Dr. Esther Siegel EDD RN CS
2109 BROADWAY NEW YORK NY, 10023About
After becoming a nurse with an Associate of Applied Science Degree, Esther Siegel worked part-time in a medical-surgical unit for two years. In 1968, she returned to school full time and graduated with her bachelor’s degree in 1969. She worked as a clinical faculty member for one year, but yearned to continue her education in psychiatric nursing. In 1970, Dr. Siegel returned to Adelphi, again on grant tuition funds plus a stipend, to earn her master’s degree as a psychiatric clinical specialist. Dr. Siegel then initiated a project to allow nursing clinical specialists to be therapists on the psychiatric units. At Hillside Dr. Siegel worked as a team leader on an adolescent unit and then as a therapist on an adult unit, after which she held the position of assistant director of nursing. Dr. Siegel began her doctoral studies at Columbia University, Teachers College in 1979 and earned her doctorate in 1985. From 1980 to 1986, Dr. Siegel worked as a consultant at NYU Medical Center, working with nursing staff on stress management. In 1986, Dr. Siegel was recruited by the Dean of Health Sciences at Long Island University to assume the position of Chairperson of the Division of Nursing at the Brookville Campus on Long Island. She remained in that position until 1989. At that time, she was asked to assume the director’s role at the Brooklyn Campus of the Nursing Program.
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