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I have been a nurse for over two decades. Most of my nursing career has been spent at White Plains Hospital. I have experience in medical/surgical nursing, critical care, and leadership. My primary passion is teaching, mentoring, and guiding students. I continue to work per diem in the quality department at White Plains Hospital while teaching to maintain high quality and safety standards.

The Lienhard School of Nursing within the College of Health Professions prepares future nurses to be critical thinkers, foster teamwork, and to deliver comprehensive and compassionate care in a variety of settings.

PhD, Nursing
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Pleasantville, NY

MA, Nursing Education
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Pleasantville, NY

BS, Nursing
Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY

• Award for Exemplary Service to the Professional Nurses Association of Dutchess/Putnam
• The Amelia A. Gould Scholars: Fellowship for PhD in Nursing Students
• The Charles and Margaret Benjamin Scholarship Eastern Nursing Research Society Travel Scholarship
• Senator Patricia K. McGee Nursing Faculty Scholarship Recognition of Outstanding Academic Achievement in Graduate Nursing

• Experiential Learning Innovation Fund Award

• New York State, Registered Professional Nurse
• National League for Nursing (NLN), Certified Nurse Educator
• American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Medical-Surgical Nursing Board Certified

• Campus service includes simulation lab tours, new-student welcomes, pinning and PhD recruitment events, prospective-student outreach, and chaperoning NSNA convention delegations.

• Ganzfried, E., Paradiso, C., Hanley, C. (November 2025). Poster Presentation. From Drills to Pills: A Pilot Training Program in Pharmacology for Speech-Language Pathology Students. 2025 American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA). Washington, D.C.
• Zacharzuk-Marciano, T., Paradiso, C., Hanley, C. (October 2025). Bridging Knowledge Gaps: An Interprofessional Approach to Cannabis Education for NYS Nurses. American Nurses Association Â鶹´«Ã½“ New YorkÂ鶹´«Ã½™s (ANA-NY) 13th Annual Conference Â鶹´«Ã½“ Empowerment: Be Empowered Through Change. Queens, NY
• Paradiso, C. (June 2025). Invited Panelist. Educating TomorrowÂ鶹´«Ã½™s Teams: Interprofessional Collaboration through Healthcare Simulation. Presented on integrating pharmacology education into speech-language pathology training. Â鶹´«Ã½, Pleasantville, NY
• Paradiso, C., Hanley, C., Ganzfried, E. (May 2025). From Drills to Pills: Training Speech-Language Pathology Students in Pharmacology. Â鶹´«Ã½ Offi ce of Research and Graduate Education Annual Spring Conference. Â鶹´«Ã½, New York, NY
• Amicucci, B., Paradiso, C., & Joseph, R. (October 2024). The Lived Experience of Novice Nurses with Medication Error Reporting. 12th Annual American Nurses Association-New York (ANANY) Conference, Innovative Nursing: AI/Informatics/Technology. Bolton Landing, NY.
• Paradiso, C. & McCrane, R. (May 15, 2024). We Have a Common Cause: Nursing Students Find support through The Learning Commons. Â鶹´«Ã½ Institute of Teaching and Learning (ITL) and Student Success Summit (SSS). Pleasantville, NY
• Paradiso, C. (June 13, 2022). The Lived Experience of a Nursing StudentÂ鶹´«Ã½™s First Med Pass: Student and Faculty Perceptions. International Human Science Research Conference, New York, NY.

• Community outreach (White Plains Youth Bureau career panel Boy Scouts first-responder skills)
• Hospital leadership at White Plains Hospital (Nurse Experience Council member; Magnet redesignation writing support; Lienhard School of Nursing representative to the Transition-to-Practice Nurse Residency Advisory Board).

• National League for Nursing (NLN)
• American Nurses Association, New York (ANA-NY) Nursing Education Committee
• Professional Nurses Association of Dutchess/Putnam, Inc. (PNA) an affiliate of ANA-NY
• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Zeta Iota and Omega Delta chapters
• Center of Nursing Research

• Hanley, C. and Paradiso, C. (2025). American Nurse. American Nurse, 20(6).
• Paradiso, C., & Knoesel, J. (2024). Nursing students' and faculty's experiences of first medication administration: A phenomenological inquiry. Journal of Professional Nursing, 52, 94Â鶹´«Ã½“101.
• Paradiso, C., & Berro, E. (2024). The Jury is Out: Effective pathophysiology and pharmacology instruction in New York State baccalaureate nursing education. The Journal of the New York State Nurses Association, 51 (2).
• Hanley, C. and Paradiso, C. (in press). Shedding pounds, weighing risks: Semaglutide for weight loss. American Nurse.
• Paradiso, C., Joseph, R., Brock, M., & McMahon L. A. (2022). American Nurse, 17(9).
• Mazzella-Ebstein, A. M., Paradiso, C., Lynch, K., & Arnetz, J. E. (2022). Journal of Nursing Management, 30(7), 3139Â鶹´«Ã½“3148.
• Paradiso, C. (2020). American Nurse, (15)7.
• Paradiso, C. (2019). American Nurse, 14(8).

• Medication administration and nursing students/nurses
• Pharmacology and interprofessional education
• First and second-year nursing student retention
• Patient safety issues in the clinical setting
• Medication adherence in patients

• NURS 280: Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I
• NURS 403: Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I
• NURS 282: Pathophysiology and Pharmacology II
• NURS 432: Pathophysiology and Pharmacology II
• NURS 426: Organizational and Systems Leadership in Nursing
• NURS 474: Leadership and Management