NED Planning Team Member
Carla Mariano
Carla Mariano, RN, EdD, AHN-BC, FAAIM received her EdD and MEd from teachers College, Columbia University. She is presently President-elect of the American Holistic Nurses Association. Dr. Mariano is Associate Professor, developed and is now Coordinator of the Advanced Practice Holistic Nurse Practitioner Program in the Division of Nursing at New York University, the first Holistic Nurse Practitioner Program in the country. She has also been integrally involved with the American Holistic Nurses Association in developing the Standards and Scope of Practice for Advanced Practice Holistic Nurses and the Advanced Practice Holistic Core Curriculum. Her publications in this area include Nursing and Holistic Ethics, Research in Holistic Nursing, Holistic Healing and the Advanced Practice Nurse, Complementary/ Alternative Therapies in End of Life Care, and a forthcoming book Teaching Holism in Nursing and Medicine. She is a member of the editorial review board of Journal of Holistic Nursing and is currently conducting a qualitative research project on the Nature of Natural Healing and Clients' Responses to Alternative/Complementary Modalities. Dr. Mariano also has conducted qualitative research in the fields of gerontology and interdisciplinarity. She has presented her research nationally and internationally. She has numerous publications including those on the qualitative research process; the case study method; instructional strategies/curricular considerations for teaching qualitative research; interdisciplinary collaboration; and aging. She is the recipient of the American Holistic Nurses Association 2003-2004 Holistic Nurse of the Year Award, recipient of the distinguished Achievement in Nursing Education Award from Teachers College, Columbia University, was elected to the Teachers College Columbia University Hall of Fame, and was presented the Rose and George Doval Award for Excellence in Education. She currently chairs the National Education Dialogue (NED) on values and competencies. (cm2@nyu.edu, (212) 998-5319)