With MGH - Marion General Hospital

nary
excellence in
nursing:
Karen sTePhan,
Bsn, r.n., ccrn
This year, there were 10 nominations
with many inspiring
stories, but the candidate
who won the judges’ hearts
was Karen Stephan, BSN,
R.N., CCRN, a six-year MGH
employee who works in the
Critical Care Department
(CCD).
The following are quotes from Stephan’s peers:
• She shows professionalism and passion to both our
Karen Stephan, BSN, R.N.,
CCRN
patients and to her peers.
• She is involved in many teams representing CCD as
an instructor for CPR; sits on the anticoagulation safety
team; precepts new nurses, students and relief charge
nurses; regularly functions as relief charge in the CCD;
and chairs our Unit Practice Council.
• Karen is committed to continuing education. While
home-schooling her six children, Karen studied and
passed her critical-care certification.
• As Unit Practice Council chair, she brings forth staff
ideas and concerns and has been instrumental in changes
that are for best practice and staff satisfaction.
• In an effort to help ensure all the newer nurses on
night shift would feel comfortable with arrhythmia recognition,
Karen made a resource book, which explained
and displayed every rhythm.
• She is often mentioned in rounding by her peers
for the leadership she brings to our team; several of
the younger nurses even refer to her affectionately as
“Mom” because Karen takes everyone under her wing
and nurtures them, supports them and prepares them to
be strong critical-care nurses.
Physician Friend
oF nursing:
arun Tewari, M.d.
This year, there were 10 nominations
with many inspiring
stories, but the physician
who walked away with the
award, as well as the nicest
and brightest smile, was
Arun Tewari, M.D.
Arun Tewari, M.D.
Dr. Tewari is board-certified
in internal medicine. He
officially joined the medical staff of MGH in February
2010 as medical director of the MGH Hospitalist Program.
Since then, he has also taken on added administrative
responsibilities for the Care Continuum Department
(formerly Social Services).
He is a strong advocate for achieving best practices for
MGH’s patients as evidenced by the following quotes:
• He has become an active member on several committees
including quality, forms, pharmacy, code blue and
nutritional support, to name a few, providing physician
insight and guidance.
• He works closely with nursing and coders to
provide leadership and guidance in patient care
and documentation.
• Dr. Tewari is in the process of developing a new program
to enhance our current services such as working
with nursing homes to provide collaboration for acute
care nursing home patients to prevent readmissions.
• He is currently working with our OR Department to
enhance our Perioperative Clinic process.
• He has implemented new educational opportunities
for the hospitalists, medical staff and nursing through
the grand rounds program.
• He has put together order sets to help clarify certain
admitting diagnoses and meet quality indicators.
• Dr. Tewari exemplifies teamwork and creates an
atmosphere where physicians and nursing can question
and discuss problems.
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