Allison P Squires

Faculty

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Allison P Squires

PhD RN FAAN

Professor

1 212 992 7074

433 First Ave
New York, NY 10010
United States

Accepting PhD students

Allison Squires, Ph.D., FAAN, RN, is a Professor at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. She is a global health services researcher with two focal areas of research: Creating a sustainable nursing workforce and improving immigrant health outcomes. Prof. Squires is also the Founder and Director of the Global Consortium of Nursing & Midwifery Studies (GCNMS). In addition to holding multiple national and international leadership positions in nursing organizations during her career, she has consulted with the Migration Policy Institute, the International Council of Nurses, and the World Bank on nursing and health workforce issues and produced several major policy analyses with their teams and continues to serve as an expert resource on nursing workforce issues globally.

She has several projects currently funded by domestic and international funders. Domestically, she is studying the impact of language barriers on hospital nursing practice and evaluating the impact of the Magnet journey on small hospitals.  Her current funded international studies focus on nursing workforce capacity building in Greece, Ghana, and Guyana. Her signature project, the GCNMS, is now an 87-country research consortium collaborating on research capacity-building projects in nursing and midwifery globally. The consortium's current research study is examining the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nursing and midwifery workforces globally.

Prior to entering academia full-time, Squires worked as a staff nurse in solid organ transplant and as a staff educator for 11 years in the U.S. healthcare system in rural and urban locations. Her practice has since shifted largely to community-based nursing roles as a volunteer.

She is currently accepting Ph.D. students and/or post-doctoral fellows/associates with interests in the following areas: Global health, migration & immigrant health, and health services and workforce research.

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Center for Health Outcomes & Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania
PhD, Yale University School of Nursing Doctor of Philosophy
MSN in Nursing Education, Duquesne University School of Nursing
BSN in Nursing with a Minor in Latin American Studies, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Global Health
Health Services Research
Immigrant Health
Midwifery Workforce
Nursing workforce

Academy Health
American Nurses Association
National Council for Interpreting in Health Care
Sigma International

Distinguished Alumna, Yale School of Nursing Alumni Association (2025)
Outstanding Mentor Award, Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues of Academy Health (2023)
Writing Award for Distinguished Manuscript on Geriatric/Gerontological Nursing (Ma et al. 2021), Gerontological Society of America Nursing Care of Older Adults Interest Group (2021)
Distinguished Nurse Scholar in Residence, National Academy of Medicine (2020)
Distinguished Nurse Scholar in Residence, National Academy of Medicine (2019)
Fellow Ambassador to the Media, New York Academy of Medicine (2018)
Fellow Ambassador to the Media, New York Academy of Medicine (2017)
Fellow, American Academy of Nursing (2015)
Distinguished Alumna, Duquesne University School of Nursing (2015)
Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine (2014)
Fellow, Yale World Fellows Program, Yale University (2003)
Inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International (1998)

Continuity of Care Versus Language Concordance as an Intervention to Reduce Hospital Readmissions From Home Health Care

Squires, A. P., Squires, A., Engel, P., Ma, C., Miner, S. M., Feldman, P. H., McDonald, M. V., & Jones, S. A. (2023). (Vols. 61, Issues 9, pp. 605-610).
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Language concordance between health care practitioners and patients have recently been shown to lower the risk of adverse health events. Continuity of care also been shown to have the same impact.

Cultural Influences On Patients' Perception Of Pain

Squires, A. P., Van Cleave, J., Guerra, A., Liang, E., & Squires, A. (2023). (Vols. 24, Issues 4, pp. 66-67).
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Culturally Sensitive Strategies to Recruit Foreign Educated Nurses for Us Long-term Care Research

Squires, A. P., Thompson, R., Wipke-Tevis, D., Olanrewaju, S., Odemuyiwa, O., & Squires, A. (2023). (Vols. 7, pp. 1013-1013).
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EXPERIENCE OF THE U-NURSING LATAM TEAM IN THE RESEARCH ENTITLED “NURSES WORKING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC (ENTRADUP)”

Casales-Hernández, M. G., Jiménez-Sánchez, J., Dixon, P. A., Rodríguez-López, J. I., & Squires, A. P. (2023). (Vols. 32). 10.1590/1980-265x-tce-2023-e002en
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EXPERIENCIA DEL EQUIPO DE U-NURSING LATAM EN LA INVESTIGACIÓN “ENFERMERAS TRABAJANDO DURANTE LA PANDEMIA COVID-19 (ENTRADUP)”

Casales-Hernández, M. G., Jiménez-Sánchez, J., Dixon, P. A., Rodríguez-López, J. I., & Squires, A. P. (2023). 10.1590/1980-265x-tce-2023-e002es
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Freedom is not free: Examining health equity for racial and ethnic minoritized veterans

Squires, A. P., Riser, T. J., Thompson, R. A., Curtis, C., Squires, A., Mowinski Jennings, B., & Szanton, S. L. (2023). (Vols. 46, Issues 2, pp. 181-185).
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How nurses' job characteristics affect their self-assessed work environment in hospitals- Slovenian use of the practice environment scale of the nursing work index

Squires, A. P., Skela-Savič, B., Sermeus, W., Dello, S., Squires, A., Bahun, M., & Lobe, B. (2023). (Vols. 22, Issue 1, p. 100).
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Nurses' work environment influences nursing practice. Inappropriate working conditions are the result of underdeveloped workplace infrastructure, poor work organisation, inadequate education, and inappropriate staffing norms. The aim of this study was to describe and examine the predictors that affect nurses' work environment using the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI).

How nurses’ job characteristics affect their self-assessed work environment in hospitals— Slovenian use of the practice environment scale of the nursing work index

Skela-Savič, B., Sermeus, W., Dello, S., Squires, A. P., Bahun, M., & Lobe, B. (2023). (Vols. 22, Issue 1). 10.1186/s12912-023-01261-5
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Background: Nurses’ work environment influences nursing practice. Inappropriate working conditions are the result of underdeveloped workplace infrastructure, poor work organisation, inadequate education, and inappropriate staffing norms. The aim of this study was to describe and examine the predictors that affect nurses’ work environment using the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI). Methods: The validation of the PES-NWI was made. Nurse-reported job characteristics were used as independent variables. The sample included 1,010 nurses from adult surgical and medical units at 10 Slovenian hospitals. The Nurse Forecasting (RN4CAST) protocol was used. Permission to conduct the study was obtained from the National Medical Ethics Committee. Results: The PES-NWI mean (2.64) was low, as were job and career satisfaction at 2.96 and 2.89, respectively. The PES-NWI can be explained in 48% with ‘Opportunities for advancement’, ‘Educational opportunities’, ‘Satisfaction with current job’, ‘Professional status’, ‘Study leave’, and ‘Level of education’. A three-factor solution of PES-NWI yielded eight distinct variables. Conclusions: The obtained average on the Nursing Work Index was one of the lowest among previously conducted surveys. Nurses should be recognized as equals in the healthcare workforce who need to be empowered to develop the profession and have career development opportunities. Inter-professional relations and equal involvement of nurses in hospital affairs are also very important. Trial registration: This is a non-intervention study – retrospectively registered.

Improving care for older people : A special issue

Zisberg, A., Lickiewicz, J., & Squires, A. P. (2023). (Vols. 141). 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2023.104475
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Improving identification, reporting, and treatment of trafficked persons

Shah, R. V., & Squires, A. P. (2023). (Vols. 11, Issues 3, pp. 42-44). 10.51256/whc062342
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This article provides resources for HCPs encountering individuals trafficked for sex work to improve their practice and care of them, pointing out that these resources can be used in the development of curricular units for HCP students.