Beth Latimer

Faculty

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Beth Latimer

APRN-BC DNP GNP

Clinical Associate Professor
Interim Executive Director

1 212 998 5345

433 First Ave
New York, NY 10010
United States

Beth Latimer is a board-certified geriatric nurse practitioner and simulationist who brings over 30 years of teaching experience to Meyers. Dr. Latimer is a National League for Nursing Simulation Leader, is certified as a Healthcare Simulation Educator, and has received the INACSL Leadership Excellence Award for Advancing the Field of Nursing Simulation. Her scholarship focuses on accelerating disability education for healthcare professionals, improving the quality of care for older adults,  advancing simulation educator scholarship, and enhancing practice readiness among baccalaureate-prepared and advanced practice nurses.

DNP - NYU College of Nursing (2011)
MA, Gerontological Nursing and Nursing Administration - NYU Division of Nursing (1993)
BSN - University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (1985)

Simulation
Nursing education
Gerontology
Adult health
Non-communicable disease
Primary care
Families

Eastern Nursing Research Society
Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association
International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning
Sigma Theta Tau International, Upsilon Chapter
Society for Simulation in Healthcare

NYU Faculty Honors (2020)
Spirit of Simulation Leadership Excellence Award, International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (2020)
Doval Award for Excellence in Nursing Education, New York University (2019)
Faculty Honors, New York University (2019)
Leadership Program for Simulation Educators, National League for Nursing (2018)
Fellow, Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (2017)
Service Award, Recognition of Scholarship to the Undergraduate Program, NYU (2015)
Service Award, NYU College of Nursing (2014)
Preceptor Award in Nursing Education, NYU College of Nursing (2012)
Brookdale Foundation Award DNP Scholar, NYU College of Nursing (2011)
Brookdale Foundation Award DNP Scholar, NYU College of Nursing (2010)

Clinical simulation: An innovative strategy for improving health care for older adults.

Latimer, B. (2018). Geriatric Nursing, 39(5), 612-613. 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2018.09.004

Tactics for Teaching Evidence-Based Practice: Enhancing Active Learning Strategies With a Large Class of Graduate EBP Research in Nursing Students

Vetter, M. J., & Latimer, B. (2017). Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 14(5), 419-421. 10.1111/wvn.12227
Abstract
Abstract
This column shares the best evidence-based strategies and innovative ideas on how to facilitate the learning and implementation of EBP principles and processes by clinicians as well as nursing and interprofessional students. Guidelines for submission are available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1741-6787.

Home visits after hospitalization: Enhancing baccalaureate nursing student's Gerontologic clinical experience

Latimer, B., & Mezey, M. (2001). Geriatric Nursing, 22(5), 248-252. 10.1067/mgn.2001.119469
Abstract
Abstract
This article describes posthospitalization visits by 83 nursing students to 57 older patients and their caregivers discharged from two large academic medical centers and one community hospital. Patient and caregiver interviews in the home focused on the areas of geriatric assessments of cognitive and functional status, patient and caregiver satisfaction with recent hospitalization, ongoing health management, patient teaching, and discharge planning.

The Patient Self‐Determination Act: An Early Look at Implementation

Mezey, M., & Latimer, B. (1993). Hastings Center Report, 23(1), 16-20. 10.2307/3562274