Fidelindo Lim

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Fidelindo Lim

DNP CCRN FAAN

Clinical Associate Professor
Program Director, Nursing Education

1 212 992 9078

433 First Ave
New York, NY 10010
United States

Fidelindo Lim, DNP, RN, FAAN, is a Clinical Associate Professor at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. His teaching and scholarly interests include nursing education, LGBTQ+ health, reflective practice, men in nursing, and the nursing humanities. He is widely recognized for his work integrating inclusive health content into nursing curricula. Prof. Lim currently serves as a member of the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) Center for Ethics and Human Rights Advisory Board and was appointed to the ANA’s Code of Ethics for Nurses 2025 Re’Vision National Expert Panel. He also contributes monthly to the ANA’s American Nurse Journal as a designated “Nurse Influencer.” 

Lim led a national study examining faculty readiness to teach LGBTQ+ health content in prelicensure nursing programs, a first-of-its-kind investigation cited in numerous white papers and national policy statements. His scholarship has advanced faculty development in inclusive education and informed best practices in curriculum design across the country.

Prior to joining the faculty at NYU Meyers, Lim worked as a critical care nurse for 18 years while concurrently serving as a nursing educator since 1996. He has authored more than 250 publications on a range of topics, including active learning, nursing pedagogy, clinical practice, preceptorship, Florence Nightingale’s legacy, and student engagement. He has served as a long-standing faculty advisor to various student groups and has curated impactful extracurricular programming to enrich nursing education for three decades.

Among his many honors, Lim was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. In 2021, he was featured in the ANA-sponsored documentary American Nurse Heroes, a nationally televised tribute to frontline nurses during the Year of the Nurse. He is also a board member of the NYU Meyers Alumni Association.

DNP, Northeastern University
MA, New York University
BSN, Far Eastern University, Manila, Philippines
Acute Care
Critical care
LGBTQ
Nursing education
American Nurses Association New York
American Association of Critical Care Nurses
American Association for Men in Nursing
Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International
Philippine Nurses Association of New York
American Association of Critical Care Nurses' Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Network
National League for Nursing
Distinguished Teaching Award - New York University Meyers College of Nursing (2025)
Mentorship Award - American Nurse Association New York (2024)
Expert Panelist - American Nurses Association’s (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses 2025 Re’Vision (2023)
Faculty Trailblazer - New York University (2023)
Inducted as a Fellow - American Academy of Nursing (AAN) (2022)
Nurse Faculty Scholars Mentored Writing Award - American Journal of Nursing (2022)
Fellow - New York University Aging Incubator (2021)
Nursing Education Award - American Nurses Association New York (2021)
Nurse Influencer - American Nurses Association (2020)
DAISY Foundation Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty – NYU Meyers (2020)
National League of Nursing (NLN) Innovation Center, Honorable Mention for article "Nursing Humanities: Teaching for a Sense of Salience" (2019)
Fellow - New York Academy of Medicine (2019)
Member of the Year - American Association for Men in Nursing (2018)
Rose and George Doval Teaching Award - NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing (2017)
Distinguished Clinical Nursing Faculty Award - NYU, College of Nursing - Undergraduate Nursing Students Association (2015)
Baccalaureate Faculty Excellence Award - NYU, College of Nursing Students Association (2014)
Nursing Education Foundation Scholarship Award - National League for Nursing (2013)
Nurse Educator of the Year, Philippine Nurses Association of New York, Inc. (2013)

Trust me. I'm a nurse

Lim, F., & Salinas, A. (2019). In The American nurse.
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Beliefs and perceptions of mentorship among nursing faculty and traditional and accelerated undergraduate nursing students

Lim, F., Navarra, A.- M., Stimpfel, A. W., Rodriguez, K., Lim, F., Nelson, N., & Slater, L. Z. (2018). In Nurse education today (Vols. 61, pp. 20-24).
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In order to meet the demands of a dynamic and complex health care landscape, nursing education must develop and implement programming to produce a highly educated nursing workforce. Interprofessional honors education in nursing with targeted mentorship is one such model.

Delivering LGBTQ-sensitive care

Lim, F., Paguirigan, M., & Cernivani, D. (2018). In Nursing Critical Care (Vols. 13, Issues 4, pp. 14-19). 10.1097/01.CCN.0000534918.70677.9c
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Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community have historically faced prejudices, often resulting in significant health disparities. Critical care nurses have a duty to provide all patients, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, with the best possible care. This article examines a framework for LGBTQ-sensitive care as well as best practices and additional resources.

Faculty and Student Perspectives on Mentorship in a Nursing Honors Program

Lim, F., Nelson, N., Lim, F., Navarra, A.- M., Rodriguez, K., Witkoski Stimpfel, A., & Slater, L. Z. (2018). In Nursing education perspectives (Vols. 39, Issue 1, pp. 29-31).
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Honors programs in nursing can facilitate the professional development of high-achieving students, supporting their lifelong engagement in nursing practice, education, research, and health care policy issues. Strong mentoring relationships are commonly identified as essential to the success of nursing honors programs, but literature on mentoring relationships in an honors context is limited. The purpose of this study was to gain insight into faculty and student expectations for mentorship. Faculty and students shared similar expectations for both the mentor and mentee, highlighting key themes of engagement, facilitation, accountability, and collaboration as necessary for the success of an undergraduate nursing honors program.

Hepatic Failure

Chen, L., & Lim, F. (2018). In Handbook of Clinical Nursing: Critical and Emergency Care Nursing (pp. 153-157). Springer.
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Hepatic Failure

Chen, L., & Lim, F. (2018). In A Guide to Mastery in Clinical Nursing: The Comprehensive Reference (pp. 89-92). Springer.
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Nursing Humanities: Teaching for a Sense of Salience

Lim, F., Lim, F., & Marsaglia, M. J. (2018). In Nursing education perspectives (Vols. 39, Issues 2, pp. 121-122).
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Reports have indicated that nursing programs in the United States are not generally effective in teaching nursing science, natural science, the social sciences, and the humanities. The value of the lifelong study of humanities for nurses is the invitation for contemplation on the human experience so we can make informed moral, spiritual, and intellectual sense of the world. In essence, when we understand, we become more empathetic. This article adds to the call for teaching for a sense of salience in nursing through the meaningful synthesis of humanities in baccalaureate education.

Routine supplemental oxygen for AMI

Lim, F., Chen, L. L., & Lim, F. (2018). In Nursing (Vols. 48, Issues 11, p. 19). 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000546472.87509.e4
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The emerging threat of synthetic cannabinoids

Lim, F., Phillips, J., Lim, F., & Hsu, R. (2017). In Nursing management (Vols. 48, Issues 3, pp. 22-30).
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Factors Influencing Weaning Older Adults From Mechanical Ventilation: An Integrative Review

Lim, F., Stieff, K. V., Lim, F., & Chen, L. (2017). In Critical care nursing quarterly (Vols. 40, Issues 2, pp. 165-177).
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This study aim was to describe the influences that affect weaning from mechanical ventilation among older adults in the intensive care unit (ICU). Adults older than 65 years comprised only 14.5% of the US population in 2014; however, they accounted up to 45% of all ICU admissions. As this population grows, the number of ICU admissions is expected to increase. One of the most common procedures for hospitalized adults 75 years and older is mechanical ventilation. An integrative review methodology was applied to analyze and synthesize primary research reports. A search for the articles was performed using the PubMed and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) databases; using the keywords and Boolean operators "older adults," "weaning," "mechanical ventilation," and intensive care unit. Although physiologic changes that occur with aging place older adults at higher risk for respiratory complications and mortality, there are many factors, other than chronological age, that can determine a patient's ability to be successfully weaned from mechanical ventilation. Of the 6 studies reviewed, all identified various predictors of weaning outcome, which included maximal inspiratory pressure, rapid shallow breathing index, fluid balance, comorbidity burden, severity of illness, emphysematous changes, and low serum albumin. Age, in and of itself, is not a predictor of weaning from mechanical ventilation. More studies are needed to describe the influences affecting weaning older adults from mechanical ventilation.