HIGN News

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Tara Cortes

The Health and Tax Bill

July 8, 2025 | Tara A. Cortes, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA Executive Director & Professor of Geriatric Nursing, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing

H.R.1, The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed the Senate and the House with a big cut to healthcare.

Kristie Chan

Dying in the Shadows: How Long-Term Care Facilities Can Avoid Sidelining Death and Dying

July 7, 2025 | Kristie Chan, BSN

Kristie Chan, BSN graduate of NYU Meyers and a previous HIGN Scholar, wrote a column for McKnight's Long-Term Care news on how long-term care facilities can better support their staff after a patient's death.

Kelseaanne Breder

In Their Prime for Psychoanalysis

June 10, 2025 | Kelseanne Breder, PhD PMHNP-BC, RN Assistant Director, Behavioral Health & HRSA Geriatric Academic Career Awardee (GACA), HIGN, Clinical Associate Professor, NYU Meyers

Sigmund Freud once remarked that old age is accompanied by rigidity and a diminished capacity for change.

Mathey Mezey

Reflections on the Teaching Nursing Home Model

May 13, 2025 | Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN Professor Emerita, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing

It is with great pleasure that I read Dr. Donna McCabe’s excellent column “The Teaching Nursing Home” in the most recent edition of HIGN’s Newsletter (April, 2025).

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