Sally S Cohen

Faculty

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Sally Cohen

FAAN PhD RN

Clinical Professor

1 212 992 5929

433 First Ave
New York, NY 10010
United States

Accepting PhD students

Sally S. Cohen, FAAN, Ph.D., RN, is a clinical professor at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. As a nationally recognized leader in advancing health policy and nursing at the national and state levels, she helps integrate health policy into nursing education, practice, and research. Her interdisciplinary scholarship encompasses public health, children’s rights, bullying prevention, and the politics of policymaking for children’s issues. As the editor-in-chief of Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice from 2014 to 2019, Cohen helped to create a vibrant forum for nurses and others globally to share ideas and analyses of policies and political activities that affect nursing practice in all venues of care.

Before joining NYU as faculty, Cohen was the 2014–2015 NAM/AAN/ANA/ANF Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence at the Institute of Medicine (now the Academy of Medicine). Before that, she directed the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nursing and Health Policy Collaborative at the University of New Mexico. The collaborative, which wrapped up its work in 2017, prepared nursing Ph.D. students for leadership in health policy. As director of policy and research at the National League of Nursing, Cohen helped advocate for legislation that in 1985 established the National Institute of Nursing Research. She also developed and directed the Nursing Management, Policy, and Leadership specialty at the Yale. 

Among her many honors, Cohen received the 2019 Lois Capps Policy Luminary Award from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing for her exceptional contributions to the nursing workforce and healthcare policy. She was honored by Yale School of Nursing with its “90 Outstanding Yale Nurses” award in 2013. In 2008, she received the Kaplan-Landy Award for Vision, Innovation, and Leadership from the Hadassah Nurses Council. She was elected to the New York Academy of Medicine in 2006 and the American Academy of Nursing in 1988.

Cohen earned her PhD from Columbia University, MSN from Yale University, and BA from Cornell University.

 

PhD - Columbia University
MSN - Yale University
BA - Cornell University

Pediatric
Community/population health
Health Policy

American Academy of Nursing
American Nurses Association
American Political Science Association
American Public Health Association
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Lois Capps Policy Luminary Award, American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2019)
90 Nurses for 90 Years, Yale University School of Nursing (2013)
Kaplan-Landy Award for Vision, Innovation, and Leadership, Hadassah National Nurses Council (2008)
Elected to the New York Academy of Medicine (2006)
Ellen Rudy Clore Excellence in Writing Award, Journal of Pediatric Health Care (1998)
Dissertation approved with distinction (1993)
Marisa de Castro Benton Prize, for outstanding dissertation in Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University (1993)
Elected to American Academy of Nursing (1988)
Elected to Sigma Theta Tau, International, Honor Society for Nursing, as charter member Delta Mu Chapter (1979)

Transitions, Reflections, and Visions for the Future

Cohen, S. S. (2019). Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice, 20(4), 179-180. 10.1177/1527154419894828

Bullying and other behavioral problems at school

Cohen, S. S., & Weidel, J. J. (2018). In Behavioral Pediatric Healthcare for Nurse Practitioners (1–, pp. 267-278). Springer Publishing Company. 10.1891/9780826116819.0021
Abstract
Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of behavioral issues in school settings. Major topics covers the explanations of why school settings can pose challenges for behavior; etiology, manifestations, and consequences of behavioral challenges in school settings; and bullying among children and youth as an example of a challenging behavior at school. The chapter discusses the behavioral problems with teachers and parents, it’s important for pediatric primary care providers (P-PCPs) to remember that descriptions of aggressive behaviors vary in severity, frequency, and seriousness of the acts themselves. Urge teachers and parents to observe and report the exact behaviors, their duration, possible catalysts, and impacts of the behaviors on the student, peers, and classroom learning. The chapter concludes with a summary of recommendations for P-PCPs who, with the correct knowledge about bullying behaviors, can intercept the problems while working with children who are affected by behavioral challenges at school.

Education Disparities

Cohen, S. S. (2018). Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 19(3), 55-56. 10.1177/1527154418817679

PENS Position Statement on Bullying Prevention

Cohen, S. S., & Dwyer, A. (2018). Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 39, 91-93. 10.1016/j.pedn.2017.12.007

Health-Care Reform U.S. Style

Cohen, S. S. (2017). Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice, 18(2), 59-60. 10.1177/1527154417729072

Letter From the Editor: Guest Editorials

Cohen, S. S. (2017). Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 18(1), 6. 10.1177/1527154417711059

Nurses Improve Their Communities’ Health Where They Live, Learn, Work, and Play

McCollum, M., Kovner, C. T., Ojemeni, M. T., Brewer, C., & Cohen, S. (2017). Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 18(1), 7-16. 10.1177/1527154417698142
Abstract
Abstract
Nurses are often recognized for their volunteer efforts following disasters and international humanitarian crises. However, little attention is paid to the activities of nurses who promote a culture of health in their communities through local volunteer work. In this article, we describe nurses’ perceptions of how they promote health in their communities through formal and informal volunteer work. Using 315 written responses to an open-ended question included in a 2016 survey of the career patterns of nurses in the U.S., we utilized conventional content analysis methods to code and thematically synthesize responses. Two broad categories of nurse involvement in volunteer activities arose from the participants’ responses to the open-ended question, “Please tell us what you have done in the past year to improve the health of your community”: 17% identified job-related activities, and 74% identified non-job-related activities. 9% of respondents indicated they do not participate in volunteer work. Job-related activities included patient education, educating colleagues, and “other” job-related activities. Non-job-related activities included health-related community volunteering, volunteering related to a specific population or disease, family-related volunteering, church activities, health fairs, raising or donating money, and travelling abroad for volunteer work. Nurses are committed to promoting a culture of health in their communities both at work and in their daily lives. Leveraging nurses’ interest in volunteer work could improve the way nurses engage with their communities, expand the role of nurses as public health professionals, and foster the social desirability of healthful living.

Tax Policies as Health Care Policies

Cohen, S. S. (2017). Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 18(4), 171-172. 10.1177/1527154418776534

U.S. Health Policy Following the 2016 Elections

Cohen, S. S. (2017). Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 18(3), 111-112. 10.1177/1527154418757775

Bullying Policies across the Lifespan

Cohen, S. S. (2016). Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 17(4), 175-176. 10.1177/1527154417703203