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Columbia Nursing Hosts First Annual Innovations in Simulation Summit

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Columbia Nursing's first annual Innovations in Simulation Summit brought together 14 simulation specialists from around the world to discuss best practices in the field of clinical simulation education.

In October, 14 simulation specialists met at Columbia Nursing’s first annual Innovations in Simulation Summit to exchange and discuss best practices in the field of clinical simulation education,...

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From New York City to the Navajo Nation, Columbia Midwives Care

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Illustration by Alyssa Carvara

At Tséhootsooí Medical Center in Fort Defiance, Arizona, Rebecca Willis ’09 ’13, MS, MPH, serves as a nurse-midwife on the Navajo Nation. In Albany, Georgia, a small city 180 miles south of...

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These innovative nurse researchers are using data science and informatics to help patients - and healthcare systems - thrive.

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Illustration by Davide Bonazzi

Recent advances in computing power have enabled researchers in many fields to harness the potential of Big Data as never before. For nurse-scientists, that means a quantum leap in the ability to...

Lorraine Frazier Named Dean of Columbia Nursing

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Dean Lorraine Frazier, PhD, RN, FAAN

Columbia University has appointed Lorraine Frazier, PhD, RN, FAAN, as the new Dean of the Columbia University School of Nursing, the Mary O’Neil Mundinger, DrPH Professor of Nursing, and senior...

When all roads lead to nursing: Columbia Nursing’s Sally Aboelela discusses her path to the field and how she keeps student morale high

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When Sally Aboelela, PhD, assistant professor, first came to Columbia Nursing in 2005, she was planning to enroll as a student to become a nurse. She had just finished her Doctorate in Physiology...

Profile | Patient Care | Alumni
A Nurse Practitioner for Washington Heights: Yudelka Garcia finds her calling in her community

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Clinical Nursing Instructor Yudelka Garcia, FNP, showed interest in medicine at an early age while taking high school biology and anatomy classes’ in Washington Heights. While attending Cornell...
Students | Research | Academics
Columbia Nursing Shines a Spotlight on ‘The Path Forward in Cystic Fibrosis’ at Inaugural Event

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Jerry Cahill is a Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Ambassador who was diagnosed with the genetic disease, which is characterized by recurrent lung infections and limits the ability to breathe over time, when...
Research | Diversity | Global Health | Education | Academics
Publications, Presentations, and Other News November/December 2017

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Publications, Presentations, and Other News November/December 2017
Profile | Patient Care
Columbia Nursing’s Marie Carmel Garcon Named Nurse Practitioner of the Year by The Nurse Practitioner Association New York State

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New York, NY- Marie Carmel Garcon, DNP, Columbia University School of Nursing, has been named 2017 Nurse Practitioner of the Year, by The Nurse Practitioner Association New York State (NPA). The...
Research | Diversity
First National Survey Published After 2016 Presidential Election Finds Gender Minorities’ Sense of Safety and Well-Being Impacted

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NEW YORK- The first quantitative analyses published on the outcome of the 2016 election on the LGBTQ community showed that participants reported high levels of election outcome-related concerns,...
From the Dean
Columbia Nursing “Building the Future” Gala Celebrates 125 Years of Nursing Excellence

Mark T. Bertolini, Barbara and Donald Jonas, and Marjorie Harrison Fleming, Honored

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(New York, NY: Tuesday, October 17, 2017) Marking its 125-year legacy as a leader in nursing education, research, and practice, Columbia Nursing held its “Building the Future” Gala on Tuesday...
Publications, Presentations, and Other News October 2017

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Publications, Presentations, and Other News October 2017
Research | Patient Care | Alumni | Education
Motivational Interviewing: A Powerful and Practical Tool for Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing

Lora Peppard ’08 Discusses MI’s Expanding Use

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Lora Peppard ’08 first heard about Motivational Interviewing (MI) in a psychotherapy course while pursuing her master’s degree to become a psychiatric nurse practitioner. The approach, which helps...
Research | Profile | Education | Academics
Peace Corps Science Teacher, Village Nurse, and Everything In-Between: Columbia Nursing’s Faculty Profile of Ana Kelly

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Teaching began for Ana Kelly, PhD, assistant professor, directly after she graduated college with a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology. Now an Assistant Professor at Columbia Nursing, Kelly says...
Research | Academics
Implementing Internal Review Protocols at Academic Institutions Doubles Likelihood of External Grant Funding

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Researchers at Columbia University School of Nursing have created a three-pronged approach to doubling the amount of successfully funded external research grants at its institution. Rooted in data...