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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. …
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Statement on recent events from NYU Meyers Dean Eileen Sullivan-Marx

June 02, 2020
Dear All, It has been a week since a bystander posted the disturbing video of George Floyd saying “I can’t breathe” as a police officer kneeled on his neck for an excruciating 8 minutes and 46 seconds. That searing footage has shocked our nation…
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Prof. Van Cleave awarded Oncology Nursing Society and Johnson & Johnson Nurses Innovate QuickFire Challenge in Oncology Care

June 01, 2020
Janet Van Cleave, PhD, RN, AOCNP, assistant professor at NYU Meyers, has been selected as an awardee of the Johnson & Johnson Nurses Innovate QuickFire Challenge in Oncology for her development of a digital health platform to capture patient…
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COVID-19: Inside the Disaster Nursing classroom with Prof. Bucco

May 26, 2020
An interview with Prof. Theresa Bucco, Clinical Assistant Professor Prof. Theresa Bucco teaches Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness, an elective course she created at NYU Meyers in 2018. This week, she won a grant from the NYU…
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Watch the Virtual Celebration for the Class of 2020

May 25, 2020
Thank you for joining us for our virtual celebration for the class of 2020. We salute them! Watch the celebration video below and download the program today!
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Prof. Cathcart pens survival guide for nurse managers during COVID-19

May 18, 2020
Nurse managers play vital roles in health care organizations, providing clinical leadership, guiding nursing staff, liaising with hospital administrators, and more. The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has made nurse managers’ roles more complex—and…
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New bill would forgive student loans for nurses and others on the healthcare front lines

May 13, 2020
A proposed new bill in Congress would create a national program to forgive federal and private student loan debt for front-line healthcare workers, including nurses and EMTs. Under the draft Student Debt Forgiveness for Frontline Health Care Workers…
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COVID-19: To support vulnerable populations, we need to ask difficult questions

April 29, 2020
By Prof. Maya Clark-Cutaia, Assistant Professor of Nursing   “The advent of COVID-19 has not only highlighted existing disparities and inequities, it has reminded us of the significantly poorer outcomes related to lack of resources in…
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Nursing students help city hospitals with COVID-19 telehealth efforts

April 16, 2020
When NYU Meyers alumna Natalia Cineas — the chief nurse executive of NYC Health + Hospitals, the city’s public hospital system — put out a call for help with COVID response, her alma mater was at the ready. More than 230 nursing students in the…