Nursing Update 2007 - 2008 - Yale-New Haven Hospital

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Nurse of the Year 2007 Each year during National Nurse Week, Yale- New Haven Hospital takes the opportunity to recognize its nurses in a variety of ways. Each unit nominates a nurse for her or his commitment to patient care. The following nurses were honored as Nurse of the Year from their units. Jeff Agli Diagnostic Radiology Deanna Arizzi Medical Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant Ann Marie Bautz Cardiac Medical Units (5-2/3) Nadine Bruder School-age/Adolescent Pat Capone Acute Care for the Elderly Pam Cohane Pediatric Specialty Center Amanda Coppola Infant/Toddler Sherry Coyle South Pavilion Operating Room Christine Danilowicz General Medicine (9-7) Chris DeFrancesco Adult Emergency Department Kate Delossantos Adult Resource Support Unit Diane Dirzius Medical Oncology Clinic Marcie Durso Pediatric Primary Care Center Stacy Farago General Medicine (5-7) Allison Febbroriello Maternal Special Care Ellen Ferraro Surgery (6-5) Tracey Frith Obstetrics (WP 11) Toni Frizinia Cardiac Medical Units (5-2/3) David Gauley Adult Diagnostic Radiology Megan Gnidula Pediatric Catheter Laboratory Joanne Gorman Women’s Primary Care Center Jill Grillo Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Michael Hayes Surgery (6-7) Betsy Hine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Deb Hollaway Shoreline Medical Center ED Lynn Irons Adult Primary Care Center Terri Johnson Shoreline Medical Center Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Susanne Koshis GI Procedure Center Debbie Krista Pediatric PACU Roman Kudrycki Adolescent Unit YNHPH Kimberly La Pia Breast Center Sandy Lee Medical Intensive Care Unit Annelie Lindvall Dual Diagnosis YNHPH Li-Ping Liu Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit Deirdre Lonergan Orthopedics Jennifer Maddern Surgery (6-4) Katie Mannochi PACU Susan Marchini General Medicine (10-7) Marilou Masocol Adult Unit YNHPH Allyson McManama Temple Recovery Care Center Sherry Molaskey-Jones Perinatal Maternal-Fetal Medicine Shanda Nardelli Gyn/Oncology Unit Peggie O’Donnell Apheresis/Transfusion Service Jillian Orlando Pediatric Oncology/Respiratory Care Unit Paula Pastore Children’s Psychiatric Inpatient Service Carol Penta Radiation Therapy Melissa Rafael Surgical Intensive Care Unit Judy Rodriguez Neuro Medicine and Surgery Jerrilyn Rosa Express Admission Service/Pre-Admission Testing Joyce Russell General Clinical Research Center Marjorie Russell General Medicine (5-5) Rowena Saga-Abrina Cardiac Surgery Aida Santiago Ambulatory PACU Jenny Scholl Pediatric Emergency Department Jackie Selly Surgery (7-5) Diane Smart-Greene General Medicine (9-5) Mary Ellen Smith Newborn Special Care Unit Nancy Smith Obstetrics (WP 10) Joy Southard Pediatric Resource Support Unit Wynnett Stewart Nathan Smith Clinic Sheila Stranz Temple Surgical PACU Christine Suntheimer Perinatal Maternal-Fetal Medicine Jaime Swartz Children’s Research/Oncology Dennis Uy Ambulatory OR Sally Varghese Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Lori Vogt Labor and Birth ABOVE RIGHT Last year, YNHH president and CEO Marna P. Borgstrom (left) personally congratulated each of the 16 employees who were named “I am Yale-New Haven” Service Excellence Heroes. Here she is shown with Anne Summach, R.N., Neuroscience Unit. RIGHT Richard D’Aquila, executive vice president and COO, regularly rounds on patient care units. Nurses take the opportunity to discuss issues with him when he visits. On a recent visit to General Surgery (6-7), D’Aquila meets (l-r): Linda Russell, R.N., Terri Wusterbarth, R.N., and Nancy Hoey, R.N., patient service manager. 1 8 N U R S I N G U P D A T E
Service Excellence Heroes for 2007 Sixteen Yale-New Haven Hospital employees were named “I am Yale-New Haven” Service Excellence Heroes. Five nurses were among the first 16 employees to be honored with this significant hospital award. They are: Nicole Buxton, R.N. Post-Partum (WP 11) Earl Hapgood, R.N. Nurse Educator, Adult and Pediatric Post-Anesthesia Care Units Larry Richardson, R.N. Coordinator of Transplant Services, Perioperative Services Anne Summach, R.N. Neuroscience/Acute Care Unit Ena Williams, R.N. Nursing Director, Perioperative Services Recognition and Clinical Advancement Program In 1991, Yale-New Haven Hospital introduced an internal clinical ladder called the Recognition and Clinical Advancement Program (RCAP), and more than 2,000 nurses have advanced on it. RCAP has three rungs – Clinical Nurse II, III and IV – and managers consistently encourage nurses to climb the ladder through a rigorous program in which nurses, working with a preceptor, record their experiences with patients in a portfolio of exemplars. Nurses who advance are recognized at a quarterly ceremony. The following nurses advanced to levels II and III in 2007. Clinical Nurse III Evelyn Afriyie Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Jill Azzarone Oncology/Pediatric Respiratory Care Unit Twila Balint Occupational Health Services Melissa Barre Surgical Intensive Care Unit Janet Battaglia Express Admissions Michelle Bosley Surgery Unit (7-5) Nicole Buxton Maternity (WP 11) Kathy Caliendo Surgery Unit (4-7) Erin Cavanaugh Labor and Birth Christopher DeFrancesco Adult Emergency Department Laurie Devin Resource Support Unit Janina Dziurzynski GI Procedure Clinic Tamar Edelkind Newborn Special Care Unit Pam Fleming Surgery Unit (4-7) Elizabeth Flynn Temple Recovery Care Center Cindy Fusco Surgery Unit (7-5) Patricia Gray Oncology/Pediatric Respiratory Care Unit Daniel Hartmann Adult Emergency Department ABOVE Nurses attend the Recognition and Clinical Advancement Program to celebrate the advancement of their colleagues on the three-rung clinical ladder. The three nurses who attained Level III and senior managers are shown (l-r): Chong Jumarito-Panaguiton, R.N., CTICU; Sue Fitzsimons, senior vice president, Patient Services; Debbie DiMarco, R.N., Perioperative Services; Leslie O’Connor, A.P.R.N., clinical director, Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital; Kevin Myatt, senior vice president, Human Resources; and Alison Lucibello, R.N., CICU. Theresa Hyland Labor and Birth Katherine Mannochi South Pavilion Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Staci McNeil Adult Primary Care Center Phyllis Murphy Medical Intensive Care Unit Eleanor Myers-Brown South Pavilion PACU Laetitia Nakaar Gyn/Oncology Unit Carol Nockunas GI Procedure Clinic Megan Nolan Labor and Birth Anne H. O’Connor Hospital Research Unit Danielle Orfitelli Adult Emergency Department Victoria Parker Orkins Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Jillian Orlando Oncology/Pediatric Respiratory Care Unit Alaire Perazella Maternal-Fetal Medicine Unit Stephanie Piscitelli Oncology/Pediatric Respiratory Care Unit Annalisa Porter Surgical Intensive Care Unit Carey Ranz Surgery Unit (4-7) Kelley Reddington Labor and Birth Y A L E - N E W H A V E N H O S P I T A L 1 9
Page 1 and 2: N U R S I N G U P D A T E THE WORK
Page 3 and 4: MAY 2008 Dear Colleagues and Friend
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