studies Irish Gaelic at the Irish Arts Center in Manhattan.
PROGRAM NOTES Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program (formerly Acute Care Nurse Practitioner) Marianne Baernholdt ’94 oversees the Rural and Global Health Care Center at the University of Virginia School of Nursing where she also teaches. She was selected as an inductee of the Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing last year.
Joan Ostrander Valas ’90 ’91 ’95 wrote a chapter on ethical considerations in the care of vulnerable adult populations in Ethical and Legal Issues for Doctoral Nursing Students: A Textbook for Students and Reference for Nurse Leaders.
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program (formerly Adult Nurse Practitioner) Janica Barnett ’10 ’13, Debbie Dubeansky ’10 ’13, Josh Raufman ’10 ’12, Kathy Wu ’10 ’12, Martha Yepes ’11 ’13, and Annie Yu ’08 ’13 spoke about their career paths since graduation in a panel discussion organized by program director Jeffrey Kwong.
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Paige Mackey Bellinger ’10 ’12 spoke at Columbia Nursing’s “Real Talk,” a
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Julie Lindenberg ’07, associate professor of Clinical Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center School of Nursing, was named Clinical Quality Manager, a newly created position, at RediClinic. Julie serves on the Texas Health Services Authority Statewide Collaborative Planning Process: Electronic Health Record Adoption and Consumer Engagement work group, the American College of Nurse Practitioners Practice Committee, The Convenient Care Association Clinical Advisory Board, and the American Board of Comprehensive Care Board of Directors.
Norma Hannigan ’07 is now a clinical professor of nursing at Hunter CollegeBellevue School of Nursing. She celebrated her 10th year writing a health column for 10-4 Magazine, a publication read by truck drivers. She sings with Jasper Glee at Manhattan College, and
Rachel Cintolo Lyons ’07, assistant clinical professor, is the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner specialty director at Rutgers University School of Nursing. She maintains a clinical practice at Newark Beth Israel ED and Hasbro’s Children’s Hospital in Rhode Island. She presented a
candid discussion with students about life after Columbia Nursing. Kristine Takamiya ’01 ’07 moved to Seattle with her family last year, and is now a clinical associate professor at the University of Washington School of Nursing. Kris reports she is enjoying her new work, but misses New York City. Virginia Ranitovic Rudd ’95 ’98 ’07 had her poem Invisible War published by Oncology Times.
poster at the Annual National NAPNAP conference outlining her program for active video gaming and nutrition education for fifth graders at the Greater Newark Charter School. Clare Cardo McKegney ’08 recently moved from the Boston area to Summit, New Jersey, and works at in a large private practice. Clare launched a new business, thesavvyparent.com, offering classes on newborn care, nutrition, safety, vaccines, and breastfeeding. Courtney Reinisch ’07 wrote a chapter in Ethical and Legal Issues for Doctoral Nursing Students: A Textbook for Nurse Leaders. Julie Schnur ’03 ’05 ’13 was an author of “Girl, 13 With a Bump on her Leg,” published in Clinician Reviews. Jennifer Smith ’05 was an editor and chapter author of Ethical and Legal Issues for Doctoral Nursing Students: A Textbook for Nurse Leaders.
Entry to Practice Program John Menzies Godfrey ’94 has been publisheding poetry collections since 1971. He worked as head nurse in a clinic at Kings County Hospital Center from 2003 until his retirement in 2011.
Family Nurse Practitioner Program Samantha Ashley Armstrong ’08 ’11 married Grant Andrew Blosser in Clinton, NY last year. Sara Buros ’09 ’11 and Rebecca Mizrachi ’10 ’12 spoke at Columbia Nursing’s “Real Talk,” series of candid discussions with students about life after Columbia Nursing . Melissa Rodriguez-Ramos ’02 ’04 works as a faculty member at the Helene Fuld College of Nursing and represented Columbia Nursing at the Helene Fuld School of Nursing presidential inauguration in 2013.
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