Monica L. Diamond-Caravella, DNP, MSN, RN, AE-C

Dr. Diamond-Caravella has expertise in teaching community/public health nursing, senior level capstone experiences, NCLEX-RN prep, and nursing leadership courses with a focus on quality improvement. She further enjoys teaching nutrition, mental health nursing and foundational clinical concepts in nursing. Dr. Diamond-Caravella’s research interests continue to highlight her passion for community/public health, the creation of academic-public health partnerships and their potential for improving population-based outcomes.

With over four decades in the nursing profession, Dr. Monica Diamond-Caravella has worked in several arenas of healthcare, most notably in two New York City Comprehensive Cancer Centers - both in the acute in-hospital and outpatient settings. The latter part of her career was devoted to community-based nursing and, more recently, she pivoted to nursing education. Dr. Diamond-Caravella previously served as the Academic Coordinator (Assistant Chairperson) for Farmingdale State College's Department of Nursing. In that role she cowrote the department's accreditation self-study, ensured student and faculty compliance with established policies and streamlined procedures to ensure an efficient, effective and organized nursing department. She has expertise in teaching community/public health nursing, senior level capstone experiences, NCLEX-RN prep, and nursing leadership courses with a focus on quality improvement She further enjoys teaching nutrition, mental health nursing and foundational clinical concepts in nursing. Her long-term association with the American Lung Association prompted the creation of a sustainable academic practice partnership within a service-learning framework that greatly enhanced clinical experiences for nursing students taking community health nursing. Building collaborative alliances with nurse educators from other schools of nursing added breadth and strength to a concerted effort to address the unusually high asthma burden in targeted high needs communities across Long Island and in New York State. This unique team of educators and public health professionals became a model partnership that blended academia with clinical practice with the ultimate goal of population health improvement. The partnership was awarded the American Association of College's of Nursing Exemplary Academic-Practice Award in August 2020. Dr. Diamond-Caravella is a nationally certified asthma educator since 2012 and remains active with the American Lung Association. Research interests of Dr. Diamond-Caravella continue to highlight her passion for community/public health, the creation of academic-public health partnerships and their potential for improving population-based outcomes. Dr. Diamond-Caravella serves as a peer reviewer for the journal, Public Health Nursing, is a long-term inducted member of Sigma Theta Tau International and is a founding member of the Long Island/Queens Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society.

Book Chapter

Diamond-Caravella, M. & Quinn Griffin, M.T. (2015). Service-Learning. In Smith, M. J., Carpenter, R., & Fitzpatrick, J. J. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of nursing education. New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Peer-Reviewed Journals

Olivieri, S., Diamond-Caravella, M. & Etcher, L. (2024, February). Closing the educational gap on human trafficking: No better time than now! Publication in process. Journal of Emergency Nursing.      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2024.01.007

Diamond-Caravella, M., Fox, A., Clark, M., Goodstone, L. & Glaser, C. (2022). Alternative capstone nursing experience to scale up testing and case investigation. Public Health Nursing, 39(3), 10.1111/phn.13012  

Wruck, M. & Diamond-Caravella, M. (2021, January). Let’s take control of asthma: Effective asthma management tool for caregivers of children with asthma. The Journal of the Nurse Practitioner Association New York State.

Janssen-Breen, L., Diamond-Caravella, M., Moore, G., Wruck, M., Guglielmo, C., Little, A…Cataletto, M. (2019).  When reach exceeds touch: Student experiences in a cross-sector community-based academic-practice partnership. Public Health Nursing. 36(3), 1 – 10. doi:10.1111/phn.12599

Other Publications

Diamond-Caravella, M. (2020, August). Education, communication: Public health’s COVID-19 Defense Tools [Blog]. The Dahill Dose. https://dahilldose.com/2020/08/06/education-communication-public-healths-covid-19-defense-tools/

Health Care Policy and Procedure Manual (Copyright 2005, Certificate 256-416, Library of Congress)

Diamond-Caravella, M. (2023, June 9). Exam preparation. Asthma Educator Institute, American Lung Association (Virtual - Invited).

Diamond-Caravella, M. (2022, August). Creating a sustainable academic-practice partnership: Addressing the gap in school-based asthma education. American Lung Association – Northeast  [Virtual - Invited]

Diamond-Caravella, M., Guglielmo, C., Janssen-Breen, L., Little, A. Moore, G., & Wruck, M. (2021, June). Creating a Sustainable Partnership: How Reach Can Exceed Touch. Engage for Change, 2021, Siena College (refereed).

Diamond-Caravella, M., Guglielmo, C., Janssen-Breen, L., Little, A. Moore, G., & Wruck, M. (2020, October). 2020 Exemplary Academic-Practice Partnership Award, American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Academic Nursing Leadership Conference (refereed). https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/Professional-Development/Conferences/2020/2020-ANLC-Brochure.pdf 

Diamond-Caravella, M. (2018, July).  Reopening a Dialog on Open Airways for Schools: Closing the Educational Gap for Children with Asthma. New York State Public Health Association Webinar (refereed).

Diamond-Caravella, M. (2018, February).  Reopening a Dialog on Open Airways for Schools: Closing the Educational Gap for Children with Asthma. New York State Department of Health, Chronic Disease Self-Management and Asthma Programs in collaboration with the American Lung Association in New York (Invited).

Diamond-Caravella, M. (2017, December).  Reopening a Dialog on Open Airways for Schools: Closing the Educational Gap for Children with Asthma. Asthma Coalition of Long Island Quarterly Meeting (Invited).

Diamond-Caravella, M., Janssen-Breen, L., Moore, G., Wruck, M. (2017, November). Evaluating an Academic-Practice Partnership’s ability to enhancebaccalaureate curriculum. New York League for Nursing & Chi Gamma Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Conference (Refereed).

Diamond-Caravella, M., Janssen-Breen, L., Moore, G., Wruck, M. Guglielmo, C., Little, A…. Cataletto, M. (2017, June). When Reach Extends Touch: How an Academic/Practice Partnership Affects Undergraduate Community/Public Health Nursing Curricula [Podium Presentation]. Association for Community Health Educators 2017 Annual Institute, Baltimore, Maryland (Refereed).

Diamond-Caravella, M. (2017, February). Teaching with Rubrics: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Revisited. Farmingdale State College, Center for Teaching and Learning (Invited).

Diamond-Caravella, M, Janssen-Breen, L., Moore, G., Wruck, M. Guglielmo, C., Little, A…. Cataletto, M. (2016, October). Do Academic-Practice Partnerships Affect the Educational Curriculum in Community/Public Health Nursing for Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Program Assessment [Roundtable Presentation]. American Public Health Association 2016 Annual Conference, Denver, CO. (Refereed)

Guglielmo, C., Little, A., Janssen-Breen, L., Diamond-Caravella, M., Moore, G., Wruck, M. (2013). Changing Trends in School Health Nursing: A Response to Provide Asthma Self-Management Education [Poster Presentation]. Association of Asthma Educators 2013 Annual Conference. (Refereed)

Breen, L., Diamond-Caravella, M., Guglielmo, C., Little, A., Moore, G., & Wruck, M. (2012). Community and University Partnerships with Schools: A Win-Win Best Practice Model [Podium presentation] 140th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. (Refereed)

Diamond-Caravella, M., Guglielmo, C., Janssen-Breen, L., Little, A, Moore, G., Wruck, M. (2012, May). Changing Trends: Partnering for Creative Clinical Placements. [Speaker’s panel]. Asthma Coalition of Long Island (Invited).

September 2020: Long Island Business News - Power 30 in Healthcare List (p. 21). https://libn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2020/09/Power-30-in-Healthcare-Web.pdf

July 30, 2020: Attended and spoke at press conference supporting authorization of law I.R. 1318 (sponsored by Suffolk County Legislator Susan Berland), A Local Law to require any store with a pharmacy to post notices about asthma inhalers in Suffolk County. https://www.scnylegislature.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1636

SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching - Farmingdale State College (conferred April, 2022).

American Association of Colleges of Nursing 2020 Exemplary Academic-Practice Partnership Award, October 15, 2020

September 2020: Long Island Business News - Power 30 in Healthcare

Recognized as founding member of the Long Island-Queens Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society, March 2019.

Case Western Reserve University: Director's Award as the Outstanding DNP Graduate for the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, May 18, 2018

2018 Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council Nurse of Excellence Award Nominee, May 16, 2018 

Midwest Nursing Research Society DNP Award for Health of Diverse Populations Research Interest Group (April 2018)

Sigma Theta Tau International (National Nursing Honor Society) Alpha Omega Chapter, Inducted May 1978; Chi Gamma Chapter, Inducted September, 2013.

Oncology Nursing Society Honourable Mention, Newsletter of the Year for Editorial Content (1993)

Member, New York State Public Health Association (NYSPHA) Policy and Advocacy Committee (PAC), January 2023 – present.

Member, New York State Public Health Association (NYSPHA), June 2018 - present

Member, American Public Health Association, May 2012 – present

Manuscript reviewer, Public Health Nursing, November 2021 - present 

Steering Committee, Asthma Coalition of Long Island, American Lung Association of the Northeast, August 2017 – January 2022

Co-chair, Schools/Environment Committee, Asthma Coalition of Long Island, American Lung Association of the Northeast (2017 – 2020)

Member, Long Island Health Collaborative, Long Island Population Health Improvement Plan, September 2016 – June 2022

Member, Long Island Health Collaborative Subcommittee: Academic Partners Working Group, August 2017 – August 2019.

Long Island-Queens Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society, Founding member, 1983 – April 2023; Active member: Programming Chairperson, 1990 – 1992, Newsletter Editor-in-Chief, 1989 – 1996, Corresponding Secretary, 1989 – 1991

Member, Oncology Nursing Society, 1981 – 2023

Professional Nurses Association of Suffolk County, District 19, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), Member, January 2012 – January 2023

Sigma Theta Tau International, Alpha Omega Chapter, Member, 1978 – 1993, 2011 – present; Chi Gamma Chapter, Member, 2013–2023