Christine T Kovner

Faculty

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Christine T Kovner

FAAN PhD RN

Professor Emerita

1 212 998 5312

433 First Ave
New York, NY 10010
United States

Christine T Kovner's additional information

Christine Tassone Kovner, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the Mathy Mezey Professor of Geriatric Nursing at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and a senior faculty associate at the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing. She is also a professor of medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, an affiliated faculty at NYU College of Global Public Health, and Editor-in-Chief of Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice. She is a highly-respected nurse educator and researcher with more than 150 published articles. Kovner maintains an active research program involving studies 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. Kovner was the principal investigator of a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 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. 

Among her many honors, in 2019 Prof. Kovner received the Excellence in Policy Award from Nursing Outlook for “Diversity and education of the nursing workforce 2006-2016,” 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

Faculty Honors Awards

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)

Publications

Barriers and facilitators of nurses' use of clinical practice guidelines: An integrative review

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Estimating and preventing hospital internal turnover of newly licensed nurses: A panel survey

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Impact of transformational leadership on nurse work outcomes

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Barriers to Referral for Elevated Blood Pressure in the Emergency Department and Differences Between Provider Type

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Educational gaps and solutions for early-career nurse managers' education and participation in quality improvement

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Scheduling and shift work characteristics associated with risk for occupational injury in newly licensed registered nurses: An observational study

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A structural equation model of turnover for a longitudinal survey among early career registered nurses

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Assessing nursing student intent for PHD study

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Challenges of nurses' deployment to other New York city hospitals in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy

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Changing trends in newly licensed RNs

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