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

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Sally Cohen's additional information

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

Faculty Honors Awards

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)

Publications

Health Policy Repertoires and Toolboxes

Cohen, S. S. (2016). Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 17(1), 3-4. 10.1177/1527154416655508

Soaring Prescription Drug Prices

Cohen, S. S. (2016). Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 17(3), 115-117. 10.1177/1527154416681225

States, Nations, Health Policy, and Nursing

Cohen, S. S. (2016). Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 17(2), 59-60. 10.1177/1527154416667347

Trends in the supply and practice environment of nurse practitioners in New Mexico

Judge, S. M., Boursaw, B., & Cohen, S. S. (2016). Nursing Economics, 34(1), 35-43.

On White Papers and Pages

Cohen, S. S. (2015). Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 16(1), 3-4. 10.1177/1527154415589664

Advancing policy, politics, and nursing practice to its next stage

Cohen, S. S. (2014). Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 15(3), 63. 10.1177/1527154414568258

Interprofessional and Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Moving Forward

Cohen, S. S. (2014). Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 14(3), 115-116. 10.1177/1527154414533616

The Future of Nursing Report Three Years Later: An Interview with Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, Senior Advisor for Nursing at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Cohen, S. S. (2013). Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 14(2), 79-85. 10.1177/1527154413497403

Remembering Donna Diers

Cohen, S. S. (2013). Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 14(1), 3-4. 10.1177/1527154413493476

Nursing Testimony Before Congress, 1993-2011

Cohen, S. S., & Muench, U. (2012). Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 13(3), 170-178. 10.1177/1527154412471201
Abstract
Abstract
This article describes nurses' testimony before congressional committees between1993 and 2011. We address three questions: (a) How have trends in nurses' testimony changed over time? (b) What do data reveal about nursing's engagement with health policy issues on the congressional agenda? (c) How might the findings be useful in implementation of health care reform and the Institute of Medicine report on the Future of Nursing. Using LexisNexis® Congressional online database, we identified 434 nursing testimonies presented at congressional hearings. Descriptive statistics were used to examine characteristics of the nurse expert witnesses and the testimonies topics on which they testified. Nurses most frequently testified on workforce issues (36%), followed by access and coverage (14%). The majority of the nurse witnesses had graduate degrees 65% and lived and worked in fewer than 10 states. Nurses appeared before House or Senate appropriations committees 38% more often than before any other congressional committees. Our findings point to the need for additional research, especially given the crescendo of calls for nursing to step up to the political table. The article concludes with implications for future research and policy action.