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  • Columbia Nursing Well Represented at Leading Infection Control Conference

    August 5, 2014

    Columbia Nursing was well represented at this year’s meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) earlier this month in Ft. Lauderdale. One major theme...

    Elaine Larson, PhD

  • Many Reasons for Optimism

    August 5, 2014

    Spring is a busy and exciting time for Columbia Nursing. Seasonal milestones this year included the annual reunion, followed by graduation ceremonies for the class of 2013, and then welcoming...

    Campus banner sign standing beneath leafy trees.

  • Five Tips for Graduating Nurses

    August 5, 2014

    Employment of registered nurses is expected to grow 26 percent by 2020, faster than the average for all occupations, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But landing the job is just the...

    Graduates

  • Empowering Practice:The Time is Now

    August 5, 2014

    Earlier this year, a rider to New York State's budget stipulated that nurse practitioners be allowed to practice without a collaborating agreement with a physician. Lobbying by special interests...

    scope of practice

  • Making Women's Health a Priority

    August 5, 2014

    Despite spending upwards of $98 billion a year on hospitalizations for pregnancy and childbirth, the US ranks 50th in the world for maternal mortality, meaning 49 countries are better at keeping...

    Maternal Health

  • Learning from the Community

    August 5, 2014

    At first, Hana Conlon,’14, questioned whether she was helping people at her community service project at Narco Freedom, an outpatient drug and alcohol treatment facility in the South Bronx. It...

    Service to the Community

  • "Nurses Can Do Anything"

    August 5, 2014

    Susan Fox, MBA, (BS ’84) is the President of White Plains Hospital in White Plains, N.Y. and one of the few women presidents of an acute care hospital. She was hired in 2010 as the senior vice...

    Susan Fox

  • Alumni Profile: Janet Izlar, CRNA, DNAP, '06

    August 5, 2014

    Janice Izlar, CRNA, DNAP, (MS ’06) is the current president of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA).  The Association represents 44,000 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (...

    Janice Izlar, CRNA, DNAP, (MS '06)

  • A Ripple Effect for Women in Bangladesh

    August 5, 2014

    Jennifer Wilen didn’t think twice about eating papaya and banana slices from the same plates used by dais, Bangladeshi traditional birth attendants, considered at the bottom of the social strata...

    Women learning in Bangladesh

  • New Outpatient Center Re-energizes the Faculty Practice

    August 5, 2014

    You wake up one morning thinking you have strep throat. You frantically call your primary care doctor, who might not have any openings for a week. Fortunately, a better option exists for patients like this who want to squeeze medical appointments in between meetings.

    Electronic Signage

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