Our Faculty

Background

Susan Glodstein is a board-certified adult psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner, board-certified adult psychiatric-mental health clinical nurse specialist and coordinator of the family psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program at Binghamton University's Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences. 

Before joining the faculty at Binghamton, she was on the faculty at The George Washington University and Stony Brook University School of Nursing, where she served as director of the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner program and nursing continuing professional development.

Glodstein has been a psychiatric nurse working with individuals for more than 30 years, which helps to inform her faculty position and practice. She maintains a private practice specializing in psychotherapy and medication management. Her clinical practice interests include mental wellness, mindfulness, and teen and young adult mental health issues.

Glodstein completed her Doctorate of Nursing Practice at Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing in 2018 with a research focus on suicide prevention and education for teens and young adults. She is also certified as a 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline volunteer.

Her recent peer-reviewed publications include providing support for camp nurses related to COVID-19 and analyzing qualitative data related to suicide prevention.

Glodstein has served on the conference planning committee for the International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses and on the Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton Alumni Board.

Education

• DNP, Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
  
• MSN, Columbia University, School of Nursing
  
• BSN, Rutgers the State University, School of Nursing
  

Research Interests

• Suicide prevention
  
• Attitudes towards suicide
  
• Language promoting mental health
  

Clinical Interests

• Managing chronic mental health issues in the community
• Psychopharmacology
• Family involvement in mental health
• Trauma
• Mindfulness based stress reduction
• Telehealth

Teaching Interests

• Graduate nursing education
• Clinical supervision of advanced practice nursing students
• Mentoring psychiatric nurse practitioner students
• Clinical simulation activities related to psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner education