Rutgers Nursing Magazine - Summer 2021

RN R U T G E R S N U R S I N G MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN: ONE YEAR LATER... ONE YEAR LATER: 2020 GRADS REFLECT ON LIFE AT THE FRONTLINE NEW DEGREE, NEW ROLE IN A WORLD CHANGED BY COVID CAROLINE DORSEN—GROWING HER VISION “FETCH THE NURSE:” ONE FACULTY RESEARCHER STUDIES THE IMPACT OF RACISM AND MICROAGGRESSIONS ON NURSES CARING FOR OUR YOUNG: NEW PEDIATRIC NP PROGRAMS IMPROVING LATE-LIFE CARE: FUNDED RESEARCH TARGETS AGING AND DEMENTIAS UNDERSTANDING AND REDUCING VACCINE HESITANCY AMOUNG NURSES SPOTLIGHT: FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS/SCHOOL OF NURSING NEWS BRIEFS ALUMNI GALA CELEBRATES NURSING EXCELLENCE— VIRTUALLY N E W A R K N E W B R U N S W I C K B L A C K W O O D 2 4 9 10 12 14 18 20 22 26 On the Cover: 2020 BS in Nursing alumna Donna McFadden R U T G E R S N U R S I N G / S P R I N G / S U M M E R 2 0 2 1 2 / 3 14 10 S P R I N G / S U M M E R 2 0 2 1 EDITORIAL Vanessa Vera, producing editor; Lynn McFarlane, editor; writers: Leslie Garisto Pfaff and Eve Jacobs DESIGN Eric Miller + Associates PHOTOGRAPHY Roy Groething, Kevin Peragine, Fred Stucker DIGITAL PRODUCTION Thomas DiStefano, Dorothy Mui Rutgers Nursing is published by the Department of Marketing, Communications & Public Relations at Rutgers School of Nursing. Comments and suggestions may be sent to communicate@sn.rutgers.edu