Press Room

Pace University’s Lienhard School of Nursing now has a permanent patient on staff. The school is the recipient of “Harvey,” a cardiopulmonary patient simulator, thanks to an $87,500 grant from the Hugoton Foundation.

With much debate regarding healthcare systems worldwide, John J. Ringhisen, RN, a graduate of Pace University’s Lienhard School of Nursing, will study cultural and social barriers that prevent access to primary health care as a recipient of a 2010-2011 Fulbright Research Grant to South and Central Asia, Bangladesh.

Noted international nurse historian, Patricia D’Antonio, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, will speak at Pace University’s Lienhard School of Nursing spring scholarly colloquium on Monday, March 8 in Pleasantville, NY. The colloquium is part of a grassroots international movement that has declared 2010 the Year of the Nurse to raise awareness of the critical role nurses play and to commemorate the 100th anniversary of famed nurse Florence Nightingale’s death.

Primary care nurses and nurse educators at Pace University’s rapidly-growing Lienhard School of Nursing have informed views on the current news about healthcare reform and guidelines for breast and cervical cancer screening.

Toby Haghenbeck, Assistant Professor at Lienhard School of Nursing at Pace University in Pleasantville, NY recently received national recognition for reaching a significant milestone in the nursing profession: Since 1979 she has consistently maintained CCRN® certification offered through AACN Certification Corporation. Toby Haghenbeck is one of 108 CCRNs being honored this year by the corporation and the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses for 30 years of continuous certification.

At a time of enormous demand for nurses, Harriet R. Feldman, PhD, RN, FAAN, a Bellmore, NY resident and dean of Pace University’s Lienhard School of Nursing since 1993, has been re-elected the 2009 chair of the Board of Commissioners of the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), the national nonprofit agency that exclusively accredits baccalaureate and higher degree programs in nursing.

At a time when the US population is increasingly diverse and quality patient outcomes and patient safety are hot topics in health care, Pace University’s Lienhard School of Nursing has won a three-year federal grant of nearly $1 million to enhance its new doctoral program in the areas of cultural competence and evidence-based practice.

Pace University’s Lienhard School of Nursing recently became one of only three institutions approved by New York State to offer a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree. The others are Columbia University and the University of Rochester.

At a time of enormous demand for nurses, Harriet R. Feldman, PhD, RN, FAAN, a Bellmore, NY resident and dean of Pace University’s Lienhard School of Nursing since 1993, has been elected the 2008 chair of the Board of Commissioners of the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, the national nonprofit agency that exclusively accredits baccalaureate and higher degree programs in nursing.

Pace University’s graduate program that trains family nurse practitioners has moved into the top ten such programs nationally in the U.S. News & World Report survey of “America’s Best Graduate Schools 2008.”