Former Nurse Scholar-in-Residence

Irene M. Jankowski is an adult nurse practitioner and wound, ostomy, continence specialist at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, where she is responsible for the management of wound, ostomy and continence patient care within the Manhattan Petrie Division and the Brooklyn Kings Highway Division.

In her current position, Ms. Jankowski has implemented a comprehensive pressure ulcer prevention and treatment program; provides inpatient consultations and follow-up care with a focus on preparation of patients for efficient and timely discharge from the facility; participates in quality improvement initiatives related to specialty areas, including pressure ulcer prevalence and incidence surveys; has developed outpatient initiatives focused on providing outpatient follow-up for patients with bowel/urinary diversions; and is responsible for educating medical, surgical and nursing staff.

Ms. Jankowski also serves as a preceptor for nurse practitioner students at New York University; preceptor for wound, ostomy, continence nurse students at Wicks Educational Associates, and preceptor for graduate wound specialist students at La Salle University.

She has presented and co-authored articles on specialty topics such as topical wound management; advanced wound technologies; vacuum-assisted closure; topical treatments with wound infections; ostomy complications; and surface selection for pressure ulcer prevention.

In previous positions, she has served as a wound closure specialist, nurse practitioner for vascular surgery, clinical and nursing instructor, and various staff nurse positions including pediatrics, coronary care and surgical intensive care units, and medical/surgical nursing.

She earned a bachelor’s of nursing from State University of New York, New Paltz, and a master’s degree in nursing from Lehman College of the City, University of New York. Her professional affiliations include Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society.