Meredith Wallace Kazer is a professor of nursing and dean of the Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies at Fairfield University.

Career

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An associate professor of nursing at the Yale University School of Nursing in New Haven, Connecticut, Kazer co-edited Prostate Cancer: Nursing Assessment, Management, and Care (Springer Publishing Co. 2002) with Lorrie L. Powel, Ph.D., RN, a research health scientist at Boston University School of Public Health. The American Journal of Nursing awarded the book one of its prestigious book awards.[1]

In March 2015, test preparation company Mometrix named Kazer the tenth most influential nursing dean in the country.[2][3] In 2018, she received the Connecticut League for Nursing's Presidential Award.[4]

In 2020, Kazer was named to the Bridgeport Hospital Board of Trustees.[5]

Education

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She earned a Bachelor of Science of Nursing from Boston University, a Master of Science of Nursing from Yale University and a Ph.D. of Nursing Research and Theory Development from New York University.[5]

Publications

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  • Kazer, Meredith Wallace (2007-10-22). Essentials of Gerontological Nursing. Springer Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-8261-2053-3.
  • Kazer, Meredith Wallace; Grossman, Sheila C. (2011-01-19). Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Certification Review. Springer Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-8261-0643-8.
  • Kazer, Meredith Wallace; Neal-Boylan, Leslie (2011-11-15). Case Studies in Gerontological Nursing for the Advanced Practice Nurse. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-8138-2378-2.

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