Morain Lewis-King, MS ’18, winner of the Dean's Master's Award for Leadership at Commencement, is now pursuing a career in mentoring new nurses in professional development.

Her Back Story
Morain Lewis-King, who graduated with an MS in December 2018 at age 50 with a 4.0 GPA but officially marched in May 2019, received the Dean’s Master’s Award for Leadership at Commencement. “I was chosen by the faculty and the dean,â€� she said, adding, “This award is presented to a master’s student who has demonstrated an ability to translate knowledge into practice to advance the goals of the nursing profession.â€� Looking back on her ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ years, she said, “I like that the small class size was just what I needed for me not to be intimidated after being away from college for such a long time.â€�
She added, “My interest in developed from my passion of precepting and mentoring students who did their clinical education at Memorial Sloan Kettering, where I have been working for many years. We have unit-based projects in our hospital and I enjoyed the collaborative work I did with nurses and others from various backgrounds and ages. To me, being able to relate well with people from various backgrounds is a critical element of an effective educator.�
She takes the most pride in having researched and completed her Capstone project on information processing in the age of proactive self-care, under the guidance of Professor Marilyn Klainberg ’63, MS ’77, EdD.
“Everything I learned from my coursework came together as I completed my project, ‘Information Processing in the Age of Proactive SelfCare’—which assesses preparing nurses for practice and patient education and bridging the educational gap on proactive self-care, as well as the impact of big data information processing in the age of technology-driven healthcare.�
This from someone who started at ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ “feeling ambivalent about my technological and communication skills.â€�
Fast-Forward
Lewis-King currently works at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan as an RN/case manager. She said, “I plan on applying for a Nursing Professional Development Specialist (NPDS) position at Sloan Kettering.� She added that she’s interested in that post because she wants to “assist new nurses to acclimate to their nursing career and help establish nurses with their competencies.�
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