Reducing Disparities in the LGBT Community

Jayne Skehan¹, Lynn S Muller

• ¹Jayne Skehan, MSN, RN, is Director of Pediatric Cardiology at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. In addition to this role, she is a per diem Administrator at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Harlem. Ms Skehan received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from the College of New Rochelle, New York, and her Master of Science in Nursing degree from Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, New York. Ms Skehan has experience in Emergency Room, Pediatric Cardiology, and Operating Room management. She is currently a DNP candidate at Saint Peter's University in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. When Ms Skehan is not doing school work, she is a community advocate, donating her time to food pantries and community services. Her goal is to teach nursing upon completion of her doctoral degree. Lynn S. Muller, JD, BA-HCM, RN, CCM, is Nurse Attorney, independent case manager, and managing partner of Muller & Muller. She is Adjunct Professor in the MSN and DNP programs at Saint Peter's University of New Jersey. Lynn is a registered nurse and certified case manager with extensive nursing and case management experience. Her law practice includes defense of health care professionals before the state licensing boards, consultant on such issues as regulatory compliance and accreditation, civil litigation, Wills, Trusts and Estates, and Family law. Dr Muller is the author of numerous articles and the legal chapters of the third edition of Case Management: A Practical Guide for Education and Practice and the second edition of the CMSA Core Curriculum for Case Management (as well as the third edition, expected to be released in 2016). Dr Muller is a contributor to the CMSA Career & Knowledge Pathways Project and Standards of Practice. She is as a former commissioner for CCMC, a past president of the NJ Chapter of CMSA.