Iris Nagin
Norwalk, CT *****
cell 917-***-****
EDUCATION
Sept 2005-present EdD candidate in health education Teachers College Columbia University
Feb. 1994 M.S.- Columbia University, Adult Nurse Practitioner Program
June 1989 B.S.- Nursing, magna cum laude, Pace University-Leinard School of Nursing
June 1985 A.S.- cum laude, Beth Israel School of Nursing
June 1980 M.A.- History, New York University-Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
June 1975 B.A.- New York University-Washington Square College of Arts and Sciences, Magna
Cum Laude
HONORS
Outstanding Academic Achievement in Nursing, monetary award, Pace University graduation,
1989
Founders Day Award, New York University, 1975
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association since 2014
Member. Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association
Member, New York State Nurses Association, the American Nurses Association, and the
American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Member, American Society of Post Anesthesia Care Nurses 1989-1990
Participated in unit-based and program-based quality improvement activities and presented before
Hospital committees
Frequent speaker on topics related to HIV/AIDS, Women's Health Issues, Palliative Care
Supervised nurse practitioner students during their clinical rotations
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing—New York University
SKILLS/CERTIFICATION
March 2016—Certification in Advanced Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing (HPNA)
September 1995-present Certification as an Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANCC)
July 1990-July 1999 Critical Care Certification (CCRN); Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) April 1989-1992 Post-Anesthesia Nursing Certification (ASPAN)
LANGUAGES: Fluent in Spanish. I also speak some French, German, Yiddish and Hebrew PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
January 14, 2019—present: Centers Plan for Healthy Living. Nurse practitioner in ISNP—Developing a new nursing home. Patient assessments. Implementing treat in place philosophy; goals of care discussion; health maintenance.
March 2014-January 2019: Norwalk Hospital--Western Connecticut Health Network
APRN Palliative Care--Provides palliative care consults on the inpatient service. New program development.
May 2012-January 2014 Village Center For Care
Nurse practitioner providing, primary care, HIV care and primary gyn services. Large pain management panel.
June 2006-May 2012 Lower East Side Service Center
Nurse practitioner providing primary care for people with HIV, as well as for patients enrolled in other LESC programs—residential and outpatient drug treatment, and mental health programs. Hepatitis C treatment in both Hepatitis C mono-infected and HIV co-infected clients
Jan 2005 – June 2006 North General Hospital Special Services Clinic Nurse Practitioner providing primary care for people with HIV. Hepatitis C treatment in the HIV co-infected population
December 2002-Jan 2005 Greenwich House
Nurse Practitioner providing primary care to persons with HIV
Summer 2000-present New York University, School of Education, Division of Nursing Adjunct assistant professor. Teacher of “the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: Nursing Strategies for the Promotion of Wellness”, a 3 credit nursing elective course open to both undergraduate and graduate nursing students which is offered in the summer. In the spring semester of 2003 I ran a seminar group for Nurse practitioner students in the final semester of the ANP program (course title: Adult Primary Care III).
Taught Adult Primary Care II(Fall 2004) and Adult Primary Care III(Spring 2005)
May 2001-November 2002 Evercare, NY
Nurse practitioner providing end of life and episodic care for the elderly institutionalized in long term care facilities. Focus includes working closely with families to focus on the ethics and wishes of the client and family when making end of life decisions. Palliative Care.
July 1999 – April 2001 St. Vincent Hospital, New York, NY Nurse Practitioner, OPDProvided primary and primary GYN care for persons with HIV; participated as sub-investigator in research protocols. Palliative Care. Managed many home infusions
April 1998-July 1999 NENA Community Health Center New York, NY; HIV Clinical Care Coordinator/Nurse Practitioner-Provide primary care for persons with HIV; supervised staff; participate in quality assurance activities as member of the health center QI committee and by auditing charts for compliance with program requirements; provides frequent staff in-servicing. Provided palliative care for persons with AIDS.
June 1997-April 1998 Lutheran Medical Center Brooklyn, NY; HIV
Clinical Coordinator/ Nurse Practitioner, OPD-Provided primary care for persons with HIV; provided primary GYN services for female clients; participated in multi-disciplinary rounds of client group. Provided palliative care for persons with AIDS.
Oct. 1995-May 1997 St. Vincents Hospital New York, NY
Nurse Practitioner, OPD-Provided primary and primary GYN care for persons with HIV; attended weekly journal club as both a presenter and a member of the audience; did physical exams of subjects in research protocols. Palliative care—prognosis for persons with AIDS very poor. Managed many home infusion cases.
Dec. 1994-Sept.1995 Community Family Planning Council of New York City-multiple sites Nurse Practitioner-community based care focusing on gynecology and care of people with HIV-Provided primary care for people with HIV; provided family planning and GYN services to women of the community; worked in mobile outreach van.
Jan. 1994-Dec. 1994 St. Vincents Hospital New York, NY
Nurse Practitioner inpatient AIDS Designated unit. Coordinated acute care of patients hospitalized with opportunistic infections. Performed procedures including vena-puncture, arterial puncture, lumbar puncture, feed tube insertion, urinary catheter insertion, daily orders for TPN and PPN feedings, and management of ventilator settings. Assisted clients through the final days of a terminal illness.
1991-1993 Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center of New York, NY
Staff Nurse CTICU (Open-Heart Recovery Room) Performed direct nursing care of cardiac and transplant patients (heart transplant and lung transplant) in the immediate post-operative period. Care of critically ill patients included hemo-dynamic monitoring, blood gas interpretation, ventilator management and weaning, peritoneal dialysis, continuous arterial-venous hemo-dialysis, ECMO, care of patients with right and left ventricular assist devices, administration of blood products, pain management, arrhythmia management, quick response to code situations.
1986-1991 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY; Staff Nurse--
Post Anesthesia Care Unit 1987-91; Staff Nurse Urology (medical-surgical nursing) 1986-87. Care of cancer patients in the immediate postoperative period included pain management and weaning patients from ventilators. Nursing care included stoma care.
1984-1986 Beth Israel Medical Center of New York, NY; Staff Nurse medical
Surgical nursing 1985-86; Nursing Extern 1984-85