We spoke with five outstanding soon-to-be-graduates about how their Columbia education prepared them for the pandemic and allowed them to follow their passions in nursing.
Third-year PhD student April Ancheta spoke with the Journal of School Nursing about her new manuscript, on school climate and mental health among LGBTQ adolescents.
In honor of Black History Month, Columbia Nursing alumni, faculty, and students offer some advice for future Black nurses, and speak about the role nurses of color play in promoting health equity.
The strengths that students from underrepresented populations and varied backgrounds bring to Columbia Nursing are as diverse as the students themselves. Here are some of their stories.
Janine Inez ’20 aspired to be a screenwriter but decided to follow in the footsteps of her mother, a registered nurse, so she could dedicate herself to helping people every day.
A William Randolph Hearst Foundation Nursing Scholar, Alden Bush ’20, is a first-generation graduate and first-generation American who plans to become a dual psychiatric and family nurse practitioner.
Long interested in pediatric health, Katherine Zheng ’20, plans to focus her research on positive youth development in adolescents with chronic illnesses.
Ashlyn Fitzgerald ’20 decided to pursue a career as a pediatric nurse practitioner so she could combine her love for science, education, and humanity, with her desire to help others.