Jennifer Nahum, DNP, CPNP-AC, PNP-BC, RN, is a clinical assistant professor at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. She is a pediatric nurse practitioner with an interest in neonatology. After spending her early nursing years as a bedside nurse in a Level-III intensive care nursery in Philadelphia, she is now a pediatric emergency room nurse practitioner. She is on a task force to pass the Lymphedema Treatment Act, which is currently under review by Congress.
Nahum earned her DNP at New York University and MSN and BSN at the University of Pennsylvania. Her doctoral capstone project evaluated the use of a self-assessment tool via tablet computers to assess lymphedema symptoms in post-surgical breast cancer patients.
