Nursing Department Professor Wins Award for Helping Asthmatic Children

August 24, 2020

Dr. Monica Diamond-Caravella

“Receiving the AACN’s 2020 Exemplary Academic-Practice Partnership Award is a great honor for me and the Department of Nursing,” says Dr. Diamond-Caravella. “My colleagues from Molloy College, St. Josephs College, and the Asthma Coalition of Long Island hope that this partnership model – that has demonstrated sustainability over time and replicated in two upstate New York areas – can now be reproduced in other  high-needs areas of the country that are challenged with disproportionate asthma-related emergency department and hospitalization rates for minority children with asthma.

“The beauty of this long-standing partnership is our collective work across colleges in addressing the asthma burden right here on Long Island. National recognition will enable our team to continue to support new initiatives regionally and nationally. Farmingdale State College will now be listed on the AACN website, along with great colleges and universities such as Emory University, University of Cincinnati, University of San Francisco, Rush University, and The Ohio State University. This honor doesn’t get better than that!”

According to the AACN website, “Academic-Practice Partnerships are a mechanism to strengthen nursing practice and help nurses become well positioned to lead change and advance health. Mutual respect and trust are the cornerstones of the practice/academia relationship. A commitment is shared by partners to support opportunities for nurses to lead and develop collaborative models that redesign practice environments to improve health outcomes.”

“This is quite an honor for the team and the colleges that support this high level of work,” says Dr. Lori Goodstone, Nursing Department chair.

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