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Social support may help offset the negative impact that discrimination and gender expectations have on heart disease and stroke risk factors among transgender and gender non-conforming adults.
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Leaders from top U.S. nursing schools, nursing organizations, and the National Institutes of Health met to discuss a national health action plan to raise awareness of and improve LGBTQ health.
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Palliative care is often associated with the terminally ill, but with the rising incidence of chronic illness, palliative approaches are increasingly used for patients whose deaths may be years away.
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With telehealth and house calls, the Columbia nurse practitioners are deploying new services to meet the diverse needs of its patients.
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- January 9, 2018
Through research and clinical care, Columbia Nursing is a national leader in efforts to improve health care for LGBT patients at every stage of life.
- June 20, 2017
After a 20-year career as a midwife, Columbia Nursing graduate Sharon Robinson works to advance higher education among underrepresented minorities.
- June 8, 2017
The school’s new home will provide nursing students with an ultramodern learning environment that includes a two-story simulation laboratory.
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- June 7, 2017
Columbia's Nurse Practitioner Group now makes house calls for qualified homebound patients in Washington Heights and Inwood.
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- April 13, 2017
More nurse practitioners are becoming primary care providers, a trend that Columbia Nursing helped begin when the school opened a clinic two decades ago.
- March 16, 2017
Isolation precautions are infrequently used for nursing home residents infected with multidrug-resistant organisms, research from Columbia Nursing shows.
- February 7, 2017
Columbia Nursing's impact on nursing began 125 years ago when it opened its doors in 1892. Visit the school's anniversary website to learn more.
- November 16, 2016
Seniors with diabetes spent less out-of-pocket after the launch of Medicare’s Part D prescription drug benefit, School of Nursing researchers have found.
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- September 16, 2016
The Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Group in Washington Heights offers integrated primary and mental health care services and access to specialists at CUMC.
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- June 30, 2016
Citing the changing demands of health care, Columbia University School of Nursing has instituted a new 15-month master’s program.
