Christine T Kovner

Christine Tassone Kovner, PhD, RN, FAAN is a Professor Emerita. She was the Mathy Mezey Professor of Geriatric Nursing at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and a professor of medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Dr. Kovner is the Editor-in-Chief of Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice. She is a highly respected nurse educator and researcher with more than 150 published articles. Her research focuses on quality improvement, RN working conditions, and nursing care costs. For five years she was the principal investigator for the TL1 Pre- and Post-Doctoral Program of NYU's NIH funded Clinical and Translational Science Institute. Dr. Kovner was the principal investigator of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant studying the career trajectories of newly licensed registered nurses over the first ten years of their careers. As a clinical nurse, she was proud to provide COVID vaccinations at Langone Health.

Dr. Kovner was a visiting scholar at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Policy for two years and has served on many government policy committees, including New York’s State Hospital Review and Planning Council. She has served as a grant reviewer for the NIH, NIOSH, and the Department of Defense among others.

Among her many honors, Dr. Kovner was awarded the Diane O. McGivern Award in 2024. The award recognizes an NYU Meyers graduate for outstanding work in legislation and policy on behalf of professional nursing. Dr. Kovner received the Excellence in Policy Award from Nursing Outlook for “Diversity and education of the nursing workforce 2006-2016,” in 2019, the IRGNI Research Mentorship Award from Academy Health (2018), the Eastern Nursing Research Society Distinguished Contributions to Nursing Research Award (2018), the Golden Pen Award from the Journal for Healthcare Quality (2007), and the Lavinia Dock Distinguished Service Award from the New York Counties Registered Nurses Association.

PhD - New York University

MSN - University of Pennsylvania

BS - Columbia University School of Nursing

Post-doctoral Fellowship - Robert Wagner School of Public Service, NYU

Nursing workforce

Community/population health

American Academy of Nursing Fellow

AcademyHealth

Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science

Sigma Theta Tau

International Association of Clinical Research Nurses

Diane O. McGivern Award, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing (2024)

Excellence in Policy Award, Nursing Outlook (2019)

IRGNI Research Mentorship Award, Academy Health (2018)

Distinguished Contributions to Nursing Research Award (2018)

Treasurer, CGFNS International, Inc. (2016)

Distinguished Alumna Award, New York University, College of Nursing (2012)

Nursing Outlook Excellence in Policy Award for “State Mandatory Overtime Regulations and Newly Licensed Nurses’ Mandatory and Voluntary Overtime and Total Work Hours.” (2012)

Vernice Ferguson Faculty Scholar Award, New York University, College of Nursing (2010)

Golden Pen Award for “Exploring the Utility of Automated Drug Alerts in Home Healthcare,” Journal for Healthcare Quality (2007)

Health Policy and Legislation Award, New York University, College of Nursing (2006)

Honorary Recognition Award, New York Counties Registered Nurses Association (1999)

Best of Image Award in Health Policy Scholarship, for “Nurse Staffing Levels and Adverse Events Following Surgery in U. S. Hospitals," Journal of Nursing (1999)

Alumni Award for Distinguished Career in Nursing, Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital Alumni Association (1996)

Distinguished Nurse Researcher, Foundation of the New York State Nurses Association (1994)

Lavinia Dock Distinguished Service Award, New York Counties Registered Nurses Association (1992)

Martha E. Rogers Scholarship Award, Upsilon Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau (1983)

Forward

Kovner, C. (2005). In B. Cleary & R. Rice (Eds.), Nursing workforce development (1–, p. xii-xiv). Springer.

From science to service

Nieva, V., Murphy, R., Ridley, N., Donaldson, N., Combes, J., Mitchell, P., Kovner, C., Hoy, E., & Carpenter, D. (2005). In K. Henriksen, J. Battles, D. Lewin, & E. Marks (Eds.), Advances in patient safety: A framework for the transfer of patient safety research into practice (1–). Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Palliative wound care at the end of life

Hughes, R. G., Bakos, A. D., O’Mara, A., & Kovner, C. T. (2005). Home Health Care Management and Practice, 17(3), 196-202. 10.1177/1084822304271815

Abstract

Abstract

Wound care, a form of palliative care, supports the health care needs of dying patients by focusing on alleviating symptoms. Although wound care can be both healing and palliative, it can impair the quality of the end of life for the dying if it is done without proper consideration of the patient's wishes and best interests. Wound care may be optional for dying patients. This article will discuss the ethical responsibilities and challenges of providing wound care for surgical wounds, pressure ulcers, and wounds associated with cancer as well as wound care in home health compared to end of life.

A day in the lives of APNs in the U.S.

Swartz, M., Grey, M., Allan, J., Ridenour, N., Kovner, C., Hinton-Walkier, P., & Marion, L. (2003). The Nurse Practitioner Journal, 28(10), 32-39.

Letter to the editor

Kovner, C., & Needleman, J. (2003, January 1). In JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association (Vols. 289, Issues 5, p. 5).

Nursing Burnout and Patient Safety [3] (multiple letters)

Davis, D., Hand, E. E., Kovner, C., Needleman, J., Aiken, L. H., Clarke, S. P., Sloane, D. M., Sochalski, J., & Silber, J. H. (2003, February 5). In Journal of the American Medical Association (Vols. 289, Issues 5, pp. 549-551). 10.1001/jama.289.5.549-a

Nursing care in assisted living facilities.

Kovner, C. T., & Harrington, C. (2003). The American Journal of Nursing, 103(1), 97-98. 10.1097/00000446-200301000-00081

Nursing and nursing care

Kovner, C. (2003). In E. Siegler, S. Mirafzal, & J. Foust (Eds.), A guide to hospital and inpatient care (1–, pp. 37-43). Springer.

Nursing's geriatric workforce: Caring for older adults

Mezey, M., & Kovner, C. (2003). Public Policy and Aging Report, 13, 22-26.

The changing picture of hospital nurses.

Kovner, C. T., & Harrington, C. (2002). The American Journal of Nursing, 102(5), 93-94. 10.1097/00000446-200205000-00045

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