Catherine Finlayson

Catherine S. Finlayson joined the faculty of Pace University’s Lienhard School of Nursing in the department of PhD in Nursing, as a tenure-track associate professor in 2021. Prior to coming to Pace, she was a clinical nurse IV at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for 15 years.

Dr. Finlayson received the Doctoral Degree Scholarship in Cancer Nursing from the American Cancer Society to support her dissertation research, which subsequently won the outstanding dissertation award that year. She was the recipient of the 2018 Oncology Nursing Society Trish Greene Memorial Lectureship.

She currently serves as the chair of the American Nurses Association-New York, Political Action Committee.

PhD, Florence S. Downs PhD in Nursing Research and Theory Development
New York University
2018

MS, Urban Policy Analysis and Management
Milano School of Urban Policy, The New School for Social Research
2003

BS, Nursing
SUNY Down State Medical Center
2006

BA, Political Science
New York University
2000

• Outstanding Dissertation Presenter: Rory Meyers College of Nursing (2018)

• Oncology Nursing Society, ONS Trish Greene Memorial Quality of Life Lectureship Award. Annual award recognizing excellence in oncology nursing. $2,000 and conference expenses (May 2018)
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, The Rudin Award for Excellence in Nursing Research. The most prestigious nursing honor at MSKCC. Recognizes five nurses and one support staff every year for excellence in nursing practice, education, advanced practice, administration, research and nursing support. $5,000 (2016)
• American Cancer Society, Doctoral Degree Scholarship in Cancer Nursing. The Experience of Being Aware of Disease Status in Women with Recurrent Ovarian Cancer: A Phenomenological Study. This funding was used to support the principal investigator during the dissertation process. Grant Number: 127264-DSCN-15-074-01-SCN, $30,000, role: PI (2015–2017)

• Oncology National Certification Corporation, Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN®)
• New York State, Registered Nurse #581051

• PhD Faculty Committee
• PhD Curriculum Committee
• Dissertation Committees
• Grievance Committee

• Oncology Nursing Society
• Eastern Nursing Research Society
• American Nursing Association, Omega Delta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau (2008–present)
• Eastern Nursing Research Society (2011–present)
• American Nursing Association New York (2017–present)
• Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science

• Finlayson, C. S., Banfield, A., Robalino, H., & Hickey, P. (2024). Training Future Nurse Scientists to Become Peer Reviewers. Practical Implementation of Nursing Science, 3(1), pp. 12–15.
• Iwama, K., Travis, A., Nowlin, S., Souffrant, K., Finlayson, C.S. Gorbenko, K, & Cohen, B. (2023). Barriers, facilitators, and opportunities for doctor of nursing practice engagement in translation research. Nursing Outlook.
• Pandey, S., Wisniewski, R., Morjaria, S., Lucca Bianchi, A., Newman, T., Tan, C., Rosa, W.E., & Finlayson, C. S. (2023). Factors associated with antimicrobial use at the endof- life among hospitalized cancer patients. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine. Advanced Online Publication.
• Finlayson, C, S.; Rosa, W.E.; Mathew, S.; Applebaum, A.; Squires, A.; Fu, M.R. (2023). Awareness of disease status among patients with cancer: an integrative review. Cancer Nursing.
• Rosa, W. E., Dahlin, C., Battista, V., Finlayson, C. S., Wisniewski, R. E., Greer, K., & Ferrell, B. R. (2021). Primary palliative care clinical implications: oncology nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 25(2), 119–125.
• Rosa W.E., Finlayson C.S., Ferrell B.R. (2020). The cancer nurse as primary palliative care agent during COVID-19. Cancer Nursing.
• Finlayson, C.S., Fu, M.R., Squires, A., Applebaum, AJ, Van Cleave, J., Haber, J., O’Cearbhaill & DeRosa, A. (2018). The experience of being aware of disease status in women with recurrent ovarian cancer: a phenomenological study. Journal of Palliative Medicine.
• Finlayson, C., (2016). Review: a nurse’s phenomenological enquiry into doctor’s end-of-life decision making. Journal of Research in Nursing.
• Finlayson, C., Chen, Y.T., Fu, M.R. (2014). The Impact of Patients’ Awareness of Disease Status on Treatment Preferences and Quality of Life among Patients with Metastatic Cancer: A Systematic Review from 1997–2014. Journal of Palliative Medicine.
• Squires, A., Finlayson, C., Gerchow, L., Cimiotti, J. P., Matthews, A., Schwendimann, R., ... & Sermeus, W. (2014). Methodological Considerations When Translating “Burnout”. Burnout Research, 1, 59–68.

• NURS 801: Underpinnings of Advanced Nursing
• NURS 803: Advanced Nursing in Primary Health Care
• NURS 830: Health Care Policy: Strategic Action
• NURS 913: Philosophy of Science
• NURS 920: Measurement in Nursing Research
• NURS 923: Development of Nursing Knowledge
• NURS 925: Research Practicum
• NURS 932: Quantitative Reaserch Methods III