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Aimee Smith is currently a nursing PhD student and has earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees at Â鶹ֱ²¥'s Lienhard School of Nursing. Her doctoral program research centers on AI-enhanced clinical decision support, including a dissertation developing an AI model for alcohol withdrawal syndrome in hospitalized adults.

Since 2013, Aimee has held progressively responsible teaching roles at Â鶹ֱ²¥, from nursing simulation lab technician to adjunct faculty and simulation educator, where she designed and facilitated simulation curricula for undergraduate nursing.

Her clinical career as a registered nurse began in the Telemetry Unit and later in the Intensive Care Unit at Phelps Hospital, Northwell Health. Before entering nursing, she served nearly two decades as a volunteer firefighter with the Pleasantville Volunteer Fire Department, rising to chief of department.

Her honors include being Valedictorian of her nursing class and being recognized as a Northwell Health Nurse of Distinction nominee.

MS, Family Nurse Practitioner
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BS, Nursing
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• Summa cum laude, Pforzheimer Honors College
• Outstanding Academic Achievement in Nursing Award

• HRSA Nursing Faculty Loan Program Recipient

• Certified Nurse Educator (CNE), National League for Nursing (NLN)
• Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE), Society for Simulation in Healthcare
• Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, American Nurses Credentialing Center (AANC) American Nurses Association (ANA)
• Licensed Nurse Practitioner, Family Health, New York State Education Department Office of the Professions
• Board Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN), American Nurses Credentialing Center (AANC) American Nurses Association (ANA)
• Registered Professional Nurse, New York State Education Department Office of the Professions
• Coaching for Excellence in Nursing Course, National League for Nursing
• Certificate of Post-Graduate Study in Higher Education, Harvard University, The Derek Bok Center for Teaching & Learning, Cambridge, MA
• Healthcare Simulation Essentials: Design and Debriefing Course Center for Medical Simulation, Boston, MA
• Sim: Fundamentals Course Winter Institute for Simulation, Education and Research (WISER), University of Pittsburgh

• Peer tutor (2010–2013)
• Lab Staff Associate (2013–2021)
• Simulation Educator and Adjunct Faculty (2021–2026)

• AI in Critical Care Nursing: Revolutionizing AWS Clinical Decision Support. Accepted poster, 2026 AACN ACE Symposium, Charlotte NC.
• Using Student-Generated Memes to Facilitate In-class Discussion Among Undergraduate Nursing Students in an Ethics Class. Accepted podium presentation, 2025 NLN Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC), Washington DC.
• Harnessing AI for Simulation: Scenario Creation and Evaluation. Accepted poster, NLN Education Summit 2025, Orlando FL.
• Not just for clinical courses; Simulation in pathophysiology and pharmacology. Podium presentation. Co-presenter, Elizabeth Berro, Â鶹ֱ²¥. 2026 NLN Education Summit, San Antonio TX.

• Peer reviewer, Teaching and Learning in Nursing
• Volunteer firefighter (2001–2021)

• American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)
• American Association for the History of Nursing (AAHN)
• American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
• American Nurses Association (ANA-NY)
• American Society of Addiction Nursing (ASAN)
• Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS)
• International Nursing Association of Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL)
• National League for Nursing (NLN)
• National Nurses United
• RN Response Network (RNRN)
• New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM)
• New York State Medical Reserve Corps (NYSMERC-Westchester)
• Sigma Theta Tau, Omega Delta Chapter
• Society for Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
• Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH)

• Smith, A., & Berro, E. (2026). Teaching and Learning in Nursing.
• Finlayson, C., Dennis, H., Saleem, V., Smith, A., Moreno, M., Williams-Douglas, N., Tabet, S. (2026, May 15). Lohud.
• Velasquez, Joana PhD, RN; Smith, Aimee MS, RN. U Nurse Educator 51(1):p E8-E12, January/February 2026.
• Paperback/eBook, Smith, A. (2025). Medical terminology pocket reference: Commonly used prefixes, suffixes, and abbreviations.

• NURS 202: Fundamentals of Nursing Practice
• NUR 247: Pathophysiology and the Entertainment Media
• NURS 395: Independent Study in Nursing
• NURS 402: Fundamentals of Nursing Practice
• NURS 403: Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I
• NURS 448: Ethics and Excellence in Professional Nursing
• NURS 470: Advanced Nursing Care of Patients with Complex Illness
• NURS 478: Ethics and Excellence in Nursing