Spring 2010, Vol

SPRING 2010, VOL. 8, NO. 2 A PUBLICATION OF THE COLLEGE OF NURSING AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Special Studies in Symptom Management Merges East and West PAGE 4 Second-Career Nursing Students Outsmart the Economy PAGE 6 Photo: The inaugural class of the College’s new Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. Save the Date Monday, June 7, 2010 3:00 – 5:00 pm Exchanging Science and Culture through the Lens of the WHO Collaborating Center A symposium celebrating fi ve years of WHO designation Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for University Life Saturday, October 23, 2010 NYU Alumni Day Join us on campus for a day of programs and special events featuring the best of NYU. College of Nursing Dean’s Luncheon Join Dean Terry Fulmer for lunch and a discussion of all that is happening at the College of Nursing. Enjoy dessert as you stay for the Vernice Ferguson Lecture. Vernice Ferguson Lecture on Contemporary Issues “Nursing, Public Health, and Global Health” 2 Greetings from the Dean 12 Celebrations 3 Men Entering Nursing A PUBLICATION OF Group’s Sense of Identity THE COLLEGE OF NURSING Counters Gender Disparity AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010, VOL. 8, NO. 2 Dean Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN Editor Barbara Mellor Managing Editor / Writer Barbara Kancelbaum Design Susan Carabetta Cover Photo Leo Sorel 4 Joyce K. Anastasi, PhD, DrNP, FAAN, LAc, Merges East and West to Help Patients Manage Chronic 14 College and Faculty News Symptoms 19 Letter from Ann Marie 6 Second-Career Nursing Mauro, PhD, RN, CNL Students Stare Down the NYU College of Nursing Economy While Gaining Alumni Association President Satisfaction in Their New Careers 20 Alumni Achievements 22 January Intersession Cover Photo: Offers Unique Experiences First Class: DNP Program Begins Both Near and Far The inaugural class of the College’s new Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program set out on their doctoral education journey in January 2010. The eight women and one man are accomplished clinical experts and leaders in the nurse-practitioner specialties of mental health, adult primary care, adult acute care, geriatrics, and pediatrics, and work in neurology, oncology, and student health. The launch of the program is the fulfi llment of a long-standing effort under the leadership of Judith Haber, PhD, APRN, BC, 9 Research Report FAAN, the Ursula Springer Leadership Professor NYU Nursing Faculty Adapt in Nursing and associate dean for graduate Research Methods to programs; and Jamesetta Newland, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, DPNAP, clinical associate professor and Community-Based Settings 23 Hartford Institute the founding director of the program. for Geriatric Nursing Pictured are (back row from left) Emily Schaab, NICHE Launches Kathy Gunkel, Beth Latimer, Gillian Palette; Leadership Program (middle row from left) Beverly Smith, Erin Hartnett, Janet Standard; (front row from left) Research Targets Kathleen Leonard, Robert Abel. Urinary-Tract Infections: Maintaining Function in the Hospital 24 Why I Give Penny Klatell SPRING 2010 1 GREETINGS FROM THE DEAN San Francisco, and her colleagues. She Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and argues in her book that nursing is at a the Institute of Medicine. It was a stel- pivotal moment — faced with a shortage lar opportunity to hear Donna Shalala, of practitioners; a chaotic health care the former U.S. secretary of health and system; profound changes in science, human services, who chairs this commit- technology, and patient activism; and tee, along with other visionaries in our economic pressures. Dr. Benner, who fi eld discuss pressing issues in nursing joined us at the College this past fall to and academia. speak with our faculty and students about Dr. Shalala, now president of the the report, proposes substantial changes University of Miami, is our keynote speaker in nursing education, many of which NYU on May 10, 2010, when we will graduate has long embraced. Those include a shift more than 350 nursing students. We will to a baccalaureate degree as the minimum also honor Vernice D. Ferguson, BS ’50, requirement for practice, opportunities as our 2010 Distinguished Alumna; for accelerated and graduate study, growth Wilhelmina Manzano, MA ’87, BS ’81, as of nursing educational programs, and a our Distinguished Clinician; and Barbara signifi cant increase in nursing faculty. and Donald Jonas, who will receive the Speaking of transformation, our new 2010 Humanitarian Award for their com- Dear Friends, Doctor of Nursing Practice program mitment to nursing at NYU through sup- opened in January and, as you can see port of scholarship and faculty practice. I write to you at a profound moment from our magazine cover, we have a Even in these challenging economic of change, as Congress has enacted the striking group of master’s-prepared NPs times, the Campaign for Nursing at NYU most far-reaching health care legislation poised to advance their careers as clinical is going strong and moving forward! in our history. With greater resources leaders. After a number of years in plan- Debra LaMorte, senior vice president for available to care for the population, the ning, I’m delighted to see this wonderful development and alumni relations for the nursing profession, more than ever new doctoral program come to fruition. University, spoke at our January Board of before, has the opportunity to be the With the addition of several new part- Advisors meeting about the challenges critical bridge to eff ective public health. nerships at the College, NYU is positioned of a campaign in uncertain times. She President Barack Obama has called to be the fl agship college of nursing for presented a very positive report that we nurses the “bedrock” of health care. New York State. We now have exciting are well on our way to making the new Last year, nurse practitioners conducted partnerships with three upstate institu- building for the College a reality. Through more than 600 million patient visits, tions: Skidmore College, Adirondack the generosity of our alumni and sup- and our registered nurses are meeting Medical Center, and Bassett Healthcare. port from the State of New York and New the daily demands of our increasingly This year, Skidmore College created a new York University, we can build a learning complex clinical settings, ranging from pre-nursing curriculum with our College environment that will meet the needs of home care to critical care. so that students can move seamlessly into our growing student population. Meeting the pressing health care needs our NYU programs. I invite other colleges of our nation requires nothing short of a to partner with us in these important pro- transformation of nursing education. grams that facilitate academic progress I am hopeful about the potential impact for our future nurses. of a new report published by The Carnegie In February, I took part in an exciting Foundation, Educating Nurses: A Call panel discussion in Houston through for Radical Transformation, by Patricia the Forum on the Future of Nursing: Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN Benner, PhD, RN, FAAN, FRCN, profes- Education, part of the two-year Initiative The Erline Perkins McGriff Professor sor emerita at the University of California, on the Future of Nursing convened by the Dean, College of Nursing 2 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING MAGAZINE Men Entering Nursing GROUP’S SENSE OF IDENTITY COUNTERS GENDER DISPARITY “MEN ARE GENTLE, curious, courageous, “HAVING MORE MEN The students met with Professor committed, responsible, enthusiastic, spir- Emerson Ea, DNP, APRN, BC, CEN, who itual, and compassionate,” says Eric Lehrer IN THE PROFESSION WILL readily agreed to be their advisor. Clinical ’10, one of the founders of Men Entering MAKE A LARGE IMPACT Instructor Fidelindo Lim, MA, RN, also Nursing (M.E.N.), a student group at the serves as a faculty mentor. College of Nursing. The organization is ON MEN’S HEALTH.” “These men share a very strong sense of seeking to show that men have these char- identity and can feel the gender disparity acteristics and can impact the lives of their Eric ultimately received an apology from in nursing,” Dr. Ea says, adding that the patients just as much as women in nursing the doctor and the hospital, but his expe- perception of men in nursing is rapidly have over the past century. rience cemented his view that male nurs- changing, but there’s still work to be done. “For now, though, the challenges of ing students must fi nd ways to conquer M.E.N. has held several events, such as a being a male nurse are persistent,” says the stereotypes that still exist. He and his panel discussion in November 2009 featur- Eric, noting that male nurses have been roommate, John Campbell ’10, teamed ing male nursing leaders. The group also portrayed negatively in the media. up with Joshua Deal ’10 to start M.E.N., participated in “Movember,” a national If the men who make up M.E.N. suc- which includes undergraduate, accelerated eff ort to raise money for the Prostate Cancer ceed, those negative depictions will fade baccalaureate, and graduate students and Foundation and for Lance Armstrong’s into nursing history. Eric is quick to faculty. All three founders are students in LIVESTRONG foundation. Movember point out that the students and faculty at the 15-month accelerated program. challenges men to grow mustaches during the College of Nursing have been highly “There are some interesting obstacles November to raise awareness of prostate supportive of male students. Yet it was an for men in careers that have been domi- cancer. M.E.N. sold artifi cial moustaches unexpected encounter with discrimina- nated by women,” Joshua says. “We need on campus, raising $187, and many group tion that piqued his desire to discuss with to combat the stereotype that men can’t be members grew mustaches in support.

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