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Deborah Kramer, EdD, RN, CPNP-BC, FNP-BC

Deborah Kramer

Associate Professor of Nursing
Doctor of Education | Columbia University
Master of Education | Columbia University
Master of Science | Columbia University
Registered Nurse | Lehman College
Bachelor of Science | Lehman College


deborah.kramer@mountsaintvincent.edu

Dr. Deborah Kramer, EdD, RN, CPNP, FNP is Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Mount Saint Vincent, and founder and Director of the Peer Mentorship Program. Dr. Kramer has expertise in primary care, early intervention, individuals with disabilities, staff burnout, learning strategies, and alternative and complementary therapies. She has presented internationally and is the author of Primary Well-Being: Case Studies For The Growing Child. Her international research studies on staff burnout “Helping the Helper: Decreasing Burnout in Pediatic Hematology/Oncology Staff” and reasearch on decreasing students stress and  learning strategies have been published in numerous nursing and medical journals.

Textbook

Kramer, D. (2017). Primary Well-Being: Case Studies for the Growing Child. New York: Springer.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Stein J, Madni A, Moody K, Kramer D, Vaughn D, Bhatia S, Sellers J, Snyder A, Lu Z, Baker JN, Levine D. Decreasing Burnout and Improving Work Environment: The Impact of Firgun on a Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Team. JCO Oncol Pract. Accepted 10/2022

Kramer, D. Hillman, S., & Zavala, M. (2018). Developing a culture of caring and support through a peer mentorship program. Journal of Nursing Education, 57(7), 430-435.

Kramer, D. (2017). Energetic modalities as a self-care technique to reduce stress in nursing students. Journal of Holistic Nursing, (Dec 5).

Kramer, D. (2015). Threats to internal and external validity. American Holistic Nurses Association.

Moody, K; Kramer, D.; Stein, J.; Santizo, R.O.; Magro, L., Wyshogrod, D., Ambrosio, J.; Castillo, C.; Lieberman, R. (2013). Helping the helpers: Mindfulness training for burnout in pediatric oncology—A pilot program. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 30(5), 275-284.

Kramer, D., Krug, P., Gordon, P., & Mermelstein, P., Bucketman, R. (2013). Energy dialogue technique in healing and health: Relieving side effects and thyroid dysfunction in a male with hemophilia receiving pegylated interferon and ribavirin treatment for hepatitis C virus¯an anecdotal case study. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 31(3), 204-213. Online version posted May 17, 2013.

Smukler, B. & Kramer, D. (1996). Beyond basic skills: A collaboration between a resource center and a department of nursing for high-risk nursing students. Research and Teaching in Developmental Education,13(1), 75-83.

Book Chapters

Moody, K., et. al. (2017). Easing clinician’s distress. In Joanna Wolfe, Barbara L. Jones, Ulrika Kreichbergs, & Momcilo Jankovic (Eds.). Palliative Care in Pediatric Oncology. New York: Springer.

Kramer, D. (1995). Teaching RN Students in the Clinical Area. In Cohen, B. & Lerner, H. Teaching in the Clinical Laboratory. New York: Springer Publishing. Unpublished.

Kramer, D. (1992). Alterations in Endocrine Function. In P. T. Castiglia & R. E. Harbin (Eds.), Child Health Nursing: Process and Practice, Philadephia: Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins.

Kramer, D. (1991). ‘Preventing the High-Risk Course’ – Meeting the Needs of the Nursing Student at Risk: A Student-Centered Approach, Chapter 3 in R.C. Morris & N. Schultz, (eds.), A Resource Guide for Working with Youth at Risk. Atlanta, GA: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.