which tend to be large, speculates that there is more work to be Medicaid Services (CMS) has expressed urban, academic facilities, with those

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done in linking the principles of Magnet Allison Squires | Taking the United States. At the same time, Dr. recognition to patient outcomes. Health Services Research to Squires is conducting a pilot study in four “Magnet designation indicates that a an International Level sites in Mexico, for which she received a hospital is trying to set a standard of nurs- Allison Squires, PhD, $5,000 grant from the Muriel and Virginia ing care, but we don’t understand well RN, assistant profes- Pless Center for Nursing Research, to study enough how that care differs from hospi- sor, is interested in the nurse work environment and patient tal to hospital, from unit to unit, and from the geographic safety. She is currently developing collab- nurse to nurse — and how these standards distribution of orative relationships with researchers at ultimately affect patient outcomes,” Dr. nurses, their work institutions in Monterrey, Oaxaca, San Luis Rosenberg says. environments, and Potosi, and Tampico. She has presented this research at their impact on Like Drs. Kovner, Djukic, Rosenberg, several national conferences, including patient outcomes. But her pioneering work and Wagner, Dr. Squires has combined that of the Magnet Recognition Program, is conducted on an international scale. her own research with large, existing where it was well received. “The Magnet “The question of building health care databases to analyze factors that influ- Program is asking the same questions,” workforce capacity is not just our issue,” ence the health workforce. With a student Dr. Rosenberg says, adding that NYU is Dr. Squires says. “It is one of the main pol- assistant, she built a database of informa- steeped in this program and is trying to icy aims of the World Health Organization.” tion on levels of economic development, take it to a higher level. Dr. Squires is one of a small number types of government, and other variables Working with Dr. Elizabeth Capezuti and of nurse researchers working in com- in many countries, culled from reliable Marie Boltz, PhD ’ 07, RN, GNP-BC, Dr. parative international nursing. Her work websites, such as the World Bank, CIA Rosenberg is now building on her Magnet addresses factors that influence the country profiles, and the World Health study to explore the impact of the national nursing profession in various countries, Organization. She is now correlating Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem such as government structure, economy, Elders (NICHE) program. Based at the education system, and regulatory issues. “We’re synthesizing publicly College, NICHE seeks to improve nurs- For the past several years, she has been ing care of older adults. She received involved in the RN4CAST study, which available information in a funding from the College’s Muriel and looks at working conditions for nurses way that hasn’t been done Virginia Pless Center for Nursing Research in 11 European countries. One of the to conduct a study that will measure and early lessons of that project was that before...”— Allison Squires evaluate patient outcomes in more than researchers must validate survey instru- 300 NICHE hospitals. ments in every country in which they those factors with the numbers of nurses Dr. Rosenberg also received a one-year are used — even when the language stays and physicians in various countries to fellowship from NYU Medical School’s the same — because cultural differences determine the conditions and factors that Section on Value and Comparative among countries can influence responses. produce nursing personnel. Effectiveness. This year she is study- Dr. Squires developed a standardized “We’re synthesizing publicly available ing whether hospitals using the same translation process, and she has since information in a way that hasn’t been UTI-prevention protocols obtain similar translated the survey instruments used done before to look at the relationships outcomes. She also hopes to begin to by the Nurses Workforce Index — which of many societal factors to the health- capture how protocols are translated into enables U.S. nurses to assess their care workforce,” Dr. Squires says. “But, nursing care processes and whether there work environments — for adoption in knowing which international institutions is variation in care processes between Columbia, Mexico, Brazil, and Peru. produce good data is very important for individual nurses, units, and hospitals In 2010, Dr. Squires, working with Dr. producing reliable and valid results.” that are significant enough to affect Rosenberg, received an NYU Global Health She notes that the same methodological patient outcomes. Challenge Grant of $15,000 to analyze the techniques could be applied at the state “Rather than just punish hospitals for workforce in the Hospital Metropolitano or national level within the United States adverse outcomes, I hope that we can in Monterrey, Mexico, a public hospital or to compare congressional districts. develop more incentives to make sure that serving low-income patients. The pur- “Dr. Rosenberg’s experience working every patient consistently receives high- pose of the study is to assess the linkages with the Dartmouth Health Atlas has been quality nursing care while in the hospital,” between staffing and patient outcomes in extremely helpful in this endeavor,” Dr. Dr. Rosenberg says. a developing country context where the Squires says. roles of nurses are different from those in

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ot every undergraduate nursing trying to encourage students to consider student has the chance to work research careers as well as to build the on important research, but ranks of gerontological nurses, which are for four lucky NYU students, very low nationally.” Na work-study opportunity is providing a For the students, the opportunity window into the world of a researcher. enriches both the academic experience The students, Lucy Choy-Xiong ’12, and their clinical abilities. For Natacha Natacha Joseph ’11, Nirali Thakker ’11, and Joseph, an accelerated baccalaureate stu- Caterina Zammit ’11, are working as data dent who worked for 11 years as a lab tech- collectors for Marie Boltz, PhD ’ 07, RN, nician in HIV research, the project is a GNP-BC, and Elizabeth Capezuti, PhD, RN, natural fit. “We approach patients within FAAN, who are conducting research on 24 hours of admission, introducing From left, Lucy Choy-Xiong ’12, Nirali Thakker ’11, nursing care and other factors related to ourselves, talking to them about the study, Natacha Joseph ’11, and Caterina Zammit ’11 assist researchers in a study of physical function among physical function in hospitalized older and seeing whether they’re interested in hospitalized older adults. adults. Working with patients over age being a part of it. Usually they give me a 70 at NYU Langone Medical Center, the funny look at first, but once I explain it “When I ask patients whether they want students explain the study, enroll pre- to them, they invite me to sit down. They to be part of the study, many of them start screened participants, and collect data to appreciate that research is being done and by saying that they would not be good assess how hospital stays affect the physi- they want to contribute.” candidates. As researchers, we have to cal function of older adults. Natacha, who has received scholarships have people skills to present the study in a The four students spend 8 to 10 hours from the New York Black Nurses Asso- positive way. When patients tell me that they per week interviewing and observing ciation, the National Council of Jewish didn’t move much even before their hospital patients, reviewing charts, and interview- Women, and the Rudin Foundation, adds stay, it gives me an opportunity to explain ing NYU Langone Medical Center staff. that the study has taught her to prioritize that they can ask a nurse to walk with them; Data collection is aided by a cutting-edge when working with patients. “We some- that they will heal faster if they move.” technology called the Actigraph, an accel- times hear from patients that they want Dr. Boltz agrees that engaging as a erometer used to measure physical activity. the nurses to spend more time with them. researcher with both patients and hospital This pedometer-sized device measures That’s one of the challenges I’m keeping staff requires clinical and communication changes in movement and energy expen- in mind for when I become a nurse.” abilities. “We interviewed these students and diture. Students also assess balance, gait, Caterina Zammit, a Rudin Scholar and selected those who had the right skills,” she muscle strength, and range of motion, accelerated baccalaureate student with five says. “It can be surprising to find this level of and perform assessments of cogni- years of laboratory and clinical research skill in undergrads, but NYU students tend to tive abilities. Preliminary data from this experience, says, “This project has taught be very sophisticated in their knowledge and study — supported by the John A. Hartford me how to better communicate with ability to interact with patients.” Foundation – funded Building Academic patients and about the changes that older Nirali Thakker, also a traditional BS Geriatric Nursing Capacity program and the adults experience. For those in recovery student, applied for the data-collection Rehabilitation Nursing Foundation — will from surgery, I have definitely noticed a job because research, she says, “is such an be used to inform interventional research decline in their ability to get out of bed.” integral part of what our career should be. designed to prevent functional decline in Lucy Choy-Xiong, a part-time student It’s our duty as nurses to understand what hospitalized older adults. in the BS program, had not participated we’re practicing, and the best way to do it is “My goal is for students to appreci- in research previously and is glad to through research.” Nirali says the project ate the science of geriatric nursing; the have additional clinical experience with has exceeded her expectations. “I learned complexity of clinical presentation; and patients. She says the study has helped so much about working with older patients the importance of social support, inter- her become more independent in her and using evidence-based tools. Ordinarily disciplinary coordination, and long- interactions with patients while teaching you wouldn’t have these amazing opportu- range planning,” says Dr. Boltz. “We are her a great deal about data collection. nities as an undergraduate.”

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e6857text_CS4.indd 19 3/15/11 11:59 AM health nurse for New York City. She earned her doctorate in 1964 from NYU Remembering while working in the Division of Nursing, which she had joined as an instructor in Florence Downs 1960. Soon she was appointed to the posi- tion of director of nursing post-master’s A LEADER IN NURSING RESEARCH programs and research at NYU, where she remained until 1977. “She was so very smart and generous, and an incredibly clear thinker. Florence never told you anything was good unless it was good, and if it was rubbish, she would tell you. She would read things again, and again, and again. She had endless patience,” remembers Susan Gennaro, RN, DSN, FAAN, a former College of Nursing faculty member who is the current dean of the William F. Connell School of Nursing at Boston College. Dr. Gennaro, who first worked with Dr. By Helaine Olen Downs at the University of Pennsylvania, would go on to be the first faculty member ive years have passed since the 17 years as the first academic editor of appointed to the chair that Dr. Downs death of Dr. Florence Downs, the renowned scholarly journal Nursing endowed at NYU. “It was an honor,” Dr. and we at the College of Nursing Research. She never forgot that the main Genarro says. “Every time I signed my want to take a moment to honor goal of her chosen profession was to help name over her name, I could say a little herF memory. In addition to her pioneering those in need of care. Her passion for prayer and thank Florence.” work promoting nurses’ contribution to nursing research was so profound that NYU College of Nursing Professor research, Florence Downs, EdD ’64, FAAN, when she died in 2005 at the age of 80, Dr. Madeline Naegle, PhD ’80, MA ’67, was an avid gardener, with a special pas- Downs left funds in her will to endow the APRN-BC, FAAN, took a class on writing sion for perennials. Like beautiful flowers Florence and William Downs Professor that bloom year after year, this legendary of Nursing Research at NYU College of “Florence set a standard nurse and educator’s accomplishments Nursing. The holder of the chair, she for excellence and was continue to live on at the College of Nurs- wrote, “shall be a member of the faculty ing even after her death. who engages principally in scientific a beloved icon in nursing.” After Dr. Downs retired from the research related to health and nursing, — Dean Terry Fulmer University of Pennsylvania in 1994, we and who actively engages in transmitting convinced her to return to NYU. She had the results of such research to the students a dissertation proposal with Dr. Downs at been instrumental in the formation and and the general public.” Gail D’Eramo NYU in the 1970s. She says, “Dr. Downs’ development of the nursing research Melkus, EdD, C-NP, FAAN, currently standard remains a high one for nursing doctoral program at NYU several decades holds the chair, and Florence would have research and remains something for us earlier, and in the last years of her career approved! Dr. Downs died only a few to aspire to.” Dr. Naegle is just one among she served here as a visiting professor, weeks after we moved from divisional many students of Dr. Downs who went on to mentoring faculty and numerous PhD status to a College. “She was thrilled about distinguished careers of their own. The wit candidates in nursing. Currently under it,” recalls Dean Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, and wisdom that Dr. Downs exuded contin- the direction of Deborah Chyun, PhD, RN, FAAN. “Florence set a standard for excel- ues to inspire and influence them all. FAHA, FAAN, the NYU College of Nursing lence and was a beloved icon in nursing. Those who knew Dr. Downs say she was PhD program prepares nurse scientists We treasure her as an alumna, teacher, a quintessential New Yorker. Sharp and to be leaders in evidence-based scientific mentor, and, finally, a benefactor.” funny, she could be both a tough and witty research environments. Inspired by her mother, a nurse, Dr. critic. But she also had an underlying Dr. Downs wrote countless books, Downs studied psychiatric nursing dur- warmth and aided numerous students and articles, and editorials, and served for ing World War II and worked as a public faculty with their own research.

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he NYU College of Nurs- nurse coordinator. Parent coordinators will be making their own health care deci- ing mobile health van project, in the schools serve as liaisons between sions soon. Our goal is to launch the next “Feeling Good in Your Neigh- student families and van staff. generation of informed health care con- borhood,” fills a critical gap by Dr. Thomas says, “The motto of the sumers in New York City.” bringingT school-based primary care to mobile van is ‘Set Up, Catch Up, Hook Up,’ “This is so extraordinarily important,” Brooklyn adolescents, many of whom are a slogan that refers to taking a student’s Dean Terry Fulmer said. “The health of recent immigrants who have unmet health medical history and setting health care pri- our nation depends on the health of our care needs. On November 10, 2010, Dean orities, catching up on outstanding health children. Our commitment to them is Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, and New needs, and linking students to services such access to quality health care.” York City Councilwoman Letitia James cut as insurance enrollment, connection to a Letitia James, councilwoman for a ribbon to celebrate a significant expan- primary care medical home, and referrals the 35th district, which includes the sion of the project. to community resources.” Prospect Heights Campus, thanked The van, a 40-foot vehicle with two This past winter, the van’s nursing staff Principals Pamela Taranto of the Brooklyn exam rooms, was launched in 2008 but began providing reproductive health ser- International High School and Pamela received a hearty boost of support in vices and education. In addition, helping Randazzo of the Brooklyn School of Music 2010 with a $2.9 million five-year grant students build health literacy — including and Theater for having the vision to bring to Judith Haber, PhD ’84, MA ’ 67, APRN, understanding their health care rights — is the van to their students. BC, FAAN, from the Health Resources and a goal of the program. The van also provides Also speaking at the ceremony, Kiara Services Administration (HRSA) of the clinical practicum experiences for under- Paredes, a student at International High U.S. Department of Health and Human graduate and graduate nursing students, School of Prospect Heights, said, “I just Services. The ribbon-cutting ceremony who develop their primary care and com- want to thank the van because it has helped took place at the International High munity nursing competencies by working me a lot. They asked if I had questions; they School of Prospect Heights, which the with young people from diverse cultures. gave me the physical and the shots that I van has been visiting for two years, and Nedda DeCastro, principal of the had never received. They didn’t just give Brooklyn School for Music and Theater, International High School of Prospect me a paper to read. They gave it to me in which just began receiving services. The Heights — where all students are recent Spanish and made sure I understood it.” van also visits the Brooklyn International immigrants — says that one of the best High School and Urban Assembly of things about the service is that students Music and Arts in Fort Greene. receive health care without missing school, Care will be extended to six additional and parents do not need to miss work. sites by the end of 2012, to assist approxi- Marissa Felder, parent coordinator at the mately 13,000 students. A social worker, Brooklyn School for Music and Theater, Audrey Neff, MSW, addresses patients’ adds that these services are particularly psychosocial issues and enrolls eligible stu- important for students with reproductive dents in Medicaid and other health plans. health concerns who are scared and do not The “Feeling Good” project was created know where to turn for help. “We want to by Dr. Haber, who is the Ursula Springer refer them to a place they trust, that will Leadership Professor in Nursing and maintain their privacy, and that makes their associate dean of graduate programs, and parents — many of whom are immigrants is directed by Edwidge J. Thomas, DNP, and uninsured — comfortable,” she says. MS, ANP-BC, director of clinical practice Cutting the ribbon, from left: high school student affairs. It is staffed by Lauren McTeague, Catching Up on Needed Health Care Kiara Paredes, New York State Senator Eric Adams; New York City Councilwoman Letitia James; Dean MSN, FNP-BC , director of clinical ser- At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Dr. Terry Fulmer, Associate Dean Judith Haber, and vices, and Elizabeth Jones, BS ’06, RN, Haber said, “These high school students high school student Jessica Pierre.

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College News Dean Terry Fulmer Appointed Fulmer’s election as a member of the IOM,” to the Institute of Medicine said Charles Bertolami, dean of NYU College of Dentistry. “This is one of the highest hon- BY ELYSE BLOOM National Research Council Gives ors in the fields of health and medicine and Nursing PhD Program a Top Rating appropriate recognition of Terry’s stature in Dr. Terry Fulmer, the Erline Perkins McGriff the health care community and her commit- The National Research Council: Data-Based Professor and dean of the New York Univer- ment to service. We are immensely proud of Assessment of Research Doctoral Programs sity College of Nursing, has been elected a her achievement and confident that she will ranked NYU as the 7th top nursing program member of the prestigious Institute of Medi- bring great honor to her new role as a mem- out of 52 programs evaluated during 2010. cine (IOM), a component of the National ber of the IOM, just as she has done as dean Academies of Sciences. The announcement of the College of Nursing and our partner in of this year’s inductees was made at the the dentistry/nursing enterprise at NYU.” Simulation Teaching Model IOM’s annual meeting in October. Election to the IOM is considered one of Receives RWJF Support “It is an extraordinary honor to join this the highest honors in the fields of health and august group and to participate in critical medicine and recognizes individuals who Hila Richardson, DrPH, RN, FAAN, clin- dialogues that can fundamentally shape have demonstrated outstanding professional ical professor and associate dean for and improve the health of the public,” said achievement and commitment to service. the undergraduate program, has been Dean Fulmer. “The Institute of Medicine is a Dr. Fulmer was also honored by the awarded a $300,000 grant from the Rob- highly recognized national resource; I look American Academy of Nursing and John ert Wood Johnson Foundation’s national forward to serving on IOM committees that A. Hartford Foundation as the 2010 Nurse program Evaluating Innovations in Nurs- will impact global health care issues.” Leader in Aging, presented at the Geriatric ing. Mattia Gilmartin, PhD, MSN, MBA, “Everyone at the NYU College of Dentistry Society of America conference on November research scientist, is deputy director for is overjoyed at the announcement of Dean 17, 2010. She is a former GSA president. the grant, which is one of seven awarded to schools of nursing through this highly competitive national program. Leadership Expert Frances Medal of Freedom, the United States’ high- The RWJF-funded project will evaluate Hesselbein Addresses est civilian honor. The award recognized her the efficacy of on-campus teaching in a DNP Students leadership as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the simulation laboratory, such as the College USA from 1976 to 1990 and her pioneer- of Nursing’s state-of-the-art Clinical Frances Hesselbein, one of the foremost ing work on behalf of women, volunteerism, Simulation Learning Center (CSLC), global experts in the field of leadership, diversity, and opportunity. compared to teaching in off-campus visited a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) During the conversation with DNP clinical settings. The CSLC is equipped class taught on November 21, 2010, by students, Mrs. Hesselbein drew on her with life-sized mannequins and equip- Tara Cortes, PhD ’76, MA ’71, RN, FAAN, 24 years of experience as chief executive ment to simulate the authentic clinical executive director of the Hartford Institute officer of the Girl Scouts of the USA, where experiences that students would have in for Geriatric Nursing. Mrs. Hesselbein is she modernized the organization and vastly off-campus clinical settings. president and CEO of the Leader to Leader increased its diversity. According to Dr. Richardson, on- Institute and was awarded the Presidential “Frances emphasized that our times campus clinical simulation settings have demand the courage to lead,” says Dr. the potential to improve teaching capacity Cortes. “To her, leadership is not a title. It is over the traditional off-campus clinical about being at the center of an organization, teaching model, while maintaining excel- not at the top.” lent student outcomes. In simulation ses- Mrs. Hesselbein promotes a philosophy sions, students have intensive hands-on of organizational management in which clinical experiences, some of which they people work in concentric circles — not might not have in the hospital — in a safe hierarchies — and everyone is empowered to learning environment without concern do their work. “I think she further instilled for harming patients. This educational in our students the need for inclusiveness, strategy, widely used in the health profes- diversity, and respect,” Dr. Cortes says. sions, helps students feel more competent DNP student Min Zhou (left) attended the Sue Renz, MS, RN, GNP-BC, a student in in actual clinical settings. conversation with Frances Hesselbein. the DNP program who attended the talk

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says, “When I look to my future, I can whose president, Tim Shi ’12, participated Since Julia Lange Kessler MS, CM, BS ’10, see more clearly that being a good leader for the third year in a row. RN, IBCLC, assumed its leadership in 2008, means building on others’ strengths, “I wore my scrubs, and it definitely shows the program has grown, tripling in size. Ms. which is so important in nursing.” your NYU spirit and that you’re a nurse,” Kessler credits this expansion to the qual- Tim says. “A lot of people came up to talk to ity of the program and a surging interest me, and they all knew someone from NYU. among students in serving the health care Breast Cancer Walk Draws Everyone knows the purple scrubs!” needs of women throughout the lifespan. Campus-Wide Participation Lisa Gallup, MS ’12, RN, president of the “People are discovering that certified The sea of purple was impossible to miss Advanced Nursing Student Organization nurse-midwives and certified midwives on the five-mile Central Park walk on (ANSO), and other students organized care for women of all ages, offering full- October 17, 2010, when 50 College of graduate student participation. Lisa says scope gynecological and primary care, as Nursing students joined in the American that donating funds can be challenging for well as prenatal care, attending women Cancer Society Making Strides Against graduate students, but many were moti- during childbirth, newborn care, and Breast Cancer walk. vated by the success of the event to give and then continuing through menopause,” “This walk pulls the College of Nursing build toward the event next year. “Seeing observes Ms. Kessler. “Midwifery is an together. It is the largest community- how successful and fun it was, I’ll promote increasingly important component in our service event that we rally around,” says it even more next year,” she adds. modern-day health care system.” Gail Wolfmeyer, Steinhardt MA ’10, assistant director for graduate student affairs and admissions, who serves as the team captain. NYU Midwifery Program Upsilon Is Turning 50! Reaccredited College of Nursing students have raised a The Sigma Theta Tau International combined total of $21,679 since they began The College of Nursing Master’s Nurse- (STTI) Upsilon chapter at NYU College of participating in this walk, including more Midwifery program was reaccredited for Nursing is turning 50! On October 19, 2011, than $6,000 this year, by passing donation 10 years in January 2011 by the Board of the chapter will celebrate its anniversary, baskets in class, holding bake sales, and Review of the Accreditation Commis- recognizing the professional accomplish- conducting raffles. Student organization sion for Midwifery Education. Since its ments of members in an evening of speak- presidents have taken on leadership of the inception in 1994, the Nurse-Midwifery ers, presentations, and fellowship. STTI’s president, Karen Morin RN, DSN, ANEF, event, and this year, student groups reached program has been commended for its will be the keynote speaker. Members are out to faculty and administration members. contributions to the education of nurse- encouraged to contact the chapter now The walk is one of the year’s most midwives and for its continuous service to if they have photos, memorabilia and/or important events for the Undergraduate women, babies, and families in the New stories to share on this exciting evening. Nursing Student Organization (UNSO), York metropolitan area. Upsilon’s collection of memorabilia will be on display during the celebration. Invitations and further information will be sent out soon, so please check the STTI website to make sure your e-mail and street address are on file. Members of the NYU community who belong to STTI but are not members of the Upsilon chapter are encouraged to affiliate with Upsilon through a dual membership and/or by changing their primary chapter to Upsilon. For more information, please write to: [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you at the 50th Anniversary or at one of our other exciting events! Please visit nyu.edu/nursing/centers/stti/index.html for further information. A sea of purple: College of Nursing students raised $6,000 and marched in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk.

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Chuck Cleland, PhD, Simulation/Clinical Experience model, Faculty News adjunct associate directing the Center for Continuing professor, joins the Education in Nursing and leading the Welcome New Faculty! College of Nursing development of an undergraduate from the New School nursing honors program. The College of Nursing is proud to for Social Research. announce the following full-time He is a quantitative Susan Lombardo, faculty members: psychologist and PhD, RN, clinical biostatistician who applies multilevel associate professor, Ab Brody, PhD, modeling, meta-analysis, and respon- joins the College of GNP-BC, assistant dent-driven sampling to pursue sub- Nursing from the professor, joins the stantive research interests in the areas of State University of College of Nursing substance use and infectious disease. New York at Buffalo from the University and has expertise in of California, San Maja Djukic, PhD teaching community health nursing at Francisco. His ’09, RN, assistant the undergraduate level. Her research current research professor, was a Mary interests include urinary incontinence examines the effects on patient and Clark Rockefeller in postmenopausal community- health services outcomes of training Doctoral Fellow at dwelling women. home health care providers in geriatric NYU. Her research symptom management. focuses on the social Marsha Marecki, EdD, RNC, WHNP-C, and physical aspects associate professor, joins the College of Karyn Boyar, MSN, of nurses’ work environments and the Nursing from the State University of New APRN.BC, clinical quality and safety of patient care delivery. York at Buffalo School of Nursing, where instructor, who joins she was the director/coordinator of the College of Nursing Michelle Eaton, DNP, the Maternal-Women’s Graduate Nurse from Long Island APRN, clinical Practitioner Program. A women’s health College Hospital instructor, joins the nurse practitioner, she has collaborated School of Nursing, is a College of Nursing with Dr. Susan Lombardo on research family nurse practi- from Olympic into urinary incontinence in postmeno- tioner specializing in elder care and Medical Center, pausal women. movement disorders. She has researched Washington, and implications of a hyperketogenic diet on teaches community James Pace, DSN, people with Parkinson’s disease and has health nursing and fundamentals of MDiv, APRN-BC, conducted numerous clinical trials as an nursing. Her expertise includes commu- FAANP, clinical investigator and coordinator. nity health systems and transcultural associate professor, nursing, and her areas of research focus on joins the College of Susan Burger, PhD, culturally competent work environments Nursing from RN, clinical assistant for foreign-born and minority nurses. Vanderbilt Univer- professor, joins the sity School of College of Nursing Mattia Gilmartin, Nursing. He has taught adult nurse from Sacred Heart PhD, MSN, MBA, RN, practitioner students and has authored University Depart- senior research numerous publications and book ment of Nursing and scientist, joins the chapters in the palliative care area. His has expertise in College of Nursing research and scholarly activities lie in community/public health nursing. Her from Hunter- the areas of spirituality/religion and scholarship has focused on developing Bellevue School of health, palliative/hospice care, and the evidence-based policies and practices that Nursing and will care of HIV/AIDS populations. enable individuals to live long, healthy lives serve as deputy director for the evalua- or manage chronic illness at home. tion of the RWJF-funded Clinical

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Karen J. Smith, MSN, Joyce Anastasi, PhD, DrNP, FAAN, LAc, Maja Djukic, PhD ’09, RN, was awarded a APRN, NP-C, clinical received the 2011 Eastern Nursing grant from the National Council of State instructor, joins the Research Society Distinguished Nurse Boards of Nursing Center for Regulatory College of Nursing Researcher Award on March 25, 2011. Excellence for her study “Assessment from Villanova of RN Education and Practice Role University. She is a A book coauthored by Carolyn Auerhahn, Expectations for Quality Improvement former vice president EdD, ANP, GNP-BC, FAANP, senior and Safety” with co-investigator Professor of patient care services research scientist, Integrating Gerontologi- Christine Kovner, PhD ’85, RN, FAAN. who developed three nurse-managed rural cal Content into Advanced Practice Nursing health clinics in northeastern Pennsylva- Education, published by Springer Pub- Maria Dolce, PhD ’09, MA ’85, BS ’79, RN, nia. Her research interests include health lishing Co. (2010), won an American Jour- NEA-BC, FACHE, clinical assistant pro- promotion and prevention, chronic disease nal of Nursing Book of the Year Award. fessor of nursing and program coordina- management, and nursing leadership. Dr. Auerhahn was formerly the program tor of the Nursing Education Master’s and coordinator of the Geriatric and Adult/ Advanced Certificate Programs, presented Leslie-Faith Morritt Geriatric NP Master’s and Advanced “Preparing Transformational Leaders in Taub, DNSc, ANP-C, Certificate programs. Quality Improvement and Patient Safety: GNP-BC, CDE, C. BSM, An Imperative for Academic-Practice clinical associate Ab Brody, RN, PhD, GNP-BC, assistant Partnerships,” drawing on the College’s professor, joins the professor, was named a Hospice and DNP program experience, at the American College of Nursing Palliative Nurses Association 2010 Association of Colleges of Nursing 2011 from the University of Research Scholar. Doctoral Education Conference in San Medicine and Diego on January 28, 2011. Dentistry of New Jersey and coordinates the An article coauthored by Wendy Budin, PhD Geriatric and Adult/Geriatric Nurse ’96, RN-BC, FAAN, professor of nursing Emerson Ea, DNP, APRN, BC, CEN, clinical Practitioner Program. She is board certified and director of nursing research at NYU assistant professor, is principal investi- as an adult and gerontologic nurse practi- Langone Medical Center, and Judith Haber, gator on a one-year grant from the NYU- tioner, is nationally certified as a diabetes PhD ’84, MA ’ 67, APRN, BC, FAAN, associ- HHC Clinical and Translational Science educator, and is the second registered ate dean of graduate programs, published Institute for “Pilot Research Project on nurse in the country to hold certification in in the May/June 2008 issue of Nursing Levels of Acculturation, Stress, and Well- behavioral sleep medicine from the Research, “Breast Cancer: Education, Being and Cardiovascular Health among American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Counseling, and Adjustment among Filipino Immigrant RNs and Domestic Patients and Partners: A Randomized and Home Care Workers in New York.” Janet Van Cleave, PhD, RN, ACNP-CS, Clinical Trial,” was recognized as one of AOCNP, clinical assistant professor, joins the 25 most frequently viewed articles in Mei R. Fu, PhD, RN, was elected in the College of Nursing from the Univer- Nursing Research on OVID. October 2010 to the position of presi- sity of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and dent of the Chinese American Nurses focuses her research on older adults with Michele Crespo-Fierro, MS, BS ’90, Association. In September, Dr. Fu was cancer who experience transitions across MPH, AACRN, adjunct clinical instruc- elected to the board of directors of health care settings. tor, and her team were awarded sec- the Lymphology Association of North ond prize for their poster presentation America. Dr. Fu was also appointed Laura Wagner, PhD, in the education category at the 35th to two-year terms for three bod- RN, assistant profes- Annual National Association of Hispanic ies of the Oncology Nursing Society: sor, joins the College Nurses Conference, July 22–24, 2010, as a council member of the Council of Nursing from in Washington, DC. Her presentation for Special Interest Groups, editor of the University of addressed the Nursing Bound educa- its Lymphedema Management Special Toronto. Her schol- tional and outreach program to increase Interest Group newsletters, and contrib- arship is focused on interest in nursing among New York City utor to its publication Putting Evidence reducing adverse public school students. into Practice: Lymphedema Management. events and improving patient safety in Dr. Fu was also appointed in January nursing homes. [continued on next page]

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2011 as a member of the editorial and An interview with Katherine Hutchinson, facilitate HIV and HCV testing and pre- review board for the Chinese Journal of PhD, RN, FAAN, associate professor, vention in jails. Clinicians, an official publication of the appeared in the October 25, 2010, issue Dr. Kurth is a co-investigator of a Chinese Medical Association, sponsored of Time. The story, “Girls Want to Talk new NIH R21 grant, “Evaluation of by China’s Ministry of Health. about Sex — With Dad?” resulted from Dr. Antiretroviral HIV Prevention in African Hutchinson’s ongoing study examining HIV Discordant Couples in Kenya.” She Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean of the family influences on adolescent sexual- is also a co-investigator on a new NIH College of Nursing, received an American ity, and particularly its finding, reported Director’s Award RC4 grant titled “Home- Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award in the Journal of Family Issues, that fathers Based HIV Counseling and Testing ‘HBCT for Critical Care Nursing of Older Adults: have little to do with young women’s sex Plus.’” This project seeks to enhance Best Practices, which was cited as one education. As Dr. Hutchinson told Time, home-based counseling and services for of the most valuable texts of 2010. Dr. “[The young women] felt that if they could HIV positive people in 5,000 households Fulmer co-edited the book, published by have been more comfortable talking with in rural Uganda. Dr. Kurth is also devel- Springer Publishing Company. their fathers about issues around sex, they oping ART and counseling-intervention might have been more comfortable talk- content to help reduce HIV transmission Marya Gwadz, Arts & Science PhD ing to boyfriends or potential sexual part- for an NIH/NIAID RO1 study, “Multi- (Psychology) ’98, deputy direc- ners about them.” Component, Targeted HIV Prevention in tor for the Theoretical Synthesis and On March 25, 2011, Dr. Hutchinson Sub-Saharan Africa: Prevention RX,” in Interdisciplinary Research Methods received the 2011 Eastern Nursing which Ugandan households are evaluat- Cores of the Center for Drug Abuse and Research Society Suzanne Feetham Family ing systems to increase care links for HIV Research, was awarded a $150,000 Nurse Scientist Research Award. She HIV-positive people. grant to design and initiate a Behavioral and Nancy Van Devanter, DrPH, RN, were and Social Sciences Research Core awarded support from NYU’s CFAR Center Fidel Lim, MA ’96, RN, clinical instruc- for the Center for AIDS Research at for AIDS Research for “A Pilot Study to tor, has become a peer reviewer for the NYU School of Medicine (funded by Assess Feasibility for Integration of Saliva journal Nursing Education Perspective, the National Institute of Allergy and Screening for Antibodies to HIV-1/HIV-2 published by the National League for Infectious Diseases). This core will into NYUCD Dental Clinics.” Nursing. provide services to enhance the par- ticipation of diverse and underrepre- Julia Lange Kessler, MS, CM, BS ’10, Mathy Mezey EdD, RN, FAAN, associ- sented groups in AIDS research, sup- RN, IBCLC, program coordinator of the ate director of the Hartford Institute for port HIV/AIDS behavioral and social Nurse-Midwifery Master’s and Advanced Geriatric Nursing, was awarded the pres- science research conducted at NYU, and Certificate Programs, was honored by tigious 2010 Donald P. Kent Award from stimulate collaboration among social the American College of Nurse-Midwives the Gerontological Society of America science, behavioral, and biomedical Foundation with the 2010 Dorothea M. (GSA). Nominated by Dean Terry Fulmer, AIDS researchers. Lang Pioneer Award, the organization’s Dr. Mezey is the first nurse to receive the highest award, presented to exceptional award, which is given annually to a GSA Marilyn Hammer, PhD, DC, RN, assistant leaders who have made significant contri- member who best exemplifies the high- professor, has been awarded a three-year butions to the midwifery profession. est standards for professional leadership NIH/NINR K23 grant titled “Glycemic in gerontology through teaching, service, Status and Infections in Autologous HCT Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, FAAN, was named and interpretation of gerontology to the Recipients.” Her mentors are Gail D’Eramo the only nurse member of the Institute of larger society. Melkus, EdD, C-NP, FAAN, and Brian Medicine and National Research Council Schmidt, DDS, MD, PhD, of NYU; Corey Committee on PEPFAR, a two-year com- Casper, MD, MPH, of the Fred Hutchinson mitment to evaluate the $48 billion U.S. Cancer Center; and Tish Knobf, PhD, RN, global HIV program. She is also a princi- FAAN, AOCN, of Yale University. pal investigator on a new, five-year, $5.1 million NIH grant for the study “CARE Corrections” to adapt a computer tool to

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Madeline Naegle, PhD ’80, MA ’ 67, Selected Faculty and Research APRN-BC, FAAN, professor and direc- tor of the WHO Collaborating Center in Scientist Publications Geriatric Nursing Education at the College of Nursing, was awarded the Association Joyce Anastasi of Medical Educators and Researchers Anastasi, J.K., Chang, M., & Capili, B. (2011). Drs. Sherry Deren and Holly Hagan are in Substance Abuse’s Excellence in Herbal supplements: Talking with your patients. the editors of a special issue of Substance Mentorship Award at the association’s Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 7(1), 29–25. Use & Misuse, published in February annual meeting in November 2010 in 2011, titled “The New York HIV-Drug-Use Anastasi, J.K. & Capili, B. (2011). Nausea and Epidemic: Lessons Learned and Unresolved Bethesda, Maryland. vomiting in HIV/AIDS. Journal of Gastrointestinal Issues.” Of the 19 papers included, five have Nursing, 34(1), 1–10. authors from the College of Nursing: Marie-Claire Rosenberg, PhD, RN, assistant Anastasi, J.K., Capili, B., Chung, A.M., & Deren, S., Shedlin, M., Kang, S-Y., & professor, has been awarded a one-year Hammerschlag, R. (2010) Acupuncture/moxi- Cortes, D.E. (2011). HIV risk and prevention fellowship from the NYU-HHC Clinical bustion RCT for distal symmetric peripheral neu- among Hispanic immigrants in New York: and Translational Science Institute in ropathy in HIV/AIDS: Rationale, design, meth- The salience of diversity. Substance Use & ods, procedure and feasibility. European Journal of decision-centered comparative effective- Misuse, 46(2–3), 254–265. Oriental Medicine, 6(4), 40–52. ness research starting January 2011. She will Deren, S., Hagan, H., Friedman, S., Des receive training in comparative effective- Anastasi, J.K., Chang, M., Capili, B., & Dawes, N. Jarlais, D.C., Perlman, D.C., Gwadz, M., (2010). Traditional Chinese medicine and human ness research methods through the Section Cleland, C., Osborne, A., & Lunievicz, J. immunodeficiency virus-related neuropathy. on Value and Comparative Effectiveness (2011). Current and emerging research needs Journal of Chinese Medicine, 94, 15–19. in studying the NYC HIV-drug use epidemic. (SoLVE) at NYU Langone Medical Center Substance Use & Misuse, 46(2–3), 316–319. with an emphasis on conditions and treat- Marie Boltz ment options that include significant Boltz, M., Capezuti, E., & Shabbat, N. (2010). Hagan, H., Perlman, D.C., & Des Jarlais, D.C. (2011). Sexual risk and HIV infection among nursing intervention. Building a framework for a geriatric acute care model, Leadership in Health Services, 23(4), 334–360. drug users in New York City: A pilot study. Substance Use & Misuse, 46(2–3), 201–207. A journal article by Allison Squires, PhD, Resnick, B., Galik, E., Enders, H., Sobol, K., Hammersla, M., Dustin, I., Boltz, M., Miner, L., Jenness, S., Hagan, H., Liu, K., Wendel, T., RN, assistant professor, which appeared & Trotman, S. (2010, August 4). Pilot testing of & Murrill, C. (2011). Continuing HIV risk in in Health Policy & Planning about NAFTA function focused care—acute care intervention. New York City injection drug users: The asso- and Mexican nursing, was highlighted Journal of Nursing Care Quality. ciation of syringe source and syringe sharing. in the November 2010 newsletter of the Substance Use & Misuse, 46(2–3), 192–200. Boltz, M., Capezuti, E., Shabbat, N., & Hall, K. International Centre for Nurse Migration. (2010). Going home better not worse: Older adults’ Strauss, S.M., & Mino, M. (2011). Addressing In addition, Dr. Squires presented a key- views on physical function during hospitalization. the HIV-related needs of substance misusers note address, “Quality of Life in the International Journal of Nursing Practice, 16(4), 381– in New York State: The benefits and barriers to Workplace for Nurses,” in November at the 388. PMID: 20649670. This paper won the Springer implementing a “one-stop shopping” model. , 46(2–3), 171–180. first nursing administration conference Publisher Geriatric/Gerontologic Nursing Award. Substance Use & Misuse ever held in Mexico, at the Universidad Elizabeth Capezuti Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. Kim, H., Capezuti, E., Kovner, C., Zhao, Z., & training drug treatment patients as peer outreach Boockvar, K. (2010). Prevalence and predic- workers: A perspective from the field. Substance Shiela Strauss, PhD, associate profes- tors of adverse events in older surgical patients: Use and Misuse, 45(12), 1892–1908. sor, was awarded a grant from the NYU- Impact of present-on-admission indicator. The , 50(6), 810–820. Maja Djukic HHC Clinical and Translational Science Gerontologist Djukic, M., Kovner, C., Budin, W., & Norman, Institute titled “Developing a Novel, Chuck Cleland R. (2010). Physical work environment: Testing an Intra-Oral Diabetes Screening Approach Tempalski, B., Cleland, C.M., Chatterjee, S., Pouget, expanded model of job satisfaction in a sample of in Periodontal Patients.” Her co-inves- E.R., & Friedman, S.R. (2010). Drug treatment cov- registered nurses. Nursing Research, 59(6), 441–451. tigators include Mary Rosedale, PhD ’ 07, erage among injection drug users in 90 large metro- politan areas in the US, 1993–2002. Emerson Ea ADCRT ’01, APRN-BC, CNAA, of the Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 5(23). Ea, E., Itzhaki, M., Ehrenfeld, M., & Fitzpatrick, College of Nursing and Drs. Stefanie J.J. (2010). Acculturation among immigrant Russell and Robert Schoor and Janet Sherry Deren nurses in Israel and the United States. Tuthill of NYU College of Dentistry. Colon, R.M., Deren, S., Guarino, H., Mino, M., International Nursing Review, 57(4), 443–448. & Kang, S.Y. (2010). Challenges in recruiting and [continued on next page]

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[continued from previous page] Mei Fu Donna Hallas Gail D’Eramo Melkus Fu, M.R. (2010). Preventing skin breakdown in Souto, A., Pudel, M., Hallas, D. (2011). Evidence- Kim, H., Ross, J., Melkus, G., Zhao, Z., & Boockvar, lymphoedema. Wounds International, 1(4), 17–19. based care management of the late preterm infant. K. (2010). Scheduled and unscheduled hospi- Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 25(1). Note: Ann tal readmissions among patients with diabetes. Fu, M.R. (2010) Cancer survivors’ views of lymph- Souto ’10 and Miriam Pudel ’10 are pediatric nurse American Journal of Managed Care, 16(10), 760–767. oedema management. Journal of Lymphoedema, practitioner students of Dr. Donna Hallas. 5(2), 39–48. Madeline Naegle Fu, M.R. (2010). Perceived burdens to others: Christine Kovner Dr. Madeline Naegle was guest editor for the spe- A perspective from breast cancer survivors with Kovner, C.T., & Lusk, E.J. (2010). The sustain- cial issue on “Nurses, Health and Tobacco Use” in lymphedema. LymphLink, 22(4), 11–12. ability budgeting model: Multiple-mode flexible the Journal of Addictions Nursing, 21(2–3), June 2010. budgeting using sustainability as the synthesizing Morrison, K.A. & Naegle, M.A. (2010). An evi- Fu, M.R. (2010). Lymphedema-related symptom criterion. Nursing Economics, 28(6), 377–385. distress among breast cancer survivors. Vasomed, dence-based protocol for smoking cessation 22(5), 243–244. ISSN 0942–1181. Barbara Krainovich-Miller for persons with psychotic disorders. Journal of Addictions Nursing, 21(2–3), 79–86. Fu, M.R. & Smith, J. (2010). Chapter 15: Yost, J., Krainovich-Miller, B., Budin, W., & Lymphedema Management. In Ferrell, B.R. & Norman, R. (2010). Assessing weight percep- Naegle, M., Palmer-Erbs, V., Schroeder, S., Coyle, N. (Eds.), Textbook of Palliative Medicine (3rd tion accuracy to promote weight loss among U.S. Stevens, G. (2010). Treating Tobacco Dependence in ed.), (pp. 341–358). Oxford University Press. female adolescents: a secondary analysis. BMC Persons with Mental Illness: Identifying Challenges and Public Health, 10(465). Opportunities in the series Psychiatric Nursing Council Fu, M.R. (2010). Chapter 14: Nursing care of Points. Ridgewood, NJ: Delaware Media Group. patients with cancer. In LeMone, P. & Burke, K. Fulton, S. & Krainovich-Miller, B., (2010). Literature review. In G. LoBiondo-Wood & J. (Eds.), Medical Surgical Nursing (5th ed.). Pearson Kelley Newlin Haber (Eds.), Nursing research: Methods and criti- Education: Prentice Hall Health. Newlin, K. & Melkus, G.D. (2010). Religion and cal appraisal for evidence-based practice (7th ed.), spirituality among black Americans. Practical Marya Gwadz (pp.56–80). St. Louis, MO: Mosby. Diabetology, 29(4), 26–30. Gwadz, M.V., Colon, P., Ritchie, A.S., Leonard, N.R., Cleland, C.M., Riedel, M., Bowens, D., Ann Kurth Newlin, K., Melkus, G.D., Peyrot, M., Koenig, Banfield, A.D., Chang, P., Quiles, R., & Mildvan, Pearson, C., Cassels, S., Kurth, A., Micek, M., H.G., Allard, E., & Chyun, D. (2011). Coping as a D. (2010). Increasing and supporting the partici- Montoya, P., Gloyd, S. (2010, Nov 17). Change in mediator in the relationships of spiritual well- pation of persons of color living with HIV/AIDS in sexual activity 12 months after ART initiation among being to mental health in black women with type AIDS clinical trials. Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 7(4), HIV-positive southern Africans. AIDS & Behavior. 2 diabetes. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 40(4), 439–459. 194–200. doi 10.1007/s11904-010-0055-3 Kurth, A., Celum, C., Baeten, J., Wasserheit, J., & Vermund, S. (2010, Oct. 13). Combination HIV Gwadz, M.V., Cleland, C.M., Quiles, R., Nish, D., Mary Rosedale prevention: Significance, challenges, and oppor- Welch, J., Michaels, L.S., Gonzales, J.L., Ritchie, Buccola, N., Rosedale, M., & Bryan, T. (2010). A tunities. Current HIV Reports. A.S., & Leonard, N.R. (2010). CDC HIV testing clinical translation of the research article: Alcohol guidelines and the rapid and conventional testing Kurth, A., Utilizing information and communica- and violence-related injuries among emer- practices of homeless youth. AIDS Education and tion technology tools in STD clinics: Has the time gency room patients in an international per- Prevention, (22)4, 313–328. come to go digital? (2010). Sexually Transmitted spective. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Diseases, 37(11), 669–671. Association, 16(4), 236–238. Holly Hagan Des Jarlais, D.C., Arasteh, K., McKnight, C., Nelson, K., Thiede, H., Hawes, S., Golden, M., Rosedale, M. & Strauss, S.M. (2010). How per- Perlman, D., Hagan, H., Semaan, S., & Friedman, Hutcheson, Carey, J., Kurth, A., & Jenkins, R. sons with hepatitis C think about interferon S.R. (2010). Gender and age patterns in HSV-2 (2010). Why the wait? Delayed testing for HIV therapy and depression in substance use disor- and HIV infection among non-injecting drug among men who have sex with men. Journal of der treatment facilities. Journal of the American users in New York City. Sexually Transmitted Urban Health, 87(4), 642–55. Psychiatric Nurses Association, 16(6), 350–356. Diseases, 37(10), 637–643. Fidel Lim Rosedale, M. & Fu, M. (2010). Confronting the unexpected: Temporal, situational, and attribu- Hagan, H., Jenness, S.M., Wendel, T., Murrill, C.R., Lim, F. (2010). Florence Nightingale: Why she tive dimensions of distressing symptom experi- Neaigus, A., & Gelpi-Acosta, C. (2010). Herpes sim- still matters. Nursing 2010, 40(11), 46–47. plex virus type 2 associated with HIV infection among ence for breast cancer survivors. Oncology Nursing New York heterosexuals living in high-risk areas. Lim, F. (2010). Florence Nightingale: Revisited, Forum, 37(1), 28–33. International Journal of STD and AIDS, 21(8), 580–583. re-read and remembered. International Year of the Nurse. Retrieved from http:// Marie-Claire Rosenberg Jenness, S.M., Neaigus, A., Hagan, H., Wendel, www.2010iynurse.net/Fidelindo_Lim.aspx Cline, D., Rosenberg, M., Kovner, C., & Brewer, T., Gelpi-Acosta, C., & Murrill, C.S. (2010). C. (2011, Jan 7). Early career RNs’ perceptions Lim, F. (2011). Questioning: A way to foster clini- Reconsidering the Internet as an HIV/STD risk for of quality care in the hospital setting. Qualitative cal thinking and reasoning. Nurse Educator, (36)2. men who have sex with men. AIDS and Behavior, Health Research. doi:10.1177/1049732310395030 14(6), 1353–1361. Lim, F. (2011, Winter). 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Michele Shedlin of older adults with HIV. Journal of Religion, Van Devanter, N., Duncan, A., Burrell-Piggott, Bianchi, F.T., Shedlin, M.G., Brooks, K.D., Spirituality, and Aging, 22(4), 307–328. T., Bleakley, A., Birnbaum, J., Siegel, K., Lekas, Montes Penha, M., Reisen, C.A., Zea, M.C., & H.M., Schrimshaw, E., Cohall, A., & Ramjohn, D. Strauss, S.M., Harris, G., Katigbak, C., Rindskopf, Poppen, P.J. (2010). Partner selection among (2011). The influence of substance use, social sex- D.M., Singh, S., Greenblum, I., Brown, L.S., Kipnis, Latino immigrant men who have sex with men. ual environment, psychosocial factors, and part- S., Kritz, S.A., & Parrino, M.W. (2010). Alcohol Archives of Sexual Behavior, 39(6), 1321–1330. ner characteristics on high-risk sexual behavior education provided to opioid treatment program among young black and Latino men who have sex Reisen, C.A., Zea, M.C., Bianchi, F.T., Poppen, patients: Results of a nationwide survey. Journal of with men living with HIV: A qualitative study. AIDS P.J., Shedlin, M.G., & Montes Penha, M. (2010). Drug Education, 40(4), 379–393. Patient Care and STDs, 25(2). Latino gay and bisexual men’s relationships with Leslie-Faith Morritt Taub non-gay-identified men who have sex with men. Graduate Student Achievements Taub, L.F.M. & Paparella-Pitzel, S. (2010) Journal of Homosexuality, 57(8), 1004–1021. The American Nurses Foundation named NYU Topical drugs and treatments used in wound College of Nursing PhD student Tanyka Smith, Allison Squires management. In Gladson, B., Pharmacology for MS, FNP, RN, the 2010 Mary Elizabeth Carnegie Rehabilitation Professionals (2nd ed.). St. Louis: Liu, K., Squires, A., & You, L.M. (2011, Jan Scholar. This distinction includes a $3,500 Saunders, Elsevier. 24). A pilot study of a systematic method research grant for Tanyka’s pilot study “Sexual for translating patient satisfaction ques- Protective Strategies and Condom Use among Janet Van Cleave tionnaires. Journal of Advanced Nursing. doi: Older African American Women.” 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05569.x. Van Cleave, J.H., Egleston, B., & McCorkle, R. (2011). Factors affecting recovery of functional PhD student and principal investigator Kimberly Shiela Strauss status in older adults after cancer surgery. Journal Hall Souffront, MSN, FNP-BC, with the guid- Munoz-Plaza, C., Strauss, S.M., Tiburcio, N., of American Geriatrics Society, 59(1), 34–43. ance and mentorship of Associate Professor Astone-Twerell, J., Des Jarlais, D., Gwadz, M., Deborah Chyun, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, received Hagan, H., Osborne, A., & Rosenblum, A. (2010). Nancy Van Devanter a National Research Service Award from the Perspectives on the hierarchy of HIV and hepatitis C Van Devanter, N., Leviss, P., Abramson, D., National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for her disease: Consequences for drug treatment program Howard, J.M. & Honore, P. (2010). Emergency doctoral work and dissertation project “Barriers patients. Journal of Drug Issues, 40(2), 517–536. response and public health in Hurricane Katrina: to Referral for Elevated Blood Pressure in the What does it mean to be a public health emergency Emergency Department Institution.” Brennan, M., Strauss, S.M., Karpiak, S.E. (2010). responder? Journal of Public Health Management Religious congregations and the growing needs and Practice, 16(6), E16–E25.

health maintenance care for adults, including DID YOU KNOW… annual physicals well-woman exams, including PAP smears, NYU nurse practitioners can contraception, and testing for sexually serve as your primary health care transmitted diseases providers and offer a wide range routine immunizations, including fl u shots of primary care services, including: mental health assessment and support for condi- tions such as anxiety, depression, and stress diagnosing and treating infections and injuries educational programs and services on topics such as weight management, exercise, diagnosing, treating, and monitoring nutrition, and smoking cessation chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and asthma travel health consultation and immunizations ordering, performing, and interpreting diagnostic tests such as lab work and X-rays prescribing medications and adjusting SUITE 1B medication regimens At the NYU College of Dentistry

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e6857text_CS4.indd 29 3/15/11 12:00 PM ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENTS 1968 New York State Nurses Association President Karen A. Ballard, MA ’68, RN, FAAN, has been Letter from Dr. Ann Marie Mauro appointed to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s NYU COLLEGE OF NURSING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT Medicaid Redesign Team, a group charged with finding ways to save money within the Dear Friends, (past president), and Madeline Naegle, Medicaid program for the 2011–12 fiscal year. PhD ’80, MA ’67, APRN-BC, FAAN One of the high- (faculty advisor), for their continued, 1976 lights of my year as dedicated service to our Board. Jane Jeffrie Seley, DNP, Alumni Association This past December, our Alumni BSN ’76, Steinhardt MPH president was wel- Association hosted a wonderful event, ’92, BC-ADM, CDE, a coming our new- a Job Search Q&A for new baccalaureate diabetes nurse practitio- est alumni at the graduates. Recent alumni engaged in an ner at NewYork-Presby- December Valedictory Breakfast for Jan- informative exchange with me, Dr. Dolce, terian/Weill Cornell uary 2011 graduates. I have had the privi- Dr. McCabe, Dr. Naegle, and Paula Lee, a Medical Center, won the lege of teaching most of the outstanding representative from the NYU Wasserman © Rene Perez New York Times Tribute to new nurses who attended, and I encour- Center for Career Development. Nurses Innovation Award on December 5, aged them to get involved in our Associa- Our Alumni Association is increasing 2010. Dr. Seley was recognized for her innova- tion! It was also wonderful catching up its efforts to raise funds for the College of tive work in the field of diabetes locally and with many of you at Alumni Day in Octo- Nursing’s future home — a new building nationally. In 2010, she completed a DNP ber. Professor Christine Kovner, PhD on First Avenue. As you know, our goal degree at SUNY Stony Brook School of Nursing. ’85, RN, FAAN, presented the lecture on is to raise $200,000 for the College to the IOM/RWJF Future of Nursing report name an Alumni Association Lecture 1981 and received the Faculty Scholar Award. Hall. We will be reaching out to alumni Dianne Moore, PhD ’81, MPH, CNM, RN, is the Alumni Association President-Elect through phone calls and letters this founding dean of nursing and the first dean Maria Dolce, PhD ’09, MA ’85, BS ’79, spring, and we hope that everyone will for the College of Nursing at West Coast Uni- RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, was presented get involved! I would like to thank you versity. She developed this nursing program with the Rising Star Award. personally for your support of this criti- in 2004 in the greater Los Angeles area and Please join me in congratulating cal campaign. received approval by the Board of Registered our newly elected and continuing Finally, I wish to express my sincere Nursing. The university now enrolls almost Alumni Association Board mem- gratitude to Judith Kelson, former 3,000 nursing students, and the BSN program bers: Maria Dolce (president-elect); assistant director of development and is CCNE accredited. During fall 2010, a grad- Pamela Galehouse, PhD ’03, MA ’69, alumni relations, for her tireless efforts. uate program was launched, and Dr. Moore PMHCNS-BC (secretary); Michele I also want to thank Bob Abel, DNPc ’11, was promoted to associate provost for nursing Crespo-Fierro, BS ’90, MS, MPH, MS ’08, RN, for his work as treasurer. We education and regulatory affairs. AACRN, Donna McCabe, DNP, MA extend our best wishes to Judith and Bob ’02, APRN-BC, GNP, and Carole Wind in their future endeavors! 1984 Mitchell, MS ’10, RN, OCN, CORLN Harriet R. Feldman, PhD (Nominating Committee members); Best wishes, ’84, RN, FAAN, dean and and Michele L. Morrison, DNP, MS ’07, Ann Marie Mauro, PhD ’98, RN, CNL professor in the Lienhard ANP-BC (member-at-large). I would School of Nursing at Pace also like to extend my appreciation to University since 1993, Wendy Budin, PhD ’96, RN-BC, FAAN has been named the interim provost of Pace, after serving as interim dean of the School of Education. “Harriet brings superior management and leadership

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2008 experience, as well as a deep commitment director of a new, two-year policy-ori- Kristi (Lamb) Mackay, to furthering academic excellence and ented measure titled “Integrating BS ’08, worked until scholarship at the University,” said Pace Self-Management and Palliation Concepts recently in the Emer- University President Stephen J. Fried- (IMPACT): Health Policy and Nursing gency Department at man. Dr. Feldman has testified before Education Implications.” This project, Johns Hopkins Congress and written numerous books funded by the U.S. Department of Hospital. After getting and articles related to nursing policy. Education, aims to discover and techno- married this year, she logically disseminate best practices in moved to Boston to 1985 palliative care and self-management work in the Emergency Department at Beth Daphne Ridley, MA nursing education in the United States Israel Deaconess Medical Center. ’85, a nurse manager and in the European Union. for orthopedics at 2009 Beth Israel Medical 2007 Denise Taylor-Carey, BS ’09, was named Center, Petrie Lauren E. Danforth, BS ’ 07, CCRN, began director of nursing at Bethel Nursing Home Division, and adjunct the new graduate nursing program at and Hospice in Ossining, New York, in faculty member at Children’s Hospital Boston in the Car- December 2010. NYU College of diac Intensive Care Unit. She has become Nursing, received the 2010 What a CCRN certified and has advanced to 2010 Wonderful World Award from The Louis become a level II staff nurse. Epifania Quimson, MS ’10, RN, has accepted Armstrong Center for Music and Medi- the position of director of nursing education cine at Beth Israel on September 20, 2010. Emily Ferguson, BS and practice at New York Downtown Hospital. Ms. Ridley has been a nurse for more than ’07, has been 40 years and was a 2006 Fellow of the working as a regis- NYU College of Nursing Leadership tered nurse on a In Memoriam Institute for Black Nurses. thoracic surgical/ The College of Nursing medical floor at mourns the loss of 2004 Massachusetts Ildaura Murillo-Rohde, Rebecca Feldman, BS General Hospital. In PhD ’71, RN, FAAN, who ’04, RN, CNM, MSN, 2010, she traveled twice to Haiti with a died in her native is a certified nurse- group from MGH, partnering with Project country, Panama, on midwife at Brookdale Hope. Following the earthquake, she September 5, 2010, just Medical Center in spent two weeks aboard the USNS Comfort one day shy of her 90th Brooklyn, where she ship. She traveled again to Haiti in birthday. Dr. Murillo-Rohde was deeply is also a member of October, working for two weeks at the dedicated to improving the lives of Latino the National Health Albert Schweitzer Hospital during the populations. She was the first Latino nurse Service Corps. Last summer, Ms. Feldman cholera outbreak. to receive a PhD from NYU and went on to and fellow NYU alumna Paulomi “Mimi” become a founder of the National Associa- Niles, BS ’04, traveled to Haiti to volun- Joseph Napolitano, PhD ’ 07, MPH, RN, tion of Hispanic Nurses. Dr. Murillo-Rohde teer with Midwives for Haiti. She is a CRNP, was named in January 2011 as the received the College of Nursing Distin- clinical faculty member for the College of chair of the Pennsylvania State Board of guished Alumna Award at graduation in Nursing Maternity Nursing course. Nursing, on which he has served since 1989 in recognition of her advocacy of 2008. He is a program officer at The human rights and betterment of communi- 2006 Dorothy Rider Pool Health Care Trust ties. Michele Crespo-Fierro, BS ’90, MS, Patricia A. Cholewka, and the Rider-Pool Foundation, which MPH, AACRN, adjunct clinical instructor, EdD, Wagner MPA ’ 87, supports the Lehigh Valley Health Net- represented the College at Dr. Murillo- MA ’06, RN-BC, work. He previously served as a staff Rohde’s memorial service and noted that assistant professor of nurse and assistant nurse manager in the “her dedication to the nursing profession nursing at New York trauma/critical care–surgical intensive touched the lives of many patients and the City College of care unit at the Hospital of the University professionals who benefited from her Technology, is project of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. activism and wisdom.”

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Codi-Ann Dyer graduated I was not admitted at first. This “rejec- fully immerse myself in the rigorous and from the College of Nursing tion” motivated me academically and challenging nursing curriculum, and to in May 2010 and is currently socially to excel at the institution I achieve my greatest accomplishment as the working as a registered nurse initially attended in hopes of transfer- Undergraduate Distinguished Student of at New-York Presbyterian/ ring to NYU College of Nursing, where I the Year 2010 award recipient. Weill Cornell Medical Center, knew I was destined to be. In 2005, I was The great education and priceless on the Postpartum and Continuing Care ready to begin my nursing studies, and, experiences I received from the College of Nursery Unit. She recently became a member of the College’s Dean’s Circle. through faith and tenacity, I was accepted Nursing are the reasons why I give to the and given several scholarships that College. This institution allowed me to fter immigrating to New York enabled me to attend. excel as a nursing student and facilitated City from Kingston, Jamaica, at Of all the wonderful characteristics of my knowledge and passion toward a won- A the age of seven, I entered the the College of Nursing, one thing that derful career as a registered nurse. New York City public school system and stands out is that so many scholarship I am grateful to the selfless and worked diligently, aspiring one day to be opportunities are available. The scholar- dedicated scholarship-fund donors, and the first person in my family to attain a ships I received allowed me to give up my most importantly, to my deans, profes- college education. My mother, a single part-time job to focus on my nursing stud- sors, and mentors, who never stopped parent, constantly struggled and made ies, to take advantage of a life-changing supporting me. As a proud alumna of sacrifices to ensure that my siblings and I study-abroad opportunity in Buenos Aires, NYU College of Nursing, I will continue were never in need. Education has always to become the public relations director to give to the College to support efforts been one of my strongest family values. of our Undergraduate Nursing Student to provide students with excellent When I began applying to become Organization, to participate as a mentee nursing education and help name the an undergraduate student, New York of the Robert Wood Johnson Nursing Alumni Association Lecture Hall in the University was my ideal school; however, Administration Mentorship Program, to new building. ࡯

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