Spring 2014 Vol

A Publication of New York University college of Nursing Spring 2014 Vol. 12, No. 2

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Cynthia Sculco, EdD, RN (right), endowed the Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship Fund, which is helping Malka Schuler attend NYU College of Nursing.

Students Discuss the Aid that Paved the Way to Nursing 4 Ghana Wins! The Ghanaian Nurse Leaders Program 10 Interprofessional Learning Unites Nursing, Dental, and Medical Students 13 giving annual scholarship fund Our Students Have an Urgent Need for Scholarships

Of Our Undergraduates Nearly 90% Receive Financial Aid Each Year

Please Give to the Colle ge of Nursing Annual Scholarship Fund and help our students reach their dream of be coming the best nurses in the world.

Please use the envelope enclosed. Or, donate online at nursing.nyu.edu Thank you for your generosity.

For more information, contact Nadège Roc at 212-992-8580 or [email protected] 2 Greetings from the Dean 16 College of Nursing Creates Faculty Council A Publication of new york university 3 Your Name Here: Opportunities college of nursing to Sponsor Rooms in the New 17 The Right Place at the Right spring 2014, Vol. 12, No. 2 Nursing Building Time: Nursing Faculty Member Rescues Toddler 4 Scholarships Make it Happen: Students Discuss the Aid that 20 Celebrations Paved the Way to Nursing

7 Donor Spotlight: Harriet Rothkopf Heilbrunn Scholarships Support Student Leaders

Dean Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, 8 Donor Spotlight: Marie Schwartz, PhD, RN, FAAN a Pioneer and Role Model

Associate Director Continues to Inspire for Communications Dean Mudgett 9 Donor Spotlight: Yanki Schori’s Assistant Director 22 Strengthening Infection Gift Says Thank You to Nurses for Alumni Relations Control in Rwanda and Development for the Best Care Nadège Roc

Managing Editor / Writer 24 College and Faculty News Barbara Kancelbaum 10 Ghana Wins! The Ghanaian Nurse Leaders Program Writer Cecilia Malm

Design Susan Carabetta

Editorial Board

Deborah Chyun, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN

Judith Haber, PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN

Amy Knowles, EdD

Barbara Krainovich-Miller, EdD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, ANEF, FAAN 13 Preparing to Work Together: 32 Alumna Profile: Wendy Budin Ellen Lyons, MPA Interprofessional Learning Gail D’Eramo Melkus, Experience Unites Nursing, 33 EdD, C-NP, FAAN Alumna Diana Mason Takes Dental, and Medical Students the Helm at AAN James Pace, DSN, MDiv, ANP-BC, FAANP 34 Alumni News and Achievements

39 Why I Give: Cynthia Davis Sculco NYU College of Nursing 726 Broadway, 10th Floor New York, NY 10003-9502 40 Dean’s Circle

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Spring 2014 1 Greetings From Dean Eileen Sullivan-Marx

Dear Friends, for many of our students — and to these We are also bringing even closer promising scholars who graciously accept together the College of Nursing and NYU I’d like to extend my heartfelt congratula- this assistance to take the first steps toward Langone Medical Center through the tions to our wonderful class of 2014! It’s highly worthwhile and fulfilling careers. appointment of Kim Glassman, PhD ’07, always a thrill to watch our impressive When our alumni and other friends MA ’87, RN, the medical center’s senior and motivated new nurses venture from ask me how they can help, I always tell vice president for patient care services the classroom into the world, bringing them that the need for scholarships is and chief nursing officer, to an additional their skills, knowledge, and enthusiasm paramount to a large proportion of our new role as associate dean for partner- into our health care system, where I know students, 83 percent of whom receive ship innovation at the College of Nursing. they will have a tremendously positive some form of financial aid. This support Through this position, she’ll provide impact on their patients and the system as is especially meaningful for our acceler- vision and leadership for the integration a whole. I look forward to hearing about ated baccalaureate students — those with of education, practice, clinical research, their achievements as their careers unfold. previous academic degrees who often and scholarship between the College and This issue of our magazine is devoted to are not eligible for traditional financial NYULMC, where more than 500 under- the extremely generous donors who make aid programs. Second-degree students graduate nursing students every year the promise of a nursing career a reality have for the past decade constituted the have clinical experiences. In addition, fastest-growing group of nursing students some $15 million in research funds are at NYU and across the country. Offering shared annually through collaborative scholarships to these mature, driven indi- efforts between the medical center and viduals is a shining example of how the our faculty. College of Nursing helps to usher deserv- Finally, I’d like to congratulate our won- ing students quickly into a career that derful faculty on developing the College’s needs them — whether they go on to work first Faculty Council (page 16) — a system for NYU Langone Medical Center, as many of participatory governance common at of our graduates do, or on the other side of large universities, which brings us to a the world. new level of maturity as a College within a As you’ll read beginning on page 4, great university. accelerated students or recent graduates— Again, my profound thanks to the many like Luke Andrew Glaude, who volun- donors who are helping our students teered with the Peace Corps in Tanzania; obtain an excellent nursing education Neida Leal, with forensic entomology without taking on undue financial bur- experience; and Abieyuwa Omogun, who dens, freeing them to practice how and served in the U.S. armed forces — are a where they choose. With your support, very well-rounded group who, because of our students can take on the world. their varied backgrounds, will challenge and improve the ways in which health care is delivered in our country and beyond. They see nursing as an opportunity to merge their passions and their pasts, and Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, PhD, RN, FAAN they will help us ease the shortage with the Dean & Erline Perkins McGriff Professor best the profession has to offer. This spring, our degree programs have continued to generate robust applications from prospective students who are seek- ing an exceptional education and career, and we will once again surpass our enroll- ment goals for the fall semester.

2 New York University College of Nursing Magazine { Your Name Here }

INNOVATIVE STATE-OF-THE-ART INTERPROFESSIONAL THE FUTURE

Top row from left: Bottom row from left: Nursing Leadership Learning Commons Faculty Offices Courtyard Observation Rooms Conference Room Group Study Rooms Put your name or that of a Name an outdoor space that in the Clinical Simulation By including your name or and Seating Clusters loved one or mentor on the will be enjoyed by College Learning Center that of another nurse leader Name these larger, private spaces office door of one of the of Nursing faculty, students, Name one of the rooms where in this room, you’ll celebrate where students from Nursing, College’s esteemed faculty and staff, surrounded by an students will observe and the achievements of nurses Dentistry, and Engineering will members, where students and oasis of plants and flowers learn as their peers conduct across generations. study with their peers or engage colleagues will be reminded in the fresh air. clinical simulations. in interprofessional projects. Also every day of your generosity. available for sponsorship are intimate seating clusters, where students will gather to study together, conduct team projects, and catch up.

There Are Still Opportunities to name Rooms in Our New Nursing Building

Construction of the College of Nursing There is still an opportunity to name a seat “Naming may be done in honor of your fam- building on First Avenue is on sched- in the Alumni Lecture Hall or to add your ily, a faculty member who made a big differ- ule, and classes will begin there in spring name to a plaque for the Dean’s Suite, named ence in your life, or yourself,” says Dean Eileen semester 2015. A sense of excitement fills in honor of inaugural dean Terry Fulmer, or Sullivan-Marx. “The Nursing Leadership our entire College now that the building’s the Nursing Leadership Conference Room. Conference Room is an especially important structure is complete and interiors are room in our new building. Named by our being outfitted with beautiful furnishings alumna Colleen Conway-Welch, PhD ’73, dean and state-of-the-art technology. For more information about emerita of the Vanderbilt University College This is the time to be included in our opportunities for you to of Nursing, it will be an inspiring space. family of donors: The new building contribute, Additional funds will enable the College to affords a wide range of naming and spon- please call Larry Siegel, feature in this conference room distinguished sorship opportunities, including faculty leaders whom the College has produced.” offices, study lounges, seating clusters, director of development, More information and photos of our new conference spaces, simulation observa- at 212-998-6794. home are available on our new-building web- tion rooms, and an entire courtyard. site, building.nursing.nyu.edu. K

Spring 2014 3 ScholarshipsMake it Happen Students Discuss The Aid that paved the way to nursing

Financial support is invaluable to the 83 corporations, foundations, and friends. educations, some donors have directed percent of NYU College of Nursing under- Scholarships are particularly impor- their scholarship gifts particularly to these graduate students who receive it. The tant to second-degree accelerated bac- students. The College maintains some 36 College is proud to offer numerous schol- calaureate nursing students, who often scholarship funds, 10 of which are dedicated arships, offsetting the burden of loans and have exhausted federal grants and loans in to undergraduates. For many students, out-of-pocket costs, for more than one- financing their first degrees. So that they these donations make a critical difference, quarter of our 832 undergraduate stu- do not have to rely excessively on personal enabling them to receive an NYU education. dents through the generosity of alumni, loans or savings to pay for their nursing Here are some of their stories.

and Fort Lee, Virginia. As a medic in the African American population. Johnson & Johnson Scholarship Army, I cared for soldiers and their fam- I received a scholarship through the ily members, and I also treated sick and VA National Education for Employees injured trainees. Medics provide a lot of Program, and in exchange, I would be services such as cleaning wounds, admin- guaranteed a position after graduation, istering IVs, drawing blood, and giving which was a pretty good deal. But, I shortly out nonprescription medications. realized that the scholarship was only After a few years, I left active duty and going to cover about one and a half semes- joined the reserves so I could pursue a ters of NYU’s four-semester accelerated business degree. Shortly after graduating program. And with a majority of my GI Abieyuwa “Abie” Omogun ’15 and leaving the military permanently, I Bill benefits used toward my first bach- Accelerated Baccalaureate Program moved back to New York, where I got a job elor’s degree, I was worried about how I at the Veterans Health Administration as was going to pay for school. One day, the I grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and a health technician, caring for inpatient scholarship office at the College of Nursing joined the Army straight out of high school. and outpatient veterans. Working at the contacted me about the Johnson and My plan was to go to college, but a friend VA, I became attuned to how people were Johnson Veterans Scholarship and strongly persuaded me to enlist instead — and the feeling. And I recognized that the nurses encouraged me to apply. The deadline was Army would pay for college. It was the best were able to gain a closer relationship quickly approaching, and I wrote my essay decision I ever made. Being in the mili- with the veterans and they really made a and bio over one weekend. tary taught me discipline, a work ethic, difference. That’s when I decided to pur- I was really excited to receive the scholar- and accountability. sue a career in nursing. ship. The College of Nursing curriculum is I did my basic training at Fort Leonard I took my nursing prerequisites at Wood, Missouri, and then trained to be a NYU, and the professors were enthu- Above (from left) Class of 2014 scholarship medic at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. During siastic about their subjects. I liked the recipients Morgan Nuzzo (Rudin Foundation), Sarah Oyler (Greenidge Fund), Junga Park (Rudin my time on active duty, I was stationed at diversity, too, having come from Morgan Foundation), Maryann Peterson (Rudin Foundation), White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, State University, which has primarily an and Leslie Cabrera (Rudin Foundation).

4 New York University College of Nursing Magazine already very intensive without adding on town of about 3,000 people, NYU was a importance of continuing to take their financial worries. Now it’s one less thing I chance to do something different, to step drugs. It hit me: “I could be a nurse.” have to worry about, and I am so grateful. out of my comfort zone. Now it’s my home! I had gone to a community college and At one point, I was in a difficult financial then to a state school for my first bachelor’s position because I had taken out a lot of degree, always working at the same time. It Hillman Scholarship loans for my first degree. Knowing that was always about where I could afford to go, I wanted to pursue an advanced degree, not where I wanted to go or what would be my advisor, Ann Marie Mauro, PhD ’98, the best for me. The Peace Corps exposed and the scholarship office said that the me to people who had gone to really good Hillman Scholarship was for people like colleges. What school you go to will follow me, to make a seamless transition to doc- you for the rest of your life. toral work. It has been an immense help. I knew I’d have to apply to every single In addition to funding, we’re provided scholarship available, but the College of with a mentor and occasional seminars on Nursing made it easy. The website lists all Neida Leal, BS ’14 topics such as choosing between DNP and of them, and I clicked on each one to find Accelerated Baccalaureate Program PhD degrees. The Hillman Scholarship, out whether I was eligible. Being awarded combined with a Robert Wood Johnson the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation While I was working toward my first col- Foundation scholarship, have allowed me (RWJF) New Careers in Nursing schol- lege degree, in zoology and biomedical to finish my degree! arship solidified my decision to attend sciences at the University of Oklahoma, I NYU. But it wasn’t just the money: It clari- did lab research for a forensic entomolo- fied that they saw potential in me and my gist. In the event of a murder, they collect Robert Wood Johnson New background. RWJF scholars are assigned arthropod specimens (such as maggots, Careers in Nursing Scholarship a faculty mentor and a peer mentor and beetles, or flies) from the body. Details attend leadership workshops and other like the age and species of the insects on Luke Andrew Glaude, BS ’14 activities. My peer mentor, who was two a body, whether they live in sun or shade Accelerated Baccalaureate Program semesters ahead of me, has been like an and come out in winter or summer, and older brother, giving me advice. which parts of the country they live in, can After I received my first degree, in social Without the RJWF scholarship, as well as help scientists figure out how long a per- work, I worked in refugee resettlement the Hillman Scholarship, I would have had son has been dead. The field work was fas- and then went into the Peace Corps. I to take out loans and work a part-time job. I cinating — but it was also lonely at times. served in Masasi, Tanzania, as a health- would not have been able to do some of the I was drawn to laboratory science but also education volunteer for two and a half things I’ve done, such as becoming president loved to interact with people. In addition, I years. After just 10 weeks of training, of Men in Nursing and helping to start the was influenced to become a nurse because mostly to learn Swahili so that I could Nursing Students for Global Health student a few of my cousins have a rare genetic teach in the local language, I started group. NYU has been the perfect fit. heart disease. They went to a special camp teaching HIV and sex education to kids for children with health problems and in primary and secondary schools and to Luke Andrew Glaude (standing, far right) talked about the cardiac nurses there who out-of-school youth. I also trained peer became interested in a nursing career while providing health education to teenagers through provided an aspect of care outside the educators so that a group from one school the Peace Corps in Masasi, Tanzania. hospital that was totally new to me. could teach in another school. Going to nursing school was a huge The teenagers had learned about HIV, decision, because I already had a bach- thanks to efforts by the government, but elor’s degree. When I found out that a it was still called “the secret disease” in 15-month program existed, I realized Swahili because the larger community I hadn’t screwed up my life by getting a didn’t talk about it. different degree! In nursing, there are so In the hospital there, I saw people give many opportunities. I’m even thinking of birth, get broken bones fixed. Every doing forensic nursing! It’s a fairly new, Tuesday, up to 100 HIV-positive people small field that helps identify and treat would arrive for their medications, and sexual assault and other types of abuse. I would teach them about healthy eat- Since I’m from Farmersville, Texas, a ing, their immune systems, and the

Spring 2014 5 I try to go out of my way for the patients, Margaret McClure Scholarship offering them my help if they need it. The biggest surprise for me was the tremendous amount of responsibility that nurses have. You are responsible not only for your Rosemary Gorman (right), with Laura Mazza, ANP, own work but for making sure that the doc- examines a patient in her clinical placement site. tors’ orders are written correctly before you implement them. suffer from the side effects of their disease I’m from Brooklyn and wanted to go to or treatment. She acknowledged when it was Tacha Joseph, BS ’14 college in New York. I was so surprised time to stop treatment and would encourage when NYU accepted me. When people her patients to enjoy the time they had left. Baccalaureate Degree Program hear that you go there, it’s like, “Wow!” I This had a profound impact on me and laid Before I was eight years old, I had to go love NYU. But I wouldn’t have been able the groundwork for my career. to the hospital on three separate occa- to attend without financial assistance. I The role of a palliative care NP includes sions because I had seizures. There was received some funding from New York’s facilitating caring communication among a very kind nurse who was there consis- Higher Education Opportunity Program, patients, families, and multiple health tently for me and my mom. She trans- but I still needed more financial aid to care providers to help patients navigate the lated things for my mom, who speaks make it happen. I got an email from the health care system. Another major focus is Haitian Creole, and had a great impact on College about the Margaret McClure educating patients about their choices and my getting better. Scholarship, which is targeted toward a guiding them to talk about what they want Because I was the only one in my family nursing student who wants to make an in terms of their own care. Palliative NPs who was affected by seizures, I was curi- impact in health care, and I was able to anticipate, prevent, and control patients’ ous about why it happened to some people tell my story. For almost 20 years, Dr. symptoms as well as provide both emotional but not others. In a weird way, I’m grateful McClure was the chief nursing officer at and spiritual support. for having had that experience, because NYU Medical Center. The scholarship she Unfortunately, I have observed an astound it led to my interest in medicine and in endowed has been very helpful in allowing ing number of patients who were never helping people, particularly children. I me to put money toward tuition as well as offered palliative care and whose end-of- want to take the negatives in my life and commuting to school and paying for books. life situations were far from ideal. Losing turn them into positives. Now that I’m graduating, I want to someone you love is difficult enough without I started in the pre-med program at work in critical care or in the emergency witnessing the person suffering unnecessar- NYU. But then I attended a meeting on department. It’s a time in every patient’s ily, especially when there are many ways to women in health experience when they need help the most. ensure a comfortable and peaceful end. sciences, where a I’ve grown to really love this part of nurs- room full of physi- ing. Helping people at such a critical point cians and one nurse Jewish Foundation in their lives is extremely fulfilling. for Education of Women practitioner spoke When I decided to return to college for my about their experi- master’s degree, the prospect of a signifi- ences. When the NP Rosemary Gorman, MS ’14 cant financial burden was daunting. Shortly Would you like to spoke, it completely Nurse Practitioner Master’s Program after my acceptance, the scholarship officer explore setting up changed my life. She at the College sent me an email saying, “We a scholarship fund? talked about having All of the experiences I’ve had as a nurse have a scholarship opportunity that you may It’s easy to do. her own practice and led me to NYU, where I am studying to be want to consider.” Begin by calling Larry how she gets to inter- a nurse practitioner (NP) with a specialty The Jewish Foundation for Education of Siegel, development act with patients, in palliative care. Very early in my career Women is an amazing organization. This director for the and it made so much I worked in an oncology practice with a is their first scholarship for NYU students College of Nursing, sense to me. She was physician for whom I had great respect. who are already practicing nursing, and at 212-998-6794, the type of person She treated her patients very aggressively they’ve provided two palliative care schol- or email him at I want to be when I but was also very concerned with their arships that cover a substantial portion [email protected]. become a nurse. quality of life. I learned that good symp- of tuition. This scholarship is making my Thank you! Now that I’m in my tom management was an integral part of career goal a reality and has validated my clinical rotations, cancer treatment, and patients should not commitment to palliative care. K

6 New York University College of Nursing Magazine Donor Spotlight Harriet Rothkopf Heilbrunn Scholarships Support Student Leaders n 2002, in honor of their mother’s respect for nurses only increased as she grew Department of Integrative Health Programs. 90th birthday, Helaine Lerner and older and required home care. Directed by Diane Rosenstein, MSW, Joan Rechnitz decided to make a “Helaine and Joan persuaded their mother LCSW, and under the leadership of Kim I special gift. Because their mother, to engage professional nurses to provide Glassman, PhD ’07, MA ’87, RN, senior vice the noted philanthropist Harriet Rothkopf care to her at home. Harriet valued their president for patient care services and chief Heilbrunn, viewed nurses as essential competent practice and individualized care, nursing officer, the program served more but under-recognized professionals, which heightened her interest in support- than 4,000 individuals in 2012. At Long they established a series of scholarships ing the profession,” says Marilyn A. DeLuca, Island University, where in 1932 Harriet for nursing students at NYU, Long Island PhD, RN, adjunct professor at NYU School of received a BA, they support nursing schol- University, Columbia University, and Medicine and College of Nursing, who advises arships and an endowed chair in nursing Hunter College. the Heilbrunns on professional nursing. and special programs. In 2013, Helaine and These scholar- The Heilbrunns’ immense philanthropic Joan endowed the naming of the Harriet ships, competi- investments can be seen across New York Rothkopf Heilbrunn School of Nursing at tively awarded to City and beyond. These encompass multiple Long Island University. undergraduates in endowments at cultural and health institu- Joan and Helaine’s scholarship support need of financial tions, including Columbia University and for nursing students at NYU College of assistance in their NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital as well Nursing has grown. This academic year the third and fourth as at Rockefeller University, where they Heilbrunn Scholars included 10 traditional years of study (and have endowed multiple professorships and 10 accelerated undergraduate students. in 2013–14, to and centers focused on stem cell and other Potential Heilbrunn award recipients must accelerated bacca- basic science research. Recently, Joan and demonstrate financial need, academic Harriet Rothkopf Heilbrunn laureate students), Helaine endowed the Heilbrunn Family excellence, and leadership, and preferably have been critical Center for Research Nursing at Rockefeller have an interest in public health and plan to to helping 70 students graduate from NYU University, which supports nurse scientists pursue nursing careers in New York City. College of Nursing over the past 11 years. and their work. “These scholarships underscore the For the Heilbrunn family, it is just one Joan and Helaine and their families are essential role of professional nursing, more initiative to transform health care long-time supporters of health sciences provide lessons in the value of well-placed through both generosity and foresight. and programs in the community. In 2000, philanthropy, and, hopefully, motivate The Heilbrunns are well known for their Helaine began her support of the Mind-Body new graduates to compete for funding to support of nursing, public health, and schol- Program at NYU Langone Medical Center, support their own future scholarship and arship, but Harriet Rothkopf Heilbrunn’s which has grown into the multifaceted research,” DeLuca says. K

Sapna Kakwani, At the College of Nursing, Kakwani After her junior year, she completed an BS ’11, exemplified served on the Undergraduate Nursing externship at the burn unit at NewYork- the type of student Student Organization (UNSO) and was Presbyterian Hospital, and after gradua- the Heilbrunn pro- the College’s liaison with the College of tion practiced in the neonatal intensive gram targets. Kakwani Dentistry. She organized a campaign with care unit at Mount Sinai Medical Center. was a sophomore who dental hygiene students to collect dental Currently, Kakwani is applying to pediatric had just returned equipment for Malawi and also partici- NP and DNP programs while practicing at from a study-abroad pated in the Making Strides for Breast Somerset Medical Center and St. Peter’s program and was living with her sister to Cancer fundraiser. University Hospital in New Brunswick. make ends meet. She had wanted to be a The Heilbrunn Scholarship — awarded Repaying her scholarship gift through nurse since childhood — a dream that was in her junior and senior years — averted nursing leadership is part of her career cemented when she was 15 years old, dur- the need for Kakwani to take out loans plan. “I really hope that I can give back to ing a week-long nursing “summer camp” at and helped her to envision going to nursing in some way, particularly by teach- Somerset Medical Center in New Jersey. graduate school. ing nursing,” she says.

Spring 2014 7 Donor Spotlight Marie Schwartz A Pioneer and Role Model Continues to Inspire

arie Schwartz’s career are master’s student Flora Tsimis ’16 and inspired me — and a genera- baccalaureate student Winnie Yan ’15. tion of women — to pursue For Winnie Yan, the Schwarz Scholar- Mexcellence in their profes- ship has helped lessen a financial strain “ sions,” says NYU College of Nursing dean that was created by her mother’s struggle Eileen Sullivan-Marx. Schwartz, who pri- with cancer. marily wrote under her maiden name, “My mother’s battle with cancer left her Marie Smith, served as a White House unable to work, and I have been working correspondent for the Washington Post for part-time to help our family financially 16 years during the Eisenhower, Kennedy, since I was 15,” Yan says. “The Schwartz Johnson, and Nixon administrations, an Scholarship I received eases the financial House to conduct her research and was era when it was not common for women burden of my education and also allows given access to the first lady’s personal to gain such high levels of access and me to spend more time with patients by papers and diaries. In 1964, she pub- achievement in journalism. “She showed volunteering at hospitals.” lished The President’s Lady: An Intimate young women that it is important to stand Yan, whose parents are immigrants Biography of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, which up and ask hard questions – even if you from China, decided to become a nurse was followed by Entertaining in the White are asking them of the president of the when her mother was diagnosed and she House in 1967. Smith received numer- United States,” Sullivan-Marx says. began navigating the health care system ous awards for her writing, including the In recognition of the important work alongside her. Catherine L. O’Brien Award for excellence that nurses do, in 2011 Schwartz estab- Marie Schwartz began her own career in women’s news reporting. lished the Arnold and Marie Schwartz working at a small newspaper during In the 1970s, Marie Smith married Dr. Scholarship Fund at NYU College of the day while attending night classes Arnold J. Schwartz, cofounder of Paragon Nursing, providing financial aid to top at the University of Georgia. She Oil, who was already an active philanthro- achievers in the College’s baccalaure- quickly advanced to a job at the Atlanta pist. Dr. and Mrs. Schwartz devoted much ate and master’s programs. She has also Constitution, and a star cub reporter was of their time and energies to supporting supported the College through generous born. Smith next landed a job with the health care, education, the arts, and other contributions to the Annual Fund and Washington Post covering the juvenile causes through the Arnold and Marie through the NYU Charitable Gift Annuity, court system. She was promoted to the Schwartz Fund for Education and Health which pays income to the donor for life “Women’s Department” after prov- Research. The late Dr. Schwartz served as while securing a financial resource for ing her skills in reporting hard news. a trustee of NYU Langone Medical Center, NYU Nursing in the future. “I know how The Post wanted to create a “newsier” while Mrs. Schwartz became a trustee of critical nurses are to the quality of health women’s section, and Marie Smith NYU. The Schwartzes have also generously care in many settings,” Schwartz says. took on the assignment. Her success supported and volunteered with such “I considered becoming a nurse myself in that role was rewarded by a promo- organizations as the Parkinson’s Disease before deciding to pursue a career in tion to the prestigious position of White Foundation, the National Symphony journalism.” Schwartz also worked as House correspondent during Dwight Orchestra, Long Island University, and the a volunteer with the Red Cross during D. Eisenhower’s administration. She Metropolitan Opera. In 1976, they estab- World War II. continued to report on the White House lished the Arnold and Marie Schwartz The Schwartz Scholarship is awarded for the Post through the next three Comprehensive Health Care Center at to one or two students annually in the presidential administrations. NYU Langone. spring and is need- and merit-based During Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency, “I think it is very fitting that through (student recipients must maintain a Smith became well acquainted with Lady this generous support of some of our best cumulative GPA of 3.50 or above). The Bird Johnson. When Smith expressed students, Marie Schwartz, an inspiring 2014 recipients of the Arnold and Marie interest in writing a biography of Mrs. role model herself, continues to inspire Schwartz Fund for Nursing Scholarship Johnson, she was invited to the White us today,” Sullivan-Marx says. K

8 New York University College of Nursing Magazine Donor Spotlight Yanki Schori

Schori was in a hurry to recover, because he had planned to take a fishing and hiking A Generous Gift trip with his adult sons six weeks after his operation. Indeed, in mid-July, he found Says Thank You to Nurses for the Best Care himself hiking up a mountain at 13,000 feet. “It was a lot of fun — and a great test of my complete recovery,” he says. When Schori wrote to thank the nurses who had cared for him and to let them know of his donation in their honor, he included a photo from his hospital stay, to remind them of who he was. A second photo, taken in Wyoming on his hiking trip, is proof of his good health, because, as he said, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” K

Before (left) Yanki Schori spent three days at NYULMC in June 2013, having mitral valve The following nurse teams repair surgery. After (right) Six weeks later, next graduating classes of nurses will Schori (left), with his sons Tal and Ithai, climbed participated in Yanki Schori’s a 13,000-foot mountain in Wyoming. follow in your footsteps.” care at NYULMC: Schori, who works in private banking, is no stranger to philanthropic investment. Pre-Surgery hen Jacob “Yanki” Schori The Manhattan resident, who immigrated Camille Lapera, Steinhardt MA ’92, ADCRT ’01, NP learned in early 2013 that to the United States from Israel in 1980, Cardiovascular Special Care Unit Nalini Balkarran, NP he needed to have mitral set up a nursing scholarship fund at his Christy Marra, NP valve repair surgery, he was alma mater, Tel Aviv University, a number Shanah Schwartz, NP W Tabitha (Mia) VanPelt, MS ’13, NP lucky. Active and asymptomatic, he had of years ago in memory of his in-laws. He some time to research the procedure and to still receives letters from young nursing Post-Op Unit Gregory Farrat, RN choose a hospital and surgeon to perform students, thanking him for their modest Olivia Flores, RN it. Schori spoke with several top New York scholarships. Schori’s wife, Yael, too, has Jeremie Garcia, BS ’12, RN City cardiologists before he chose Aubrey charitable interests: She is chairwoman of Anthony Morisano, RN C. Galloway, MD, at NYU Langone Medical ART Resources, a nonprofit organization Operating Room Center. But he also considered a factor that that distributes contemporary art books Michael Cultura, RN Rachel Leibovici, RN many patients might overlook: to libraries in underserved communities, Cheryl Simmons, BS ’95, RN “A close friend pointed out that after- schools, rehabilitation centers, and prisons. Cardiothoracic surgery care is no less important than the surgery,” “In the medical field, doctors and Azadeh Amjadi, NP (current NYU nursing Schori says. “She told me that the NYU researchers are the focus of a lot of giving, student — ADCRT) nursing department was simply great.” but there is always a shortage of nurses,” Mary Boland, MA ’94, NP Schori spent three days at NYULMC, Schori says. “I thought that if I could beginning June 6, 2013. The quality of the help one individual go to school with this Have you or a family nursing care he received was so excellent, scholarship, that would increase the pool he says, that to thank his nurses — half of nurses, and that’s good for everyone.” member received of whom have NYU degrees — he made a During his stay at NYULMC, Schori was top-notch nursing care? donation to NYU College of Nursing to cared for by at least four groups of nurses, Please consider thanking the nurses support scholarships, to ease the way for from the operating room to the intensive who provided this care, as Yanki dedicated students to enter the profession. care unit, to post-op and recovery. Schori has, through a scholarship gift “Nurses are the unsung heroes of hos- “The nurses and nurse practitioners on to NYU College of Nursing. Contact pital operations,” Schori wrote in a letter Dr. Galloway’s staff were always visiting Larry Siegel, director of development, to the nurses who cared for him. “Your me,” says Schori. “They’re ready to help 212-998-6794, or [email protected]. attention, professionalism, and compas- in a very professional way, and I think sion are exemplary. I am certain that the they’re underappreciated.”

Spring 2014 9 Ghana wins!

The Ghanaian Nurse Leaders Program Eleven nurses arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport at dawn on Friday, September 27, 2013, having flown all night from Accra, Ghana. By Saturday night, the group had taken in a dance festival at City Center, ridden the subway, and gazed up at skyscrapers — most for the first time.

The fast pace of life in New York City is a in collaboration with Ghana-based part- for Black Nurses (LIBN), which she stark contrast to Ghana, but the nurse par- ners and sponsored by Banco Santander, founded in 2006 at the request of former ticipants in the Ghanaian Nurse Leaders Ghana Wins! aims to build a network of dean Terry Fulmer to promote minority Program had little time to marvel over the women strong enough to influence the nurses’ progression into senior roles in city that never sleeps. Come Monday, they country’s education, health care, and civil nursing management and education. were hard at work, absorbing as much as society organizations. “Ghana Wins! is designed to examine they could from their mentors and nurse NYU College of Nursing, Steinhardt leadership effectiveness at three levels: faculty at NYU College of Nursing. School, and Wagner Graduate School of first to understand oneself as a leader, The Ghanaian Nurse Leaders Program Public Service are each providing lead- then as a leader of teams, and as a leader is one component of Ghana Wins! — a ership programs for 30 women over of organizational change,” Gilmartin says. program whose goal is to strengthen the the next three years. At the College of NYU was chosen for its leadership- democratic institutions and social fabric Nursing, Mattia Gilmartin, PhD, RN, training expertise as well as its long of one of Africa’s fastest-growing econo- senior research scientist and director experience in Ghana: The University mies by empowering women — particularly of the Center for Continuing Nursing maintains a study-abroad site in Accra, nurses, teachers, and social innovators. Education, and Yvonne Wesley, PhD ’00, and the College of Nursing, School of The participating nurses are middle-level RN, FAAN, adjunct associate professor, Medicine, and other NYU schools have health care managers recommended to the have lent their expertise on leadership had long partnerships with the University program by the Ghana Health Service. development to create the program. of Ghana, its School of Nursing, and the An initiative of the Madrid-based Wesley is applying many of the strategies Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra — the Mujeres por Africa Foundation and NYU honed through the Leadership Institute largest hospital in West Africa.

10 New York University College of Nursing Magazine Says Wesley, “NYU College of Nursing is one of the College’s clinical teaching has a long history of commitment to partners, and the shadowing program was “These nurses women’s leadership and career achieve- conceived to take advantage of the cultural ment. We’ve used this expertise as the diversity of the hospital’s clients and staff. have all accomplished foundation for addressing issues of gender Although the Ghanaian nurses were a lot in their careers, and empowerment as it relates to women impressed with the technology they wit- managers’ effectiveness in West Africa.” nessed at Harlem Hospital — as well as at but they don’t get Depending on geographic location, the the College’s Clinical Simulation Learning a lot of credit.” practical needs of Ghana’s nurse manag- Center — they focused most ardently on ers vary considerably. At Korle-Bu, Mavis innovations that they could practically Torgbor, BSc, RN, RM, a nurse manager in bring back to Ghana. Participants took the trauma unit, says that one of the main home nurse staffing rosters, patient docu- “In Ghana,” she says, “we have family units. mentation forms, and change-of-shift There is no geriatric ward, because families reports. The latter, says Gilmartin, are take on some of those services of care.” particularly useful, because traditionally Torgbor was particularly struck by a lack one nurse simply talks to the next, some- of concern for impoverished people that times leaving out important information. she observed in New York. On the subway “In Ghana nurses are in the early phases platform, she saw a man whose leg was of instituting more robust quality-assur- severely infected. “People ran away from ance and improvement methods. This type him,” she recalls. “Can’t he go to a hos- of data collection and documentation is pital and receive care? Does he have no Mavis Torgbor what is needed,” Gilmartin says. insurance? In Ghana, people would have According to one participant, Mabel cared more for him.” problems is the rate at which accident Kissiwah Asafo, MSc, RN, RM, princi- victims arrive. They come from as far as pal nursing officer and regional health Fellows Seek Improvements Cote D’Ivoire and Burkina Faso and from in Patient Care subregions of Ghana. One of the hospital’s The participants in Ghana Wins! have chief challenges is that there is not always each undertaken a “change project” on a bed available. their work units — either alone or as “We need a better referral system so that part of a team — to improve evidence- we’re more prepared for patient arrivals based nursing practice and patient care. and a better system of documentation,” Between the June meeting in Accra and Torgbor says. “To implement these kinds the October meeting in New York, par- of systems, middle managers really need ticipants began mapping out these proj- this kind of leadership training.” Mabel Kissiwah Asafo ects by reviewing literature and refining Gilmartin and Wesley traveled to Ghana their plans with the help of nurse faculty in June 2013 to teach the first week of promotion officer for the Ashanti region coaches, both at NYU and the University the program, which emphasized skills of southern Ghana, “When we go back of Ghana School. for leading teams and improving clini- home, we want to sensitize nurses to find Several of the participants who work at cal performance. Wesley also taught the the research to support evidence-based a regional hospital in the isolated north- first part of a course on evidence-based practice.” She notes that nurses often have eastern Bolgatanga area are collaborating practice. She presented the second part of to pay for internet connections at home on a project to improve hand-washing. the course four months later in New York, because the connections are too slow dur- Gilmartin and Wesley were surprised to where participants learned about organi- ing the day at the workplace. learn that the hospital had merely two zational change and strategies to use the Mavis Torgbor was impressed with sinks with running water. Nurses therefore new information they had gained when Harlem Hospital Center’s falls-pre- rinse their hands in water buckets, where they returned to Ghana. vention program, in which high-risk water is changed infrequently. In mentor- A highlight of the New York program was patients wear wrist bands. Yet, in Ghana, ing the Bolatanga nurses, Wesley suggested a day spent shadowing Harlem Hospital she says, family members are often avail- that they implement Tippy Taps, which are nurse managers — half of whom come able to help patients ambulate, so falls ingenious clean-water devices used around from African countries. Harlem Hospital are less of a concern. the world. Tippy Taps are made from jugs

Spring 2014 11 Above Henry Tachie-Menson, minister-counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Ghana to the United Nations, congratulated the participants. Left (From left) Victoria Kusi, associate director, Harlem Hospital Center; Dr. Yvonne Wesley; Denise Soares, executive director, Harlem Hospital Center; Dr. Eileen Sullivan-Marx; nursing student Rachel Eakley; and Alicia Cebada of Mujeres por Africa Foundation attended the October 3, 2013, reception.

Recommendation, is a widely used framework that helps members of interdisciplinary health care teams commu- nicate about patient care. Participants reported that SBAR was one of the chief of water hung on a string that operate methods may require adaptation to the safety tools that they would use at home. Preparing to Work Together: like spigots, so that nurses can wash their Ghanaian context, participants report that Still, Wesley cautions that the Ghanaian hands in running water. their training is working. When nurses nurse leaders have a long road ahead: Other change projects include a diabe- told Gilmartin and Wesley that they could “Now that they have learned how to find Interprofessional tes-education program at the 37 Military the evidence to back up a recommended Hospital in Accra led by Major Mary change, the hard part will be to engage Amofa Ampofo, BSc, RN, RM, and a com- their peers to make change together. But munity-based project to bring rural young Mujeres por Africa is structuring this Learning Experience pregnant women to health care centers for program to uplift, whether in nursing, assisted deliveries, spearheaded by Mabel education, or social leadership, and soon Unites Nursing, Dental, and medical students Kissiwah Asafo in Ashanti. they won’t be alone.” “These nurses have all accomplished a At a reception on October 3, 2013, to cel- lot in their careers, but they don’t get a ebrate the inaugural cohort of Ghanaian lot of credit,” says Gilmartin. “Our goal is Cecilia Eliason nurses, Dean Eileen Sullivan-Marx of the to teach them some new skills and prac- College of Nursing; Robert Berne, NYU tical tools to enhance their effectiveness not give an older person or someone in executive vice president for health; Alicia as leaders and managers. What’s been a more senior position direct negative Cebada of Mujeres por Africa Foundation; so inspiring is hearing the participants’ feedback — an important tool for perfor- and Phedra K. Van Kirk, vice president delight in seeing themselves as leaders.” mance improvement — Wesley challenged for institutional relations at Santander them to adapt practices that have been Universities Global Division, spoke of Overcoming Barriers successful in overcoming similar bound- their admiration for the participants and Overcoming entrenched professional aries in the West. their hopes that they will succeed in mak- hierarchies in health care is a significant “If a physician gives a nurse the wrong ing organizational change. challenge for these nurses. In working order, for example, there are noncon- Henry Tachie-Menson, the minister- with student nurses to improve physical frontational stock phrases that they can counsellor of the Permanent Mission of assessment skills, Florence Assibi Ziba, use, like, ‘I am uncomfortable with this Ghana to the United Nations, congratu- MSc, RN, and Cecilia Eliason, MPhil, RN, order, please come assess the patient,’” lated participants and expressed his hope have run into some resistance from phy- Gilmartin says. that they use their knowledge not just for sicians who object to nurses performing These methods are associated with their personal use but for other nurses, all tasks traditionally carried out by physi- the “SBAR” technique, which was pre- of Ghana, and all of humanity. cians, such as listening to heart and lung sented by Kellie Bryant, DNP, WHNP-BC, Said Florence Assibi Ziba, “I really can’t sounds with a stethoscope. director of the Clinical Simulation describe this opportunity. It’s a marvel that Although Gilmartin and Wesley are Learning Center. SBAR, which stands we could learn so much in one week. I’ve aware that their Western leadership for Situation-Background-Assessment- been provoked, my horizons widened.” K

12 New York University College of Nursing Magazine Students from NYU Colleges of Nursing and Dentistry and the School of Medicine gathered for an unprecedented educational experience to gain a stronger understanding of one another’s roles and responsibilities. Here, dental student Emad Adbou demonstrates the oral exam on a professional actor playing a patient while nursing student Nina Barrett and medical student Luke Ginocchio look on.

Preparing to Work Together: Interprofessional Learning Experience Unites Nursing, Dental, and medical students

he patient came to Bellevue nurse practitioner (NP) and nurse- “There has been a lack of accurate Hospital Center with a six- midwifery students gathered in small knowledge about the scope of practice of month history of fatigue, groups at the New York Simulation Center, each profession, which actually harms T increased thirst, frequent operated by NYU School of Medicine at patients,” says Erin Hartnett, DNP ’11, urination, blurry vision, persistent bad Bellevue. They came together to learn APRN-BC, PCNP, director of the Teaching breath, pain while chewing, and sore, from one another and gain a stronger Oral-Systemic Health program at the Col- bleeding gums. She had not seen a physi- understanding of the roles and respon- lege of Nursing, funded by the U.S. Health cian since losing her job — and her health sibilities of each profession —part of a Resources and Services Administration. insurance — two years earlier. broader effort to move students toward “Interprofessional learning experiences She could have wound up in a dentist’s, working collaboratively to improve build knowledge about, respect for, and physician’s, or nurse practitioner’s office. patient care and safety. trust of each other’s professions.” But on September 9, 2013, this patient — Each team of five students met for 75 actually a professional actor trained to minutes with a “patient,” documenting play a sick person — had the good fortune Nursing, dental, his or her case history and taking turns to be examined by students of all three and medical students teaching one another how to assess the professions, working together. individual from their unique perspec- The scenario was part of an unprec- break down silos tives. With faculty observing from outside edented educational experience, held before entering the of the room, NP and nurse-midwifery over three days in September, in which students showed their teammates how 84 fourth-year dental students, 168 workforce. to conduct a pulmonary assessment, second-year medical students, and 84 dental students taught the oral exam, and

Spring 2014 13 medical students demonstrated a cardiac regular cleanings or has genetic issues or physical exam, and Gomes contributed assessment. At the end, each group met plaque buildup below the gums, a den- information about adapting the exam to with a faculty advisor to discuss their tist needs to clean under the gums. We different body types, for example, for those thoughts on the collaboration and the explained how you numb each quadrant patients who are obese or pregnant. next steps for the patient, which involved of eight teeth and scrape against the root Allyson Herbst, a second-year medical using a team approach to managing both to remove irritants. They were amazed.” student who participated in the exercise, the patient’s diabetes — the presumptive In turn, Ralescu was surprised by the diagnosis — and periodontal disease. complexity of cardiac tests that medical During the simulation, Elsie Laryea, students conduct, and all noticed that RN, a third-year Adult Primary Care NP the NP students asked questions with a student who works on a medical-surgical unique spin, “because they see the full unit at Montefiore Medical Center, clari- human being as opposed to just the cause fied for the medical and dental students of their disease. They asked how the the meaning and role of the NP. The patient was doing psychologically.” other students, she says, had assumed Kristin Gomes, RN, a nurse-midwifery Allyson Herbst that a nurse practitioner merely assessed student, believes that, as preventive patients and then referred them to physi- says, “Diabetes involves many aspects of cians for care. patient care. Even though it’s a systemic “It is extremely important for the disci- problem, a patient can present at the den- plines to learn together, and we can learn tist’s, because the disease presents a num- a lot from each other,” Laryea says. “Now, ber of oral health problems. In addition, when the dental student graduates, he physicians and nurse practitioners need knows he can refer patients to an NP.” to understand the oral aspects of disease, From her dental student teammate, because patients will raise these issues.” Laryea learned more specifically where Kristin Gomes in the mouth to look during an exam, Teamwork Improves how to touch the mouth, and how to care takes on greater prominence in the Quality and Safety apply pressure gently. From her medical health care system, it will be even more The move toward interprofessional educa- teammate, she learned how to distin- important for health care team members tion for health care workers has been gain- guish whether the patient had a systolic to understand one another’s roles for ing steam since the Institute of Medicine or diastolic heart murmur. more effective referral and management released a set of quality and safety reports, Fourth-year dental student Tiffany of patients. She says that her experience beginning in 2001 with the groundbreak- Ralescu explained to her team the working in an interdisciplinary team at ing Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health connection between diabetes and Mount Sinai Medical Center has been a System for the 21st Century, which pointed periodontal disease, as well as how largely positive one. Still, Gomes notes, to the importance of breaking down silos dentists treat the latter. “I was very surprised and empowered by between professionals before they even this experience. I found there was a lot of enter the workforce. interest in learning what a nurse-mid- “Those reports spoke to the need to edu- wife and NP are, and how they are dif- cate health professionals as high-function- ferent from physician assistants. It was ing teams to improve quality and safety in a great opportunity for me to teach the terms of patient care and outcomes,” says others more about preventive care and Judith Haber, PhD ’84, MA ’67, APRN-BC, about the scope of practice of advanced FAAN, the Ursula Springer Leadership practice nurses.” Professor in Nursing and associate dean Tiffany Ralescu Gomes was impressed with her dental of graduate programs at the College of partner’s presentation of the oral exam Nursing. Haber adds that a Lancet report in “The other students hadn’t known that and says that she will use the information 2010 fueled the campaign for interprofes- dentists do different kinds of cleanings she learned with all of her patients, but sional education in health care. depending on the situation,” Ralescu especially with those who are pregnant. “We didn’t start the trend, but we were says. “Above-the-gum cleanings are The medical students, she says, were very among the earliest adopters of interpro- most common, but if a patient hasn’t had thorough and precise in performing a fessional education,” says Haber, who

14 New York University College of Nursing Magazine With faculty observing, NP and nurse-midwifery, co-directs the Oral Health Nursing professor in the NYU College of Dentistry, dental, and medical students, respectively, taught their future colleagues to conduct a pulmonary Education and Practice (OHNEP) initia- the September exercise represented a assessment, oral exam, and cardiac assessment. tive at NYU. turning point in interprofessional health The alliance formed between NYU care education at NYU. Colleges of Nursing and Dentistry in “Throughout the rest of their lives, Health care has always been a team 2005 has been a catalyst for collabora- these professionals should and will be effort, says Thomas Riles, MD, the Frank C. tion in research, teaching, and practice. interacting with one another,” says Allen. Spencer Professor of Surgery and associate The College of Nursing and NYU School “Dental students loved it, and everyone dean of medical education and technology of Medicine also have an interprofes- benefited.” He adds that the dental stu- at NYU School of Medicine. But, “where it sional-learning program under way, dents were particularly amused by other used to be mainly physicians and nurses with a grant from the Josiah Macy, Jr., students’ inhibitions over putting their working together, now there are other Foundation, through which the two fingers in someone’s mouth. professionals involved, so we really have schools have designed and implemented Driving the curriculum for the day to think about how teams work, which is the NYU3T (Teaching, Technology, and was the document Core Competencies for essential for patient safety.” Teamwork) initiative. Interprofessional Collaborative Practice, pub- Riles notes that at the New York According to Kenneth Allen, DDS ’73, lished by the Interprofessional Education Simulation Center, nurses and medi- MBA, associate chair and clinical associate Collaborative in 2011, which spells out the cal residents already train in teams. In ways in which the health care professions obstetrics, for example, a team may con- must deliberatively work together to build a sist of nurses, anesthesiology residents, Adult Primary Care NP students Elsie Laryea (right) and Minjae Nam (center) talk with dental better, patient-centered health care system. ob-gyns, and even nonmedical hospital hygiene student Almas Bhatti (left) about the staff who might work together to address a interprofessional experience during a break. problem such as a maternal hemorrhage. “One thing that really struck home with the students was that none of these pro- Sorel Leo fessionals can completely handle these patients’ problems by themselves,” says Riles. “Just the simple understanding that a good patient outcome requires the efforts of several people was eye-opening.” “It was fabulous, amazing,” says Haber. “This was a first-of-a kind event at NYU, and it was a dream come true, watching these students learn together.” K

Spring 2014 15 The College of Nursing inaugural faculty council, from left: Drs. Shiela Strauss, Mary Hickey, Michele Shedlin, Madeline Naegle, Ann Kurth, and Ann Marie Mauro. Not pictured: Dr. Marilyn Hammer. College of Nursing Creates Faculty Council

n June 2013, NYU College of Nursing that we needed new and more formal recommendations about a new governance elected its first faculty council, join- avenues for advising our dean and the role for non-tenure-track faculty in the ing its counterparts within NYU and dean at the College of Dentistry,” says existing Senate. At the College of Nursing Iconforming to practices at many Professor Madeline Naegle, PhD ’80, level, the primary committees that may the Right colleges and universities. Faculty coun- MA ’67, CNS-PMH, BC, FAAN, who was benefit from faculty council election and cils serve in an advisory role to their deans elected to chair the council in June 2013. representation include the Curriculum and administrators, providing important A working group of tenured, tenure- Committee (which provides educational perspectives on a variety of academic and track, and clinical-track faculty and program and curricula oversight) and the administrative policies related to curricu- research scientists reached out during Grievance Committee (which provides a lum, emerging trends in higher education, 2013 to faculty at other private and state- venue for unresolved grievances on admin- and faculty welfare and development. funded schools to gather information on istrative decisions). Advising the dean Discussions about the need for faculty faculty council structures and operations. on appointments to the Appointments, governance to increase the open exchange In May 2013, the working group, under Promotions, and Tenure Committees at of ideas between faculty and administra- van Devanter’s leadership, proposed NYUCN and NYUCD is another opportu- tors had begun at NYUCN prior to the initial principles for faculty governance. nity for the council. arrival of Eileen Sullivan-Marx as the Those principles, which defined the In addition to changes at NYUCN, the College’s dean. Sullivan-Marx came from council’s role and seven-person voting- NYU Board of Trustees has formed a “stake- the University of Pennsylvania, where member structure, were presented to fac- holders group” of student group represen- such a structure exists, and she responded ulty for an online vote, and were passed. tatives, faculty members, and trustees, to favorably to faculty concerns, request- “This is an important opportunity, par- which College of Nursing professor Michele ing that Professor Nancy van Devanter, ticularly for me as a clinical faculty mem- Shedlin, PhD, was elected. DrPH, EdM, RN, FAAN, convene a group to ber, to help build a governance structure Greater faculty involvement has already explore faculty governance. in the College of Nursing that gives voice led to a vote that resulted in the dean’s “As our student body grew to 1,600 and to the faculty,” says Mary Hickey, EdD, appointment of Ann Marie Mauro to the faculty rose to 65 members, it was clear WHNP, BC, clinical associate professor, Undergraduate Curriculum Advisory Com- who serves as the council’s secretary. mittee and Mary Hickey to the Undergrad- One significant transition that has par- uate Academic Affairs Committee. alleled the election of a faculty council is In May 2014, the Faculty Council of the The elected members of the Faculty Council serving for the that representatives to University-wide College of Nursing will propose bylaws for 2013–14 academic year are: and College-specific committees may now faculty governance at the school, which will be elected by faculty as well as appointed be put to the faculty for a vote and officially Madeline A. Naegle, by the dean. The University-wide com- begin a new era at NYUCN. PhD, CNS-PMH, BC, FAAN, chair mittees have recommended that a new “This is an exciting time as we work with Mary Hickey, EdD, WHNP, BC, secretary non-tenure-track faculty senators council faculty and administrators to craft a system Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, RN, FAAN be established and are addressing con- of faculty governance for NYUCN. We envi- Marilyn Hammer, PhD, DC, RN cerns related to shared governance and sion an inclusive system that promotes Ann Marie Mauro, PhD, RN, CNL, CNE technology. Ann Marie Mauro, PhD ’98, collegiality, respect, and accountability in Michele Shedlin, PhD RN, CNL, CNE, clinical associate professor, education and research, policy develop- Shiela Strauss, PhD was elected cochair of the University-level ment, and professional leadership at all Planning Committee, which will make levels,” Naegle says. K

16 New York University College of Nursing Magazine Maja Djukic answers a stranger’s call for help and saves a life.

the Right Place at the Right Time Nursing Faculty Member Rescues Toddler A Family Spreads the Word about CPR

ctober 13, 2013, started Ryan and his wife, Maureen, saw that as a typical Sunday for Griffin’s mouth was full of partially 19-month-old Colin and chewed crackers, so they tried back blows O Griffin Greene. The twins, and finger sweeps to dislodge the cracker just awakened from their afternoon residue. When that didn’t work, Ryan, naps in their Stamford, Connecticut, running on pure adrenaline, had the home, were drinking sippy cups of milk presence of mind to grab the phone to and eating goldfish crackers. Then the call 911 and run outside, screaming that boys’ dad, Ryan, noticed that Griffin his son was choking. had taken on a strange appearance and In a parking lot across the street from wasn’t making any noise. the Greenes’ townhouse, NYU College of “It wasn’t what you’d expect choking Nursing assistant professor Maja Djukic, to look like,” Ryan Greene says. “He PhD ’09, MS ’06, RN, was rollerblading made no noise and was losing color, with her husband and stepdaughter when and it all went downhill from there.” she heard Ryan’s yells and saw a woman From left, Griffin, Maureen, Ryan, and Colin Greene on Halloween 2013.

Spring 2014 17 running out of her house with an infant. “Maja is our angel,” Maureen says. “She Djukic, too, yelled to her husband to call Maureen Greene came out of nowhere in my darkest, most 911, threw off her rollerblades, and ran desperate time. When she said ‘I’m a across the street. will remember nurse,’ I’ll remember those words for the “I said, ‘I’m a nurse, what’s going on?’” the words rest of my life. She also took a risk to help Djukic recalls. Griffin had turned blue us, because we’ve since learned that some- and was not breathing. Djukic lay him on “I’m a nurse” for times health care professionals are reluc- the ground and began doing chest com- the rest of her life. tant to help in the community, because pressions while the 911 operator pro- they are concerned about liability. They vided guidance on the speaker phone. should know that most states, including Djukic continued the chest compres- Connecticut, have laws protecting health sions for several minutes until Griffin’s “His first meal was two pancakes, workers who get involved.” eyes started to flutter and he started banana, and cheerios,” says Maureen. Ryan wants other parents to remember to make noise. “He hadn’t lost his appetite, but we made that a child can choke on or inhale some- “The 911 operator said to continue to sure he ate slowly.” thing as innocuous as a goldfish cracker. do chest compressions until the baby The Greenes were so grateful for “Be vigilant when your little ones are eat- started crying, and just as the ambulance Djukic’s help that they sent a letter to ing, because things happen very quickly,” pulled in, he started to cry,” says Djukic, Dean Eileen Sullivan-Marx and invited he says, pointing out that Griffin made who was still in disbelief when no noise when he couldn’t Griffin was whisked away with breathe. “For us, mealtime and his parents. About a dozen snack time will not be rushed neighbors were standing out- and we’ll be watching.” side, and everyone was crying, The Greenes are spread- Djukic recalls. One neighbor, ing the message to all of their who was holding Griffin’s twin friends and family — espe- brother, said, “Where did you cially those with young chil- come from?” dren — that learning CPR is a “Maja took over immedi- very valuable use of a few hours. ately,” recalls Ryan, who was When their twins were born, concerned at first whether they watched an American Red she knew what she was doing. Cross video about CPR, and “Within a minute we heard Maureen had been a lifeguard, the sirens and the ambulance but still they were unsure of and fire truck arrived. EMTs whether to use back blows, the scooped him up and rushed Maja Djukic’s successful effort to resuscitate Heimlich maneuver, or CPR. 19-month-old Griffin Greene was the lead-in him to the ER.” to a December 17, 2013, Personal Health “There wasn’t much I could do but call Griffin hadn’t actually choked but column on infant CPR by New York Times 911 and run outside and hope there was a had aspirated several crackers and writer Jane E. Brody. nurse rollerblading by,” Ryan says. become asphyxiated when his airway was Still, the image of at least 10 neighbors obstructed by the powder from the crack- Djukic to their home in November. who didn’t know how to do CPR is seared ers. At Stamford Hospital Emergency Sullivan-Marx says that in addition to in Djukic’s memory. “When I walked Department, he was given oxygen and dialing 911, running outside and yelling away, I kept thinking that there must be intubated to ensure an open airway in for help was the smartest thing that Ryan something we can do as a community so case he experienced further respira- could have done, because “you never that more people know what to do and are tory distress. He was then transferred to know where a nurse can be.” willing to do it.” she says. the pediatric intensive care unit at Yale Djukic concurs, saying: “The more Studies have shown that laypeople are Children’s Hospital, where he was extu- people who know that there’s an emer- hesitant to perform CPR in an emergency bated and a pulmonologist used a bron- gency, the better. The neighbors were because they lack confidence in their choscope to try to remove the cracker able to intercept the ambulance and skills, even after training. But there is a particles. Griffin was released after four show them where the house was. That greater likelihood of survival if they try days and has made a full recovery. saved a lot of precious seconds.” any form of CPR, even incorrectly.

18 New York University College of Nursing Magazine he American Heart Associa- says American Heart Association spokes- in the mouth and do chest compressions. tion is fighting the sense of person Beth Mancini, PhD, RN, FAHA, Djukic herself had a moment of worry. bystander desperation and FAAN, associate dean at the University of “When I saw the baby and the mom, I T reluctance to help by issu- Texas College of Nursing. “AHA continues doubted myself for a minute because it ing guidelines for people who have not to raise awareness and train all Americans had been several years since I’d worked been trained or don’t remember how to about this lifesaving technique, creating in clinical practice, and it helped a lot perform CPR. The procedure — for teens more lifesavers in communities across to have the 911 operator on the speaker and adults — called Hands-Only CPR the United States.” phone,” she says. “I knew how to do it, but (HOCPR) involves providing chest com- The AHA recommends that if a bystander as the research shows, if you don’t do it all pressions only, at the tempo of the aptly witnesses a child choking, he or she should the time, you don’t remember exactly.” chosen Bee Gees song “Stayin’ Alive.” do back blows and abdominal thrusts Adds Djukic: “In clinical settings, nurses “Hands-Only CPR is a simple two-step until the material is expelled. If the baby save lives every day. But it was incredible process that can ultimately save a life,” becomes unconscious, look for something being in the right place at the right time.”

CPR for Bystanders

What can you do? When is CPR with Here’s some more According to the American Heart mouth-to-mouth breathing advice from the American Association, if you know CPR, the life you necessary? Heart Association: save is likely to be a loved one’s, because • Infants and children (up to puberty) Untrained. If you’re not trained in 88 percent of cardiac arrests occur at CPR, then provide Hands-Only CPR. That home. “Effective bystander CPR provided • Anyone found already unconscious and means uninterrupted chest compressions immediately after sudden cardiac arrest not breathing normally of about 100 a minute until paramedics can double or triple a victim’s chance of • Any victims of drowning, drug overdose, arrive. It’s time to brush up on your 1970s survival,” the AHA says. collapse due to breathing problems, or tunes, because hands-only CPR should be A study published in the March 2014 prolonged cardiac arrest performed to the tempo of the Bee Gees issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular song “Stayin’ Alive.” Quality and Outcomes showed that peo- Is the person breathing? Get down on the ple who view a CPR instructional video, ground and watch his or her chest; if it’s Trained in CPR. If you’re well trained like this one, are significantly more likely not rising and/or the lips are turning blue, and confident in your ability, begin with to attempt life-saving resuscitation: the person is not getting enough oxygen. chest compressions instead of first checking the airway and doing rescue http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/ breathing. Start CPR with 30 chest CPRAndECC/HandsOnlyCPR/ When can you use compressions before checking the airway DemosandVideos/Demos-and-Videos_ Hands-Only CPR? and giving rescue breaths. UCM_440561_Article.jsp When a teen or adult suddenly collapses Trained, but rusty. If you’ve with cardiac arrest, his or her lungs and previously received CPR training but blood contain enough oxygen to keep you’re not confident in your abilities, vital organs healthy for the first few then just do chest compressions at a rate minutes, as long as someone provides of about 100 a minute. high-quality chest compressions with minimal interruption to pump blood to the heart and brain.

Find out about CPR training opportunities from the American Heart Association at heart.org. Or, go to redcross.org or call your local American Red Cross chapter (1-800-733-2767).

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C D celebrations G langone Alumni Reception September 25, 2013 American Academy of Nursing Reception October 19, 2013 A Dean Eileen Sullivan-Marx with NYUCN alumna and current master’s student E Dean Eileen Sullivan-Marx with Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs Jaimie Lukacs, BS ’12; master’s student Greta Westman, BS ’10; Lea Devins, James Pace at the College of Nursing reception at the annual AAN MS ’11; and Renee Sanchez, MS ’13. conference. Pace was inducted as a fellow of the AAN. B Kim Glassman, PhD ’07, MA ’87, NYULMC senior vice president for patient care services and chief nursing officer (right), and Dean Eileen Sullivan-Marx vernice Ferguson Lecture on Contemporary Issues October 19, 2013 with Alumni Association Board members. F PhD student Kenneth Faulkner asks a question of keynote speaker Marilyn Hammer as alumni from various NYU colleges listen. Alumni Day Dean’s Luncheon October 19, 2013 C Celia Maysles, BS ’12, accepts the Alumni Association 2013 Rising Star Award. Alumni Day Health Care Lecture October 19, 2013 G Guests ask questions of Maja Djukic, PhD ’09, MS ’06, and Marc Triola, D Craig Schoon, Steinhardt PhD ’74, father of Sara Schoon, BS ’13, speaks with MD ’98, following their presentation. NYUCN Clinical Assistant Professor Noreen Nelson.

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ghanaian Nurse Leaders Reception October 3, 2013 nursing Alumni Winter Networking Happy Hour December 5, 2013 H Nurses from Harlem Hospital Center present gifts to their new friends K Dean Eileen Sullivan-Marx speaks with guests. from the Ghanaian Nurse Leaders Program. L Guests enjoy the food and company. I From left, Henry Tachie-Menson, minister-counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Ghana to the United Nations; Roger Kingsepp, NYU director valedictory Breakfast December 17, 2013 of corporate and foundation relations; Phedra A. Van Kirk, vice president M Graduates celebrate at the 2014 Valedictory Breakfast. for institutional relations at Santander Universities Global Division; and Dean Eileen Sullivan-Marx. N Dean Eileen Sullivan-Marx presents Joseph Narus, DNP ’12, MA ’99, BS ’96, with the Maes-MacInnes Clinical Innovation Award. hillman Mentoring Reception November 7, 2013 O P New graduates are pinned at the Valedictory Breakfast. J Hillman program participants with Linda D’Andrea, director of the Hillman Alumni Nursing Network, and James Pace, associate dean of undergraduate programs (fourth and third from right).

Spring 2014 21 Dr. Rex Wong pours glycerine into a mixture of alcohol and hydrogen peroxide to make hand sanitizer while Francois Mushema, the hospital support technician, and Rose Hogan, the NYU infection control educator for Human Resources for Health, look on. Wong, the director of the Hospital Strengthening Initiative at the Yale School of Medicine, has joined Human Resources for Health to manage the University Central Hospital of Kigali. strengthening Infection Control in rwanda

By Rose Hogan, MS, BSN

nfection Prevention and Control Rwanda’s capital, I am working with be integrated across the medical, nursing, and (IPC) is a discipline we are all so the Ministry of Health and the Faculty dentistry curricula. We are piloting a number of familiar with at home that when of Medicine and Health Sciences at the IPC interventions, such as the local production II arrived in Rwanda, its absence University of Rwanda to begin to address of alcohol hand gel in hospitals and evidence- as a recognized priority in the hospital the constraints I mentioned. In addition, based methods of environmental cleaning. proved uniquely challenging. How do you an international hospital-management We’re also piloting a hospital-acquired- approach patient care where a constant team is supporting several hospital admin- infection (HAI) surveillance system in the water supply is not available? Where gloves istrations with issues such as procurement, main referral hospital. Anecdotally, it seems are infrequently supplied? Where micro- budgeting, and patient flow, which will go a clear that patients’ long stays in the hospi- biological tests are not routinely available? long way toward addressing these issues. tal, coupled with malnutrition and ill health Where staff members have limited access to begin with, frequently lead to infection to IPC training? How can you manage Moving Toward Evidence-Based and reduced wound healing. I developed an hospital-acquired infections in a situation Practices HAI assessment tool based on clinical find- where patients stay for months? Are mal- The principles of disease transmission are ings — since laboratory support is inconsis- nourished? Are HIV-TB coinfected? difficult to respect in overcrowded, under- tent — which has been tested in a high-risk These challenges, while deeply concern- resourced hospitals. But making sure that burns and orthopedic unit. The tool will be ing, are also incredibly motivating because IPC is given priority is a goal ofHRH as it rolled out across the hospital by a trained it is my responsibility, as the IPC educa- aims to radically alter education for doctors, team of surveyors. tor in the Rwanda Human Resources for nurses, and dentists in Rwanda over the next IPC is gaining support in Rwanda. Two Health (HRH) program, to find solutions six years. Through my collaborative work senior Rwandan nurses are studying in South to some of these issues. Based in Kigali, with the University of Rwanda, IPC will soon Africa for their master’s degrees in this area,

22 New York University College of Nursing Magazine and soon they will become resources on antimicrobial medication usage and Outside work, life in Rwanda is endlessly to the health care system. Additionally, multidrug-resistant organisms. exciting and unpredictable; the most mun- the Ministry of Health has started Working in any developing country dane of tasks can become an adventure requiring that district hospitals report requires that you be flexible. In the short that crosses language barriers and cultural their surgical-site infection rates and eight months that I have been here, my role norms. The landscape here is without par- are linking these to performance-based has changed to be responsive to the needs allel — lush, green, truly alive. With such financing for the hospitals. In addition, in the country. The work is going well, and a variety of people from all over the world this year Rwanda was represented for the my Rwandan colleagues are engaged and attracted to live in Rwanda for its develop- first time at ICAN, the Infection Control interested in IPC work; however, adopt- ment work, emerging business market, Africa Network conference in Mombasa, ing newer evidence-based practices while and entrepreneurial spirit, there is ample Kenya, where we presented two abstracts addressing health-systems constraints will opportunity to meet like-minded people from work based in a referral hospital take time to bear tangible results. and enjoy this beautiful country. K

College of Nursing Supporter Visits Rwanda Project

In August, Glenn Davidson, the father of “The NYU nurses are training Rwandans “I was taken by April’s enthusiasm in a Grace Davidson, BS ’13, and his 16-year- to reduce infant mortality,” Davidson says. very difficult environment,” Davidson says. old son, John, traveled to Rwanda as part “Unfortunately, the medical infrastruc- “One of the more impressive aspects is that of a fact-finding mission with the organi- ture is still very limited. If we can train the NYU nurses are focusing on what is zation Bridge2Rwanda. The cornerstone of qualified nurses and community health achievable . . . by teaching basic skills.” Bridge2Rwanda is a scholarship program workers with a set of midwifery skills, this Davidson says he is extremely impressed that works with the government to iden- will clearly save lives. Since NYU has been by the achievements of President Bill tify top-graduating high school students there, we’re having success.” Clinton and the Clinton Health Care each year and prepares them to apply suc- Ricotta and her staff have stimulated Initiative — which provides consultation to cessfully to Western universities. The aim a number of changes in the hospital. Human Resources for Health. is that they will return to Rwanda and help Improvements in nursing and midwifery “Clinton has said that his single largest build the country’s infrastructure. chart documentation are under way. Ricotta regret is that he didn’t react more aggres- While in Rwanda, Davidson, a Texas and her Rwandan colleagues have also sively during his presidency to the unfolding businessman (and, with his wife, Julie, a developed a new staff-orientation protocol, Rwandan genocide. What he’s done in Rwanda donor to the College of Nursing), stopped implemented a code of conduct that empha- since leaving the presidency is amazing.” in on the Human Resources for Health sizes accountability and expectations, and Davidson’s impressions of Rwanda were project, where the College is provid- developed a new system of patient assign- borne out by the young scholars with whom ing 11 faculty members to help build ments in the labor and delivery unit that he spoke on his Bridge2Rwanda visits. “They the Rwandan health care system. Glenn are intended to produce stronger relation- didn’t want to talk about television or life in and John Davidson spent an afternoon ships between staff and their patients. the United States but rather what they were with April Ricotta, MSW, RN, CNM, who Davidson knew that the hospital would going to do to help Rwanda. They wanted me gave them a tour of the Muhima District be less well equipped than one in a wealth- to hear their stories and their commitment Hospital in Kigali, where she is the advisor ier country, but he was still surprised by its to making the country a better place.” to the director of nursing. limited resources. Davidson adds that Rwandans are broken- hearted over the genocide but committed to building a better country. “The enthusiasm among Rwandan youth for building a better Rwanda is quite remarkable,” he says. K

Glenn Davidson (far right) toured the Muhima District Hospital in Kigali with (from left) his son, John; Jean Bosco Byukusenge, director of nursing; and April Ricotta, advisor to the director of nursing for Human Resources for Health.

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In Focus: Bringing a Hidden Killer out of the Shadows

ince 2007, there have been 100 percent likely to be cured. But the more deaths in the United treatment costs $84,000 per person, States from the hepatitis C and, according to Hagan, some clinicians Svirus (HCV) than from HIV. are reluctant to prescribe it because they Yet, HCV is like “the stepsister of HIV, may believe that patients with a history neglected by the public-health system,” of drug injection either will not adhere says Holly Hagan, PhD, a professor at the expensive prescription drugs, and many to the treatment or will continue to use Center for Drug Use and HIV Research turn instead to heroin injection. drugs and become reinfected. (CDUHR) at the College of Nursing. The According to Hagan, many New York City Yet Hagan counters, “The literature rise in deaths, reported hospitals are experiencing an onslaught of indicates that the rate of reinfection is by the Centers for Disease HCV-related liver disease — often among extremely low — fewer than 5 percent for Control and Prevention, baby boomers who were unaware that those drug users who are cured. Studies took many by surprise even they had acquired the disease decades show that drug users will change their though it had been predicted earlier. The death of singer Lou Reed from behavior to protect their health and for many years. HCV-related liver cancer is sure to raise avoid transmitting infection to others. “We know how to prevent awareness of the long-term implications. This counters the perception that they and treat this infection, but Although slow to develop, chronic HCV are “out of control.” we’re not using the knowledge causes liver damage, which can lead to After completing an extensive meta- that we have,” says Hagan, cirrhosis and hard-to-treat liver cancer. analysis of research on HCV transmis- Dr. Holly Hagan who emphasizes that HCV’s Following infection, 10 to 20 years may sion, prevention, and treatment, Hagan neglect stems from its association with pass before people begin to feel symptoms will work with colleagues at John Jay drug use. “Stigma keeps people from seek- and seek medical attention. College of Criminal Justice and NYU ing screening and medical care because “We’re still experiencing the first wave School of Medicine to build mathemati- they don’t want to be labeled as drug users.” of the disease burden from the epi- cal models that test the potential impact In 2013, Hagan was awarded a four- demic of injection drug use that began of various combinations of interventions. year, $2.6 million National Institutes of in the 1960s,” Hagan says. “Subsequent “Which combination works best for the Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse waves will include the new heroin injec- community, and at what cost?” she asks. R01 grant for the HCV Synthesis Project tors who transition from prescription Hagan hopes that the results of her study to study the effects of combining harm opioid misuse.” will directly influence HCV public policy, reduction, substance-use treatment, and Literature shows that harm-reduction which is urgently needed. Her team will HCV treatment on HCV epidemiology and methods such as syringe exchanges and use social media to distribute their find- to develop recommendations for the con- opiate-substitution (such as methadone) ings very widely in ways that will be acces- trol of the disease. The project focuses on programs can prevent HCV transmis- sible to public-health workers and the the three most-affected populations: older sion. However, the high prevalence of affected population. injection drug users, of whom as many the infection in drug-using communities “One of the most important means as 60 to 70 percent already have chronic dwarfs the impact of these efforts. HCV to control this disease is removing the HCV infection; HIV-positive men who treatment that results in a cure can help to stigma so that people will come forward have sex with men and are acquiring HCV reduce prevalence and improve the effec- for screening and treatment. Once they sexually; and prescription opioid misus- tiveness of harm reduction. are diagnosed, they need health care ers. Opioid misusers are at risk, Hagan Newer HCV treatments show tremen- providers willing to treat them. Without explains, because as their addiction dous promise, and those who take the this, HCV will be with us a very long escalates, they require higher doses of 12-week course of medication are 80 to time,” she says. K

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Nursing Policy Leaders Speak at the College

Sally Cohen: Nurses Need Seats at the Decision-Making Table

By Cathy Finlayson, MS, RN, OCN, and Fay Wright, MS, RN, that is generated to change legislation to DNSc, MN, RN, CNS, FAAN, who heads the APRN-BC, PhD students in the College of Nursing improve health care,” she said. College’s Florence S. Downs PhD Program On February 27, 2014, visiting scholar She emphasized that for nursing to have in Nursing Research and Theory. “If you Sally S. Cohen, PhD, RN, FAAN, presented a “seat at the table” whenever policies want support for your research or clinical “Policies and Politics of Integrating Health are debated in the health care, social, or program from government officials, hospi- Policy into a Nursing Doctoral Program” to economic realms, there must be a shift in tal administrators, or philanthropists, you an audience of more than 40 members of how doctoral programs prepare nurses. have to think from the start about the policy the NYUCN community, including deans, Multidisciplinary collaboration with implications. Can this intervention be faculty, and students. Cohen is the Virginia faculty from public health, economics, implemented? How much will it cost? Will P. Crenshaw Endowed Chair, associate pro- sociology, and anthropology is essential. insurance cover it?” she said. fessor, and director of the RWJF Nursing It is crucial, she said, that nurses learn and Health Policy Collaborative at the Uni- and adapt to the language of public health versity of New Mexico. to be effective advocates for patients, and Cohen offered compelling evidence of the nursing programs must partner with key need to integrate health policy into doc- players, such as the American Nurses toral programs so that research can be dis- Association, to have a collective voice. seminated to bring about change. “It is not The practical application of Cohen’s enough to conduct research; it is impera- advice applies to clinicians and research- tive that we know how to take the evidence ers alike, says Susan Sullivan-Bolyai, Dr. Sally Cohen speaks with students.

Judith Shamian: Nurses Must Expand Global Power, Presence

Judith Shamian, PhD, MA ’84, RN, FAAN, Shamian is working with the World burden of noncommunicable diseases, and president of the International Council of Bank and other multilateral institutions to the demands that universal access to health Nurses (ICN) and immediate past presi- build relations with nurses and increase care will place on nursing human resources. dent of the Canadian Nurses Association, their participation in high-level strategy Shamian added that nurses must build led a discussion of the role of nursing discussions about strengthening global and nurture relationships and acquire in global health policy at the College of health systems and human resources. She advanced education in other fields, such as Nursing on February 24, 2013. Shamian emphasized three key policy issues that will economics, public policy, and engineering. focused particularly on the need for nurses present challenges for health systems and Such exposure will help them understand to be stronger policy leaders in both devel- the nursing profession specifically. These the multidimensional factors affecting oped and developing countries. include aging populations, the increasing nursing practice and patient care and enhance interprofessional collaboration. In closing, Shamian said, “In the midst of changing globalized health care systems, it is critical for nurses to expand their power, position, and presence to continue to improve patient outcomes while advo- cating for the profession.” K

From left, Drs. Ann Kurth, Judith Shamian, Eileen Sullivan-Marx, Lynn Videka, dean of NYU Silver School of Social Work, and Stuart Hirsch of NYU College of Dentistry.

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Welcome New Faculty! Faculty News

Amy Witkoski-Stimpfel, PhD, RN, assistant Joyce K. Anastasi, PhD, DrNP, Marilyn A. DeLuca, Wagner MA ’82, FAAN, LAc, director of PhD ’00, Wagner MPhil ’95, NYUCN professor, joins from the Center for the Division of Special Studies in RN, adjunct professor, is coedi- Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the Symptom Management (DS3M) tor with Agnes Soucat of the book University of Pennsylvania. Witkoski-Stimp- and Bernadette Capili, DNSc, Transforming the Global Health fel’s scholarship explores the relationship NP-C, associate director of DS3M, Workforce, published in September along with coauthors Donald 2013 by the College of Nursing. between acute-care nurses’ working condi- J. McMahon and Colin Scully, The book, including the works of tions and patient and nurse outcomes. Her received the 2013 Article of the 40 thought leaders from across research findings have been published in a variety of health Year Award on November 23, 2013, the globe, is intended to contribute from the Association of Nurses in to knowledge on human resources policy and nursing journals, and she is completing a study on AIDS Care for their JANAC arti- for health as well as to inform patient satisfaction in Magnet and non-Magnet hospitals. cle “Acu/Moxa for Distal Sensory funders, policy makers, and imple- Peripheral Neuropathy in HIV: A menters interested in ensuring the Ann-Margaret Dunn-Navarra, PhD, CPNP-BC, randomized Control Pilot Study.” availability of competent health MS care workers across settings. assistant professor, received her , MPhil, Wendy Budin, PhD ’96, who and PhD degrees from Columbia University holds a joint appointment with Mattia Gilmartin, PhD, RN, senior School of Nursing. She spent 15 years as a the College of Nursing and research scientist, was elected as a pediatric nurse practitioner and assistant NYU Langone Medical Center, fellow of the New York Academy of where she is the director of Medicine on January 28, 2014. clinical director of the Program for Children nursing research, received the Marya Gwadz, PhD, senior AIDS Agnes and Rosemary Ludden and Adolescents with at NewYork- research scientist, is principal inves- Award for Innovative Nursing Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College, where she tigator on the grant “Advancing Practice on September 25, 2013, Research on Youth Settings by collaborated with a multidisciplinary team to help improve at the NYU Langone Nursing Exploring Program Quality and health outcomes for children and adolescents with HIV infec- Alumni Reception. Outcomes for Runaway/Homeless tion. Dunn-Navarra’s widely published research includes NIH- Elizabeth Capezuti, PhD, RN, Youth,” a three-year, $600,000 funded pre- and postdoctoral fellowships and has addressed the FAAN, adjunct professor, received award from the William T. Grant association between beliefs and antiretroviral adherence among the Leadership in Aging Award Foundation. Her co-investiga- on October 18, 2013, from the tors are senior research scien- HIV-infected adolescents. American Academy of Nursing tists Noelle Leonard, PhD, and Rona Faye Levin, PhD ’81, RN, clinical pro- supported by The John A. Hartford Chuck Cleland, PhD. Gwadz also Foundation. In January 2014, has been awarded a one-year fessor and director of the Doctor of Nursing Capezuti transitioned to Hunter- grant for “Addressing Racial/Ethnic Practice program, is a leading educator on Bellevue School of Nursing, where Disparities in HIV/AIDS Research: nursing research and evidence-based prac- she holds the Hearst Foundation NYU Recruitment Registry” from Chair in Gerontology. the NYU Clinical and Translational tice at all educational levels and in the prac- Science Institute. tice setting. Levin — who is frequently sought Deborah Chyun, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, executive associate dean Marilyn Hammer, PhD, DC, RN, to mentor nurses in clinical practice and and professor, has been named assistant professor, will receive doctoral students — has held numerous academic positions at the 2013 Distinguished Nurse the Foundation of New York Pace University’s Lienhard School of Nursing, Felician College, Researcher by the Foundation State Nurses 2013 Rising Nurse of New York State Nurses. The Researcher Award in fall 2014. and Adelphi University. She previously served as chair of the award will be presented in fall Hammer was honored on April Foundation of New York State Nurses Center for Nursing 2014. On February 28, Chuyn was 11, 2014, as the recipient of the Research Planning Committee. inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau Presidents’ Circle Research Award International Nurse Researcher by the Eastern Nursing Research Linda L. Herrmann, PhD, RN, CRNP, clinical Hall of Fame. Society for her pilot study “Exercise for Glycemic Control to Improve assistant professor, is a nurse practitioner Tara Cortes, PhD ’76, MA ’71, Outcomes in Patients with Cancer.” whose clinical and research concentrations RN, FAAN, executive director of are acute neurological injury and acutely the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Mary Hickey, EdD, WHNP, BC, Nursing at NYUCN, was selected clinical associate professor, injured older adults. Her research on older as one of 25 key members of the received a pilot award from the adults following hospitalization for mild to New York/New Jersey nursing Pless Center for Nursing Research moderate traumatic brain injury has led to community in honor of the 25th at the College of Nursing for the anniversary of Nurse.com. She study “A Qualitative Exploration of provocative insights into the factors contributing to their recov- is a health and aging policy fel- Emergency Contraception Users’ ery. Herrmann maintains an active clinical practice, where she low, part of the American Political Perception of Risk for Sexually has expertise in neuroscience, neurological surgery, gerontology, Science Association congressional Transmitted Infections and Future trauma, and symptom management. fellowship program. Unintended Pregnancy.”

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Hila Richardson, DrPH, RN, labor-economics approach to ana- FAAN, who retired in April from lyzing health-professions educa- her faculty position at the College tion and its links to health work- of Nursing, is the coleader of the force development. The aim is to New York State Action Coalition make policy recommendations on for the Future of Nursing. The strengthening institutions that facil- coalition is part of a collabora- itate the production of health care Eileen Sullivan-Marx, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean of the College tion created by the Robert Wood workers in low- and middle-income of Nursing (above center with Pamela Cacchione, PhD, and Johnson Foundation and the AARP countries. Research conducted by Kimberlee Gretebeck, PhD), was honored with the 2013 Doris Foundation to implement the rec- Squires with her Temple University Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Research Award by the ommendations set forth in the colleague Matthew O’Brien, MD, Gerontological Society of America. This honor is given to a Institute of Medicine’s 2010 report was highlighted by CHW Central, a member of the society in recognition of outstanding and sus- The Future of Nursing: Leading website dedicated to providing evi- tained contributions to geriatric nursing research. The award Change, Advancing Health. dence-based resources for commu- was presented in November at the society’s annual meeting in nity health workers, program man- Larry Slater, PhD, RN-BC, CCRN, New Orleans. Sullivan-Marx is a nationally recognized leader in agers, and researchers. the care of older adults. Her research has focused on improv- clinical assistant professor, was ing functional outcomes of older adults, identifying factors that accepted as a participant in Sigma Susan Sullivan-Bolyai, DNSc, promote and prevent exercise in the community for frail older Theta Tau International’s Nurse RN, CNS, FAAN, associate pro- adults, and advancing nursing roles in interprofessional teams. Faculty Leadership Academy, which fessor, who joined the College in will take place over the next two September 2013, has been named years and culminate at the STTI director of the Florence S. Downs biennial convention in 2015. The PhD Program in Nursing Research Ann Kurth, PhD, RN, FAAN, Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN, academy, in partnership with the and Theory. Sullivan-Bolyai spent professor, executive director of cofounder of the Hartford Institute Elsevier Foundation, enhances the many years working in pediatric NYU College of Nursing Global, for Geriatric Nursing at the College personal leadership development acute care as a certified nurse spe- and associate dean for research, of Nursing, is retiring this spring of new nurse faculty to promote cialist and case manager with fam- NYU Global Institute of Public from the College of Nursing after faculty retention and cultivate ilies whose children had physical or Health, was elected on October 21, 22 years of service. The John A. high-performing, supportive work developmental chronic conditions. 2013, to the Institute of Medicine. Hartford Foundation has endowed environments in academia. Yvonne Wesley, PhD ’00, RN, Kurth, who was recommended a Nurses Educational Funds Allison Squires, PhD, RN, assis- FAAN, adjunct associate profes- by Terry Fulmer, PhD, ADCRT ’01, Geriatric Nursing Scholarship in her tant professor, will work for four sor, was inducted by the Rutgers RN, FAAN, former dean of NYU honor. The naming of the scholar- months with the World Bank School of Nursing as an Honorary College of Nursing and an IOM ship recognizes her life-long work on its project “Strengthening Nursing Ambassador. Wesley was member, is one of 70 new mem- dedicated to geriatric nursing edu- Human Resources for Health honored on November 25, 2013, for bers and 10 foreign associates cation and to improving the quality Policies in Developing Countries.” her longstanding support of nurs- elected by the IOM during its 43rd of care for older people. The Mathy Squires — the only health pro- ing education and commitment annual meeting. Election to the Mezey Fund will provide financial fessions representative on the to promoting wellness in under- IOM is considered one of the high- assistance to students specializ- team — will collaborate with served communities and eliminat- est honors in the fields of health ing in geriatric nursing at both the health economists to apply a ing health disparities. and medicine and recognizes indi- master’s and doctoral levels. K viduals who have demonstrated Leslie-Faith Morritt Taub, PhD, outstanding professional achieve- ANP-C, GNP-BC, CDE, CBSM, ment and commitment to service. FAANP, clinical associate profes- In addition, Kurth was appointed sor and coordinator of the Primary on February 7, 2014, to a four- Care Adult Nurse Practitioner year term on the U.S. Preventive Program, has been named to Services Task Force, an indepen- serve on the editorial board of the dent volunteer panel of national Journal of the American Academy experts in prevention and evi- of Nurse Practitioners, beginning dence-based medicine. in January 2014. Maria A. Mendoza, EdD, RN, Madeline A. Naegle, PhD ’80, ANP, GNP-BC, CDE, clini- MA ’67, CNS-PMH, BC, FAAN, cal assistant professor and pro- professor, and Noelle Leonard, gram coordinator of the College’s PhD, senior research scientist, Ann Marie Mauro, PhD ’98, RN, CNL, CNE, clinical associate Nursing Education Master’s and were awarded a $10,000 pilot grant professor, facilitated the opening session of the 6th Annual advanced certificate programs, from the Pless Center for Nursing Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing became a certified nurse educator Research at the College of Nurs- (NCIN) Program Liaisons Summit in Washington, DC, on the in January 2014. ing for the study “It’s Ladies’ Night: topic of shifting organizational culture. NCIN alumnus Luis Feasibility of a Mobile Health Tech- Sanchez-Vera, BS ’13 (pictured above, far left, with the NCIN nology for Problem (Risky) Drinking Scholars Network), helped to present the next steps for devel- by Undergraduate Women.” oping the network into a national support system.

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Students in the News

Lauren Gerchow Aubrey Richardson Student Research Is Presented, Published

An abstract by College of Nursing master’s degree student Lauren Gerchow, BS, RN, with faculty mentor Allison Squires, PhD, RN, was accepted for a paper presentation by the Eastern Nursing Research Society. The study, “Obesity, Food Patterns, and Latina Women: A Metasynthesis,” was completed as part of an interprofessional research collaboration with Melanie Jay, MD ’09, of the NYU School of Medicine’s HRSA-funded Research on Medical Education Outcomes (ROMEO) group. The results of the metasynthesis have helped contribute to ROMEO’s work developing Above The Asian Pacific Islander Nursing Students curricula on obesity reduction in urban Latino Association organized a trip to the Christmas con- populations. Gerchow and Squires’ related cert at Carnegie Hall on December 17, 2013. paper, “Latina Food Patterns in the United States: A Qualitative Metasynthesis,” has been Right The group also held a collection in November accepted for publication in Nursing Research. 2013 for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan. Students raised $700, which, with a $500 match by the Sigma NYUCN Global sponsored the participation Theta Tau Upsilon Chapter, was donated to Oxfam. of Aubrey Richardson, BS ’14, in Vanderbilt From left, Goldie Choi, Stacy Alabastro, and University’s “Nursing Leadership in Global Khristine Arrieta, all class of 2014. Health Conference: Developing Pathways for Effective Advocacy and Action.” Aubrey’s poster, “The Role of the Trained Nurse in Addressing Barriers to the Administration of Magnesium Sulfate in Developing Countries,” written under the guidance of Allison Squires, PhD, RN, was selected for presentation. She attended the conference with Ann Kurth, PhD, RN, CNM, FAAN, executive director of NYU College of Nursing Global, in Nashville in February 2014. K

Above Members of Men in Nursing grew mustaches in November 2013 to raise awareness Nursing students played tug-of-war in the March 3, 2014, of men’s health. University games. The team won the limbo competition!

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Selected Faculty and Research Scientist Publications

Marie Boltz Ab Brody Meghani, S. H., Buck, H. G., Dickson Des Jarlais, D. C., McKnight, C., V. V., Hammer, M., Clarke, R., Arasteh, K., Feelemyer, J., Perlman, Capezuti, E., Boltz, M. P., Shuluk, J., Hung, W., Rossi, M., Thielke, S. M., Rabelo-Silva, E., Naylor, M. (2013). D., Hagan, H., & Cooper, H. L. Denysyk, L., Brouwer, J.P., Roberts, Caprio, T., Barczi, W., Kramer, G., The conceptualization and mea- (2013). Use of the “NYC Condom” M.C., Dickson, V.V., Cline, D.D., Kochersberger, G., Boovkvar, K., surement of comorbidity: A review among people who use drugs. Wagner, L.M., Fairchild, S., Kim, Brody, A. A., & Howe, J. (2014). of the interprofessional discourse. Journal of Urban Health, published H., & Secic, M. (2013). Utilization A multi-site geriatric educa- Nursing Research and Practice, pub- online December 3, doi: 10.1007/ of a benchmarking database tion program for rural providers lished online September 25, doi: s11524-013-9838-3. to inform NICHE implementa- in the veteran healthcare system 10.1155/2013/192782. tion. Research in Gerontological (GRECC-Connect). Gerontology and Des Jarlais, D. C., McKnight, C., Nursing, 6(3), 198–208, doi: Geriatrics Education, 35, 23–40. Arasteh, K., Feelemyer, J., Perlman, 10.3928/19404921-20130607-01. doi: 10.1080/02701960.2013.870902. D. C., Hagan, H., & Cooper, H.L. Mattia Gilmartin (2013). Transitions from injecting Hu, S., Faust, J., Boltz, M., & Capezuti, Wu, F., Newman, J. M., Lasher, A., to non-injecting drug use: Potential Gilmartin, M. (2013). Variations in E. (2014). Subtypes of potentially Brody, A. A. (2013). Effects of initiat- protection against HCV infec- clinical nurse leaders’ confidence in inappropriate medications in older ing palliative care consultation in the tion. Journal of Substance Abuse performing the core role functions. Chinese-Americans during care emergency department on inpatient Treatment, 46(3), 325–331. doi: Journal of Professional Nursing, transitions. International Journal length of stay. Journal of Palliative 10.1016/j.jsat.2013.09.004. published online November 18, doi: of Nursing Studies, published Medicine, 16(11), 1362–1367. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2013.11.002. online February 4, doi: 10.1016/j. 10.1089/jpm.2012.0352. Feelemyer, J., Des Jarlais, D. C., ijnurstu.2014.01.014. Arasteh, K., Abdul-Quader, A. S., & Hagan, H. (2013). Retention of par- Kolanowski, A., Van Haitsma, K., Marya Gwadz ticipants in medication assisted pro- Resnick, B., & Boltz, M. (2014). A Chuck Cleland grams in low and middle-income new toolkit for behavioral health. Engel, S., Gwadz, M., & Cleland, C. M. Marsch, L. A., Guarino, H., Acosta, M., countries: An international system- Journal of the American Medical (2013). The experience of screen- Aponte-Melendez, Y., Cleland, C., atic review. Addiction, 109(1), 20-32. Directors Association, published ing for HIV/AIDS medical studies Grabinski, M., Brady, R., & Edwards, doi: 10.1111/add.12303. online January 30, 2014, doi: among African-American/Black J. (2014). Web-based behavioral 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.01.003. and Latino/Hispanic persons liv- Jenness, S. M., Neaigus, A., Wendel, T., treatment for substance use dis- ing with HIV/AIDS: A mixed-meth- Gelpi-Acosta C., & Hagan, H. (2013). Resnick, B., Galik, E., & Boltz, M. orders as a partial replacement of ods exploration. Journal of AIDS Spatial recruitment bias in respon- (2014). Basic physical capability standard methadone maintenance & Clinical Research, 4, 223. doi: dent-driven sampling: Implications scale: Psychometric testing with treatment. Journal of Substance 10.4172/2155-6113.1000223. for HIV prevalence estimation in cognitively impaired older adults. Abuse Treatment, 46(1), 43–51. doi: urban heterosexuals. AIDS and American Journal of Alzheimer’s 10.1016/j.jsat.2013.08.012. Behavior, published online October Disease and Other Dementias, 13, doi: 10.1007/s10461-013-0640-8. published online January 13, doi: Holly Hagan 10.1177/1533317513517039. Murray, C. J., Abraham, J., Ali, M. K., Victoria Vaughan Dickson Des Jarlais, D. C., Boltaev, A., Alvarado, M., Atkinson, C., Baddour, Feelemyer, J., Bramson, H., Arasteh, Dickson, V. V. (2013). How older work- L. M., …, Des Jarlais, D. C., …, Hagan, K., Phillips, B. W., & Hagan, H. (2013). ers with coronary heart disease H., …, & US Burden of Disease Gender disparities in HIV infection Mary Brennan perceive the health effects of work. Collaborators. (2013). The state of among persons who inject drugs in Brennan, M. (2013). Evidence-based Workplace Health & Safety, 61(11), US health, 1990–2010: Burden of Central Asia: A systematic review health care. In E. Capezuti, M. 486–494. diseases, injuries, and risk factors. and meta-analysis. Drug and Alcohol Malone, P. Katz, & M. Mezey (Eds), JAMA, 310(6): 591–608. doi: Dickson, V. V. (2013). Presenteeism Dependence, 132 Suppl 1:S7–12. doi: The Encyclopedia of Elder Care (3rd 10.1001/jama.2013.13805. among older workers with coronary 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.06.028. ed.) (pp. 274–276). New York, NY: heart disease: An integrative litera- Reilly, K. H., Neaigus, A., Jenness, S. Springer Publishing Company. Des Jarlais, D. C., Arasteh, K., ture review. The Open Public Health M., Hagan, H., Wendel, T., & Gelpi- McKnight, C., Feelemyer, J., Hagan, Brennan, M. M., Hallas, D., R., Jacobs, Journal, 6, 31–41. Acosta, C. (2013). High HIV preva- H., Cooper, H. L., & Perlman, D. S. J., Robbins, M., & Northridge, lence among low-income Black Dickson V. V., Nocella, J., Yoon, H.-W., C. (2013). Combined HIV preven- M. (2014). Home-use whitening women in New York City with self- Hammer, M., Melkus, G. D., & Chyun, tion, the New York City Condom toothpastes for whitening teeth reported HIV negative and unknown D. (2013) Cardiovascular disease Distribution Program, and the evo- in adults. Cochrane Database of status. Journal of Women’s Health, self-care interventions. Nursing lution of safer sex behavior among Systematic Reviews, 1, 1–10. doi: 22(9), 745–754. Research and Practice. Article ID: persons who inject drugs in New 10.1002/14651858.CD010934. 407608, doi: 10.1155/2013/407608. York City. AIDS and Behavior, published online November 24, doi: Cline, D., Dickson, V. V., Kovner, C., & 10.1007/s10461-013-0664-0. Capezuti, E. (2013). Factors influenc- ing RNs’ perceptions of quality geriatric care in rural hospitals. Western Journal of Nursing Research, published online December 6, PMID: 24319004.

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Christine Kovner Ann Kurth Ann Marie Mauro Larry Slater Kovner, C., Brewer, C., Fatehi, F., Kurth, A. (2014). Incorporating infor- Mauro, A. M. P. (2013). Outcomes of the Vance, D. E., Fazeli, P. L., Ball, D. A., & Katigbak C. (2014). Original mation and communication technol- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Slater, L. Z., & Ross, L. A. (2014). research: Changing trends in newly ogy tools for HIV into practice. In G. New Careers in Nursing program Cognitive functioning and driv- licensed RNs. American Journal of LoBiondo-Wood and J. Haber (Eds.), for accelerated students. Nursing ing simulator performance in mid- Nursing, 114(2), 26–34. doi:10.1097/01. Nursing Research: Methods and Research, 63(1), 68–72. doi: 10.1097/ dle-aged and older adults with NAJ.0000443767.20011.7f. Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based NNR.0b013e318288c9c1. HIV: A pilot study. Journal of the Practice. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. Association of Nurses in AIDS Brewer, C. S., Kovner, C. T., Obeidat, Bohm, N., Indik, J. H., Mauro, A. M. P., & Care, 25(2), e11–e26. doi:10.1016/j. R. F., & Budin, W. (2013). Positive Kurth, A. E., Spielberg, F., Cleland, C. Neyens, R. (2013). Preventing stroke jana.2013.12.001. work environments of early career M., Lambdin, B., Bangsberg, D. R., in patients with atrial fibrillation. RNs and the correlation with physi- Frick, P. A., Severynen, A. O., Clausen, Clinical Review in Cardiology. Dallas, Van Wagoner, N., Mugavero, M. J., cian verbal abuse. Nursing Outlook, M., Norman, R. G., Lockhart, D., TX: American Heart Association. Westfall, A., Hollimon, J., Slater, L. Z., 61(6), 408–416. doi: 10.1016/j. Simoni, J. M., & Holmes, K. K. (2013). Burkholder, G., Raper, J. L., & Hook, E. outlook.2013.01.004. Computerized counseling reduces W. (2014). Church attendance in men HIV-1 viral load and sexual transmis- who have sex with men is associated Brewer, C. S., & Kovner, C. (2014). Donna McCabe sion risk: Findings from a randomized with later presentation into care. Intersection of migration and turn- controlled trial. Journal of Acquired McCabe, D., Mezey, M., Mauro, A. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 58(2), over theory — what can we learn? Immune Deficiency Syndromes, M., & Cortes, T. (Eds). (2013). 295–299. doi: 10.1093/cid/cit689. Nursing Outlook. 62(1), 29–38, doi: published online December 31, doi: Hartford Institute Gerontological 10.1016/j.outlook.2013.09.002. 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000100. Nursing Certification Review Budin, W., Brewer, C. S., Chao, Y. Y., & Course, hartfordign.org/education/ Allison Squires Kovner, C. T (2013). Verbal abuse gero_certification_review_course. from nurse colleagues and work Noelle Leonard Cardona Alzate, L. C., Arango Bayer, environment of early career reg- G. L., & Squires, A. (2014). Validation istered nurses. Journal of Nursing Leonard, N. R., Jha, A. P., Casarjian, B., Joseph Palamar of a Spanish version of the practice Scholarship, 45(3), 308–316, doi: Goolsarran, M., Garcia, C., Cleland, C. environment scale of the nursing 10.1111/jnu.12033. M., Gwadz, M. V., & Massey, Z. (2013). Palamar J. J. (2014). Predictors of work index in the Colombian context. Mindfulness training improves atten- disapproval toward “hard drug” use Hispanic Healthcare International, tional task performance in incar- among high school seniors in the 12(1), 34–42. cerated youth: A group random- US. Prevention Science, published Barbara Krainovich-Miller ized controlled intervention trial. online December 6, doi: 10.1007/ Krainovich-Miller, B., & Haber, J. Frontiers in Psychology, published s11121-013-0436-0. Shiela Strauss (2013). Integrating evidence based online November 8, doi: 10.3389/ Palamar J. J (2013). An examination of practice into doctoral education: The fpsyg.2013.00792. Strauss, S. M., & Stefanou, L. 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30 New York University College of Nursing Magazine Alumni news & Achievements alumni

Greetings from Donna McCabe, Alumni Association President

Dear Fellow Alumni,

It’s been seven months since I assumed you to name for yourself, a loved one, or searches, such as resume writing, inter- leadership of the College of Nursing a mentor. Please contact Nadège Roc at viewing skills, and help with the online Alumni Association, and I am happy to say 212-992-8580 or [email protected] job application process. On Friday and again how thrilled I am to be your presi- for more information. Saturday, June 13 and 14, the University dent. I volunteer to be involved with the I was happy to see many of you who will host a first-time event, an NYU Alumni Association to help the College and came to College of Nursing events Leadership Conference for all alumni its alumni forge lifelong bonds and grow throughout the year. Alumni Day this volunteers. The program promises to be together with the NYU community. It’s past October was a beautiful fall day in pretty fantastic, with a dinner cruise on the been a year full of activities and opportuni- Washington Square! Assistant Professor Hudson River on Friday evening. Please ties to meet and connect with many of you. Marilyn Hammer, PhD, DC, RN, the take a look at our Save the Date box for I bring you the Alumni Association’s Ferguson Faculty Award recipient, pro- additional spring events and look out for most exciting news — we reached our vided the Vernice Ferguson Lecture on announcements from the alumni office. goal of $200,000 toward naming the Contemporary Issues, “The Life and The College now has a newsletter, Alumni Lecture Hall in our new build- Times of Cancer: Where Do We Go from Alumni Connections, which encourages ing under construction and fulfilled our Here?” and NYUCN faculty and Alumni exchanges among alumni. I enjoyed the commitment to the College of Nursing. Board member Maja Djukic, PhD ’09, first issue, especially reading about the We did it together! This was accom- MS ’06, with NYU School of Medicine adventures of Ricki Richards, BS ’12, in plished with the tremendous effort of the faculty member Marc Triola, MD ’98, led Africa with the Peace Corps, and I hope two Fundraising Committee cochairs, a discussion on interprofessional educa- you did too. Please send your own stories, Ann Marie Mauro, PhD ’98, and Madeline tion innovations. Alumna Celia Maysles, best memories of NYUCN, personal and Naegle, PhD ’80, MA ’67; the leader- BS ’12, received the 2013 Rising Star professional news, and updated contact ship of past presidents Wendy Budin, Award and shared challenges and high- information to [email protected]. PhD ’96, and Maria Dolce, PhD ’09, lights of her new career in a busy New It’s been an all-around amazing first MA ’85, BS ’79; and the efforts and sup- York City emergency department. year, and I am looking forward to con- port of the entire Alumni Association In December and March, the Alumni tinuing the effort to cultivate lasting rela- Board, past and present. In addition, Association hosted Alumni Happy tionships with our alums! As always, you we thank former dean Terry Fulmer, Hours — fun events to connect with alums can email me at [email protected]. ADCRT ’01, and interim dean Judith and students. In February, the College I hope to see you in the coming months, Haber, PhD ’84, MA ’67, for their support hosted the Estelle Osborne Recognition and I would like to send this message to and Dean Eileen Sullivan-Marx for issu- Ceremony, where we honored double any alumni who have not yet made their ing a Challenge Match that helped us, in alumna Beverly Bonaparte, PhD ’77, way back to NYU: It is well worth the effort! the home stretch, to reach our goal. We MA ’73, dean and professor of nursing at also could not have accomplished this goal St. George’s University in Grenada, West With warm regards, without the amazing support of our dedi- Indies. In April, we had one of the most cated team in our Alumni Relations and important events of our year, the Recent Development office. We could not have Graduate Workshop. This event provides done it without all of you! I would like to valuable tools to recent graduates and Donna McCabe note that there are still seats available for senior nursing students for their career DNP, MA ’02, APRN-BC, GNP, CWCN

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Wendy Budin Brings Innovation to Nursing Care By Jill Grossman

Wendy Budin, PhD ’96, always wanted says, “It was so rewarding to have a stu- to be a nurse. She loved science and saw Thanks to Budin’s dent who can pick up an idea and go.” For the tremendous respect her mother had all these reasons, Hott chose Budin as her for the nurses with whom she worked at collaborative research coauthor of the sixth edition of the classic their local hospital. When Budin was 10, on women’s adjustment text, Notter’s Essentials of Nursing Research, the hospital’s director of nursing gave her to having breast in 1999. advice she still carries with her: “If you are Budin’s nursing career began in the busi- going to become a nurse, get a four-year cancer, providers are est maternity ward in Detroit, at Hutzel degree. Education is very important.” targeting interventions Women’s Hospital, while she taught at A self-described lifelong learner, Budin nearby Wayne State University. In the is the director of nursing research at NYU for patients and their mid-1970s, she and her husband moved Langone Medical Center (NYULMC) and partners to alleviate to New Jersey, where she became head an adjunct professor at NYU College of symptoms. nurse of labor and delivery at Elizabeth Nursing. Her own research has gained her General Hospital. Innovative at the time, a reputation as a national and interna- the hospital practiced family-centered care tional leader in perinatal education and their mothers’ chests after birth, mothers and allowed fathers in the delivery room, breast cancer research. and babies are kept together, breastfeed- encouraging natural childbirth as an option Budin describes her joint appointment ing is supported, and fathers are allowed to as well as “rooming-in”— keeping mothers as her dream job, as she gets to guide spend the night with their partners and new and babies together during their hospital the NYULMC nursing staff in evidence- babies. NYULMC is also making proac- stay. Budin also taught Lamaze and parent- based practice and to inspire nurses to tive changes to create a better work envi- ing classes and completed her master’s become involved in research, just as she ronment for its nurses based on Budin’s degree in nursing at Seton Hall University. did as a PhD student at NYU 20 years ago, research that showed an alarming degree of Helping women cope with labor has when she began studying breast cancer, bullying — including insults, humiliation, always inspired her. “The wonder a disease that had taken her own mother and other abusive behavior — facing nurses inspired by birth can never be tarnished when Budin was in college. It is through across the country in the workplace. by repetition,” she says. research, she says, that science can Budin credits NYU with giving her the Budin has been active with Lamaze advance and patient care will improve. research skills and inspiration to devote International for over 30 years, serv- Budin’s recent appointment as president- her working life to improving the expe- ing as chair and longtime member of the elect of the Eastern Nursing Research riences of nurses and their patients. certification council. Although her busy Society, the leading organization pro- Through NYU she found career-long career no longer affords her the chance to moting nursing research in the eastern mentors and colleagues, including Carol assist women in labor and delivery, Budin United States, is a testament to her impact. Hoskins, PhD ’78, MA ’73; Judi Haber, does occasionally provide labor support to Thanks to Budin’s collaborative research PhD ’84, MA ’67; Terry Fulmer, PhD, close family friends. She has also passed on women’s adjustment to having breast ADCRT ’01; and Barbara Krainovich-Miller, on her passion to one of her three daugh- cancer, health care providers are target- EdD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, ANEF, FAAN. Even ters, who has recently become a Lamaze- ing appropriate interventions for patients before attending NYU, the University’s certified childbirth educator. and their partners to alleviate symptoms alumni influenced her. While Budin Budin’s work has been far-reaching. She experienced during treatment, recovery, was an undergraduate nursing student is editor in chief of the Journal of Perinatal and survivorship. Her research on hospital at Adelphi University, Jacqueline Hott, Education. She has served on numerous practices associated with breastfeeding PhD ’72, MA ’53, BS ’46, inspired her advisory groups and expert panels, includ- has influenced policy changes like those to pursue a career in maternity care. ing those at the American Academy of at NYULMC, where newborn babies are Describing Budin as “alert, responsive, Nursing, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, now immediately placed skin-to-skin on interested, earnest, and emphatic,” Hott and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer continued on page 38

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Alumna Diana Mason Takes the Helm at AAN

When Diana Mason, But Mason’s work as a public-health edu- felt that we could not allow these spuri- PhD ’87, RN, FAAN, cator has taken place largely in the public ous arguments to shut down the progress began her doctoral eye — on the airwaves and in print — where, that advocates had made over many years studies at NYU in she says, journalism has served as her to encourage families to have conversa- 1981, she planned to “clinical practice.” She was editor in chief of tions with their loved ones and health care study the relation- the American Journal of Nursing for 10 years, providers about end-of-life wishes. There ship between pov- and since 1986 she has coproduced Health- would be no death panels, and we couldn’t erty and health — a styles, a radio talk show on WBAI-FM, let the people who crafted those messages concern that she says with Barbara Glickstein, BS ’85. shut down our gains,” Mason says. was awakened by reading Time Magazine In 2010, Mason and Glickstein cofounded The AAN crafted and circulated a policy stories on global disparities in her high the Center on Health, Media & Policy at brief and received foundation funding to school civics class. Her views were deep- Hunter College to advance public conver- hold a Critical Conversation around end- ened at West Virginia University, where as sations about health and health care and of-life care, which helped to shift the argu- a nursing student she made home visits to to help health professionals, including ment away from this rhetoric. Since then, families whose cracked walls exposed them nurses, use the media to influence health Mason has steered the AAN toward three to the elements, whose members suffered care policy. The center’s activities include goals. The group aims to influence ACA from tuberculosis and black lung disease, media training for nurses, to help them implementation so that it improves the and who had little access to contraception. frame messages and overcome fears of health of populations and individuals’ expe- Yet as Mason perused the literature of being interviewed by journalists. riences with care while reducing health care health and poverty as an NYU gradu- “In many conversations around policy spending. Central to the academy’s strategy ate student, she realized that plenty of and decision making, nurses are not at has been the development of the Edge- research had been conducted. The chal- the table. We address issues that don’t Runner program, which recognizes nurse- lenge lay in using that research to develop often get a lot of media attention and bring led initiatives that demonstrate innovative better policies and the political will to put underrepresented voices to the table.” and successful health care approaches. The them into action — a goal that now drives AAN is also taking the lead in highlighting her as the newly elected president of the Bringing the Academy’s Voice “upstream” factors, such as community American Academy of Nursing (AAN). to Decision-Making Tables economic development and affordable Mason’s success in raising public health In 2006, Mason ran for the first of her two housing, that shape the health of popula- issues and putting her ideas into action terms as secretary of the AAN out of a wish tions. And, it is promoting the appointment was celebrated on March 27, when she to help the organization take on a more of nurses to leadership positions on federal received the College of Nursing Doval prominent role in national health policy and state-level committees, commissions, Education Award. (The award was estab- debates. “The academy has an important and governing boards of health and socio- lished by faculty member Mathy Mezey in role to play, examining evidence around economic organizations. memory of her parents, Rose and George health issues, helping policymakers and As disparities in both income and health Doval.) Mason was honored for her many journalists to think differently about vari- continue to grow in the United States, achievements as an educator, including ous issues, and recommending policies Mason hopes that through AAN’s con- coauthoring the widely used textbook from a nursing perspective,” she says. siderable influence, nurses will have a Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care, Mason’s breakout issue was the Affordable voice in discussions of policy issues, from now in its sixth edition. Mason teaches a Care Act (ACA), and particularly the sug- community access to affordable, healthy master’s-level course in health policy and gestion raised by opponents of the law foods to safe environments. “The nursing health systems and a DNP-level course in that “death panels” would decide who should profession is not monolithic,” Mason says, population health at Hunter College, City receive health care for terminal conditions. “but bringing to decision-making tables University of New York, where she is the “When the ‘death panel’ rhetoric started our perspective of individual patients’ Rudin Professor of Nursing. emerging from the anti-ACA camp, we needs is very important.” K

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1987 Class Notes that have made a singular impact on the nursing profession. Joseph works at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) in the Male Sexual and Reproductive Medicine 1968 1980 Program in the Sidney Kimmel Cen- Marjorie Muecke, PhD, ter for Prostate and Urologic Can- MA ’68, RN, FAAN, assistant cers. He was awarded a $50,000 dean of global health affairs, grant through the Geri and ME Nurs- adjunct professor of family Kim Glassman, PhD ’07, MA ’87, RN, senior vice president for ing Fund to implement a pilot study and community health, entitled “A Nurse-Driven Interven- associate director of the WHO patient care services and chief nursing officer of NYU Langone tion to Improve Men’s Knowledge of Collaborating Center in Nursing Sexual Outcomes Following a Radi- and Midwifery Leadership at Medicine Center, has been appointed to the position of associ- cal Prostatectomy,” based on his the University of Pennsylvania Lisa Rubin, MA ’83, BS ’80, DNP capstone project. Joseph also School of Nursing, and Paul G. RN, has worked at NYUCN since ate dean for partnership innovation at the College of Nursing. received in May 2014 the Samuel Rogers Ambassador for Global 2006 as an adjunct clinical and May Rudin Award in Nursing Health Research, received an instructor in community health Through this position, she’ll provide vision and leadership for the Excellence as the outstanding Alumni Achievement Award nursing. She is currently advanced practice nurse at MSK. from Mount Holyoke College in involved in the Penn South integration of education, practice, South Hadley, Massachusetts. Senior Center Falls Prevention clinical research, and scholarship The award is presented to Program. Her work with natu- between the College and NYULMC. 1997 alumnae for outstanding rally occurring retirement com- achievements and service munity (NORC) residents since 1996 to the larger society and November 2013 targets primary recognizes work that exemplifies and secondary levels of preven- the ideals of a liberal arts tion for at-risk seniors in their education and demonstrates homes and community settings. professional distinction. 1983 1976 Reynaldo R. Rivera, DNP, Martha Raile Alligood, PhD ’83, ADCRT ’97, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, RN, ANEF, was awarded the Fidel Lim, MA ’96, RN, clinical director of professional nursing prac- rank of professor emeritus on tice innovations at NewYork-Presby- July 1, 2013, at East Carolina instructor at NYUCN, received his DNP in January from Northeast- terian Hospital, will receive the Flame University and is pleased to of Excellence Award from the Ameri- share news of two book publica- ern University and was the convo- cation speaker at the December can Association of Critical Care Nurs- tions: Nursing Theory: Utilization ing at the 2014 National Teaching & Application, 5th edition (St. ceremony. His capstone project addressed the National Survey of Institute & Critical Care Exposition in Louis: Mosby-Elsevier, 2014) Denver, Colorado, in May. Jane Jeffrie Seley, DNP, and Nursing Theorists and Their Faculty Knowledge and Experience Steinhardt MPH ’92, BS ’76, Work, 8th edition (St. Louis: with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and BC-ADM CDE, a diabetes nurse Mosby-Elsevier, 2013). Transgender (LGBT) Health and 2000 practitioner at NewYork- Readiness for Inclusion in Teach- Presbyterian Hospital/Weill ing: Curricular Implications for Cornell Medical College is a Baccalaureate Nursing Programs. coauthor of “Pathways to Quality Inpatient Management of Hyperglycemia and Diabetes: A Call to Action” (Diabetes Care, 36: 1807–1814) and “Best Practices for Interdisciplinary Yvonne Wesley, PhD ’00, RN, Care Management by Hospital FAAN, adjunct associate professor Glycemic Teams: Results of a at NYUCN, coauthored the chapter Society of Hospital Medicine 1984 “The Skinny on Fat and Exercise: Survey Among 19 US Hospitals” Patricia A. Mitchell, BS ’84, Joseph B. Narus, DNP ’12, Truth about Obesity Among Black (Diabetes Spectrum, in press). RN, ANP, BC, works as a nurse MA ’99, BS ’96, APRN, NP-BC, Women” with Dr. Portia Johnson in practitioner at the Hebrew Home received the Maes-MacInnes Dr. Catherine Fisher Collins, ed., at Riverdale in long-term geriat- Clinical Innovation Award at the African American Women’s Life ric medicine, sub-acute rehabili- College of Nursing 2014 Valedic- Issues Today: Vital Health and Social tation, and occupational health. tory Breakfast. The award recog- Matters (Santa Barbara: Praeger nizes outstanding contributions Publications, 2013.)

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2001 Rachel Robinson Receives Distinguished Alumna Award

Denis Tarrant, MA ’01, ANP, is the new president of the Nurse Practitio- Rachel Robinson, MA ’61, was honored April After Jackie Robinson’s ner Association of New York State. 24 with the NYU Distinguished Alumna death from a heart Denis previously served as the NPA’s Region 6 director and was elected in Award at a luncheon given by the NYU attack in 1972, Rachel 2010 to serve for two years as secre- Alumni Association and hosted by NYU turned her attention to tary of the organization’s board of president John Sexton. The award recog- supporting the causes directors. After receiving his master’s degree from NYU, Denis began nizes outstanding graduates from across the they shared. In 1973, University for their exceptional achieve- she founded the Jackie making house calls for homebound Rachel Robinson patients in New York City. In 2002 he ments and contributions to society. Robinson Foundation, founded Manhattan House Calls, Robinson is a woman of significant accom- which has distributed PLLC, an NP-operated medical house-call practice. Denis is the plishments as a nurse and nursing leader, more than $50 million in scholarship awards recipient of the 2013 AANP New philanthropist, activist, professor, and the to over 1,400 students of color. Robinson York State Award for Excellence. widow of Hall of Fame baseball player Jackie was also the president of the Jackie Robinson Robinson. Since her husband’s death at age Development Corporation, which provides 54, Robinson has devoted herself to preserv- housing for more than 1,300 low- to moder- ing his legacy and supporting the causes ate-income families in New York. that they both believed in, particularly civil In addition, she has continued “An rights, education, and housing for low- Afternoon of Jazz”— a concert series that the income people. Robinsons began in 1963 in their Stamford, Rachel’s husband, Jackie Robinson, made Connecticut, home to raise bail money for Clare Cardo McKegney, DNP, MS ’01, APRN, CPNP, a pediatric history in 1947 by becoming the first African jailed civil rights activists and later to raise nurse practitioner, works in private American baseball player in the major funds for the foundation. The concerts drew practice and recently cofounded a leagues. During his storied nine years with some of the biggest names in jazz, including business, The Savvy Parent, in the Brooklyn Dodgers, she raised a family Dizzie Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald. Summit, New Jersey, providing consultation on breastfeeding, infant and supported her husband during his chal- Rachel Robinson continues to promote care, and other parenting subjects. lenging and history-making career. civil and human rights across the United Clare is a mother of three. Yet, she has had her own long career as a States. She has received eight honorary 2005 psychiatric nurse. Rachel Robinson earned doctorate degrees, including one from NYU a master’s degree in psychiatric nursing in 1996. In 2009, she received the UCLA from NYU in 1961 after having earned a BS Medal — the university’s highest honor — for in nursing from the University of California. her lifetime achievements. She was also the She operated a clinic for acutely ill psychi- first woman and first nonplayer to receive atric patients, worked as a nurse-therapist the baseball Commissioner’s Historic with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Achievement Award, in 2007, for estab- taught psychiatric nursing as an associate lishing the Jackie Robinson Foundation Frances Cartwright, PhD ’05, RN-BC, AOCN, senior director of professor at Yale School of Nursing, and and making a major impact on the sport nursing oncology services at NYU was director of nursing at the Connecticut of baseball. Langone Medical Center, received Mental Health Center. the Presidents’ Circle Research Award from the Eastern Nursing Research Society on April 11, 2014.

Spring 2014 35 alumni Alumni news & Achievements Congratulations to 2007 New York Times Tribute Tresa Kaur Dusaj, MS ’07 (Nursing Education), success- to Nurses Honorees! fully defended her doctoral dissertation from Rutgers, The The New York Times annual Tribute to Nurses, State University of New Jersey published December 8, 2013, recognized four College in January 2014. The title of her of Nursing Alumnae. April Mercadante Feld, MS ’11 study was “A Randomized Control Study Comparing Outcomes in (Nursing Administration), BS ’07, a nurse manager at Student Nurses Who Utilize Video William Rosa, MS, BS ’09, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, is the winner During Simulation Debriefing TSOA BFA ’04, graduated of the Innovations from Crisis Management or Change as Compared to Those Who from Hunter College’s Award. She is a DNP candidate at Yale School of Utilize Traditional Debriefing.” Adult-Gerontological Nurse Nursing. Also honored were Jill Goldstein, MA ’95,

Practitioner Program, summa a vice president at the Visiting Nurse Service of New cum laude, in December 2013. His capstone paper, “Nursing York; Alison McKenzie, MA ’04, who works at NYU Is Separate from Medicine: Langone Medical Center; and Hyun Joo Lee, MS ’12, Advanced Practice Nursing and who works at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. a Transpersonal Plan of Care,” has been accepted for presentation in Kyoto, Japan, at the 35th Annual International Christine Moffa, MS ’07, Association for Human Caring 2014. Andie received the Hillman has been attending the Florida Conference in May 2014. Billy Alumni Innovation Fellowship to Atlantic University College of recently became a nurse educa- continue this research and pres- Nursing PhD program since fall tor of critical care services in the ent it at future conferences. She 2012. She has received both Nursing Education Department works in the pediatric ICU at NYU the Presidential Fellowship and at NYU Langone Medical Center. Langone Medical Center. Lost Tree Scholarship. The American Association of Critical Care Nurses awarded Renée S. Parli, BS ’12, worked him a Continuing Professional at North Shore–LIJ in the emer- 2009 Development Scholarship to Leslie Monchin, BS ’11, was of- gency department from July attend the Nurse in Washington fered a full-time position at Van- 2012 to October 2013, and in Internship in Washington, DC, derbilt University Medical Center November she began to work in during spring 2014. He has also and began in February 2014. the emergency department at begun working as an adjunct NYU Langone Medical Center. faculty member at the Hunter- Bellevue School of Nursing.

Hafeeza Anchrum, MS ’09 2011 (Nursing Education), was the sub- ject of a January 6, 2014, article in the New York Daily News on her nurse-missionary work through Jaime Fried, BS ’11, became the the organization Mercy Ships in cochair of the North Shore–LIJ the Republic of Congo. Hafeeza, Research and EBP Council. Jaime Kaitlyn “Ricki” A. Richards, who lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant, is also the hospital’s only staff BS ’12, passed her NCLEX exam Brooklyn, and works at Mount nurse Magnet application writer. in July 2012 and then traveled to Sinai Medical Center, volunteered Paul Jones, BS ’11, RN, was Honduras and India to work, fol- for two weeks on a floating hospi- voted employee of the month lowed by more travel in Nepal, tal docked at Pointe-Noir, on the in August 2013 at NewYork- 2012 England, Ireland, France, and Italy. Andie Gersh, BS ’12, completed coast of this war-torn country. Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Then, after working for several a study evaluating the potential There she cared for children with Cornell Medical College, and the months as a private nurse near her for educational interventions to hernias due to physical labor and prior month he was honored home in San Diego, Ricki departed increase the rates of completion for many patients with severe with the Daisy Award on his gen- in March 2013 for Malawi, where of gender-identity and sexual- conditions almost unknown in U.S. eral medicine unit. He recently she is serving for two years with orientation questions asked by hospitals, including facial disfig- began to study at Hunter- the Peace Corps. Ricki works nurses in the patient-admission urements and a flesh-eating virus. Bellevue School of Nursing for mostly with youth in her village, assessment. The study has been Anchrum told the Daily News that his adult and gerontological teaching life skills and implement- accepted to the Eastern Nursing this work was some of the most nurse practitioner degree. ing a program called Grassroots Research Society conference in satisfying she’s ever done.

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Soccer, while focusing on HIV/ AIDS and malaria prevention. She STTI Upsilon Chapter Update writes: “I am so proud that I am a graduate of NYU College of Nursing and would not trade my The 2013–14 school year was the Year of the Network University: Integrating Global Nursing education with you all for any- thing…. Yewo chomene (in my Volunteer for the Upsilon Chapter of Sigma Education, Research, and Practice.” Other fac- local language, Chitumbuka, Theta Tau International. The spirit of volun- ulty presentations included Donna Hallas’s talk meaning “thank you very much”). teerism began with Upsilon members walk- “Management of Children and Adolescents in ing alongside NYU College of Nursing stu- Out-of-Home Care” and Larry Slater’s semi- dents at the Making Strides Against Breast nar “Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders Today.” Cancer Walk in October. Funds raised by Mary Brennan, Upsilon vice president and participants went toward supporting breast president-elect, presented “Use of Virtual cancer research and free services for women Hospital to Enhance Clinical Decision Making with the disease. Keep an eye out for addi- Skills of Acute Care Nurse tional opportunities to volunteer with Upsi- Practitioner Students.” Stay up to date with Danielle B. Varas, MS ’12, lon as the Year of the Volunteer continues! The Upsilon chapter PMHNP-BC, has published an STTI Upsilon Chapter article: “Ceftriaxone and Infection The Upsilon chapter also rallied to support hosted several educational by visiting: in First Episode Adolescent Psy- charitable causes internationally, answering events in the fall as part chosis” in the Journal of Child and nursing.nyu.edu/students/ a call for global action by newly electedSTTI of its bimonthly educa- upsilon-chapter-stti Adolescent Psychopharmacology president Hester Klopper. Upsilon donated tion series. In October, (23(10), 693–696). She is expecting upsilon.nursingsociety.org/ her first child, a girl, in May 2014. $500 to Oxfam for disaster-recovery efforts Emerson Ea, clinical UpsilonChapter/Home in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan. assistant professor, Upsilon’s Facebook page 2013 Oxfam has been helping to ensure an adequate shared with members his Email us at nyu.upsilon@gmail. food supply and safe water to people affected fascinating research in com with any questions or by the disaster. Upsilon also contributed $200 “Project Hakbang: A Step suggestions for future events. to the Foundation for Peace, supporting an Toward Understanding STTI nursing mission in Haiti. Haiti’s shortage Cardiovascular Health of nurses has worsened since its only nursing of Filipino Immigrants.” In November, the school was destroyed in the 2010 earthquake. Upsilon Chapter cohosted the Current Trends Nicholas Cacciola-Price, BS ’13, This year, Upsilon received the Chapter Key in Gerontological Care conference in collabora- has begun working as a staff Award, the most prestigious award that an tion with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. nurse in acute-care pediatrics at the Phyllis and David Komansky STTI chapter can achieve. It is given to chap- Several Upsilon board members participated, Center for Children’s Health at ters that excel in membership recruitment including Fidel Lim, MA ’96, faculty counselor, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/ and retention, professional and leadership who spoke on the sexual health needs of the Weill Cornell Medical College. development, international and national elderly, and Mary Brennan, who addressed collaboration, and programming. Many emerging research on the importance of congratulations to the Upsilon executive nursing care in the treatment of hospitalized board for their leadership and particularly elderly. Many members attended and received to Gloria Chan, BS ’08, chapter president, continuing education credit for the event. who accepted the award at the 42nd Biennial The chapter also continued its successful Convention in Indianapolis in November! bimonthly Evidence-Based Journal Club, with Caroline Baptista, BS ’13, joined Gloria at the faculty, students, and members critically Veronica Cepin, BS ’13, RWJF New Careers in Nursing scholar, convention as a delegate representing Upsilon appraising several recent systematic reviews has begun a position in the emer- in voting for STTI’s international board. of the cardiovascular effects of wine and the gency department at Lincoln At the convention Dean Eileen Sullivan- effects of exercise on hypertension. Medical Center in the Bronx. Says Veronica: “I have lived in the Marx and NYUCN faculty members In April, the Upsilon chapter welcomed new continued on next page Deborah Chyun, Gail D’Eramo Melkus, and inductees at the annual induction ceremony. A Ann Kurth presented the talk “The Global warm welcome to our newest members! K

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Bronx my entire life, and serving In Memoriam my borough as well as the Latino community has always appealed to me; I am very grateful for Lucy Elizabeth Childress, BS ’12, TSOA Sandy. She had studied photography and was this opportunity.” BFA ’03, died on November 22, 2013. Lucy an avid photographer. The College expresses worked at NYU Langone Medical Center and condolences to her parents, Steve and Diana was one of the nurses who helped with the Childress, and to her sisters and brother, evacuation of the hospital during Hurricane Lily, Nina, and Jeffrey.

Daisy Poole McFadden, and Westchester Pelham health districts, MA ’55, BS ’51, died on helping to run a network of outpatient Sara Schoon, BS ’13, began a position as a staff nurse at Bronx November 25, 2013, the health centers. Lebanon Hospital in January. day after her 103rd Daisy remained active through the years Following a three-month new birthday. Daisy was and was profiled by the New York Times nurse residency program in the medical-surgical area, she will be profiled in this maga- because she kept up a diligent exercise regi- trained in acute-care areas such zine in 2010, on the men after undergoing bypass surgery. She as the ICU, PICU, and NICU. Then, occasion of her 100th became a certified instructor with the New she will be placed in one of the birthday. Born in Hell’s Kitchen in 1910, she York City Department of Aging Stay Well hospital’s critical-care areas. was raised in Virginia and returned to New program and taught exercise classes to peo- 2014 York to attend the highly regarded Harlem ple as much as 40 years her junior! Hospital Program — Class of ’33 — a three- The wife of Samuel W. McFadden, mother year training program for black nurses. of Samuel W. McFadden Jr., MD, a grand- In 1945, Daisy enrolled at NYU to pur- mother, and a great-grandmother, Daisy sue her bachelor’s and then her master’s was treasured by her family and by the NYU degrees, at a cost of $13 per credit. She College of Nursing community. She will worked during the day and attended classes be missed. Luke Glaude, BS ’14, RWJF New at night for about six years. She then joined Donations in Daisy’s memory may be made Careers in Nursing Scholar, won the New York City Health Department, rising to the NYU College of Nursing Scholarship the national RWJF NCIN Essay from staff nurse to supervisor to adminis- Fund, Office of the Dean, NYU College of Contest in December. Luke is the third NCIN scholar to win the con- trative nurse to consultant over her 34-year Nursing, 726 Broadway, 10th Floor, New test in the past year. K tenure. Daisy served in the East Harlem York, NY 10003.

continued from page 32 Alumna Profile Wendy Budin Foundation. She has written more than PhD, RN, FAAN, published in the Journal Her work has not gone unnoticed. In a half-dozen book chapters on cancer, of Nursing Scholarship last year, found that September 2013, she received the Agnes maternity health, and HIV/AIDS and has about half of the nurses surveyed had and Rosemary Ludden Award for Innovative published nearly 100 journal articles. been verbally abused by a nurse colleague Nursing Practice from NYU College of Budin has seen the impact of research sometime in the previous three months Nursing for creating new approaches to nurs- first hand, most recently in her work and were more likely to consider leaving ing that help improve patient care, for her on nurse bullying in the workplace. their jobs. Amid growing awareness of contributions to the evolution of professional Receiving much media attention, a this problem, Budin cochairs a bullying standards in nursing, and for creating an study, coauthored with Christine Kovner, task force at NYULMC with College of environment that promotes nursing practice PhD ’85, RN, FAAN, and Carol Brewer, Nursing PhD student Ronald Keller. within the framework of nursing science. K

38 New York University College of Nursing Magazine WHY I Give

Cynthia Davis Sculco

ursing is a career that has now emulating. As an advisor to stu- Cynthia Davis Sculco, EdD, RN, given me great personal dents in the accelerated baccalaureate earned her bachelor’s degree in and professional satisfac- program, I can attest to the fact that nursing from the University of N tion. My appreciation for these students are exceptionally moti- Rhode Island and her master’s and the importance of nurses began when vated and go on to become fabulous doctoral degrees from Teachers I had rheumatic fever as a child and was nurses at all levels. The accelerated College, Columbia University. She hospitalized for six months. During my students often make huge sacrifices to is an adjunct associate professor of long rehabilitation be in school, taking nursing at NYU College of Nursing in the hospital, I out loans or rely- experienced first- ing on help from and has also taught at Cornell I give scholarship University School of Nursing, hand how nurses support to their families to make a difference complete their stud- Catholic University in Washington, in people’s lives NYU College ies in the intensive DC, Hunter-Bellevue School of every single day. of Nursing 15-month period. I Nursing, and Princess Alexandria I also knew early in because I believe find their dedication School of Nursing in London, my life that I liked every investment in inspiring! England. Sculco was formerly the working with young Nurses now have a well-prepared president of Nurses Educational people, so com- a more significant Funds, a national organization that bining nursing and nurse is an role in the deliv- provides scholarships for graduate teaching was a nat- investment in ery of care and in education in nursing. Her numerous ural choice for me. important advances a better future awards include the distinguished An exciting devel- in knowledge than Dorothy McMullen Pissani Service opment I have seen for us all. ever before. Today’s in the profession nurses need to be Award from the Southern New in recent years is smart, well edu- York League for Nursing. In 2012, the increasing availability of second- cated, and resourceful. To me, scholar- she established the Cynthia Davis degree baccalaureate programs that ships are a critical means of helping Sculco Scholarship Fund, dedicated make it possible for talented individu- young nurses acquire the preparation to supporting top academic als from other professions to change they need to be the best. I give scholar- achievers in the College of careers to nursing. NYU College of ship support to NYU College of Nursing Nursing’s baccalaureate program, Nursing has been innovative in the because I believe every investment in a including 15-month accelerated creation of a program of this type that well-prepared nurse is an investment and traditional students. other schools across the country are in a better future for us all. K

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NYU College of Nursing Anonymous Pamela Galehouse Barbara Krainovich-Miller Sarah Pasternack and Russell Miller would like to thank the Access Nursing Services Margery Gott Garbin Jay Paul Peter Alcarese Bertie Gilmore Mary Krugman Robert Piemonte members of the Dean’s Circle, Alzheimer’s Association Evelynn Clark Gioiella Ian Laird Muriel Pless who generously support the American Nurses Mary Giuffra and Robert Julia Lange-Kessler Ramapo Trust Foundation Giuffra, Jr. Yuehko Lee College in its commitment Carol Raphael Arnold & Marie Schwartz Judith and Rudolph Giuliani Lois and David Leeds Joan and Robert Rechnitz to excellence in nursing Fund For Education and Kimberly Glassman Helaine Lerner Health Research Daniel Reingold Laurie Haber-Goldberg and Sumene Li research, education, and Atlantic Philanthropies Rita and Alex Hillman Robert Goldberg Yuzhen Xie and Liping Liao Foundation practice with annual gifts Ellen Baer Elizabeth Gonzalez David Liebowitz Judith Rizzo of $1,000 or more. Karen Ballard Beatrice Goodwin Lihung Lin Robert Wood Johnson Jeremiah Barondess Valerie and James Grabicki Foundation These gifts provide financial Josephine LoBue Jamil Baz Abbe and Andrew Haber Paulette Robischon assistance for students, enable the Judith and James Lothian Linda Beeber Judith and Leonard Haber Annette and Anthony College to recruit distinguished Louis and Rachel Rudin Amy Berman Marilyn Hammer Foundation, Inc. Roscigno faculty, and allow us to develop Sumers Beverage June Rothberg-Blackman innovative solutions to emerging Rodney Harrington Ellen Lyons Susan Bowar-Ferres Eileen Hasselmeyer Suzanne Mados Rubbermaid Medical needs in health care. Solutions Patricia and John Bradley Barbara Hayes Wilhelmina Manzano Jack Rudin Mary Brennan Hebrew Home at Riverdale Melissa Marrero Carolyn Rummel Brookdale Foundation Heilbrunn Family Diana Mason Group Foundation Margie Yee and Richard Gean Mathwig Santa Ana Wendy Budin Helene Fuld Health Trust Ann Marie and Tony Mauro Santander Bank, N.A. Maureen Bueno Margaret and Peter Donna McCabe and Michael Gary Scharfman Frances Cartwright Hoagland Regan Susan and Craig Schoon Deborah Chyun Joanne Salvi Hoffmann Margaret McClure Joseph Colagreco Eliana Horta Yael Meridan-Schori and Marissa and Shane Jacob Schori Commonwealth Fund Jacqueline Rose Hott McMahon To join Marie Schwartz the Dean’s Circle Margaret Compton Hugoton Foundation Gail D’Eramo Melkus and Cynthia and Thomas Sculco or for more information, Colleen Conway-Welch Independence Blue Cross Carl Melkus please contact Nadège Roc Rosanne Sharp Tara Cortes Foundation Edward Meyer at 212-992-8580, or visit Rosanne Wille Jacobs Mathy and Andrew Mezey Christine Shuman nursing.nyu.edu D.A. Liebowitz Family Foundation Jay R. Paul Charitable Aura Miranda-Agosto Charles Soriano to make a donation Foundation Joan Stout online. Julie and Glenn Davidson Carole Wind Mitchell DentaQuest Foundation Junie Jeudy-Cox Karol Murov Neville Strumpf Sherry Deren and Douglas Jewish Communal Fund Madeline Naegle Nadia Sultana Lipton Jewish Foundation for Sylvia Strong Nagulko Kristina Tafuri Education of Women thank Victoria Vaughan Dickson Joseph Narus Linda Taylor Maja Djukic John A. Hartford Warrenita Tibbs Foundation, Inc. National Council of State Norman Dorsen Boards of Nursing Upsilon Chapter of Johnson & Johnson Joann and Selig Eisenberg National Hartford Centers Sigma Theta Tau Intl. you Barbara and Donald Jonas Ethel and Philip Adelman of Gerontological Patricia Valoon Charitable Foundation Jonas Center for Nursing Nursing Excellence Ann Vanderberg and Veterans Healthcare Fan Fox and Leslie R. Kathleen Neville Kathryn Van Sciver Kenneth Judy Samuels Foundation, Inc. Jamesetta Newland Alicia and Norman Volk Patricia Kizilay Harriet Ruth Feldman New Tamarind Louise Weadock Geraldene Felton Penelope and Robert Foundation, Inc. Klatell William T. Grant Foundation Dawn Fischer New York Community Trust David Knight Joan Madden Wilson Renee and Seymour Flug New York State Health Christine and Anthony Foundation Geri Lo Biondo Wood Lizanne Fontaine Kovner Donna Nickitas Zodiac Fund, Inc. Catherine Taylor Foster James Pace

40 New York University College of Nursing Magazine Judi and Bob want to know: “Will your legacy help fulfill nursing’s promise?” Consider including NYU College of Nursing in your will or trust.

Judi Haber, PhD ’84, MA ’67, andWe Bob Piemonte, Board of Advisors memberdid.— NYU Society of the Torch members

Make a difference in a student’s journey toward a rewarding career in nursing and join the prestigious Society of the Torch when you make NYU Nursing part of your estate plan. The Society honors alumni, faculty, and friends whose legacy bequests help provide the solid financial foundation so critical to the academic success of our students. Ensure that you leave a legacy that will help advance nursing in perpetuity. Endow an NYU Nursing scholarship in your name, or that of a loved one, as part of your estate plan.

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thank you for your generosity. 2014save the date General Inquiries and Correspondence Dean’s Circle Reception NYU College of Nursing Tuesday, June 3 726 Broadway, 10th Floor New York, NY 10003-9502 Reception for NYUCN Alumni Phone: 212-998-5300 Working at NYU Langone Medical Center and the Hospital Fax: 212-995-3143 for Joint Diseases nursing.nyu.edu Thursday, June 26

Student Affairs and Admissions NYU Reception at the American Amy J. B. Knowles, MSEd Academy of Nursing Conference Assistant Dean Saturday, October 19 212-998-5317 [email protected] NYU Alumni Class Reunions 2004, 2009, 2014 Friday, November 7 Alumni Relations and Development Larry Siegel Alumni Day Director of Development Saturday, November 8 212-998-6794 [email protected] Nadège Roc Assistant Director for Alumni Relations and Development 212-992-8580 [email protected] Christine Biela Alumni Relations and Development Coordinator 212-998-5305 [email protected] Brad Temple Development Associate 212-998-5480 [email protected] nursing.nyu.edu