UR Nursing in the News What’s new in the School of Nursing? Here are some recent media reports involving UR Nursing faculty, staff, and alumni.
The School of Nursing was featured prominently in a WXXI/NPR story delving into how the COVID-19 pandemic had inspired a new generation of future nurses. The in-depth multimedia package examined how and why nursing school enrollments were trending upward amid a nursing shortage exacerbated by a worldwide pandemic. Reporter Beth Adams interviewed two UR Nursing Accelerated Bachelor’s Program for Non-Nurses (APNN) students, Andrew Pierle and Christian Tarantola (seated at right), as well as Dean Kathy Rideout, EdD, PPCNP-BC, FNAP, and URMC Chief Nursing Executive Karen (Davis) Keady, PhD, RN, NEA-BC. The story was later highlighted on WXXI’s Connections radio show, with Keady appearing as a guest. To listen to the original radio story or view the entire package, including a video of UR Nursing students in action, visit: https://www.wxxinews.org/ health/2021-11-09/covid-19-fueled-nursing-shortage-but-also-inspired-new-generation-of-nurses Photo courtesy of Max Schulte and WXXI Public Media
Rideout was also the subject of a feature story in the Rochester Beacon after announcing she would be stepping down as dean in 2022. The story, titled “A Strong Voice for the Nursing Profession,” focused on Rideout’s many accomplishments as dean as well as her full-throated advocacy for the field of nursing.
Instructor of clinical nursing Jennifer Zugnoni, MNE, RN, BSN, and APNN student Shauna Topian were featured in two TV local news stories in November showcasing how nursing students were preparing to begin their careers amid a global pandemic and a national nursing shortage.
Associate Dean for Education and Student Affairs Lydia Rotondo, DNP, RN, CNS, FNAP, was interviewed for a Spectrum News story in December about a generous $1 million gift made to the School of Nursing. The anonymous donor earmarked the gift to support the expansion of Helen Wood Hall (see story, page 8).
Erin Baylor, ’97N, ’98N (MS), DNP, RN, PNP-BC, ONP, an assistant professor of clinical nursing and director of simulation at the UR School of Nursing, was interviewed in July for a pair of local TV news stories covering the school’s first-ever poverty simulation event. The simulation allowed APNN students to experience what it is like to live as part of a low-income family and gain a greater understanding of the daily challenges and barriers faced by residents living in poverty. APNN student Rabia Cav was also interviewed for the stories.
Kathy Mulholland Parrinello ’75N, ’83N (MS), ’90 (PhD), chief operating officer and executive vice president of URMC and Strong Memorial Hospital, was quoted in a pair of stories in the New York Times: an October article on health care workers getting vaccinated ahead of a state deadline, and a December story about hospitals in the state being overwhelmed by a surge in COVID cases.
Loretta Ford, EdD, RN, PNP, NP-C, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, founding dean of the UR School of Nursing, was featured in December on the PBS program, Growing Bolder, celebrating the inspirational stories of men and women who are redefining the possibilities of life after 50. Ford, who discussed her role in the creation of the nurse practitioner role in the 1960s, celebrated her 101st birthday on Dec. 28.
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