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Paradis sisters pose with NYU Nursing banner

Seeing Double? Going to NYU Meyers as twins

July 20, 2020
Interview with Barbara Paradis, MS ’22, BS ’17 & Eliana Paradis BS ’17 Barbara: We are not identical twins, we are fraternal! Some people see us and can immediately tell we’re twins. We have different personalities, so it’s easy to tell us apart…
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Prof. Victoria Vaughan Dickson awarded NHLBI grant to increase diversity in cardiovascular disease research

July 13, 2020
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded funding to NYU Meyers’ Victoria Vaughan Dickson, RN, FAAN, FAHA, FHFSA, PhD, to provide cardiovascular disease research and training…
Schafer examines a camper in the infirmary

Summer blues: Meyers DNP student investigates if mental health education for camp counselors helps campers

July 07, 2020
Until COVID, Robin Schafer DNP ‘21, BS ‘99 used to spend seven weeks each summer as the health director for two busy summer camps on Lake Raquette, in New York — with sailboats, boat docks, log cabins, and mess halls pretty enough for a postcard…
Prof. Nahum with covid banner

COVID-19: Expert advice from Prof. Nahum on risks to children

June 29, 2020
Jennifer Nahum, clinical assistant professor While COVID-19 continues to devastate communities around the globe, so far it has mostly spared young people. Data shows children are half as likely as adults to contract the virus and 300 times less…
Prof. Lim with Jordan Jew, another Meyers student, and an alum

Prof. Lim shows why everyone needs a role model

June 23, 2020
Whether it is a mentor with a knack for classroom discussion or an expert who serves in a medical clinic in Ghana, role models are people who demonstrate the qualities we would like to have. They offer us a vision of what is possible and affect us…
NYC Black Nurses Association protesting

Statement from the Black Student Nurses Association

June 11, 2020
To fellow Meyers nursing students, First and foremost, the Black Student Nurses Association would like to address the timing of our response to recent events. In all honesty, it has been hard to find the right words to address the issue of…

An important message from the Greater New York City Black Nurses Association

June 10, 2020
We call for an immediate amendment and upgrade from the charge of 3rd-degree murder to 2nd-degree murder for former officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. We need an end to the minimizing of charges filed against police officers…
Tamara Tobee portrait

Staff Profile: Meet Tamara Tobee

June 09, 2020
Fresh flowers anoint her workspace. Framed inspirational quotes hang beside her, announcing to all, “Good vibes only” and “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Tamara Tobee is the welcoming face and operations dynamo of the sixth floor. For…
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How to combat loneliness in older adults during COVID-19

June 08, 2020
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began to sweep across the United States in early March, experts have warned that older adults are particularly vulnerable. Due to weaker immune systems and their likelihood of having chronic conditions such as heart…
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Popular new clinical simulation at NYU Meyers focuses on LGBTQ patients

June 03, 2020
Whether it is a heart attack or a bad reaction to a blood transfusion, the NYU Meyers Clinical Simulation Learning Center (CSLC) has likely replicated it. The CSLC also develops "specialized scenarios" to close possible gaps in nursing training. …