Aida Egues’s Profile
Community and Public Health Nursing, Medical/Surgical Nursing
Dr. Egües, a Full Professor of Nursing at The City University of New York, New York City College of Technology, is a professional registered nurse licensed in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. She has a Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP), Educational Leadership, from Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, where she received The Director’s Award for the Outstanding Doctoral Graduate. Dr. Egües is a Certified Nurse Educator, a Board-Certified Public Health Clinical Nurse Specialist, and a Board-Certified Advanced Public Health Nurse. She is also a Fellow at the New York Academy of Medicine. As a nurse educator, Dr. Egües has a passion for mentoring, and is a published author, consultant, presenter, and invited speaker at international, national, and local nursing and multidisciplinary venues. She has received awards and grants for work addressing adoption and support of technology, community health initiatives, health disparities, mentoring, and service learning in nursing education. With regard to mentoring, Dr. Egües’ own work on mentoring of Hispanic registered nurses and nursing students has been instituted and recognized by private and public universities, as well as health care institutions throughout the country such as the Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center, Care Point Health System, Columbia University Medical Center, University of Alaska, and New Jersey City University, She is a clinical reviewer for multiple interdisciplinary and peer-reviewed journals, and serves as a contributor and reviewer for several prominent publishing houses. A nationally recognized expert in mentoring, public health and community health program planning and design, education evaluation, and nursing ethics, she is a peer-reviewer for the University of New Mexico’s Mentoring Institute as well as the National League for Nursing. Dr. Egües is a member of many professional advisory boards.
My Courses
ARTH2101 HealingTheBody FA2015
This interdisciplinary course examines the imagery of medical practice, the role of visuality in shaping medical knowledge, artistic representations of the healthy and ailing body, and the emergence and increasing dependence on visual technologies. The course is designed as a lecture course of three modules that focus on the medical body, disease and illness, and treatment and healing. Students will acquire skills to better analyze images, and will attain greater awareness of variables in cultural values that underlie medical practice across history.
Community Health Nursing, HD 14 (30705)
This course builds upon the student’s knowledge of nursing and provides the requisites required for practice as a community health nurse. The focus is on health promotion, disease prevention and maintenance of health, which is the core of community-based care. Selected concepts such as evidence-based care that contribute to the foundation of community-based nursing will be discussed. The course will examine historical perspectives, the value of community health, the nurse’s present day professional expectations and accompanying changes in responsibilities, accountability for practice and ethical and transcultural considerations. The curriculum will focus on specific contemporary community health issues including communicable diseases, mental health and preparedness for bioterrorism.
Community Health Nursing, HD 13 (30704)
This course builds upon the student’s knowledge of nursing and provides the requisites required for practice as a community health nurse. The focus is on health promotion, disease prevention and maintenance of health, which is the core of community-based care. Selected concepts such as evidence-based care that contribute to the foundation of community-based nursing will be discussed. The course will examine historical perspectives, the value of community health, the nurse’s present day professional expectations and accompanying changes in responsibilities, accountability for practice and ethical and transcultural considerations. The curriculum will focus on specific contemporary community health issues including communicable diseases, mental health and preparedness for bioterrorism.
This course builds upon the student’s knowledge of nursing and provides the requisites required for practice as a community health nurse. The focus is on health promotion, disease prevention and maintenance of health, which is the core of community-based care. Selected concepts such as evidence-based care that contribute to the foundation of community-based nursing will be discussed. The course will examine historical perspectives, the value of community health, the nurse’s present day professional expectations and accompanying changes in responsibilities, accountability for practice and ethical and transcultural considerations. The curriculum will focus on specific contemporary community health issues including communicable diseases, mental health and preparedness for bioterrorism.
This course builds upon the student’s knowledge of nursing and provides the requisites required for practice as a community health nurse. The focus is on health promotion, disease prevention and maintenance of health, which is the core of community-based care. Selected concepts such as evidence-based care that contribute to the foundation of community-based nursing will be discussed. The course will examine historical perspectives, the value of community health, the nurse’s present day professional expectations and accompanying changes in responsibilities, accountability for practice and ethical and transcultural considerations. The curriculum will focus on specific contemporary community health issues including communicable diseases, mental health and preparedness for bioterrorism.
My Projects
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My Clubs
New Faculty Orientation 2014-2015
This is a private group for new hires participating in the New Faculty Seminar series for the 2014-2015 academic year. The members of the group are composed of the seminar leaders as well as the faculty. This group will be used as the main communication site between all participants and facilitators and as a repository for the documents made available throughout the seminar series.
