Richard Dorritie

Faculty

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Richard Dorritie

PhD RN CNOR CNE

Clinical Associate Professor

1 212 992 7082

433 FIRST AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10010
United States

Prof. Dorritie is a Clinical Assistant Professor at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. His teaching and learning are grounded in communication, connection, and trust. This critical pedagogy approach aligns with his research, professional, and scholarly activities that are focused on developing and advancing nurses as policy leaders, from bedside to congress, shaping our social justice and determents of health. Prof. Dorritie also spends time exploring interests at the intersection of poverty and racism with the quality of surgical care, and safety of surgical providers. His service is and has been connected to the NYS Nurses on Boards Coalition, as well as serving at the local, state, and national levels of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN). Clinically, he has worked as an emergency nurse, quality nurse, transplant coordinator, and perioperative nurse, and began his nursing career with an associate’s degree from Borough of Manhattan Community College. He currently holds board certifications in both perioperative nursing (CNOR) and nursing education (CNE), and was previously both a CEN and TNCC.

PhD, Nursing research - Columbia University School of Nursing
MSN, Nursing education - Empire State University
B.S., Nursing - Hunter Bellevue School of Nursing
A.A.S. Nursing - Borough of Manhattan Community College
Health Policy
Leadership
Perioperative Care
Teaching and Learning
American Nurses Association
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
Eastern Nursing Research Society
New York Academy of Medicine
Sigma Theta Tau International

Teaching through tension: Strategies for navigating sociopolitical challenges in nursing education

Carney, A., Birdsall, S. B., Cill, D., Dorritie, R., & Taylor-Smalls, S. A. (2026).
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The Universal Protocol and Surgical Never Events: The Lived Experiences – work in progress

Dorritie, R. (2025).
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Addressing Health Equity in the Classroom: A “Mean Nurses” Quality Improvement Project Designed to Create Leaders

Dorritie, R., Fasolka, B., Godwin, A. M., & Meadows-Oliver, M. (2024).
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Becoming Board Ready – Steps and Methods

Dorritie, R. (2024).
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Faculty Supporting Faculty: Stories from a Peer Review of Teaching Pilot

Breder, K., Dorritie, R., & Rodriguez, K. G. (2024).
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Teaching observations often feel fraught and high stakes, but what if they were conducted in a spirit of mutual benefit and directed by the instructor being observed? In this TeachTalk, faculty from Rory Meyers College of Nursing will discuss their experience collaborating with NYU’s Learning Experience Design team on a peer review of teaching pilot. They will share how the process benefited their teaching, as well as tips for how to observe colleagues in a way that empowers observer and observee alike.   Kelseanne Breder (Clinical Assistant Professor, Rory Meyers College of Nursing), Richard Dorritie (Clinical Assistant Professor, Rory Meyers College of Nursing), and Karla Rodriguez (Clinical Assistant Professor, Rory Meyers College of Nursing

Surgical Never Events: Change Over Time Analysis

Dorritie, R. (2024).
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“Mean Nurses”: Students Addressing Incivility with a Quality Improvement Project

Meadows-Oliver, M., Dorritie, R., Fasolka, B., & Godwin, A. M. (2024).
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“Mean Nurses”: Students Addressing Incivility with a Quality Improvement Project

Meadows-Oliver, M., Dorritie, R., Godwin, A. M., & Fasolka, B. (2024).
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Opioid use and misuse in children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer : a systematic review of the literature

Beauchemin, M., Dorritie, R., & Hershman, D. L. (2021). In Supportive Care in Cancer (Vols. 29, Issues 8, pp. 4521-4527). 10.1007/s00520-020-05980-2
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Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) are at increased risk for negative opioid-related outcomes, including misuse and overdose. High-quality cancer care requires adequate pain management and often includes opioids for tumor- and/or treatment-related pain. Little is known about opioid use and misuse in children and AYAs with cancer, and we therefore conducted a systematic review of the literature using PRISMA guidelines to identify all relevant studies that evaluated opioid use and/or misuse among this population. Eleven studies were identified that met our inclusion criteria. The range of opioid use among the studies was 12–97%, and among the five studies that reported opioid misuse or aberrant behaviors, 7–90% of patients met criteria. Few studies reported factors associated with opioid misuse but included prior mental health and/or substance use disorders, and prior opioid use. In summary, opioid use is highly variable among children and AYAs with cancer; however, the range of use varies widely depending on the study population, such as survivors or end-of-life cancer patients. Few studies have examined opioid misuse and/or aberrant behaviors, and future research is needed to better understand opioid use and misuse among children and AYAs with cancer, specifically those who will be cured of their cancer and may subsequently experience adverse opioid-related outcomes.

Leading for change : Nurses on boards

Dorritie, R., Fiore-Lopez, N., & Sonenberg, A. (2020). In Nursing Management (Vols. 51, Issues 3, pp. 14-20). 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000654844.72394.8f
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