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Rachel Lyons, DrNPRachel Lyons, DNP
Curriculum Vitae







CLINICAL INTERESTS
  • Pediatric Trauma
  • Pediatric Acute Care
  • Pediatric Health Care
  • Pediatric Orthopaedics

LICENSURE
  • New York
  • Rhode Island

EDUCATION
2007
Columbia University
New York, NY
Doctorate in Nursing Practice
2002 Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
Master of Science in Nursing- Maternal Child Health, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
1997 University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI
B.S., Nursing

CURRENT HOSPITAL & ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
  • Faculty Nurse Practitioner in Orthopaedic Surgery, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NYP, NY
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, Columbia University School of Nursing
  • Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, UEMF, Hasbro Children's Hospital Emergency Department, Providence, RI

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETIES
  • National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP)
  • Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB)
  • Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
  • National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON)
  • Sigma Theta Tau (Nursing Honor Society)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • Faculty Pediatric Nurse Practitioner 2007- Present
    Columbia University Medical Center
    Department of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
    622 West 168th Street
    New York, NY 10032

  • Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner 2002- Present
    University Emergency Medical Foundation-Brown University
    Hasbro Children’s Hospital
    Emergency Department- Level I Trauma Center
    Providence, RI 02903

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
  • Lyons, R. (2006).Case in point: heart block as the presenting symptom of lyme disease. Consultant for Pediatricians,5, 781-784.
  • Lyons, R. (2008). Elusive belly pain and guillain barre. Journal of Pediatric Health Care,22, 310-314.
  • Lyons, R. (in Press). Pediatric Musculoskeletal Review. PNP Certification Review Guide. Health Leadership Associates: Maryland.
  • Lyons, R. (in Press). Pediatric Gunshot. DNP Case Narrative Textbook

ORAL PRESENTATIONS
  • "Pediatric Orthopaedic Trauma." At New England Regional Trauma Symposium, April, 2009.
AWARDS
  • 2008 Outstanding Attending Nurse Award
  • 2006 winner of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses Scholarship


 

 
 

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