Bobbie Berkowitz, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean of Columbia University School of Nursing and senior vice-president of the Columbia University Medical Center, has become the American Academy of Nursing’s president-elect, it was announced at the Academy’s annual policy conference in Washington, DC.
Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) announced plans today to build a new home for the Columbia University School of Nursing, one of the oldest nursing schools in the nation. The seven-story building will be located on existing Columbia property at the corner of W. 168th Street and Audubon Avenue, at the east end of the CUMC campus.
Using an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system to automate the immunization data shared between health providers and public health agencies enables physicians to assist individual patients faster and more effectively, while also providing more immediate, cohesive community data to the agencies tasked with promoting public health. Those are the findings of a new study conducted by researchers from Columbia University School of Nursing and partner institutions. The researchers also found that automated reporting reduced the lag time historically associated with data submitted on vaccinations and, in some cases, reduced the paperwork and staff time traditionally devoted to managing these required submissions.
A new study shows that hospitals with specialized units combining the compassionate care of hospice and the level of care offered in medical-surgical units may provide efficient, cost effective assistance to patients with advanced chronic illness or terminal disease.
Although the prevalence of dementia in the Hispanic community is more than twice the national average, most research to help alleviate caregiver burden is focused only on the general population. Now, a team of researchers led by Robert J. Lucero, Ph.D., MPH, RN, Assistant Professor at Columbia University School of Nursing, will develop and test a Web-based intervention designed to address the special needs of Hispanic caregivers. This bilingual system will allow caregivers to improve healthcare management of dementia patients and themselves. The tool will be continuously refined based on caregiver feedback and will be the first to take the specific needs of the Hispanic community into consideration and involve them in the design process.
A new study from Columbia University School of Nursing supports a growing body of evidence that women are less likely to contract bloodstream or surgical site infections than their male counterparts.
Columbia University School of Nursing is the only site in New York State, and one of only 30 international sites selected to participate in a clinical trial to treat Acquired Female Orgasmic Disorder. The study will test whether a nasal gel containing bio-identical testosterone when applied to the mucous membranes of the nose will restore a woman’s ability to obtain orgasm and sexual satisfaction.
Women who see themselves as active participants in the delivery of their first child, and prefer a collaborative role with their healthcare provider are more likely to prefer planned home birth and the care of a midwife, according to a new survey conducted by Columbia University School of Nursing’s Adriana Arcia, PhD, RN, and published in the journal Midwifery.
In Ethiopia, menstrual supplies are practically nonexistent. Rather than risk the embarrassment of bleeding through their clothes, many girls stay home from school during their cycle each month, which causes them to fall behind in their studies and often drop out of school altogether. But Mary Moran, a Columbia University School of Nursing professor, found a solution to keep Ethiopian girls in school and restore their confidence: Her organization Girls2Women developed a sanitary pad making program which teaches local Ethiopian leaders how to make pads out of colorful and durable Ethiopian cotton, which can be hung to dry in the sun after washing and reused.
No one wants to go to the hospital— and probably even more so— no one wants to return. cases, for reasons that they themselves could have prevented. Mary Donovan-Johnson, DNP, Program Director of the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program at Columbia University School of Nursing, was personally involved in thousands of patient discharges in more than a decade as an acute care nurse practitioner managing the care of liver and heart transplant recipients. She offers the following tips to avoid a return trip to the hospital.
Columbia University School of Nursing Menopause expert Nancy Reame, PhD, provides tips for enjoying a great sex life during this stage.
A landmark study published in the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health shows that birth centers, home-like settings where midwives provide care to healthy pregnant women provide safe care. The study reports excellent outcomes for the more than 15,000 women having birth center care in 79 midwife-led centers across 33 states. These findings are particularly remarkable in an era characterized by increases in obstetric intervention and cesarean birth nationwide.
In the first study of its kind, researchers at the Columbia University School of Nursing have established that poor health literacy among Latino parents is associated with a poor understanding of the proper use antibiotics, particularly for upper respiratory infections (URIs), which can lead to an increase in antimicrobial resistance.
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