Emerson Ea

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Emerson Ea

APRN DNP FAAN PhD

Clinical Professor
Associate Dean, Clinical & Adjunct Faculty Affairs

1 212 998 5311

433 First Avenue
New York, NY 10010
United States

Emerson Ea's additional information

Prof. Emerson Ea is Associate Dean for Clinical and Adjunct Faculty Affairs and Clinical Professor at New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing. His scholarship interest areas include nursing education and innovation, and immigrant health and well-being.

Prof. Ea, for more than a decade, has worked to advance the health and well-being of Filipino immigrants in the US. He has spearheaded and collaborated on several projects that explored health and well-being among immigrant populations in the US and globally. He is co- investigator of the Community Engagement Core of the recently funded NIH P50 Center, the Rutgers-NYU Center for Asian Health Promotion and Equity (CAHPE) focused on addressing health inequities in the AAPI community in the New York-New Jersey area. He is also Primary Investigator of 2 current projects: a mixed-methods study funded by NIH/NIA Rutgers’ Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) and a qualitative study funded by NYU to explore the relationship of acculturation, acculturative stress, and oral health and dental care service use among Filipino immigrants. In recognition of his clinical scholarship and community work, he received numerous recognition such as from the Office of the President of the Borough of Queens, NY, and as a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Nursing. Prof. Ea is also a Health and Aging Policy fellow for 2022-2023.

An enthusiastic leader in the Filipino community, Prof. Ea has served on multiple community boards to promote and advance the health of Filipino immigrants. He is Chair of the Kalusugan Coalition, a community-based organization that aims to enhance the cardiovascular health of Filipino Americans in the NY/NJ area. He is also a member of the American Academy of Nursing’s Diversity and Inclusivity Committee and was one of the inaugural American Academy of Nursing’s Jonas Policy Scholars working with the Health Equity and Cultural Competence Expert Panel from 2014-2016.


Prof. Ea received his BSN from the University of St. La Salle, Philippines, MS from Long Island University-Brooklyn, DNP from Case Western Reserve University, Certificate in Distance Learning from Thomas Edison State University, Certificate in Learning Design from NYU, and PhD from Duquesne University.

PhD, Nursing - Duquesne University (2016)
DNP, Nursing Practice - Case Western Reserve University (2007)
MS, Adult Health - Long Island University (1999)
BSN - University of St. La Salle, Philippines (1992)

Nursing education
Chronic disease
Immigrants
Non-communicable disease
Cardiology
Underserved populations

American Academy of Nursing
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
American Nurses Association
Asian-American Pacific Islander Nurses Association
National League for Nursing (NLN)
Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) - New York
Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society

Faculty Honors Awards

Alumni Award of Excellence, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University (2018)
Fellow, American Academy of Nursing (2018)
Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine (2017)
Fellow, Leadership for Academic Nursing Program (LANP). American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) (2016)
Citation of Honor, Philippine-American Friendship Day Celebration, presented by the president of the borough of Queens, New York (2016)
PhD Jonas Nurse Leader Scholar, Duquesne University School of Nursing (2016)
American Academy of Nursing Jonas Policy Scholar, Cultural Competence and Health Equity Expert Panel (2016)
Scholarship Award Recipient, Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses Association (2015)
PhD Jonas Nurse Leader Scholar, Duquesne University School of Nursing (2015)
American Academy of Nursing Jonas Policy Scholar, Cultural Competence and Health Equity Expert Panel (2015)
PhD Jonas Nurse Leader Scholar, Duquesne University School of Nursing (2014)
American Academy of Nursing Jonas Policy Scholar, Cultural Competence and Health Equity Expert Panel (2014)
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Alumnus Award, Most Outstanding Nursing Graduate (Nursing Research Category), University of Saint La Salle, Philippines (2014)
Award Winning Poster (Other Topics Category). Mauro, A.M.P., & Ea, E. (2014). The NCLEX Challenge: Unlocking the key to success. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Annual Summit, Chicago, IL. (2014)
Nurse Excellence Award in Nursing Research, Philippine Nurses Association of New York (2012)
Nurse Service Award, Emergency Department, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York City Health and Hospital Corporation (2007)
One of the 50 Notable School of Nursing Alumni, Long Island University School of Nursing, Brooklyn, NY (2006)

Publications

Using Design Thinking to Thread the Social Determinants of Health in an Undergraduate Curriculum

Ea, E., Vetter, M. J., & Boyar, K. (2023). Nurse Educator, 48(2), 114-115. 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001293
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Abstract
The Future of Nursing Report 2020-20301 calls for nursing education to integrate the social determinants of health (SDoH) in the curriculum to prepare future nurses to take an active role in identifying and addressing health inequities. Nurse faculty and schools of nursing face multiple challenges that pose as barriers to meet this demand. These challenges include a crowded curriculum, lack of a coherent curricular framework, and a dearth of evidence-based teaching strategies to ensure that concepts on SDoH, health equity, and social justice are seamlessly integrated in the nursing curriculum.

Elder care

Ea, E., & Lapiz-Bluhm, D. (2022). In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Filipina/x/o American Studies (1–). Sage Publishing.

Incorporating climate change into Doctor of Nursing Practice curricula

Quinn Griffin, M. T., Alfes, C. M., Chavez, F., Ea, E. E., Lynn, K. A., Rafferty, M. A., & Fitzpatrick, J. J. (2022). Journal of Professional Nursing, 42, 156-161. 10.1016/j.profnurs.2022.06.008
Abstract
Abstract
Climate change is a global crisis with major impacts on planetary health and quality of life. Nurses are well positioned to recognize the major health consequences of climate change on health. Therefore, highlighting nurses’ active engagement in mitigating climate change impact and resilience efforts is essential. However, there is little evidence of climate change content in nursing curricula. Climate change/planetary health content could be integrated into existing Doctor of Nursing Practice programs so that graduates, as influential leaders, are equipped to meet the challenges ahead. The domains, competencies and sub-competencies outlined in the Essentials: Core competencies for professional nursing education (American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), 2021) are proposed as a curricular scaffold to integrate climate change content in DNP curricula. Climate change content matched to the AACN domains and competencies could be included in many existing DNP courses. Climate change would become a consistent concept throughout all DNP curricular programs rather than a specified course addressing climate change. The curricular structure presented would provide a foundation for enhancing DNP students' knowledge, attitudes and skills related to climate change. These students and future graduates would be well prepared to introduce changes in practices and policies at the local, national, and global levels.

Public health

Abesamis, N., & Ea, E. (2022). In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Filipina/x/o American Studies (1–). Sage Publishing.

Paying the ultimate price for keeping America safe

Hallowell, S., & Ea, E. (2021). HealthCetera.

Preparing the Doctor of Nursing Practice graduates to lead nursing education: Ideas, strategies, recommendations, and implications

Ea, E., Alfes, C., Chavez, F., Rafferty, M., & Fitzpatrick, J. J. (2021). Journal of Professional Nursing, 37(3), 529-533. 10.1016/j.profnurs.2021.02.005

Innovative strategies in teaching nursing: Exemplars of optimal learning outcomes

Ea, E., & Alfes, C. (Eds.). (2020). (1–). Springer.

Innovative use of concept care planning in a large class

Rodriguez, K., Boyar, K., & Ea, E. (2020). In E. Ea & C. Alfes (Eds.), Innovative strategies in teaching nursing: Exemplars of optimal learning outcomes (1–). Springer.

Unit Utilization of Internationally Educated Nurses and Collaboration in U.S. Hospitals.

Ma, C., Ghazal, L., Chou, S., Ea, E., & Squires, A. (2020). Nursing Economic$, 38(1), 33-40.
Abstract
Abstract
Employing internationally educated nurses (IENs) to address the nursing workforce shortage is common in many countries, including the United States. This study examined the relationship between unit utilization of IENs and collaboration in U.S. hospitals. Results indicated more IENs on a unit did not significantly affect the collaboration among nurses and between nurses and physicians. The presence of IENs significantly influenced unit nursing characteristics, such as education attainment and unit tenure.

Unit Utilization of Internationally Educated Nurses and Collaboration in US Hospitals

Ma, C., Ghazal, L., Chou, S., Ea, E., & Squires, A. (2020). Nursing Economics, 38(1), 33-+.