1960 B.S.N. Columbia University
1973 M.Ed. Columbia University
1977 Ed.D. Columbia University
Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN is Professor and Director of The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing in the New York University College of Nursing. She received her undergraduate and graduate education at Colombia University. She worked as a public health nurse and at Jacobi Hospital in NY City. Dr. Mezey taught at Lehman College of the City University of New York. For 10 years she was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing where she directed the geriatric nurse practitioner program and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Teaching Nursing Home Program. Since 1991 she has been a Professor, New York University College of Nursing. In 1996, Dr. Mezey assumed the position of Director of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at NYU.
Dr. Mezey has authored 10 books and has over 60 publications that focus on the preparation of baccalaureate and advanced practice nurses to care for older adults, nursing practice with older adults and bioethical issues that effect decisions at the end of life. A Member of the American Academy of Nursing, Dr. Mezey is Editor for the Springer Series in Geriatric Nursing and Co-Editor of the Springer publication The Encyclopedia of Elder Care. Her current research and writing focus on geriatric nursing education, and the quality of care for older people in hospitals and long-term care.
Dr. Mezey is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the Gerontological Society of America, sits on the Board of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and is Trustee Emeritus, Columbia University.
Research
- Geriatric nursing education
- Geriatric nursing best practices
- Preparation of advanced practice nurses to care for older adults
