AUTUMN 2011, VOL. 10, NO. 1

A PUBLICATION OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING

Field Notes from a Disaster: College of Nursing Alumni in Haiti and Japan PAGE 4

Faculty Embark on Older-Adult Research Collaborations PAGE 8

Shedding Light on LGBT Health PAGE 14 © Meredith Miller © Meredith SAVE THE DATE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2011 NYU Alumni Day

Join us on campus Vernice Ferguson Lecture College of Nursing on Contemporary Issues Dean’s Luncheon for a day of programs Shorin Performance Studio Shorin Performance Studio and special events Kimmel Center Kimmel Center featuring the best 10:30am — 11:30am 12:00pm — 1:30pm Executive director of the NYU College of Nursing Join Interim Dean Judith Haber for lunch, of NYU. Global Program Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, FAAN, a discussion of all that is happening at will speak about the College’s global nursing the College of Nursing, and a celebration research and education efforts as part of NYU’s of this year’s award recipients: Global Network University. Dr. Ann Kurth, Faculty Scholar Award Dr. Ann Marie Mauro, Teaching Excellence Award Dr. Maja Djukic, Rising Star Award 2 Greetings from the 18 College and Faculty News Interim Dean 24 Dynamic Leaders Energize A PUBLICATION OF 3 Terry Fulmer Steps Student Organizations NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Down as Dean COLLEGE OF NURSING A Legacy of Achieving AUTUMN 2011, VOL. 10, NO. 1 Milestones and Building Momentum

4 Field Notes from a Disaster Interim Dean Judith Haber, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN College of Nursing Alumni Assistant Director of Alumni Relations Assist in Critical Relief Efforts and Development Nadège Roc in Haiti and Japan Managing Editor / Writer Barbara Kancelbaum

Head Writer Cecilia Malm

Assistant Editors Meredith Miller, Steven Tipton

Design Susan Carabetta Cover Photo © NYU Photo Bureau: Pollard 25 Keeping Students on the Editorial Board Right Track Academically Deborah Chyun, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN and Emotionally Amy Knowles, MSEd Academic Advising and Social Barbara Krainovich-Miller, EdD, APRN, BC, ANEF, FAAN Support Are Twin Pillars for Ellen Lyons, MPA Nursing Students Gail D’Eramo Melkus, EdD, C-NP, FAAN Tom Olson, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC 8 Research Report James Pace, DSN, MDiv, APRN, BC, FAANP NYU College of Nursing 26 Interprofessional Collaborations Reach New NYU College of Nursing Research in Older-Adult 726 Broadway, 10th Floor Health Care: Collaborations Heights, Break Barriers New York, NY 10003-9502 Are Key

212-998-5300 www.nyu.edu/nursing 13 Congratulations, Doctoral Classes of 2011!

14 Shedding Light on a Neglected Group in Health Care: LGBT Populations

16 Celebrations 28 Alumni Achievements

29 Letter from Dr. Ann Marie Mauro NYU College of Nursing Alumni Association President

32 Why I Give Erratum: In the spring 2011 issue, Ann Marie and Tony Mauro were erroneously excluded Margaret L. McClure from the Dean’s Circle members list.

Cover: Laraine Ann Chiu, BS ’11. 32 Dean’s Circle

AUTUMN 2011 1 GREETINGS FROM THE INTERIM DEAN

DEAR FRIENDS,

I am delighted to welcome members are forging unique approaches our new and returning to high-quality patient care. GROUNDBREAKING NEWS: students to the NYU cam- As New York University continues its Building Our Future pus this fall and to send a development into one of the world’s warm greeting on behalf first truly global institutions of higher The planning and design of the College to parents, education, College of Nursing faculty of a new home for the grandparents, alumni, and students are conducting high- College of Nursing is moving and colleagues. impact research, education, and practice ahead at a rapid pace. Many of you have heard projects on nearly every continent. Our New York University has undertaken a the news that Dr. Terry Fulmer, who alumni are also having an extraordinary strategic plan (NYU 2031) for an expanded served as leader of nursing at NYU for the impact around the world, and in this academic campus that enhances past nine years, stepped down from her issue we feature some of those who are medical and health sciences education position at the end of the last academic providing emergency relief in the wake in the health corridor along First Avenue between 24th and 34th Streets. A major year. As interim dean, I extend our fond- of natural disasters in Haiti and Japan. component of this plan will be the est wishes to Dr. Fulmer for much success The College’s recent growth in research College of Nursing’s first true home in a in her future endeavors. The faculty, staff, rankings has been phenomenal. In 170,000-square-foot building to be located and students of the College of Nursing 2010, NYU College of Nursing received a at 433 First Avenue. This state-of-the-art facility will bring together the entire College are all deeply appreciative of Dr. Fulmer’s ranking of #11 in research funding from of Nursing community and also provide outstanding years of visionary leadership the National Institutes of Health, and its space for the College of Dentistry and a and service. So much of what the College doctoral program was ranked #7 by the new multi-school bioengineering program. is today was conceived of and made into National Research Council. This fall I • NYU has selected EYP Architecture & reality by Terry Fulmer! Among the most am thrilled to celebrate the graduation Engineering, an award-winning firm that exciting of these accomplishments is a of our first cohort of doctoral students was responsible for the renovation of the General Assembly and Conference NYU new home for the College of Nursing to complete our new Doctor of Nursing Buildings of the United Nations, and Kohn, (please see the box to the right for updates Practice (DNP) program. Pedersen, Fox Associates (KPF), well on this project). This year we will break new ground in known for its work on New York City’s The College is laying down foundations many different ways! As we prepare to Museum of Modern Art, to work as a team here in New York City, but at the same time celebrate the 80th anniversary of profes- in delivering this major building project. we are living in an increasingly inter- sional nursing education at NYU, I hope • Demolition of the site at 433 First Avenue national and interconnected world that you will join me in applauding all that is already under way, and we expect con- struction to begin in early January 2012. reaches far beyond our local community. we have accomplished—and all that we New programs and initiatives reflect our are poised to achieve at this important • The new building affords numerous op- portunities to contribute to the Campaign growing emphasis on interprofessional moment in our history. for Nursing, including naming gift op- collaboration and globalization in nursing portunities that can link your name or research, education, and practice. Sincerely, that of someone you wish to honor to For example, you will read in this issue attractive and high-tech classrooms, labs, lecture halls, and other spaces in our new about how our faculty has built innova- home. Please call Larry Siegel, director of tive partnerships with our colleagues in development, 212-998-6794 or write to other health professions. From develop- [email protected] for more informa- ing oral health curricula and competen- Judith Haber, PhD ’84, MA ’67, tion about naming opportunities. cies for nursing education programs and APRN, BC, FAAN Future issues of NYU Nursing will practice settings to promoting collabora- Ursula Springer Leadership include much more information on tion among future physicians, dentists, Professor in Nursing the status and design of the building. and nurses, College of Nursing faculty Interim Dean, College of Nursing We will keep you posted!

2 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING MAGAZINE TERRY FULMER STEPS DOWN AS DEAN A LEGACY OFAchieving and Milestones Building

Momentum Dr. Fulmer (left) and former First Lady of New York State Michelle Paige Paterson prepare for the 2009 College of Nursing graduation ceremony.

Terry T. Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, PhD, RN. Fulmer’s unwavering goal was to College’s Geriatric Nurse Practitioner elevate nursing at NYU to a position wor- program #1 in the nation this year, and the Erline Perkins McGriff thy of its national reputation and accom- Fulmer is a cofounder of the Hartford Professor and leader of nursing at plishments over 75 years: to become a Institute for Geriatric Research at NYU— New York University since August College in its own right. Working closely a front runner in this area of growing 2002, stepped down from her with University administration, she and importance. Passionate about promoting her colleagues succeeded in 2005 in research and evidence-based practice, position as dean on July 1, 2011. establishing the NYU College of Nursing she has launched innovative research “Terry Fulmer has been an outstanding at the NYU College of Dentistry. Fulmer programs in elder abuse, emergency pre- dean,” says NYU President John Sexton. was named the new College’s first dean. paredness, interprofessional education, “She brought so much to the deanship: an Under Fulmer’s leadership, the College and global health. Fulmer also led the entrepreneurial spirit, an understanding has steadily risen in national rank- College into innovative partnerships with of nursing’s importance to our society’s ings, attracted more than 50 new faculty nursing schools and health care organiza- health and well-being, a commitment to scholars, and achieved record fundrais- tions throughout New York State, intro- teaching excellence, and a belief in the ing levels that have increased resources ducing NYU nursing students to a number importance of research to the profes- for research, faculty development, and of exciting rural nursing opportunities. sion. Through her leadership, there was student aid. Enrollment at the College Leading by example, Fulmer has written remarkable growth in faculty, in students, has increased 34 percent since 2005, and award-winning textbooks on geriatric and in the College’s research profile. She applications to all programs have con- nursing and created the most widely was an important part of the team that tinued to grow dramatically, more than used assessment tool for evaluating the made the merger of the College of Nurs- doubling in the past five years. Fulmer’s health of older adults in the country. She ing and the College of Dentistry such a fundraising efforts will culminate in her was recently elected to the Institute of success, and her deanship and its record top priority: a new, considerably larger Medicine, one of the highest honors in of achievements will help set the tone home for the College, which, in 2015, will the field of health and medicine. and high expectations we shall have for house all of the nursing classrooms, labs, “As pleased as I am of the College’s her successors.” and offices in one location at the heart of growth and excellent rankings, in many A leading authority in the field of geriat- the NYU health corridor. ways I am most proud of the collegiality ric nursing, Fulmer joined the NYU nurs- Driven throughout her career by and the caring environment we have built ing faculty in 1995 as a professor and the a commitment to elevating the quality here at NYU,” Fulmer says. “The excite- director of the Muriel and Virginia Pless of nursing care for older adults, Fulmer ment and challenges I faced every day in Center for Nursing Research. She was has been instrumental in developing the heart of New York City, at a phenom- named head of the Division of Nursing the College into one of the nation’s pre- enal institution like New York University, in the Steinhardt School of Education in mier centers for geriatric nursing: have been transformational for me. I will 2002, succeeding Diane O. McGivern, US News & World Report ranked the always feel a part of this family.” K

AUTUMN 2011 3 FIELD NOTES FROM AA

DISASTER COLLEGE OF NURSING ALUMNI ASSIST IN CRITICAL RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI AND JAPAN On a Tuesday afternoon in he first four-year baccalaureate “It was four days before any outside Léogâne, Haiti, 25 nursing students nursing program established medical assistance arrived,” Barnard says. in Haiti, FSIL was founded in “These young nurses cleansed and sutured at the Faculté des Sciences Infir- 2005 by a group of dedicated wounds, treated compression injuries, mières de l’Université Episcopale individualsT led by NYU College of Nursing prevented infections, and a graduate from d’Haïti (FSIL) were attending a lec- alumna Ruth Barnard, PhD ’73, RN. When the first class even delivered about a dozen ture when their classroom began the catastrophic 7.0-magnitude earth- babies on the porch of the dean’s house.” to shake violently. They jumped up quake struck January 12, 2010, the epicen- In addition to helping her students treat ter of the quake was just outside Léogâne, the wounded who were arriving by the from their seats and tried to leave 25 kilometers west of Port-au-Prince, hundreds on their doorstep, Dean Alcindor the room, dodging shifting furniture Haiti’s capital. organized the FSIL nurses to set up mul- and breaking glass, but the door “After the quake hit, 90 percent of the tiple first aid stations around the town. was jammed shut. When they finally buildings in Léogâne were reduced to Back in 2001, Barnard had just retired rubble, but by some miracle the FSIL from a long and rewarding career, which managed to reach the street, they complex, which includes the school itself, included serving as director of nurs- were met with a scene of chaos and a dormitory, and a dean’s residence, was ing research at Mount Sinai Hospital in destruction, and many of the stu- essentially undamaged,” Barnard says. New York City and on the faculty of the dents began to panic. The dean, The local hospital had been closed for Hilda Alcindor, gathered the stu- a year and a half, and in the hours and Above Ella D. Blot (left) found her childhood days following the disaster, the people of neighborhood in ruins when she arrived in dents in a circle. “Now,” she said, Léogâne and the surrounding country- Haiti a week and a half after the earthquake. “you are going to find out what She was immediately put to work in the side began to stream toward the nursing operating room at the Diquini Seventh Day being a nurse is all about.” school seeking emergency care. Adventist Hospital in Port-au-Prince.

4 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING MAGAZINE University of Michigan School of Nursing, and Rebecca Feldman, BS ’04, RN, CNM, particular, one woman who was deaf and when the pastor of her church approached MSN, both nurse midwives at New York mute and had walked five hours to get to her about helping Haitians to establish a City area hospitals, volunteered to travel the hospital. She had preeclampsia and school of nursing. She took her first trip to to Haiti six months after the earth- delivered a preterm, three-and-one-half- Haiti shortly after 9/11 and was so deeply quake to work with Midwives for Haiti, pound baby who required resuscitation. affected by the level of need she saw that an organization that educates Haitian We had no warmers, in fact really no mod- she soon found herself spearheading the women in skilled birth assistance and ern delivery-room equipment at all.” effort to create FSIL. The school gradu- prenatal care. Niles and Feldman serve high-risk ated its first two classes, composed of 22 “I have been interested in international populations in their current work: Niles women and 4 men, in 2009. midwifery ever since I worked in a hospi- at Woodhull Medical Center and Feldman Barnard has been to Haiti more than tal in Kampala, Uganda, as part of an NYU at Brookdale Medical Center, both in a dozen times since, lending exper- Brooklyn. “Even so, for us to see such a level tise and working to raise funds for the of acute need was an eye-opener,” Niles says. U.S.-based Haiti Nursing Foundation “I believe in empowering “There were no surgeons or obstetricians on that supports the school. The buildings, people to help themselves, call for the deliveries, and it made me appre- dormitory, and dean’s residence were ciate how in many of these crisis situations, built with grants from the U.S. Agency for and I was truly moved by nurses are really the front line of health care. International Development to the Medical the performance of FSIL The nurses are absolutely vital.” Benevolence Foundation, a Presbyterian nursing students and staff.” Emily Ferguson, BS ’07, assisted in the charitable organization. Haiti earthquake relief efforts from a dif- “I believe in empowering people to — Ruth Barnard ferent perspective, traveling with a group help themselves,” Barnard says, “and I from Massachusetts General Hospital was truly moved by the performance of that partnered with an organization called the FSIL nursing students and staff in College of Nursing winter Intersession the aftermath of the earthquake. It is a course,” says Feldman. She and her for- Below left Ruth Barnard (far left) attended the testament to the level of competency and mer classmate Niles transported donated May 22, 2011, graduation of 24 members of the dedication they have achieved.” The post- supplies to medical facilities on the FSIL class of 2010 at the Episcopal Cathedral in poned graduation for the class of nursing plateaus that surround Port-au-Prince, Les Cayes, Haiti. The graduation was postponed students who assisted in the earthquake where many people had fled fearing addi- several times due to the earthquake. Dean Hilda Alcindor is the second from the right. recovery was finally held in May 2011. tional quakes and mayhem in the city. Below right Emily Ferguson (right) volunteered Ruth Barnard is among many College of “We provided education to local groups with Project Hope, an organization that provided Nursing alumni who have come to the aid of students in basic prenatal care and relief to U.S. Navy nurses stationed on the of the Haitian people since the disas- delivery and also assisted in deliveries USNS Comfort, anchored off the coast of Haiti. For two weeks, she helped to treat patients with ter struck. Mimi Niles, BS ’04, RN, CNM, ourselves,” Niles says. “I remember, in serious injuries who were brought by helicopter from the mainland.

AUTUMN 2011 5 Project Hope to provide relief to U.S. Navy experience, “I feel fortunate that so many most powerful in the world since modern nurses stationed on the USNS Comfort, of my professors at NYU had a global recordkeeping, and the tsunami that fol- anchored off the coast of Haiti. During focus and that I had an opportunity to lowed in its aftermath, caused widespread two weeks on the ship, she helped treat take courses like the Community Health destruction and thousands of deaths. patients who were helicoptered on board Nursing class, which helped me to gain Mia Kobayashi, PhD ’06, RN, a senior from the mainland, many of whom had skills working with diverse populations.” researcher in the Clinical Research Center traumatic brain injuries and crush inju- Clark has also worked as a full-time RN at the National Hospital Organization in ries. After that experience, she returned in Baghdad and as a volunteer in Jordan, Japan, was a witness to these events. “I to Haiti in October at the height of the southern Sudan, and Kenya. was working in Tokyo at my office when cholera outbreak to work at Hôpital Albert the earthquake hit,” Kobayashi remem- Schweitzer in the town of Deschapelle. Helping Hands from Home: bers. “I’d never felt anything like it, She spent a week in the cholera unit, a College of Nursing although I’ve been through many earth- “where antibiotics were scarce, and Faculty Member Rallies the quakes. Public transportation systems people would often wait until they were NYU Community were paralyzed over wide areas, leaving a very ill to seek medical attention. So many An NYU faculty member, Edwidge Thomas, huge number of people unable to return of the cases, especially among children, DNP, MS, ANP-BC, is finding ways to help home. I had to stay overnight at my place were quite critical,” Ferguson says. Haiti earthquake victims in New York City. of work. I was not able to sleep that night News of the earthquake was particularly Thomas, who is director of clinical prac- because of continuing aftershocks. The devastating for Haitian-born Ella Blot, MA tice affairs, coordinator of the College of terrible pictures of the disaster on the TV ’04, RN, GNP, CRRN, NE-BC, who is a nurse Nursing’s Feeling Good in Your Neighbor- screen struck me speechless for a while.” manager at the NYU Hospital for Joint hood mobile health van, and a busy mother In the days after the quake, Kobayashi Diseases. She was already scheduled to of three children, also serves on the board was recruited to join a volunteer team put travel to Haiti in March 2010 with a wom- of the organization Afya, which matches together by the Association for Aid and en’s group affiliated with her church. When medical facilities that have supplies to Relief, a nongovernmental organization, the disaster struck, she made arrange- donate with organizations in areas of the to provide emergency food and medical ments for herself and four other nurses world where such equipment is desperately support for evacuees who lived closest to to travel to the Dominican Republic. They needed. “If a hospital in Uganda says they the crippled nuclear plant and who had lost were then able to drive into Haiti, arriving need an X-ray machine, usually we are able their homes when the tsunami waves struck just a week and a half after the catastrophe. to find one for them,” Thomas says. Fukushima Prefecture. She and a team of During her drive to the Diquini Seventh Following the Haiti earthquake, Thomas, medical professionals provided physical Day Adventist Hospital in Port-au-Prince, who is Haitian, reached out to the NYU exams and health screenings for more than where she was to volunteer, she saw her community, collecting donations and 300 evacuees in a temporary shelter. childhood neighborhood in ruins and mile organizing groups of student volunteers after mile of people picking through the to pack boxes of gauze, medications, As a volunteer, Mia Kobayashi (center) cared debris of their villages and homes. equipment, shoes, and clothing for Afya for patients in overflowing shelters after the At the hospital, she was put to work in one to send to Haitian relief organizations. In devastating earthquake and tsunami that of the busiest and most chaotic areas: the Thomas’s role as coordinator of the mobile ravaged Fukushima Prefecture. operating room. “I found myself working health van, she has also met Haitian teens outside my specialty, which is management, who arrived in Brooklyn after the quake assisting in many amputations,” she says. to live with family or friends. “We are “But when you’re a nurse, you’re a nurse. fortunate that our mobile services enable You just dig deep down, call on all your us to reach out to these young people and courage, all your faith, and all your skills, to provide them with access to care and take a big breath and get ready to help.” support,” Thomas says. Emma Clark, BA, BSN ’11, RN, MHS, who works full-time with the disaster relief Cultural Sensitivity Is Key nonprofit organization International to Helping Survivors of the Medical Corps, provided acute care in TŌhoku Earthquake the makeshift camps in Port-au-Prince Little more than a year after the earth- that were set up for homeless victims of quake in Haiti, a devastating natural the quake. While she says it would have disaster struck the eastern coast of Japan. been difficult to prepare for such an This 9.0-magnitude quake, one of the five

6 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING MAGAZINE “Many people were living in the shelters without any belongings, and most of the elderly people with chronic conditions were without their regular medications,” Kobayashi says. As the days turned into weeks, crowded liv- ing conditions in the shelters, lack of heat, food, water, and medicine began to take a toll on many of the evacuees. Kobayashi assisted patients suffering from acute episodes of hypoglycemia and high blood pressure, and she man- aged cases of influenza, pneumonia, and norovirus that emerged because of the difficulty in maintaining hygiene in such

crowded conditions. Cross Red / Japanese Saltbones © Olav “Even two weeks after the event, many A Japanese Red Cross aid worker provides assistance on March 29, 2011, at an evacuation center in Kamaishi, a small city in Iwate Prefecture that was heavily damaged in the TŌhoku evacuees had not been able to bathe, and earthquake and tsunami. they basically only had bread and rice balls to eat, which was not enough to keep patient heal when you are able to put the disaster. The Japanese Red Cross their immune systems strong,” she says. yourself in their world.” Society (JRCS) worked around the clock Nonetheless, it proved difficult for her to to set up temporary emergency medical convince some evacuees who were in need Messages of Hope centers, specialty care facilities, and hubs of hospitalization or specialized home Reach Mayumi Tsutsui for social services such as counseling and care to leave the shelters. Mayumi Tsutsui, PhD ’91, RN, is dean of the bereavement support. JRCS organized “Some of the people were in torment, graduate program at the Red Cross College nurses and doctors from its facilities thinking that if they left they might never of Nursing in Tokyo, one of six Red Cross in every prefecture across Japan to help again see the town where they had been Nursing schools in Japan. When the initial rebuild some semblance of a health care born,” Kobayashi recalls. “Some of them earthquake struck, the school was on spring infrastructure in the affected areas. no longer had the will to do anything since break, although more than 100 doctoral and “Since the conditions were very intense they had lost loved ones in the tsunami. master’s students were on campus. and stressful, and there were concerns And some preferred to stay to care for “Red Cross nurses are all required to about radiation levels, our nurses went sick and frail friends or family members take a disaster-preparedness class,” out into the disaster zones on four-day who were bedridden. Many of the female Tsutsui says, “so when the earthquake rotations,” Tsutsui says. evacuees were especially adamant about hit, they were calm, even though there JRCS estimates that the restoration of staying in the temporary shelters to care were cracks in many of the buildings health services in northeastern Japan for others even though their own health and some students were worried about will take years, but Tsutsui notes that the was deteriorating.” friends and family.” The faculty and Japanese people have found hope and Kobayashi credits the cultural-sensi- administrative staff acted quickly to col- encouragement in outpourings of support tivity skills she learned at NYU College of lect food, blankets, clothing, and medical from abroad, such as the U.S. military’s Nursing with preparing her to work with supplies. That night, a group of faculty, Tomodachi Sakusen/Operation Friend severely traumatized patients. “I was able staff, and more than 150 students slept at relief efforts. to look at their reactions objectively in the school. This fall Tsutsui will travel to Ishinomaki terms of their cultural expectations and By the following day, health care systems to work with JRCS nursing students whose needs,” she says. “I put myself in their were in a state of disarray in the worst hit school was destroyed by the tsunami. position and tried to think about how areas of Miyagi, Iwate, and Fukushima “After the disaster it meant a great deal they felt. In this way, I could encourage Prefectures. The tsunami destroyed entire to me that I received so many e-mails people to remain calm, to take care of hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes from NYU alumni and colleagues in the themselves, and to work together with in densely inhabited areas. In Miyagi United States, asking about how I was me to find the best solution for their Prefecture, for example, only 40 of the doing and how they could help,” she says. situation. I really learned at NYU how 70 medical institutions in the town of “Those messages let me know I am part of much more effectively you can help a Ishinomaki were still functioning after a caring community.” K

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Dr. Elizabeth A. Capezuti was a keynote speaker at the conference “Older Persons: The Future of Care” in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on October 6, 2010. Her presentation focused on alternatives to patient restraints and bed side rails.

NYU College of Nursing Research in Older-Adult Health Care COLLABORATIONS ARE KEY

Nurses in the United States are attract a new wave of faculty with expertise International Collaborations preparing for explosive growth in in geriatrics who are taking research on care for older adults in new and exciting Pursue Patient Safety the number of older patients they directions. Of particular note is the num- care for. In many hospitals, more ber of geriatric-research collaborations Seeking Alternatives to than 50 percent of inpatients are that are under way between NYU nursing Restraints and Side Rails over the age of 65, and by 2030, faculty members and their international The groundbreaking research of Elizabeth or intercollegiate colleagues, as well as A. Capezuti, PhD, RN, FAAN, on the dan- 70 million Americans will have within the College of Nursing and among gers of patient restraints and bed side turned 65. At the same time, spe- other NYU schools. rails has led to a significant reduction cialists in geriatric care are in short Faculty geriatric researchers at the in their use in nursing homes across supply, and extensive research on College of Nursing meet monthly to share the United States. When the Dutch gov- their research findings and learn from ernment decided to reduce the use of Photo courtesy of Guus Pauka European Nursing Congress Foundation Congress Nursing European Guus Pauka of courtesy Photo the care of older adults in diverse senior experts in the field. Several of these restraints, it looked to Capezuti’s research health care settings is needed to faculty members are involved in research to identify alternatives. Capezuti, the address the unique and complex that specifically supports and under- Dr. John W. Rowe Professor in Success- pins the cutting-edge NICHE (Nurses ful Aging, joined the team that conducted needs of these patients. Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) a study in a dozen nursing homes in the Over the past decade, research conducted program, a national initiative that involves Netherlands, demonstrating that a multi- by faculty at the College of Nursing has more than 400 hospitals in improving component intervention, involving nurs- transformed the way nursing students nursing care of older adults. Participating ing home administrators and staff in pro- learn about the care of older adults, hospitals not only strive to provide excel- viding alternatives to belt restraints, was improved nursing home policies, and pro- lent nursing care but are also creating able to significantly reduce their use with- duced models of care that are enhancing fertile ground for researchers at the out increasing falls. practice in hospitals nationwide. These College of Nursing to develop and test new Although restraint use is intended to achievements have allowed the College to improvements in geriatric health care. protect patients—generally frail older

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adults or those suffering from dementia— Not surprisingly, managers tend to rate the relationship between nursing in practice, it leads to functional decline, this more positively,” says Wagner. This home accreditation and patient safety. impeding patients’ ability to transfer and study was published in the Journal of Patient Unlike most hospitals, few nursing walk. Restraints and bed side rails are also Safety and Journal of Nursing Scholarship. homes have external accreditation, inherently dangerous, and people have Patient safety is also at the heart of largely because the process of obtaining died from becoming entangled in them, Wagner and Castle’s study exploring accreditation by the Joint Commission Capezuti says. In June 2011, the College of Nursing hosted Michel Bleijlevens, a researcher on restraints from the Netherlands who is collaborating with College of Nursing fac- Hartford Institute Fosters ulty in his effort to understand why nurses in his country (and in the United States) Geriatric Research still use restraints despite clear policies and protocols that specify alternatives. “There are real alternatives, but you have , the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing to give nurses the knowledge to use them,” Founded in 1996 Capezuti says. Those options include (HIGN) is a beacon for all who wish to advance geriatric nursing, according to beds that are lower to the floor, comfort- Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN, founding director, and founding co-director able reclining chairs, activities to occupy Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN. The Institute’s mission is to shape the quality patients’ time, and better walking programs. of health care of older adults through excellence in nursing practice. It is a College of Nursing Assistant Professor national center that attracts geriatric nurse experts from around the country Laura Wagner, PhD, RN, has found that and is a globally recognized presence in the field. restraints are an issue of concern on every HIGN supports innovative research through a noted summer intensive continent. With funding from the Canadian seminar for emerging geriatric-nursing researchers and through expert government and the Registered Nurses panels that have been instrumental in helping to set research agendas in the Association of Ontario, she is chairing area of long-term care. Research and practice at the Institute have shaped a Canadian team that is developing an each other. For example, when Mezey and Fulmer identified a critical gap in evidence-based best-practice guideline geriatric-nursing education, the Institute produced a series of recommenda- on restraint alternatives. Wagner’s work tions that are now being implemented by nursing degree programs. Moreover, seeks better assessments of patients at risk for falls, improved nurse interactions with the development at the Institute of a comprehensive survey of nurses’ people whose disruptive behaviors may attitudes and knowledge about older-adult patient care is now helping NICHE lead to restraint use, and, in the rare event (see page 8) hospitals to target nursing interventions. that a patient must be restrained, ways to Since 2011, the NYU nursing faculty have taken an important step forward keep these individuals safe. by focusing on developing and facilitating collaborative research both within NYU and with other colleagues by bringing gerontological researchers Seeking Safety in Nursing Homes

Photo courtesy of Guus Pauka European Nursing Congress Foundation Congress Nursing European Guus Pauka of courtesy Photo together for a monthly seminar and by stimulating communication about Collaboration is second nature to Wagner, common interests through the NYU Blackboard Web site. a health services researcher. In one of her “The College of Nursing’s strength in research provides a foundation for our patient-safety projects, she is working new research center at the Institute,” says Tara Cortes, PhD ’76, MA ’71, with Nicholas Castle, PhD, MHA, a profes- RN, FAAN, who has directed HIGN since 2010. “Our vision for the center is to sor at the University of Pittsburgh Gradu- stimulate research devoted to advancement of knowledge and to further the ate School of Public Health, to analyze large science for evidence-based practice in the care of older adults.” administrative databases at nursing homes. She and Castle have compared the ways in Elizabeth A. Capezuti, PhD, RN, FAAN, adds: “The large number of faculty which hospital versus nursing home staff and graduate students in geriatrics, including those who have received fund- view their patient safety cultures. ing through the Hartford Foundation’s Building Academic Geriatric Nursing “We found a big disconnect between Capacity Predoctoral Scholarship Program and through the Brookdale nurse managers and frontline nursing Foundation, is adding tremendously to our internal capacity to contribute to staff in their safety culture perceptions. the science of older-adult health and has really transformed the Institute.”

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is too labor-intensive for many Medical School, Capezuti and Boltz are engage people in being independent, they nursing homes. engaged in a major four-year study of also declined,” Boltz says. The first paper Wagner is reviewing extensive data to catheter-associated urinary tract infec- based on this research will be published compare quality of care—measured by tions (CAUTIs), funded by the Agency for in Rehabilitation Nursing. rates of restraint use, pressure ulcers, Healthcare Research and Quality. Urinary The results of Boltz’s study will be deficiency citations, and staffing levels—in catheters are often inserted after surgery, used, along with earlier qualitative work nursing homes that are accredited versus but when left beyond necessity (gener- conducted with older adults and nursing those that are not. She hopes that her study ally more than one or two days), they can staff, to develop an intervention to reduce will yield evidence for an alternative set of cause infections in older adults. Hospi- functional decline—an effort, she says, standards that is more feasible to meet. tals have taken greater notice of CAUTIs that requires a change of philosophy on since the Centers for Medicaid and Medi- the part of nurses. Hospitals, too, may Intercollegiate Collaborations care Services announced in 2008 that it need to make adjustments to physical would no longer provide reimbursement environments—from furniture heights to to treat them because it considers them lighting—and modify policies, including Fighting Catheter-Induced avoidable infections. The research team discharge preparation and collabora- Urinary Tract Infections has developed an automated surveillance tion with post-acute providers to support Capezuti and Assistant Professor Marie system that uses patients’ electronic med- functional performance. Boltz, PhD ’09, RN, GNP-BC, are col- ical records to alert nurses to the pres- laborating with researchers from sev- ence of catheters and to prompt removal. Collaborating Within the eral U.S. universities on research proj- The 18-month intervention study in 20 NYU Community ects related to hospitalized older adults. NICHE hospitals is examining the effect With Heidi Wald, MD, PhD, and her col- of this system on UTI prevalence. leagues from the University of Colorado “If the catheter is removed as soon as Heart Health in the Workplace possible after surgery, there is not likely Victoria Vaughan Dickson, PhD, CRNP, The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing to be an infection,” Capezuti says. “It’s a assistant professor, has carved out an facilitates collaboration among the College’s crucial extra step in health care, and it area of research that will continue to gerontological researchers. Dr. Laura Wagner (right) discusses her patient-safety research needs to happen more quickly.” grow in importance as the U.S. popula- with Hartford Institute Director Dr. Tara Cortes tion ages: meeting the health challenges and the Hartford team. Function-Focused Care of older adults with cardiovascular dis- Across the Continuum ease who are still in the workforce. With a Like UTIs, loss of physical function is a two-year Brookdale Foundation fellow- serious risk for older adults during a hos- ship, she is pursuing a longitudinal study pital stay. Since August 2009, Boltz has of workplace and personal issues that led a study to understand exactly how the influence patients’ ability to take self- physical function of older adults changes care measures. During the pilot phase, during hospitalization. She received a Dickson is following 125 older workers two-year fellowship through the Hartford with heart disease to see how workplace Foundation Building Academic Geriatric variables affect their self-care behaviors. Nursing Capacity program (adminis- The patients were recruited from their tered by the American Academy of Nurs- communities and from employee-health ing), as well as several supplementary services in several large New York hos- grants. Boltz’s team, including the student pitals, including NYU Langone Medical research assistants featured on the cover Center. Preliminary data confirmed that of the spring 2011 NYU Nursing maga- increased job demands are negatively cor- zine, observed almost 200 patients at NYU related to self-care, and Dickson hopes Downtown Hospital and NYU Langone to identify interventions to improve self- Medical Center and collected extensive care behaviors and workplace policies. data on a daily basis. Dickson is also piloting a community- “We found that people who already based intervention with heart-failure had some loss of function continued to patients who are over 60 years old and decline, and that if hospital staff did not mostly retired. As principal investigator on

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NICHE into 20 rural hospitals across northern, central, and western New York. Because budgetary issues and location can make it difficult for rural hospitals to join NICHE, NYHF funding will cover both program fees and the cost of a geriatric nurse specialist to remotely mentor nurse educators in these hospitals and help them implement the program. Cline, who grew up in rural Grand Isle, Vermont, appreciates the strong sense of community that exists in small towns. Working on the NICHE expansion deep- ened his interest in caring for rural older adults, and when he was ready to consider dissertation topics, his mentors at the College encouraged him to delve more deeply into this subject. “There is little research taking place on rural hospitals generally, and even less on older adults in these hospitals,” Cline says. Dr. Victoria Vaughan Dickson is studying the “I want to know what rural nurses consider self-care behaviors of older adults with heart “Self-care education provided in the quality geriatric care, how they perceive disease. At the NYU Langone Medical Center Heart Failure Program, health educator Sarah hospital setting is often hard for patients that their access to resources influences the R’bibo (above) educates a study participant to sustain at home,” Dickson says. “At quality of that care, and how nurses’ con- about monitoring his weight. home, a patient might not have a scale. nectedness to individual patients—which The person who makes the meals might may be greater in rural areas—affects the this randomized controlled trial, funded not have received the instructions. And care they provide. Are there things we can by the American Heart Association, she if your favorite food is salty — which is learn from small rural hospitals that we is collaborating with Professor Barbara especially common in both traditional can translate to an urban setting?” he asks. Riegel, DNSc, RN, FAAN, FAHA, of the Jewish kosher and African-American Cline was awarded a two-year, $100,000 University of Pennsylvania, and Stuart diets — you’ll need help adapting your diet predoctoral scholarship from the Building Katz, MD, medical director of the Heart to a low-salt alternative.” Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity pro- Failure Clinics at NYU Langone Medical The control group will be eligible to join gram to explore how the work environment Center and Bellevue Hospital Center, as the intervention in a second phase, and influences nurses’ perceptions of quality well as with Gail D’Eramo Melkus, EdD, the next step will be a larger, multisite geriatric care in small rural hospitals. C-NP, FAAN, the Florence and William trial that adds clinical variables such as Downs Professor in Nursing Research at rehospitalization and its attendant costs. Collaborating on Home the College of Nursing. Care Knowledge Participants attend a month-long Bringing Resources As a geriatric nurse practitioner provid- series of support groups held at New to Rural Nursing ing home visits for elderly patients with York City Department of Aging com- PhD student Daniel Cline, MSN, RN, CRNP, dementia, Ab Brody, PhD, GNP-BC, CAS munity centers, in which they learn spent his early nursing career working ’02, often sensed that he wasn’t getting to prepare low-salt meals or choose in emergency rooms and intensive-care enough information from the home care healthier take-out options, monitor units, where his patients were primarily or hospice nurses who saw his patients their weight, and take other steps to older adults. The experience influenced frequently. Now an assistant professor, maintain their heart health. Participants his PhD research on how nurses’ work Brody, who is interested in improving are invited to bring family members or environments influence the quality of the quality of life for older adults living at home health aides to sessions so that geriatric care. Cline began working with home and helping decrease health care they, too, can help the patient adhere to Capezuti on her New York Health Founda- costs, is probing more deeply into the role a healthier lifestyle. tion (NYHF)–funded program to expand of communication in patient care.

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that a patient has limited mobility. very clearly linked to nursing processes Brody based the training program on of care. This collaboration is the first to the Situation-Background-Assessment- look at whether the implementation of the Recommendation (SBAR) technique to NICHE concepts and protocols is actually elicit the four pieces of information that impacting patient outcomes. must be reported to the patient’s primary Rosenberg’s work using large Medicare care providers. databases inspired nursing PhD student With start-up funds from the College of Jay Horton, MPH, FNP-BC, ACHPN, to Nursing, in spring 2011 Brody launched seek other ways in which these large the pilot phase of the study with 35 nurses databases could be used, and specifically, who work for Jewish Home Life Care whether they could help identify patients Services in Manhattan and the Bronx. He who are receiving palliative care. is measuring the impact of the train- “We know that a growing number of ing program on the nurses’ knowledge patients are receiving palliative care, yet and attitudes as well as on the pain and this type of care does not have a singular depression scores of the 200 patients definition,” Rosenberg says. “When you they collectively care for. In the next look at claims data, there is no single phase, Brody will spread the training code for it. We are asking whether we can program to physical and occupational identify patients receiving palliative care therapists, as well as cover a larger num- by looking at who is receiving treatments, ber of symptoms such as sleep disorders, such as pain medication, in the absence of falls, and urinary incontinence. His goal curative care.” is to develop a nationwide training pro- In his pre-dissertation research gram for home health care and hospice internship, Horton will use Rosenberg’s care providers. Medicare data to define and identify a pal- liative care patient cohort and to identify Collaboration Within the the results of the care they are receiving. He will then conduct a study to investigate Dr. Ab Brody makes a home visit to his College of Nursing patient Demetria Zarcilla. His experience whether hospitals’ adoption of a palliative as a geriatric nurse practitioner led to Assistant Professor Marie-Claire care program, NICHE, or both, is associ- his research on improving communication Rosenberg, PhD, RN, a health services ated with differing patterns of health care between home care nurses and the primary care team. researcher, is working closely with her utilization (from length of stay to admin- colleague Dr. Elizabeth Capezuti in a istration of chemotherapy) in patients “A well-trained nurse can be the eyes study of patient outcomes in more than with advanced cancer who are appropriate and ears for other providers,” he says. 300 NICHE hospitals, funded by the Col- candidates for palliative care. Brody set out to develop an online lege’s Muriel and Virginia Pless Center Despite her novel approach to using training program for home care nurses, for Nursing Research. The study com- databases to answer fundamental nursing physical therapists, and occupational pares NICHE and non-NICHE hospi- questions, Rosenberg acknowledges that therapists on assessing pain and depres- tals using three years of Medicare claims these data have limits. “When we use data sion, responding to these issues, and data (2006–2008) related to “nursing- to look at the structure of health services better communicating their assessments sensitive” patient outcomes (pressure and how they relate to outcomes, we don’t to nursing staff. Pain and depression ulcers, postoperative infection, failure- necessarily have insight into the process are the first symptoms to be covered to-rescue) and organizational outcomes of care,” she says. “Working closely with by the training because they are often (in-hospital mortality and length of stay) Dr. Capezuti has given me a three-, and underdiagnosed. in beneficiaries hospitalized for hip frac- maybe even a four-dimensional perspec- According to Brody, many older patients ture or acute myocardial infarction. tive. She brings the wealth of experience do not accurately report their pain, espe- According to Rosenberg, NICHE is of what really happens in that black box: cially if they have cognitive impairment. providing a wealth of information and What kind of care should older adults But workers can use careful observation to insight into the processes of older- be receiving, and who in the workforce identify pain, perhaps using other words, adult care because the program opens a should provide it? It is, and has been, a such as soreness or stiffness, or observing window onto patient outcomes that are very rewarding collaboration.” K

12 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING MAGAZINE Congratulations Doctoral Classes of 2011!

The work of Ursula Kafulafula, PhD ’11, PhD Program Graduates RN, CNM, also has profound implications, Five Nurse Researchers according to her advisor Kathy Hutchinson, or the first time, the College of PhD, RN, FAAN. Kafulafula examined influ- Nursing is graduating doctoral ences on exclusive breastfeeding by women Dr. Ursula Kafulafula is hooded by her students this year from both its in Blantyre, Malawi, where mother-to- doctoral committee chair, Dr. Kathy PhD and DNP (Doctor of Nurs- child transmission of HIV accounts for 90 Hutchinson (right), and Dr. Deborah Chyun Fing Practice) programs. Five PhD students percent of all HIV infections. Hutchinson at the May 16, 2011, graduation ceremony. were hooded in the graduation ceremony explains, “Ursula’s work has the poten- on May 16, 2011, and eight DNP students tial to change nursing practice, reduce gaps in practice and seeks to fill them will follow in September 2011. mother-to-child HIV transmission, and by implementing evidence-based projects Applications to both programs are on improve child health in Malawi.” using the best available research.” She the rise, according to Associate Professor Eleanor Lowndes Stevenson, PhD ’11, RN, adds that the American Association Deborah Chyun, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, set out to understand factors that impact of Colleges of Nursing recommends that who has led the Florence S. Downs PhD stress during pregnancies conceived with the DNP be the entry-level degree for Program in Nursing Research and Theory the assistance of in vitro fertilization (IVF). advanced practice nurses by 2015. Development at the College since 2008. Now teaching at Duke University School Among the DNP candidates are nurse She says that the research-intensive PhD of Nursing, Stevenson says, “Dr. Chyun practitioners who work at NYU Student program, which currently enrolls 37 stu- mentored me through the research process Health Center, in hospital settings, and at dents, allows for a close student-mentor and has been steadfast and available in the College of Nursing. Newland empha- match that is necessary for building the helping me work toward completion of the sizes that one does not have to be in a student’s research career. dissertation.” management or administrative position “We have an excellent cohort of PhD Margaret Cummins, PhD ’11, RN, FNP-BC, to be a leader in nursing. students who have been highly success- looked at the process of those griev- In her DNP capstone project, Kathy ful in obtaining predoctoral funding,” ing following the suicide of a loved one, Gunkel, MS, WHNP, ANP, the director Chyun says. Those funding sources and Margaret Eckert-Norton, PhD ’11, RN, of nursing and quality management at include the National Institutes of Health, FNP-BC, CDE, researched the experience NYU Student Health Center, tested the the Building Academic Geriatric Nursing of minority women with type 2 diabetes. impact on student patients of a national Capacity Program of The John A. Hartford health-literacy program developed by Foundation, and the Jonas Center for Celebrating the First the National Patient Safety Foundation. Nursing Excellence through the Barbara The program, called Ask Me 3, promotes DNP Graduation and Donald Jonas Family Fund at the effective communication between provid- Jewish Communal Fund. The DNP program was launched in January ers and patients by encouraging patients Recent graduate Laurel Janssen Breen, 2010 to afford outstanding clinicians the not to leave their providers’ offices until PhD ’10, MA ’77, says that it has been opportunity to reach a higher level of lead- they can answer these questions: What is exciting to be at the College during a ership expertise in their clinical careers. my main problem? What do I need to do? period of great change. “Deborah Chyun’s This fall, a cohort of eight DNP candidates and Why is it important for me to do this? leadership has been transformative to the are defending their scholarly projects. “The DNP program has been a fantastic doctoral department and for me, person- “These students will be able to translate opportunity to validate many of the things ally,” Breen says. An associate professor the research evidence into practice to I’ve experienced at work and to really at St. Joseph’s College, she wrote her benefit patients,” says Jamesetta Newland, hone my leadership skills,” Gunkel says. dissertation on the ways in which families PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, DPNAP, clinical She notes that she now takes a broader of gay and lesbian adolescents or young associate professor and director of the view of a quality-improvement program adults make meaning of their experience program. “The PhD researcher finds gaps she manages and, in general, views nurs- of family identity. in knowledge; the DNP clinician finds ing “from a higher perch.” K

AUTUMN 2011 13 Shedding Light on a Neglected Group in Health Care

at their health facility,” Levitt says. He ties this discrimination, in part, to the lack of training in health-professions education Populations programs—a problem he hopes the IOM report will start to change. LG BT Levitt emphasizes that a nurse might s there a “Don’t Ask, Don’t NIH. The study revealed a striking lack be very compassionate but still make Tell” policy in nursing? Clinical of data on the health care needs of these assumptions about sexual orientation or Instructor Fidel Lim, MA ’96, populations and pointed to the need gender, putting the burden on the patient RN, and alumnus Nathan Levitt, for basic research on their demograph- to explain his or her health concerns. BS ’11, RN, asked that question ics. Still, it uncovered some critical past “How do we assess a patient?” Levitt recentlyI in an article accepted for publi- findings, including the elevated risk for asks. “A lot of the questions that nurses cation in the American Journal of Nursing. attempted suicide and depression among and doctors are taught to ask—like Their paper answers the question affirma- LGBT youth, the lack of health care pro- ‘Are you married?’ or ‘Are you sexually tively, with a panoply of statistics pointing viders knowledgeable about LGBT health active?’— assume a heterosexual orienta- to silence on the issue of lesbian, gay, bisex- needs, and the discrimination LGBT tion. Talking about LGBT issues is just not ual, and transgender (LGBT) populations, people often fear in health care settings. in the curriculum.” which, they argue, are severely neglected Levitt long struggled to identify health During his 15 months in the accelerated and underserved in the care professionals with whom he could be baccalaureate program at the College of health care system. open about his health care needs, and Lim “When the conversa- credits him with raising these questions “When the conversation tion turns to health care in a formal manner for the first time at the disparities, one group College of Nursing. turns to health care is notably absent,” Lim “It is incredibly difficult to find health disparities, one group is says. “LGBT people are care professionals who are clinically notably absent . . . . LGBT just one of many groups informed about LGBT health and know that need to be in- how to ask the right questions,” Levitt people are just one of cluded.” Lim and Levitt says. “As a nurse and patient advocate many groups that need to cite a study showing myself, I know the importance of pre- that from 2005 through 2009 the top 10 ventive health care. Yet I find it diffi- be included.” — Fidel Lim nursing journals published merely eight cult to come in for care myself because articles focusing on LGBT issues, and seven there are only so many times I can face Nursing, Levitt says, he raised his hand of these journals had not one such article. a physician or nurse who is insensitive a lot to bring the issue to the forefront Their concern presaged a new wave and uninformed.” during his health-assessment lectures of interest in the topic of LGBT health, Levitt works at Callen-Lorde Community and simulation course. He also completed evident most notably in the March 2011 Health Center, which is dedicated to an independent study with Lim, in which publication of an Institute of Medicine meeting the primary care needs of LGBT he reviewed the syllabus of every nursing (IOM) report, The Health of Lesbian, Gay, populations and people with HIV/AIDS class and identified ways in which LGBT Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building in New York City. The center came into health could be integrated into each one. a Foundation for Better Understanding. existence in response to the fact that many “Cultural competency and understand- The IOM had been asked by the National of its patients had met with prejudice in the ing health disparities as they relate to Institutes of Health (NIH) to assess mainstream health care system. Several race, class, and disability are already knowledge of the health status of LGBT years ago, Levitt led a series of focus groups integrated into our classes. It should not populations, to identify research gaps, with Callen-Lorde patients that docu- be hard to integrate this issue. You might and to develop a research agenda for the mented these experiences. take the same case study you were doing “People have faced severe discrimina- before but add that the person is gay or Above Nathan Levitt (right) and Clinical Instructor tion in the emergency room, such as doc- lesbian or transgender.” Fidel Lim worked together to found the College tors or nurses laughing at them or telling Health problems among LGBT people of Nursing’s first organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students. them that they don’t serve that population have been associated with insufficient

14 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING MAGAZINE primary, preventive care — the result of have been denied compassionate services. patients’ reticence to seek such care for These actions include more explicit pro- fear that they will not be understood. tection for employees, job applicants, and Levitt cites a higher concentration of recipients of HHS services from discrimi- breast cancer, smoking, and mental nation based on gender identity or sexual health issues in the lesbian community orientation. The HHS has also responded Nathan Levitt makes a presentation on LGBT than in the general female population. to a Presidential Memorandum ensuring health at Manhattan’s Callen-Lorde Community If there is little awareness of gay and les- respect for patients’ rights in designating Health Center. bian issues, even fewer health profession- hospital visitors or health care proxies of als understand health concerns facing their choice. public service,” it is natural that there will be transgender individuals. These patients During spring 2011, a new campus an interest in the great health disparities in may require hormonal care or gender group devoted to LGBT issues held the LGBT community. reassignment surgery, and very few health its first two meetings at the College of Fidel Lim is optimistic that the IOM report professionals understand postsurgery Nursing. Together with advisors Lim and will bring about change. He is particularly glad complications or cancer risk. Clinical Instructor Caroline Dorsen, MSN, that the report touched on the lack of trans- FNP, these students came together in gender health research and data and hopes Making Sure All Groups Are Included part to socialize, but even more impor- that it will stimulate interest in this area. At the College of Nursing, there is tant, says Levitt, to bring an academic “At the College of Nursing, I hope we can increasing awareness of the need for and clinical interest to the larger student help contribute to the research that is so inclusion of all groups in health care. body. This summer, the group hosted a badly needed.” K In the past year, Levitt has provided two showing of Gen Silent, a documentary film presentations to faculty and one event by Stu Maddux about older LGBT adults, SELECTED IOM FINDINGS that was attended by more than 50 nurs- and Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard ing students, with the goal of increas- Rustin, followed by a panel discussion. Following are several of the findings included ing cultural competency around LGBT Dorsen, who coordinates the Adult in the IOM report. The report emphasizes that health. In addition, several professors are Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (NP) research has been uneven, and in some cases integrating health care for LGBT popu- Master’s and Post-Master’s Certificate where statistics are available on gay and les- bian individuals, similar statistics on bisexual lations into their teaching. For example, Programs, is working toward changing or transgender people may not be available. Clinical Associate Professor Mary Hickey, the research landscape and is writing EdD, WHNP-BC, incorporates issues such her PhD dissertation on NP attitudes The burden of HIV falls disproportionately on as gay or lesbian couples having children toward LGBT patients. She conducted a young men, particularly young black men who into her Maternity course, and Clini- small qualitative study of primary care have sex with men. cal Associate Professor Ann Marie Mauro, NP attitudes toward lesbian and gay LGB youth are at increased risk for suicidal ideation and attempts as well as depression. PhD ’98, RN, CNL, has discussed trans- patients in the context of health dispari- gender hormones in Pharmacotherapeu- ties and access to care. Dorsen found The homeless youth population comprises a tics and other transgender health issues that LGBT health is not “on the radar” disproportionate number of LGB youth. in the Adult and Elder Nursing courses. for the NPs she interviewed, was not As a group, LGB adults appear to experience more mood and anxiety disorders, more Professor Madeline Naegle, PhD ’80, MA included in their education, and is often depression, and an elevated risk for suicidal ’67, APRN-BC, FAAN , coordinator of the not addressed in their clinical practices. ideation and attempts compared with hetero- Substance Related Disorders Specialty Yet she emphasizes that omission of this sexual adults. Sequence, is an active advocate for LGBT content does not seem to be the result of Lesbians and bisexual women may use preven- health in her work with the NYU Student outward homophobia. tive services less frequently. . . . and may be at Health Center and teaches primary mental “It appears that this is simply not an greater risk of obesity and have higher rates of health promotion for these populations. area that nurses and NPs have thought a breast cancer than heterosexual women. The College of Nursing is not alone in lot about, even though nurse researchers LGBT people are frequently the targets of taking steps toward broader recognition look at disparities in many other popu- stigma, discrimination, and violence because of the needs of LGBT people in health lations, from older adults to members of their sexual- and gender-minority status. care. The U.S. Department of Health and of ethnic groups. This has to be due, in Limited research suggests that transgender Human Services (HHS) implemented an part, to the fact that it is not addressed elders may experience negative health out- comes as a result of long-term hormone use. array of changes and recommendations in in undergraduate and graduate nursing the past year to improve the lives of LGBT programs,” Dorsen says. She adds that, in Copyright 2011 IOM. The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans- people, recognizing that, for too long, they NYU’s role as a “private university in the gender People: Building a Foundation for Better Understanding.

AUTUMN 2011 15 The Hillman Alumni Nursing Network PanelCELEBR Presentation Student Awards Reception February 17, 2011 March 28, 2011

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The Hillman Alumni Nursing Network Student Awards Reception E College of Nursing Board of Advisors member Panel Presentation Marilyn Cane (left) and former First Lady of New C Former dean Terry Fulmer chats with York City Donna Hanover attended the benefit A NYU College of Nursing Hillman Scholars College of Nursing scholarship recipients at the breakfast in support of NYU Nursing scholarships. (from left) Leora Garber ’12, Dina Sandhaus ’12, Student Awards Reception, which honors and and Caitlin Hinkis ’12, converse about the Robert celebrates student outstanding achievements 2011 Leadership Institute for Black Nurses Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future and recognizes donors for their generous support. of Nursing at the Institute of Medicine. Julie A. F The 2011 Fellows of the Leadership Institute Fairman, PhD, RN, FAAN; Kimberly S. Glassman, Women for Nursing Scholarship Breakfast for Black Nurses. PhD ’07, MA ’87, RN, NEA-BC; Marc N. Gourevitch, D Broadcast journalist Lynn Sherr (right) was the MD, MPH; and Christine Kovner, PhD ’85, RN, Nursing Alumni Luncheon emcee for the Scholarship Breakfast, held at Fred’s FAAN, were the distinguished panelists. at Barneys. She interviewed former prosecutor G Jasmin Waterman, MS ’10 (left), and Eliza B The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation Executive and bestselling crime novelist Linda Fairstein about Suh, BS ’11, attend a College of Nursing alumni Director Ahrin Mishan participated in the discussion. her life, career, and latest novel. luncheon at the NYU Langone Medical Center.

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2011 College of Nursing Graduation Mathy Mezey 20 Years Celebration Visit to Hebrew Home for the Aged H 2011 graduation award recipients (from left): J At a celebration in honor of her 20 years L College of Nursing Board of Advisors member Ellen D. Baer, PhD ’82, MA ‘73, RN, FAAN, of service to the College, Mathy Mezey (right), Daniel Reingold (front row, left) conducted an Distinguished Alumni Award recipient; Claire founding director of the Hartford Institute interactive presentation on elder-mistreatment Mintzer Fagin, PhD ’64, RN, FAAN, keynote for Geriatric Nursing, reminisces with colleague identification and interventions. Every semester, speaker and Helen Manzer Award recipient; Tara Cortes, PhD ’76, MA ’71. Reingold, the president and CEO of Hebrew Home Dr. Terry Fulmer, and Countess LuAnn de for the Aged, meets with NYU nursing students Lesseps, Humanitarian Award recipient. 2011 President’s Service Awards during their clinical placements there to offer his (Not pictured: Theresa Brown, RN, Distinguished support and inspiration. K Dr. Terry Fulmer (left) with a 2011 President’s Clinician Award recipient.) Service Award recipient Sapna Kakwani, BS ’11, her I Emanuel Remilus, BS ’11 (left), and Jenny mother, Sheela, sister Anjali, and sister Nisha (front). Allsopp, BS ’11, at graduation. PhD student Daniel Cline and master’s student Lisa Ann Gallup also received President’s Service Awards.

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College News

College Launches National Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice Program

ore than 25 national nursing Dentistry. Maria Dolce, PhD ’09, MA ’85, health promotion. Haber notes that atten- organizations and academic BS ’79, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, clinical tion to oral health is under-addressed not M leaders gathered in Washing- assistant professor of nursing, is the only in nursing but also in physician and ton, D.C., on May 26, 2011, for the inaugu- program director. OHNEP grew out of the physician assistant educational programs. ral summit of an unprecedented effort to College’s association with NYU College of “Because there are 3.1 million nurses— engage the nursing profession in address- Dentistry, which has raised the level of oral by far the largest of the health profes- ing the nation’s oral health needs. The health awareness at the College of Nursing. sions—we can change the playing field in summit was the start of the Oral Health Haber notes that oral health has a signifi- terms of action on oral health,” accord- Nursing Education and Practice (OHNEP) cant impact on the overall health and well- ing to Dr. Donna Shelley. program, an initiative launched by the being of individuals across the lifespan To expand the availability of oral health College of Nursing in partnership with and is not synonymous with dental health. resources, Dr. Maria Dolce is developing the National Interprofessional Initiative For example, many nurses treat patients a tailored oral health toolkit of educa- on Oral Health (NIIOH). The three-year with xerostomia (dry mouth) related to tional materials for distribution through program, which seeks to overcome a sig- the medications they take, and oncology OHNEP’s network of stakeholder partners nificant gap in access to oral health care nurses have patients with oral health needs and through professional-development by promoting development of oral health related to chemotherapy, which can lead to programs for both faculty and clinicians. competencies, curricular content, and mucositis and osteonecrosis. Nurse prac- A key component of the toolkit is the best practices in nursing education and titioners who conduct oral health assess- award-winning Web-based curriculum practice, is funded by the Dentaquest and ments and apply fluoride varnish could “Smiles for Life,” developed by the Society Washington Dental Service Foundations significantly reduce the impact of tooth of Teachers of Family Medicine and the with a first-year award of $202,030. decay, the single most common chronic American Academy of Family Physicians. OHNEP is the brainchild of Judith childhood disease. The toolkit, to be located on the OHNEP Haber, PhD ’84, MA ’67, APRN, BC, According to Haber, interest in oral health Web site, will also contain case studies, a FAAN, the Ursula Springer Leadership as a fundamental component of primary test bank, and other teaching and learn- Professor in Nursing and interim dean of care has been growing since the release ing resources, and OHNEP will sponsor the College of Nursing, and Donna Shelley, in 2000 of Oral Health in America: A Report train-the-trainer workshops at national MD, MPH, director of interdisciplinary of the Surgeon General, who at the time was conferences to introduce these materials. research and practice at NYU College of David Satcher, MD. That report, she says, Organizations at the summit, including “planted the seeds for a renewed interest in the National League for Nursing, American the compelling need to enhance the role of Nurses Association, American Association all health professionals in oral health.” The of Colleges of Nursing, and National recent release of the IOM report Advancing Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty, Oral Health in America, produced by a com- agreed to an action plan to promote oral mittee on which former dean Terry Fulmer health in both nursing curricula and in served, has again ignited the interest and clinical settings. For nursing educa- commitment of health professions, includ- tion organizations, OHNEP will provide ing nursing, in this issue. resources that promote adoption of oral The overarching goal of OHNEP is to health competencies in undergraduate and advance a national nursing oral health graduate nursing programs. For organiza- agenda, which will expand access to oral tions that deal with licensure, certification, health care for people of all ages. It targets or accreditation, the initiative will help to Former Surgeon General David Satcher narrates a both nursing education programs and promote inclusion of oral health on certi- video created to promote the Oral Health Nursing practice settings by engaging with the major fication exams and on the NCLEX exam, as Education and Practice program. His 2000 report on oral health in America began a wave of increased national nursing organizations, which in well as accreditation standards for nursing interest in oral health among the health professions. the past have not played a strong role in oral education and practice. K

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a broader platform to promote the faculty’s Hila Richardson Leaves James Pace Appointed cutting-edge scholarship. The CCNE, which Post as Associate Dean for Associate Dean for in 2010 reached more than 2,700 registered Undergraduate Programs Undergraduate Programs nurses, offers 93 in-person and online con- This fall, Hila The College is tinuing education programs in a wide range Richardson, DrPH, RN, delighted to announce of content areas. The accreditation pro- FAAN, leaves her the appointment of cess was led by Mattia J. Gilmartin, PhD, RN, position as associate James Pace, DSN, CCNE director, with CCNE Coordinator Eva dean of the under- MDiv, APRN, BC, McCarthy and Professor Hila Richardson. graduate program, FAANP, to the position which she held for six of associate dean of College Honors Master’s years. Richardson led the undergraduate Preceptors at April Workshop the NYU College of Nursing baccalaureate program, as of September 1, 2011. Pace program during a period of unprecedented received his doctorate of nursing science Interim Dean Judith Haber, PhD ’84, MA growth and advancement. Her leadership degree from the University of Alabama at ’67, APRN, BC, FAAN, and the program generated a revised curriculum that reflects Birmingham. He also holds a post-master’s coordinators of the College’s master’s and the most current thinking in undergradu- certificate as an adult nurse practitioner advanced certificate programs hosted the ate education, including the use of and a master’s degree in divinity, both from annual Preceptor Awards and Workshop on simulation and interdisciplinary learning. Vanderbilt University. His extensive April 29, 2011. This event honors the hard Under her direction, the undergraduate teaching experience spans three decades, work and dedication of preceptors in pro- program grew from 500 students in 2005 during which he has taught health assess- viding one-on-one mentorship for Col- to 870 in 2010, and the undergraduate ment, palliative care, research theory, lege of Nursing graduate students in clinical teaching faculty more than tripled. pharmacotherapeutics, and health care settings. More than 50 people attended the “Dr. Richardson carefully recruited an ethics and law. Prior to joining the College event, including faculty, students, and cur- outstanding group of faculty and oversaw of Nursing, Pace served as professor and rent and past preceptors. many innovations that put NYU among coordinator of the Adult Nurse Practitioner/ The keynote speaker was Professor the leaders in undergraduate nursing Palliative Care Program at Vanderbilt Christine Kovner, PhD ’85, RN, FAAN, who programs,” says Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, University School of Nursing, worked as a presented the talk “The Future of Nursing FAAN, former dean of the College. nurse practitioner at Vanderbilt Ingram Is Now: Are You Ready?” Mary Brennan, Richardson also directed the Center Cancer Center, and held a variety of health for Continuing Education at the College chaplaincy positions. Pace has received and served on the governing board for multiple teaching and practice awards, and the NYU Global MPH program. In addi- he is a Fellow of the American Academy of tion to teaching courses in the nursing Nurse Practitioners. undergraduate program, she taught a freshman honors seminar in NYU’s College Center for Continuing Nursing of Arts & Sciences. Richardson has been Education Earns National appointed the chair of the search commit- tee for the College’s new dean, and she will Accreditation continue in her faculty role and as principal The Center for Continuing Nursing Edu- investigator on a Robert Wood Johnson cation (CCNE) at the College of Nursing Foundation–funded study of the College’s has received accreditation by the Ameri- simulation clinical teaching model. can Nurses Credentialing Center, a subsid- “It has been an honor to be the associate iary of the American Nurses Association, dean during this exciting period of growth as a national provider of continuing pro- Lori Armstrong (left), vice president for patient for the College of Nursing under the lead- fessional development programs for reg- care services and chief nursing officer at Morgan ership of Dr. Terry Fulmer,” Richardson istered nurses. This prestigious national Stanley Children’s Hospital, received the Precep- says. “I have had the extraordinary profes- credential will allow the CCNE to extend tor Award for her work with the Nursing Ad- sional and personal experience of working its portfolio of programs from New York ministration Program. To her right are Kristina Salaby, MA ’09, patient care director at Morgan with very special faculty colleagues and an to a national and international audience Stanley Children’s Hospital, and Dr. Kellie Bryant, outstanding student body.” of registered nurses and gives the College director of simulation learning at the College.

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DNP, ACNP-BC, ANP, CNS, RN, coordina- University School of Nursing, served as College Staff Member Earns tor of the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner faculty for the program, which ran from Program, moderated a spirited discussion August 1 to 5, 2011, at the College. The 12 NYU Violet Award of Kovner’s presentation and of the recent doctorally prepared scholars spent the Fortuna Salinas, clinical IOM report The Future of Nursing: Leading week refining their programs of research placement assistant to Change, Advancing Health. and learning specific research skills to gain the Department of Twelve awards were presented to pre- a competitive edge for funding. NYU fac- Academic and Clinical ceptors in each of the College’s 11 master’s ulty who participated in the weeklong sem- Affairs at the College of and advanced certificate programs. The inar included Drs. Marie Boltz, Ab Brody, Nursing, received the honorees were: Tara Cortes, Victoria Vaughan Dickson, NYU Violet Award, Marianne Harkin, MS, RN, CNRN Terry Fulmer, Leslie Taub, Mathy Mezey, which recognizes Nursing Informatics Ethel Mitty, Marie-Claire Rosenberg, Janet employees who perform above and beyond Lori Armstrong, MSN, RN Van Cleave, and Laura Wagner. the normal scope of their position. Nursing Administration Kellie D. Bryant, DNP, WHNP-BC Nursing Education Elizabeth Ann Cahn, MSN, NP-P Mental Health Outstanding Faculty Achievements ADS Telemetry Cardiology NP Team at Mount Sinai Medical Center record of outstanding teaching effectiveness Adult Acute Care Judith Haber Receives NYU both within and outside the classroom.” Mitchell Adler, MD Distinguished Teaching Award Adult Primary Care Haber was cited for her ability to inspire, Sapina Kirpalani, GNP-BC Judith Haber, PhD promote, and sustain the intellectual Geriatrics ’84, MA ’67, APRN, development of students; her remark- Siobhan Sundel, GNP-BC BC, FAAN Geriatrics , The Ursula able ability to foster critical thinking and Holly Major, MSN, RN, ANP-BC Springer Leadership challenge students to independent inquiry; Adult Primary Care NP/Holistic NP Professor in Nursing, and her record of mentoring undergradu- Robert Smeltz, MA, RN, NP, ACHPN associate dean for ate, master’s, and doctoral students as Adult Primary Care NP/Palliative NP Megan Healey, CPNP graduate programs, well as junior faculty. She was also lauded Pediatrics and interim dean of for her creative and engaging pedagogi- Joan Bryson, MS, CNM the College of Nursing, received the 2011 cal approaches, for her presentations and Nurse-Midwifery New York University Distinguished publications, including two texts that have The College welcomes nurse practitio- Teaching Award, which recognizes faculty won multiple awards, and an unbelievable ners, administrators, educators, and infor- who have contributed significantly to the record of awards and honors by her peers. maticists who are interested in precepting intellectual life of NYU through their College of Nursing students. Please call teaching. Haber is one of six recipients of New Faculty & Promotions (212) 998-9201 for further information. the award in 2011 and is only the second College of Nursing faculty member to Saribel Garcia Quinones, DNP, PNP-BC, and Hartford Institute Welcomes receive this award since it was established Donna McCabe, DNP, MA ’02, APRN-BC, GNP, in 1987. The first was Barbara Krainovich- have been promoted from clinical instruc- Summer Research Scholars Miller, EdD, APRN, BC, ANEF, FAAN, tors to clinical assistant professors. Kellie For the 14th year, the Hartford Institute for associate dean for academic and clinical Bryant, DNP, WHNP-BC, director of simu- Geriatric Nursing at NYU College of Nurs- affairs. NYU President John Sexton and lation and learning at the College’s Clinical ing presented its summer Research Schol- Provost David McLaughlin presented Simulation Learning Center, has joined the ars Program to mentor 12 emerging schol- Haber with a medal at a dinner in honor of faculty as a clinical assistant professor, and ars in geriatric nursing research. Elizabeth the recipients on April 27, 2011. Julia Lange-Kessler, CM, MS, IBCLC, who was Capezuti, PhD, RN, FAAN, the Dr. John W. “We are proud of Dr. Haber and the program coordinator of the Nurse Midwifery Rowe Professor in Successful Aging at the recognition offered by this coveted award,” Program, has transitioned to a full-time College of Nursing, together with nationally said former dean Terry Fulmer. “Dr. Haber faculty position as a clinical instructor. The acclaimed nursing researchers Meredeth is credited with demonstrating her excel- College also welcomes Patricia Garofalo, Rowe, PhD, RN, of the University of South lence as an educator with 14 years of service MS, RN, as a clinical instructor and assis- Florida College of Nursing, and Lorraine to the University. She not only met but also tant director of simulation at the Clinical Mion, PhD, RN, FAAN, of the Vanderbilt surpassed the competitive criteria of a Simulation Learning Center.

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Faculty Receive Doctoral Degrees Focus on Quality: College of Faculty News Nursing Takes the Stage at Congratulations to Clinical Instructor Medel Salvador-Paguirigan, EdD, RN, CNN, on the QSEN Conference Deborah Chyun, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, completion of his EdD from Teachers Col- Three College of Nursing research presen- associate professor and director of the lege, Columbia University. He success- tations were featured at the 2011 Quality Florence S. Downs PhD Program in Nurs- fully defended his dissertation, “Sacrificing and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) ing Research and Theory Development, Something Important: The Lived Experience National Forum, held in Milwaukee, May traveled in May 2011 to Kigali, Rwanda, as a of Compensated Kidney Donors in the Phil- 31 through June 2, 2011. QSEN is a Robert member of the Health Education Consor- ippines.” Clinical Instructor Noreen Nelson, Wood Johnson Foundation–funded initia- tium. This initiative, led by the Rwandan PhD, RN, received her doctorate from Capella tive to help new health professionals gain government, is aimed at helping Rwandans University with a dissertation titled “Nurs- the knowledge, skills, and attitudes they build a high-quality health care system. ing Students’ Perceptions of the Effective need to continually improve the health Chyun and other members of the delega- Characteristics and Caring Behaviors of Their care systems in which they work. The Col- tion had the opportunity to meet with Pres- Beginning Level Clinical Instructor.” Adjunct lege of Nursing had the strongest presence ident Paul Kagame. Chyun was also invited Clinical Assistant Professor Dorothy Wholihan, of any university at the conference, reflect- to present The Beatrice Renfield Lecture- DNP, ANP-BC, APRN, BC-PCM, completed ing the growing interest in this subject ship in Research Nursing at the Heilbrunn her DNP degree at George Washington among faculty at the College. Family Center for Research Nursing of University. Her clinical project was titled Maria Dolce, PhD ’09, MA ’85, BS ’79, Rockefeller University Hospital in New “An Educational Intervention to Improve RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, clinical assistant York City on March 31, 2011. Her topic was Feelings of Competency among Nurses professor and program coordina- “Diabetes and Heart Disease: Mentoring Providing Spiritual Care.” tor of the Nursing Education Master’s the Next Generation of Nurse Scientists.” and Advanced Certificate programs, Recognition for Service to NYU presented the paper “Preparing In April 2011, Chyun travelled to Xalapa, Transformational Leaders in Quality Mexico, with Assistant Professor Victoria Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN, professor Improvement and Patient Safety: An Vaughan Dickson, PhD, CRNP, Adjunct emerita and associate director of education Imperative for Academic-Practice Professor Beatrice Goodwin, PhD ’70, MA initiatives at the Hartford Institute for Geri- Partnerships,” which she coauthored ’60, RN, and Adjunct Clinical Assistant atric Nursing, and Amy Knowles, MSEd, assis- with Maja Djukic, PhD ’09, RN, assistant Professor Eliana Horta, MS, MPH, RN, to tant dean for student affairs and admissions, professor. Donna McCabe, DNP, MA ’02, present a research workshop to faculty each received an NYU Service Recognition APRN-BC, GNP, clinical assistant profes- from the Universidad Veracruzana and Award on May 6, 2011, in a ceremony at the sor, and Mary Hickey, EdD, WHNP-BC, Instituto Politécnico Nacional. College of Dentistry. Mezey was honored for clinical associate professor, presented 20 years of service, and Knowles was hon- “Integrating the QSEN Competencies ored for 10 years of service to NYU. into a Baccalaureate Curriculum: An Innovative Teaching Approach” on College Faculty Elected behalf of a team of undergraduate clinical faculty that included Emerson Ea, to Nurses House DNP, APRN, BC, CEN, clinical assistant Three College of Nursing faculty members professor; Ann Marie Mauro, PhD ’98, were elected to two-year terms as officers of RN, CNL, clinical associate professor; Nurses House, a charity that assists nurses Barbara Gallo, APRN, BC, clinical assis- in need of funds to offset costs of illness, job tant professor; and Fidelindo Lim, MA loss, or other adverse life events. Adjunct ’96, RN, clinical instructor. Maja Djukic, Clinical Assistant Professor Karen Hirschkorn, Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Barbara Dr. Deborah Chyun (left) met with Paul Kagame, NPP, was elected to the board of directors, and Krainovich-Miller, EdD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, president of Rwanda (center), in May 2011. To Clinical Assistant Professor Nadia Sultana, ANEF, FAAN, associate dean, aca- his left is Dr. Thomas Mackey, associate dean for practice at University of Texas Health MBA, RN, BC, and Senior Research Scientist demic and clinical affairs, presented Science Center at Houston School of Nursing; Mattia Gilmartin, PhD, MSN, MBA, RN, were “A Curriculum Design Innovation for to his right is Ira Magaziner, chairman of the elected to the Nominating Committee at the Large Scale Inter-professional Education William J. Clinton Foundation’s international organization’s annual meeting on June 4, 2011. Implementation.” development initiatives.

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Tara Cortes, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor State Nurses 2011 Distinguished Nurse nurse practitioner in each state who and executive director of the Hartford Researcher Award. Kurth was recently demonstrates excellence in his or her Institute for Geriatric Nursing, received awarded a $4.1 million NIH R01 grant area of practice. on April 9, 2011, the Villanova University for a five-year project entitled “Test College of Nursing Medallion for Out- and Linkage to Care Kenya,” in which Mary Rosedale, PhD ’07, ADCRT ’01, standing Contributions to the Profession. she will conduct a cluster-randomized PMHNP-BC, NEA-BC, was appointed Cortes received her baccalaureate degree stepped wedge trial of Kenya’s planned director of interdisciplinary initiatives in nursing from Villanova. needle-exchange program. She was also at the Institute of Non-Invasive Brain awarded a $2.8 million NIH R01 grant, Stimulation of New York in the Research Sherry Deren, PhD, director of the Center “Gender-Specific Combination HIV Division of Beth Israel Medical Center. for Drug Use and HIV Research at the Prevention for Youth in High-Burden On June 29, 2011, she was presented the College of Nursing, has begun serving on Settings.” Chuck Cleland, PhD, is a co- Edith Fisch Award at the NYU Langone the newly established National Institutes investigator on this three-year study tak- Medical Center Institute for Social, of Health Office of AIDS Research ing place in Nyanza Province, Kenya, a Psychiatric Initiatives—Research, Working Group on HIV and Aging, which region that has one of the world’s highest Education and Service. The award will provide guidance to the NIH on HIV burdens. honors innovation in the treatment of research priorities in this area. refractory depression and exploration Gail Melkus, EdD, C-NP, FAAN, Florence of therapeutic neuromodulation. The early research of Senior Research and William Downs Professor in Nurs- The $25,000 award was presented Scientist Holly Hagan, PhD, on syringe ing Research and director of the Muriel by Frisch’s nephew, attorney William exchange was cited in the Federal and Virginia Pless Center for Nursing Thomashower, and will fund research Register on February 17, 2011. It was Research, will receive the first annual into depression, pain, and neurogenesis the only study specifically named NYU-HHC Clinical and Translational by Rosedale and her co-investigator, in the posting “Determination that Science Institute’s Translational Research Dolores Malsapina, MD, MPH. a Demonstration Needle Exchange Mentor Award this fall. The award was Program Would Be Effective in Reducing established to recognize individuals, Medel Salvador-Paguirigan, EdD, RN, Drug Abuse and the Risk of Acquired nominated by their mentees, who have CNN, clinical instructor, received Immune Deficiency Syndrome Infection distinguished themselves as mentors in the Barbara Prowant Grant from Among Intravenous Drug Users.” the translational research field. the American Nephrology Nurses’ Association at the association’s annual Donna Hallas, PhD, RN, PNP-BC, CPNP, Ann Marie P. Mauro, PhD ’98, RN, CNL, symposium in March 2011 in Boston clinical associate professor, was clinical associate professor, is principal for his research proposal “Sacrificing inducted on June 24, 2011, as a Fellow investigator on a $50,000 grant awarded Something Important: The Lived of the American Academy of Nurse in April 2011 by the Robert Wood Johnson Experience of Compensated Kidney Practitioners at the academy’s annual Foundation New Careers in Nursing Donors in the Philippines.” conference in Las Vegas. scholarship program. The grant will pro- vide scholarships, mentoring, and a lead- Leslie-Faith Morritt Taub, DNSc, Katherine Hutchinson, PhD, RN, FAAN, ership-development program to accel- ANP-C, GNP-BC, CDE, C. BSM, was associate professor, is co-principal erated, second-degree baccalaureate inducted on June 24, 2011, as a Fellow investigator on a $58,925 National nursing students from underrepresented of the American Academy of Nurse Institutes of Health R03 grant, “Mothers groups in nursing and from disadvan- Practitioners at the academy’s annual and Sons: Reducing Substance Use taged backgrounds. conference in Las Vegas. among Urban Black Male Adolescents.” Jamesetta A. Newland, PhD, FNP-BC, Nancy VanDevanter, DrPH, RN, will be Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, FAAN, professor FAANP, DPNAP, clinical associate pro- inducted as a Fellow into the American and executive director of the College fessor, received on June 22, 2011, the Academy of Nursing on October 15, 2011. of Nursing Global Health Initiatives, 2011 AANP Nurse Practitioner State She will also be inducted as a Fellow of will be inducted as a Fellow of the New Award for Excellence for New York the New York Academy of Medicine on York Academy of Medicine on November State. The American Academy of Nurse November 9, 2011. K 9, 2011. On September 22, 2011, she Practitioners (AANP) gives this pres- will receive the Foundation of New York tigious award annually to a dedicated

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Selected Faculty and Research Scientist Publications

Kellie Bryant Oppenheimer, J. & Hallas, D. (2011). Uncharac- Kelley Newlin Bryant, K. (2011). Book review of Teaching tech- teristic bullous lesions on a newborn: What’s Newlin, K., Dyess, S.M., Allard, E., Chase, S., & nologies in nursing and the health professions: Beyond your diagnosis? Journal of Pediatric Health Care, Melkus, G.D. (2011). A methodological review of simulation and online courses. Nursing Education 25(3), 186–190. faith-based health promotion literature: advanc- Perspectives, 32(1), 58. ing the science to expand delivery of diabetes edu- Holly Hagan cation to black Americans. Journal of Religion and Deborah Chyun Hagan, H., Pouget, E.R., & Des Jarlais, D.C. Health, doi: 10.1007/s10943-011-9481-9. Bansal, S., Wackers, F.J.Th., Inzucchi, S.E., Chyun, (2011). A systematic review and meta-analy- D.A., Davey, J.A., Staib, L.H., & Young, L.H., for the sis of interventions to prevent hepatitis C virus Mary Rosedale DIAD Investigators. (2011). Five-year outcomes in infection in people who inject drugs. Journal of Rosedale, M., Brown, C., & Maudsley, I. (2011). “high-risk” patients in the detection of ischemia in Infectious Diseases, 204(1), 74–83. An evidence-based response to “Electroshock, a asymptomatic diabetics (DIAD) study: A post-hoc discerning review of the nursing literature.” Issues Nelson, P., Mathers, B., Cowie, B., Hagan, H., Des analysis. Diabetes Care, 34(1), 204–209. Jarlais, D., Horyniak, D., Degenhardt, L. (2011). in Mental Health Nursing, 32 (7), 474–475. Chuck Cleland Global epidemiology of hepatitis B and hepatitis Rosedale, M. (2011). Our patient’s lives are worth C in people who inject drugs: results of systematic Friedman, S.R., Pouget, E.R., Chatterjee, S., Cleland, saving and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) saves reviews. doi:10.1016/S0140–6736(11)61097-0 C.M., Tempalski, B., Brady, J.E., & Cooper, H. (2011). lives: A compendium of the evidence. Journal of Drug arrests and injection drug deterrence. American Jenness, S.M., Begier, E.M., Neaigus, A., Murrill, the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 17(3), 207–209. Journal of Public Health, 101(2), 344–349. C.S., Wendel, T., & Hagan, H. (2011). Unprotected anal intercourse and sexually transmitted dis- Cleland, C.M., Rosenblum, A., Fong, C., & Rosedale, M. & Strauss, S.M. (2011). Depression, Maxwell, C. (2011). Age differences in heroin eases in high-risk heterosexual women. American interferon therapy, hepatitis C and sub- and prescription opioid abuse among enrollees Journal of Public Health, 101(4), 745–750. stance use: Potential treatments and areas for into opioid treatment programs. Substance Abuse Jenness, S.M., Kobrak, P., Wendel, T., Neaigus, research. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 17(3), 205–206. Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 6(1), 11. A., Murrill, C.S., & Hagan, H. (2011). Patterns of exchange sex and HIV infection in high-risk Rosenblum, A., Cleland, C.M., Fong, C., Kayman, Psychiatric News, a publication the American D.J., Tempalski, B., & Parrino, M. (2011). Distance heterosexual men and women. Journal of Urban Psychiatric Association, on March 4, 2011, cited traveled and cross-state commuting to opioid Health, 88(2), 329–341. Rosedale’s testimony before the U.S. Food and treatment programs in the United States. Journal of Jenness, S.M., Neaigus, A., Murrill, C.S., Wendel, Drug Association about reclassification of electro- convulsive therapy devices. Environmental and Public Health. T., Forgione, L., & Hagan, H. (2011). Estimated HIV incidence among high-risk heterosexuals in Shiela Strauss Tara Cortes New York City, 2007. Journal of Acquired Immune Strauss, S.M., Munoz-Plaza, C.E., Tiburcio, N.J., Cortes, T. (2011, May). Creating a culture of care Deficiency Syndromes, 56(2), 193–197. for older adults. Voice of Nursing Leadership, 4–5. & Gwadz, M. (2011). Barriers and facilitators in Mackesy-Amiti, M.E., Ouellet, L.J., Golub, E.T., implementing “prevention for positives” alcohol James De Carlo Hudson, S., Hagan, H., & Garfein, R.S. (2011). reduction support: The perspectives of directors De Carlo, J. & Jackson, N. (2011). Problem solved: Predictors and correlates of reduced frequency or and providers in hospital-based HIV care cen- Dosage calculation in a nursing program. Nurse cessation of injection drug use during a random- ters. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Educator, 36(2), 80–83. ized HIV prevention intervention trial. Addiction, (published online May 16, 2011). 106(3), 601–608. Maria Dolce Michele Shedlin Dolce, M.C. (2011). The Internet as a source of Christine Kovner Benagiano, G., Carrara, S., Filippi, V., & Shedlin, health information: Experiences of cancer sur- Spetz, J., & Kovner, C.T. (2011). How should we M.G. (2011). Social and ethical determinants of vivors and caregivers with healthcare providers. collect data on the nursing workforce? Nursing sexuality: Gender and health. Minerva Ginecologica, Oncology Nursing Forum, 38(3), 353–359. Economics, 29(2), 97–100. 63(1), 71–84. Kovner, C.T. & Spetz, J. (2011). The future of Grossman, D., White, K., Hopkins, K., Amastae, J., Marya Gwadz nursing: An interview with Susan B. Hassmiller. Shedlin, M.G., & Potter, J.E. (2011). Contraindica- , , , Gwadz, M.V. Leonard, N.R. Cleland, C.M. Nursing Economics, 29(1), 32–41. tions to combined oral contraceptives among Riedel, M., Banfield, A., & Mildvan, D. (2011). over-the-counter compared with prescription users. The effect of peer-driven intervention on rates of Gail D’Eramo Melkus Obstetrics and Gynecology, 117(3), 558–565. screening for AIDS clinical trials among African Melkus, G.D. (2011). Commentary on: Balducci, Americans and Hispanics. American Journal of S., Zanuso, S., Nicolucci, A., et al.; Italian Diabetes Potter, J.E., McKinnon, S., Hopkins, K., Amastae, Public Health, 101(6), 1096–1102. Exercise Study (IDES) Investigators. Effect of an J., Shedlin, M.G., Powers, D.A., & Grossman, D. intensive exercise intervention strategy on modifi- (2011). Continuation of prescribed compared with Donna Hallas able cardiovascular risk factors in subjects with type over-the-counter oral contraceptives. Obstetrics , Fernandez, J., Lim, L., & Carobene, M. Hallas, D. 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial: and Gynecology, 117(3), 551–557. (2011). Nursing strategies to reduce the incidence the Italian Diabetes and Exercise Study (IDES). Shedlin, M.G., Decena, C.U., Mangadu, T., & of early childhood caries in culturally diverse popu- Arch Intern Med 2010; 170, 1794–803. Evidence Based Martinez, A. (2011). Research participant recruitment lations. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 26(3), 248–256. Nursing, 14, 68–69. doi:10.1136/ebn1159 in Hispanic communities: Lessons learned. Journal of Coauthor Mary Carobene was a pediatric nurse Immigrant and Minority Health, 13(2), 352–360. practitioner student of Dr. Hallas.

AUTUMN 2011 23 Dynamic Leaders Energize Student Organizations

Members of the Undergraduate Nursing Student Organization visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a special tour on illness and health in art.

he three student organizations at with faculty speakers pushing the boundar- for fun, including yoga and a cooking class the College of Nursing could bor- ies of traditional nursing topics. A seminar led by Shi, who also hosts the “Student T row a slogan from the YMCA: “You by Professor Joyce Anastasi, PhD, MA ’82, Chef” show on NYUNews.com. already belong here. You just need to join.” DrNP, RN, LAc, on herbal medicine and its Upon enrollment, undergraduate (BS), interactions with prescription medicine master’s (MS), and doctoral (DNP and was so popular that it was held twice; and ANSO PhD) students are automatic members of Assistant Professor Marilyn Hammer, PhD, Advanced Nursing Student their respective groups at the College: the DC, RN, led a workshop on chiropractic Organization Undergraduate, Advanced, and Doctoral nursing and oncology. Nursing Student Organizations. The chal- UNSO aims to hold events that appeal to Promoting Connections lenge for past organizers has been moti- both traditional baccalaureate students and Among Master’s Students vating students to become more involved those enrolled in the 15-month accelerated Feeling a part of the College community with these groups. Now, through energized program, who tend to have more life expe- can be a challenge for graduate students, leadership, student groups at the College rience. According to Clinical Instructor who often juggle school with jobs and fam- of Nursing are thriving and creating a sense Fidel Lim, MA ’96, RN, faculty advisor, the ily responsibilities. Lisa Gallup, MS ’12, of community among their participants. group has made strides in meeting this goal RN, a student in the Acute Care Nurse while becoming more visible and more Practitioner Program, was involved in her engaged with the administration. “In 15 student group at Boston College and sought UNSO years, I have never seen so much activity the same sense of connection with stu- Undergraduate Nursing from UNSO until now,” Lim says. dents at the College of Nursing that she had Student Organization A highlight of the year is the Making felt as an undergraduate. “A lot of students Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, for attend the College part-time. They squeeze Building Community on Campus which the three organizations together classes among their other obligations and Timothy Shi ’12 got involved in the Under- have raised more than $21,000 in five don’t necessarily know what NYU has to graduate Student Nursing Organization years. About 70 students have taken tours offer,” Gallup says. (UNSO) during his freshman year. Now of the Metropolitan Museum of Art led Working full-time, three nights a week, at in his senior year and second term as the by David Mininberg, MD, and Margit S. Columbia-NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, group’s president, he and his fellow offi- Rosenthal, a pathologist and art historian Gallup understands the pressures of a busy cers have invigorated the group with many who addressed the depiction of health schedule. But instead of ruling out school new activities. A spring 2011 seminar series problems in historical artifacts and paint- activities, her work schedule has only addressed “10 Definitions of Wellness,” ings. UNSO also sponsors activities just [continued at top of page 31]

24 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING MAGAZINE KEEPING STUDENTS ON THE RIGHT TRACK ACADEMICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY Academic Advising and Social Support Are Twin Pillars for Nursing Students

her innovations has been to engage nearly clinical rotations. McCabe particularly Academic Support Opens all of the full-time nursing faculty mem- enjoys advising because it gives her a New Opportunities bers in providing advising services. chance to get to know a group of students he academic assistance that Nursing students are introduced to very well, “from the first day in the nurs- Nicole Piasio ’13 has received advising services at new student orienta- ing program until they’re ready to fly.” from her advisor at the Col- tion. They have the opportunity to meet Barbara Krainovich-Miller, EdD, APRN, lege of Nursing goes well with their advisors—either a faculty BC, ANEF, FAAN, associate dean for beyondT the routine check-ins that she member or administrator—formally academic and clinical affairs, believes expected when she applied. before registration each semester to that the College of Nursing takes a proac- “My advising sessions with Jacqueline ensure that their coursework is on track, Klein opened opportunities that I never and many meet regularly to discuss their would have pieced together on my own,” progress, often seeking academic or “Between admissions and Piasio says. “Dr. Klein suggested routes to career planning support. graduation, we work to keep meet both academic and personal goals, “Any student who needs help can come students engaged in the including study abroad and pursuit of a to their advisor to make a study plan, master’s degree. She’s always approach- learn time-management skills, or discuss College and ensure that they able and accommodating, but her help how to approach a professor,” Klein says. are doing well.” — Gail Wolfmeyer really became essential when I was plan- Clinical Assistant Professor Donna ning to study in Florence and needed to McCabe, DNP, MA ’02, APRN-BC, GNP, fulfill my requirements.” who advises about 30 undergraduate stu- tive approach to advising students by Helping students succeed academically dents, says that many students reach out providing them with valuable resources is a mission for Jacqueline Klein, PhD, who to her for career advice, especially when so that they can be successful. “Even if a joined the College of Nursing as the direc- they are applying to master’s programs. student doesn’t ask for help, the advi- tor of the Office of Academic Advising & They have also come to her for help in sor may refer him or her to tutoring or Learning Development in 2009. Among handling difficult interactions during to another faculty member to provide academic support.” Klein and Stef Daley, MSEd, assistant director of the Office of Academic Advising & Learning Development, organize regular programs on subjects such as time- management and study skills, as well as career workshops in collaboration with the Wasserman Center for Career Development.

Addressing Concerns Outside of the Classroom Unlike academic guidance, social sup- port is optional, but Gail Wolfmeyer, Steinhardt MA ’09, assistant director of graduate student affairs and admis- sions in the Office of Student Affairs and [continued at bottom of page 31] Dr. Jacqueline Klein (left) provides academic counseling to Alyssa Levine Wong ’12.

AUTUMN 2011 25 Interprofessional Collaborations Reach New Heights, Break Barriers

Three pioneering collaborations between NYU College of Nursing, College of Dentistry, and School of Medicine seek insights into health gains when barriers come down.

Samuel D. Harris Foundation, adminis- addresses a number of common practices Oral Health Initiative Unites tered by the American Dental Association, that can impact newborn oral health, such Nursing and Dental Students to undertake the first study of its kind to as putting babies to bed with a bottle or When Donna Hallas, PhD, APRN, BC, prevent caries in the first two years of life. adding a sweetener to baby formula. Dental CPNP, clinical associate professor, joined A team of NP master’s, BS nursing, and and pediatric NP students will conduct the College’s faculty in 2007, she imme- dental students is registering 100 mothers oral exams at 6 and 12 months for the diately looked for ways to involve her and their newborn babies for a random- treatment and control groups. pediatric nurse practitioner (NP) stu- ized controlled trial of a novel, culturally “It is easy for nurses to provide oral dents in collaborations with the College sensitive educational program at Bellevue health education for newborn mothers, of Dentistry. As a result, three excit- Hospital Center, NYU College of Dentistry, and I think we’re the first to propose this,” ing oral health projects are under way. and Bellevue Dental Clinic. The program Hallas says. The team published a paper Together with Dentistry faculty members Jill Fernandez, RDH, MPH, Neil Herman, DDS, FAAHD, DABSCD, and Amr M. Moursi, DDS, PhD, Hallas has built a program in which pediatric NP students and dental residents learn together to care for chil- dren being treated for complex oral health problems in the pediatric dental clinic. These students now present oral health collaborative case conferences to their classmates and faculty in the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and dental residency programs. According to Hallas, they are gaining a strong understanding of their colleagues’ strengths and of the value of interprofessional collaboration. To further explore the role that nurses can play in preventing early childhood caries—a significant health problem in many populations—Hallas searched the literature for established educational programs to influence oral health in the newborn nursery, but she found none. In January 2010, Hallas, Fernandez, and Lily Lim, DDS, received a grant from the

Third-year dental student Nisarg Shah (left ) and pediatric nurse practitioner student Katie Andronaco examine a patient together through a collaborative rotation.

26 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING MAGAZINE in the online edition of the Journal of conform to textbook examples, according Pediatric Nursing, outlining the oral health to Cathcart. It also aims to move newer education program they devised. nurses toward a higher level of compe- Hallas and Fernandez have also received tence through observing expert nurs- an NYU Curricular Development ing behaviors and seeing the benefits of Challenge Fund grant of $5,000 to for- interdisciplinary collaboration. mally educate dental and nursing students “Nurses get to see the incredible skill through the NYU College of Dentistry out- and knowledge that are embedded in reach effort with Head Start programs in expert nursing practice, which, when New York City. Now, pediatric NP students done well, is truly magnificent work,” and dental students will learn as a team Cathcart says. This method of contextual to conduct oral health assessments and clinical teaching is supported by recom- apply fluoride varnish for children from mendations in the recently published birth to age five, as well as how culture Carnegie Foundation study Educating and belief systems impact oral health Nurses: A Call for Radical Transformation. practices at home. A paper describing the project was recently published by Fulmer, Cathcart, Attending Rounds Bring Nurse Kimberly Glassman, PhD ’07, MA ’87, Wendy Budin, PhD ’96, Madeline Naegle, Faculty to the Bedside PhD ’80, MA ’67, and Nancy VanDevanter, Former dean Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, DrPH, RN, in the Open Nursing Journal. Marc M. Triola, MD, associate dean for educa- spearheaded the Nurse Attending Model, tional informatics and assistant professor of which was launched in August 2009 to medicine at NYU School of Medicine, intro- NYU3T: Nursing and Medical duces nursing and medical students to the new, enable nurse faculty and senior nurse lead- Students Find Answers Together interdisciplinary curriculum known as NYU3T: ers to impart their knowledge to practic- Teaching, Technology, Teamwork, at an inaugu- ing nurses who work in the general medical Promoting collaboration among future ral event in February 2011. units of NYU Langone Medical Center. The physicians and nurses is the goal of initiative also helps experienced nurses NYU3T: Teaching, Technology, Team- changes students’ knowledge, skills, and to remain engaged in the realities of day- work, a four-year project of NYU School attitudes related to interprofessional col- to-day patient care, which enhances their of Medicine and the College of Nursing, laboration and teamwork. teaching and leadership practice. funded by the Josiah Macy Jr. Founda- “Traditionally, there have been hier- Some 20 College of Nursing faculty tion. The one-year curriculum consists archies in health care that we are trying members and senior nurse executives at of in-person and online learning activi- to break down by early engagement of the Medical Center have joined this unique ties that nursing and medical students students in interprofessional education. initiative. Each nurse rotates for two-week must complete together. We don’t know of any other school in blocks, joining a group composed of a hos- The first cohort of approximately 320 the country that is attempting to imple- pitalist, medical residents and students, students met their teammates at an event ment interprofessional education on this a charge nurse, and the nurse caring for in February 2011 that included a lecture on scale and in a longitudinal way,” says Maja each particular patient. The team visits 15 interprofessional education and a small- Djukic, PhD ’09, RN, a co-investigator to 20 patients each morning. The attend- group team-building activity moderated on the study with principal investigator ing physician or nurse provides a picture by more than 30 medical and nursing Marc Triola, MD; co-principal investiga- of each patient’s condition, and other faculty members. During spring semes- tors former dean Terry Fulmer; Adina members of the group add details from ter, the students embarked on the first Kalet, MD; and Francois Fritz, MD; and their own perspectives. component of the program, a set of five co-investigator Jennifer Adams, MD. “The nurse sometimes sees the situation online learning modules, three of which According to Djukic, there is much in a way that sheds a different light onto required collaboration. This fall, students evidence that interprofessional col- the physician’s analysis,” says Clinical will work in teams of one medical and laboration benefits patient health and Associate Professor Eloise Cathcart, MS, one nursing student to manage virtual safety. “It’s not about whether nurses or RN, who coordinates the program. online “patients” and to participate in the physicians benefit. It’s whether patients The Nurse Attending Model is meant College’s simulation labs. benefit,” she says. More information to remind faculty of the complexity of As NYU3T unfolds, researchers are eval- about the NYU3T project is available at real patient-care situations, few of which uating how each curriculum component http://dei.med.nyu.edu/research/nyu3t. K

AUTUMN 2011 27 ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENTS 1958 1981 Carl O. Helvie, DrPH, MPH, BS ’58, RN, Wilhelmina Manzano, designation or re-designation, as a member hosts the “Holistic Health Show” on MA ’87, BS ’81, RN, of the New York State Board of Nursing (on BBS Radio and receives an average of NEA-BC, is senior vice which she is serving a two-year term as vice 35,000 monthly visitors to his Web president and chief chair), and as a board member of Nurses’ site, HolisticHealthShow.com. He pub- nursing officer at Educational Funds, Inc. lishes a free monthly newsletter on NewYork-Presbyterian holistic health and is completing his Hospital and Health- eighth book, Lung Cancer: Alternative care System and chief 1991 Treatments by a 36 Year Survivor. operating officer at NewYork-Presbyterian/ Kathleen T. Hickey, The Allen Hospital. She received the Second EdD, MA ’91, FNP-BC, Century Award for her contributions to ANP-BC, CCRN, 1967 health care from Columbia University assistant professor Margaret S. Wacker, School of Nursing on May 17, 2011. of nursing, Columbia PhD ’87, BS ’67, University, will be RN, is directing the inducted as a Fellow nursing program 1984 into the American at Lake-Sumter Mary Anne Gallagher, MA, BS ’84, RN, BC, Academy of Nursing on October 15, 2011. Community College this year assumed the position of director in Leesburg, of patient care services for quality, practice, Florida, and and standards at Continuum Health Part- 2000 preparing for its conversion to a BSN ners, Beth Israel Medical Center. She was Yvonne Wesley, PhD ‘00, program. In addition, she is a consul- awarded the Phillips Beth Israel Alumni RN, FAAN, was inducted tant with plaintiff and defense attor- Association’s Elaine Simon Award for Excel- as an honorary member neys regarding nursing malpractice. lence in Nursing Practice and Consideration of Chi Et Phi Sorority, Wacker is celebrating her 50th year of of Patient Welfare in October 2010. Inc., on July 16, 2011. nursing practice. Sponsored by the Tau Chi Chapter, she was 1986 granted membership 1968 Lorraine E. Magnani, to this international organization because Mary Giuffra, PhD ’73, MA ’68, was an PhD, BS ’86, RN, was of her commitment to nursing and service associate professor when the College awarded the Veritas to humanity. In addition, Wesley’s most was a Division of Nursing and was co- Medal in October 2010 recent publication, “Leadership and Health director of the interdisciplinary gradu- by the president of Disparities,” is the feature article in the ate program (nursing, psychology, early Molloy College in August 2011 issue of Nursing Management. childhood, nutrition) in the Group Care Rockville Centre, of Infants and Toddlers at NYU Stein- New York. hardt School of Culture, Education, and 2002 Human Development, where she serves Rothlyn (Rorry) Zahou- on the Dean’s Council and was awarded 1987 rek, PhD ’02, PMHCNS- an NYU Distinguished Alumni Award Susan Bowar-Ferres, BC, AHN-BC, has been in 2005. The founder of several nurs- PhD ’87, since leaving coordinator for research ing education programs, Giuffra main- her position as senior at the American Holistic tains a private practice in Bronxville, vice president and Nurses Association for New York, as a board-certified clinical chief nursing officer the past six years. Her specialist in adult psychiatric mental of NYU Langone dissertation, “Inten- health nursing and a licensed marriage Medical Center in tionality: The Matrix of Healing: A Qualitative and family therapist. 2010, has been serving Theory for Research, Education and Prac- as an official appraiser of health care tice,” was published as a book by VDM Verlag organizations applying for Magnet Dr. Muller, Saarbruken, Germany, in 2009.

28 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING MAGAZINE ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENTS

2003 2005 Esma D. Paljevic, School of Education, and her disserta- Kimberly Parker Menzer, MA ’03 (Advanced tion will explore the lived experiences of MA ’05 (Adult Primary Nursing Practice: families that have been evaluated by the Care Nurse Practitioner Pediatrics), RN, cardiogenetics center. Program), RN, ANP-C, CPNP, worked in a GNP-C, achieved sub-specialized Kara Theal, MA ’03 geriatric nurse practi- vascular birthmark (Nursing Informat- tioner certification in practice at Roosevelt ics), RN-BC, was April 2011. Hospital after receiving her master’s promoted in 2011 to degree at the College of Nursing. In 2007, director of clinical she joined the pediatric cardiology informatics in the 2006 practice at The Children’s Hospital at Hospital Informa- Amy Berman, BS ’06, Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, tion Services was promoted to senior where she works in a progressive Department of Huntington Hospital in program officer for The cardiogenetics clinic that evaluates Huntington, New York, where she has John A. Hartford families whose members have experi- worked since February 2004. She was Foundation in New enced sudden cardiac death. She is part the first RN hired by the department and York City. She oversees of a team that evaluates the need for now supervises six RNs. She is currently the foundation’s genetic testing and discusses possible implementing a hospital-wide elec- funding for models of genetic risk. Paljevic is enrolled in a tronic medical record system. She is care that improve cost and quality for older doctoral program at The St. John Fisher certified in Nursing Informatics. [continued on next page]

Letter from Dr. Ann Marie Mauro NYU COLLEGE OF NURSING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT

Dear Friends, to welcoming our continuing and newly College of Nursing building and will be elected Board members. acknowledged in the program at the event. I have thoroughly This year, the Alumni Association will In closing, I would like to extend my sin- enjoyed my three play a particularly key role in working to cere and deepest gratitude to our former years of service on raise funds for the College of Nursing’s dean, Terry Fulmer, for her phenomenal the Alumni Associa- future home, a state-of-the-art building leadership and support of our efforts. tion Board, first as to be located in the heart of NYU’s world- Her hard work and creativity has helped president-elect and renowned health science corridor. Our build an exceptional College of Nursing then as president these last two years. I goal is to raise at least $200,000 to name of which we can all feel proud. We wish feel privileged to have worked with the the Alumni Lecture Hall, a prominent and Dr. Fulmer much success in all her dedicated and inspiring members of the attractive space that will be a busy hub for future endeavors. Alumni Board and the many extraordinary events, lectures, and conferences. Alumni I look forward to seeing you at Alumni graduates of the College. I am delighted Hall will represent our support as gradu- Day on September 24th! this fall to welcome our president-elect, ates of the College for the education of my friend and colleague Maria Dolce, PhD outstanding nurses and the advancement Sincerely, ’09, MA ’85, BS ’79, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, of important nursing research. As mod- an outstanding nurse educator and recipi- eled by our Alumni Board, we are seeking ent of the Alumni Association’s 2010 Ris- 100% participation in this effort and need ing Star Award. I look forward to con- your contribution to reach our goal! Ann Marie Mauro, PhD ’98, RN, CNL gratulating Dr. Dolce on her new role on Contributors at all levels will be invited President, NYU College of Nursing Alumni Day, Saturday, September 24, and to join us at the opening reception for the Alumni Association

AUTUMN 2011 29 ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENTS

2009 New Positions adults. Recently she served on the Yves M. Abris, BS inaugural older adults work group for ’09, is a registered in Nursing ! Healthy People 2020, which established nurse in the national goals related the health of the emergency aging population. department at 2011 Maimonides Michael Fuoco, Rebecca Zack Medical Center in BS ’11, is working Callahan, MSN, New York City. “It as a perioperative WHCNP, BS ’06, in is the busiest emergency department nurse at the 2010 received her in New York City, and the College of Hospital for Special master’s degree in Nursing prepared me well,” she writes. Surgery in nursing from the Abris is involved in the Emergency Manhattan. University of Department Nursing Affairs Commit- Pennsylvania and tee, which oversees departmental Erin Pienciak, BS ’11, began work at is working as a women’s health care events throughout the year. NYU Langone Medical Center on 14W, a nurse practitioner at MIC Women’s transplant unit, in March 2011. Pienciak Health Services in Brooklyn, New York. Lydia Alicia Cris- received the NYU Langone Medical Cen- tobal, NREMT, BS ter Auxiliary Scholarship in 2010, which Sasha Klemawesch, MD, BS ’06, began her ’09, RN-BC, has led to this position. She recently com- internship at SUNY-Downstate in Brook- returned from pleted orientation and is settling into lyn, New York, as an internal medicine active duty with her life as a new RN. PGY-1 resident in July 2011. the U.S. Army to take a Basic Officer Leadership Course 2010 2007 as second lieutenant. She is working as Irene Kyritsis, BS ’10, is working at NYU Jen Landolt, MA ’07 a patient service coordinator at Langone Medical Center on 16W, a med- (Psychiatric Nurse Lutheran Medical Center’s Park Slope icine/oncology unit. Practitioner Program), Family Health Center in Brooklyn, New PMHNP-BC, in 2009 York, and as administrative supervisor Sarah Bush Richey, BS ’10, and Melody became the first at Bayonne Medical Center in New Ma, BS ’10, are working together on the prescribing psychiat- Jersey. This fall, she returns to NYU as oncology floor at NewYork Presbyterian/ ric nurse practitioner a student in the Master’s Program in Weill Cornell Medical Center. Richey at Bellevue Hospital. Nursing Administration. Cristobal was notes that her professors had told her In 2011, she co-wrote the policy and a featured speaker on “The Nursing that working as an oncology nurse would procedure for Bellevue’s Depression Care Show” podcast, discussing Army be hard, but she is learning a lot from Team, which works with the primary care nursing careers: nursingshow.com/ the more experienced nurses and truly department. Landolt is participating in 2010/03/12/army-nursing-and- enjoying her job. testing the Comprehensive Motivational episode-122/. K Interventions, a new form of brief action Joe Schomburg, planning used to make quick measurable BS ’10, began work changes in patient behavior in various in the cardiovascu- settings. She served as a mentor in the lar ICU at Lutheran College of Nursing’s Hillman Nursing Hospital in Fort Scholars and Alumni Mentoring Program Wayne, Indiana, in in 2010–2011. January 2011. He is pursuing a master’s Please email [email protected] or contact the Office of degree in nursing/health care adminis- Development and Alumni Relations to update us about your good tration at Duke University. news, accomplishments, and contact information.

30 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING MAGAZINE [ Student Organizations, continued from page 24 ] intensified her commitment to helping year, the primary focus of the group other students in the same situation. DSO in 2011 has been on learning how PhD Doctoral Student Organization Now entering her second year as ANSO and DNP students can influence and president, Gallup and her fellow officers inform one another’s doctoral studies. make a priority of connecting master’s Uniting PhD and DNP Students PhD students who are further along in students with faculty and PhD students Michael Valenti, MS ’08, RN, president of their studies are also called on to mentor for mentoring and guidance. They have the Doctoral Students Organization, says newer students through the research, organized professional workshops led by that doctoral students, many of whom writing, and test preparation that pre- faculty, launched a new journal club to have family and teaching obligations, cede the PhD candidacy exam taken at help students become adept at critically mainly require academic support—and the end of the first year. appraising research, participated in the DSO is structured to provide that assis- Allison Squires, PhD, RN, assistant fall walk for breast cancer and a spring tance. DSO offers meetings and presen- professor and the DSO faculty advisor, National Multiple Sclerosis Society walk, tations in person or via Skype to accom- says, “At the doctoral level, you explore and held social events to encourage long- modate students at varying points in the issues deeply, and it can be a solo expe- lasting ties among classmates. doctoral program. Faculty members give rience, especially when you’re writing “Hopefully, we will all be leaders in our lunchtime talks on subjects such as writ- your dissertation. It’s important to talk field, and it will be helpful as we progress ing a curriculum vitae at the graduate to people who have experienced it.” She in the profession to know people so we level, presenting research at conferences, adds, “I am proud of the way the PhD can help each other out,” Gallup says. But writing articles for nursing journals, and and DNP students have come together to regardless of where her classmates will narrowing dissertation topics. support one another. This was a central work, “it also just makes you happier if With the College’s Doctor of Nursing theme of this DSO this year, and it has you know other people in your classes.” Practice (DNP) program in its second been very successful.” K

[ Academic Advising, continued from page 25 ]

Admissions (OSAA), hopes that every Sutton, Steinhardt MA ‘06, assistant direc- students may drop by and talk with her student will take advantage of the office’s tor of undergraduate student affairs and about anything on their minds. Sutton many offerings. Its work recruiting, admissions, who also provides support inaugurated an annual boat cruise in the admitting, and orienting students to the to BS students, and Laureen Lampert, New York Harbor to give new and ongoing College of Nursing is just the tip of the scholarship and recruitment officer, who students the opportunity to socialize with iceberg, according to Wolfmeyer. provides students from all programs with deans of the College. For students living “Between admissions and graduation, scholarship information and acts as a off-campus, the OSAA offers an annual com- we work to keep students engaged in the liaison with the financial aid office. muter student preview day to help connect College and ensure that they are doing “It is the purpose of the Office of Student them to larger university resources. well. Active engagement in their experi- Affairs and Admissions to meet the social Wolfmeyer notes that the College of ence gives us more opportunities to help and non-academic needs for the College’s Nursing has an outstanding student body, students,” says Wolfmeyer. undergraduate and graduate population. but due to the rigorous curriculum, almost The OSAA team serves as a liaison to Students are our focus and we strive to all students experience some degree of student organizations and coordinates make their experience at the College of stress. The OSAA and the Office of Student activities such as socials with the dean, Nursing an excellent one,” says Knowles. Advising work closely with NYU’s Wellness College participation in the annual Making The office strongly encourages students Exchange and refer any student who may Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, to make time for fun and healthy activi- need assistance. One of the most important Nursing Career Day, stress-busting activi- ties. Wolfmeyer, in her former role as jobs of both teams is to make sure that any ties such as free massages, the valedictory student affairs officer, organized regular student who needs emotional or academic breakfast, and the annual graduation. health promotion events and in 2009, help has the support he or she needs—well Under the direction of Amy Knowles, launched a student outreach series called before an issue becomes a crisis, and the MSEd, assistant dean for student affairs and Hungry To Be Heard (a.k.a. “Lunch with College strives to make students aware that admissions, office staff include Lindsay Gail”), where, for one hour each week, these services are available. K

AUTUMN 2011 31 WHY I GIVE Margaret L. McClure

My mother worked as a nurse in Margaret L. A graduate of Moravian College in Philadelphia during World War II, and McClure, EdD, Pennsylvania, McClure earned her mas- when I was a girl, she gave me and my sis- RN, FAAN, has ter’s and doctoral degrees from Teachers ter one strong piece of career advice. She gained national College, Columbia University. She is past “ and international president of the American Academy of told us, “Don’t just stay home and can prominence as Nursing and the American Organization peaches, but never become a nurse. It’s a nursing leader. of Nurse Executives. hard work, terrible hours, and very poor She has held a McClure established the Lois Jean pay!” Naturally, my sister and I did not faculty appoint- Doane McClure and Carol Jean McClure heed our mother’s advice, and we both ment in the NYU Mabry Scholarship at NYU in honor of her went on to become nurses. I have never College of Nursing since 1981 and served mother and sister. The McClure Scholar- regretted that decision for a moment, and for more than 20 years as the chief nurs- ship is awarded annually to an undergrad- I have found the nursing profession to be ing officer at NYU Medical Center, where uate nursing student who demonstrates a one of the most rewarding careers I could she was also chief operating officer and strong commitment to the advancement ever have imagined. hospital administrator. of professional nursing and patient care. At one point, I knew I wanted to give something back to the profession. As I I have been witness to its development if I were a patient, I would be happy if my was considering making a major gift in over the past decades. It has become a caregivers were NYU nurses. I created a support of nursing I was sure of one thing: truly exceptional program. scholarship fund at the College of Nursing I wanted to invest in an institution that Now more than ever we need the best because I wanted to help aspiring nurses educates outstanding nurses. The NYU nurses in our hospitals and other health benefit from the opportunity to pursue a College of Nursing has a rich history, and care settings. When it comes down to it, top-notch education.” K

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Special thanks to the members of the Class of January 2011 for their contributions in honor of Jean Louise Smith.

32 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING MAGAZINE Adesuwa Omoragbon Class of 2011 Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation Scholar

Originally from: Nigeria.

Why I decided to become a nurse: I have a law degree from Nigeria, but while I was waiting to take the bar I worked as a case manager with the mentally ill and with the HIV/AIDS population. I worked briefly as a lawyer, but I realized my heart was in providing direct care to people in need.

How scholarship support helped me: Entering nursing as a second career, I looked for a 15-month accelerated program, and NYU was my top choice. But as the mother of four young children, I found the tuition was out of my reach. I applied for a Hillman Scholarship, and when I was approved, that clinched it — I was coming to NYU!

My future in nursing: I want to be the best I can be. I would like to earn a doctorate in nursing and possibly combine my law and nursing education to help the elderly.

“When you’re a nurse you have the satisfaction of knowing that every day you’re helping someone.”

To make a gift, visit www.nyu.edu/nursing, A gift of scholarship click on “Give to the College of Nursing” and select “College of Nursing Annual support can change lives. Scholarship Fund” or contact: Please consider making Larry Siegel Director of Development a gift in support of 212-998-6794 students like Adesuwa. [email protected] 726 BROADWAY, 10TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10003-9502

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