Faculty Profile
CUSON 617 West 168th Street
Room 205
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-305-3199
Fax: 212-305-6937
Education and Training |
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| MS | Boston University |
| BS | Columbia University |
| AB | Wheaton College |
Penelope Buschman, AB, BS, MS, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing
Program Director/Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Program
Research/Clinical Interests |
| Children, adolescents, families with chronic,life-threatening illness Adults with serious, persistant mental illness Palliative and end of life care Parental Grief Sibling Grief Retention Factors for Behavioral Health Nurses |
Selected Publications |
| McHugh,M.,Arnold,J.H.,&Buschman,P. (2012)Nurses leading the response to the crisis of palliative care for vulnerable populations.Nursing Economics,30(#),140-147. |
| Gemma PB,Farley JM & Rushton CH.(2012) Living in between:pediatric palliative care. E Yearwood, G Pearson &J Newland(eds) Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health: A Resource for Advanced Practice Psychiatric and Primary Care NP's. Ames,IA: Wiley-Blackwell. |
| Arnold,J & Buschman Gemma,P(2008) The continuing process of parental grief.Death Studies,32 (7),658-673. |
| John, R, Buschman, PR, Chasar, M, Honig, J, Mendoca, E, Bakken, S(2007) Development and Evaluation of a PDA-based Decision Support System for Pediatric Depression Screening, Medinfo. 12(pt 2):1382-6. |
| Gemma, PB & Arnold, JH (2006). Enhancing development. In Gorin, SS & Arnold, JH (eds) Health Promotion in Practice. CA:Jossey Bass. |
| Arnold, JH, Gemma, PB, Cushman, LF (2005). Exploring parental grief:Combining quantitative and qualitative measures. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 19(6),245-255. |
| Buschman Gemma, PR & Arnold, JH (2002). Loss and Grieving in Pregnancy and the First Year of Life:A Caring Resource for Nurses.New York:March of Dimes. |
| Arnold, JH & Gemma, PB (1994) A child dies: A portrait of family grief.(2nd ed.)Philadelphia, Pa:Charles Press. |
Honors & Awards |
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| 2010 | Associate Director/ Center for Children and Families |
| 2007 | Recipient of the Glenda Garvey Teaching Academy Educational Grant |
| 2007 | Appointment to Bereavement Advisory Committee HPCANYS Pandemic Fle Project |
| 1999 | Recipient of the Claire Lucille Pace Humanitarian Award |
| 1994 | Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing |
| 1991 | Appointment New York City Mayoral Temporary Commission on Early Childhood Care |
| 1987 | NYC Maternal and Child Health Nurse Award for Outstanding Effort in Raising Quality of Care |
| 1984 | Advocates for Child Psychiatric Nursing Award for Creativity in Practice |
| 1964-present | Sigma Theta Tau,Alpha Zeta Chapter, Columbia University School of Nursing |
Committees |
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| 2011-present | Diversity Committee,CUSON |
| 2008-present | Pediatric Advanced Care Team |
| 2007-present | At Risk Student Committee,CUMC |
| 2004-2007 | Suicide Action Committee,CUMC |
| 2002-present | Committee on Appointments and Promotions,SON |
| 1997-present | Pediatric Bioethics Committee/Childrens Hospital of NYP |
| 1997-present | Program Directors,SON |
| 1996-present | PH PI Psychiatric Nursing Council |
| 1996-2008 | Affirmative Action Advisory Council,CUMC |
| 1994-present | Faculty Council,SON |
Professional Memberships |
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| 1999-present | International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses |
| 1998-present | Lifetime Fellow of the American Orthopsychiatric Association,Inc. |
| 1994-present | Fellow, The American Academy of Nursing |
| 1972-present | The Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses |
| 1964-present | The American Nurses Association, The NYS Nurses Association,District 13 |