The Joseph F. Cullman, Jr. Institute for Patient Experience
Six Nursing Studies and Their Global Reach
A clinical nurse at Mount Sinai Queens, Elvira Solis, MSN, RN, CCRN, is impacting care far beyond her hospital’s walls. What started as an idea to enhance pupillary assessment—checking the eyes— among critical care patients evolved into a quality improvement (QI)...
Celebrating Nurse Practitioners: A Critical Role in Health Care
Nurse Practitioners (NPs) play an increasingly important role in the fast-paced and high-reliability field of health care. Since the nation’s first NP program launched in 1965, there are now more than 431,000 licensed NPs throughout the United States, responsible for...
Midwives: Offering Personalized Care Throughout a Lifetime
It is a common misconception that midwives provide only natural childbirth or pregnancy services. In fact, all New York State licensed midwives, both Certified Midwives and Certified Nurse Midwives, offer a unique brand of care throughout a patient’s lifetime, from...
“I Am a Mount Sinai Nurse”
What is a Mount Sinai nurse? A Mount Sinai nurse is so many things: a team player, dedicated caregiver, critical thinker, continuous learner, mentor, patient advocate. And so much more. At Mount Sinai, we believe that a Mount Sinai nurse is the nurse all other nurses...
Spotlight on Simulation: Jared M. Kutzin, PhD, DNP, MS, MPH, Senior Director of the Simulation Teaching and Research Center at The Mount Sinai Hospital
As the largest and consistently ranked “most trusted profession” in health care, nursing can have a strong voice in education and safety on a global level, says Jared M. Kutzin, PhD, DNP, MS, MPH. As a nurse and President of the international Society for Simulation in...
Two Mount Sinai Brooklyn Nurses Are Grateful for Their Start as Patient Care Associates
Melissa James, RN, began her career in health care as a patient care associate (PCA) at Mount Sinai Brooklyn in 2015, but nursing school was always in her plan. It was also in the family, as Melissa’s mother began her own health care career as a certified nursing...
A Nurse Practitioner Is Thanked for Her Calming Presence
A patient recently shared their experience with Grace Tesoriero, NP, Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Mount Sinai Morningside. They said, “I came in experiencing a great deal of pain and was angry at everyone I encountered because I just couldn’t manage...
A “Rookie of the Year” Nurse Is Dedicated to Learning, Growing, and Helping Others
Olivia DeCurtis, BSN, Assistant Nurse Manager in the Emergency Department, The Mount Sinai Hospital, has long been a fan of the Mount Sinai Health System. “I grew up on Long Island, and when I needed a neurologist as a teenager, I was referred to Mount Sinai. I am...
Celebrating Nursing Assistive Staff
"We Are the Champions" is an apt theme for CNA Week 2025—Thursday, June 12, to Wednesday, June 18—as the Mount Sinai community recognizes Nursing Assistive Staff as dedicated champions of their patients. Nursing Assistive Staff are essential members of health care...