Background
Camunas, Caroline was born on July 13, 1944 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Conrad and Gertrude (Becker) Emig.
Camunas, Caroline was born on July 13, 1944 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Conrad and Gertrude (Becker) Emig.
Diploma, Kingston Hospital School Nursing, 1965. Bachelor of Science, Long Island University, 1975. Master of Education, Columbia University, 1981.
Doctor of Education, Columbia University, 1991.
Staff nurse clinical research center, Albany (New York) Medical Center, 1965-1966;
staff nurse eye institute, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1966-1968;
staff nurse surgical metabolism unit, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1968-1971;
head nurse surgical metabolism unit, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1971-1976;
senior supervisor general clinical research center, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1976-1981;
administrative nurse clinician eye, medicine and surgery, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1981-1983;
associate, Nurse Executives Associations, Inc., Washington, since 1990. Presenter, lecturer in field. Adjunct associate professor Columbia University Teachers College, New York City, since 1994, associate professor, program coordinator nursing education, since 1997.
Adjunct faculty Adelphi U., Garden City, New York, since 1996. Visiting fellow Joseph and Rose Kennedy Institute Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, 1994-1995.
Member executive committee alumni council Columbia University Teachers College, 1985-1986, 88-90, chairman alumni day committee, 1988-1989, chairman distinguished alumni awards committee, 1991-1993. Volunteer Health Volumes Overseas, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Thanh Hoa, Vietnam, since 1997. Member American Nurses Association, New York State Nurses Association, New York Counties Registered Nurse Association (chairman task force on marketing district 13, 1986-1988, committee on public relations 1984-1988, Amanda Silver District Service award 1988), Foundation New York Counties Registered Nurse Association, Nursing Education Alumni Association Columbia University Teachers College (chairman subcommittee on registration 1986-1987, membership committee 1992-1995, Stewart conference on research in nursing 1992-1995, chair 1993-1994), National League for Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau.
Married Jorge L. Camunas, February 21, 1976.