Nurses - K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital

Exemplary Professional Practice
budgets, oversight of multiple acute care departments and their
patients, and her responsibility for as many as 1,200 full time
employees. She has sought and secured numerous competitive
grants in support of special initiatives. Most recently, Kathy
secured $35,000 in funding to implement a pharmacist model of
care demonstration project aimed at medication reconciliation.
Kathy has shown outstanding leadership in the development
of sound nursing administration systems while leading her
organizations to secure and maintain the ANCC Magnet
recognition, which requires exemplary nursing leadership and
outstanding measures of nursing quality indicators. She has led
numerous executive, educational, and quality improvement teams
to ensure regulatory compliance that have resulted in high
ratings from The Joint Commission. In her most recent role
as senior manager for the Meridian Health Institute for
Evidence-Based Care, Kathy integrates a new theoretical
framework into the nursing environment. Through her leadership,
Kathy ensures that new knowledge is translated to the bedside
and that care is based on sound, scientific, and up-to-date
evidence in the delivery of safe, effective, and ethical nursing
practice. Furthermore, Kathy ensures the new paradigm
of evidence-based care is sustained through mentorship
and education of staff, physicians, and emerging
nursing administrators.
Kathy created the Nursing Quality Scholars program,
established a Nursing Quality Council, and continues to
champion patient/family centered care. Her administrative
support has helped us achieve comprehensive stroke center
designation, develop protocols for mental status assessment
and falls risk/prevention, and create reports to disseminate
NDNQI results to team members.
“Kathy is an innovative, visionary leader who fosters
professional growth, inspires and models nursing excellence,
and is highly committed to the highest standards of nursing
administration,” says Teri Wurmser, Ph.D., MPH, R.N., CNAA,
director of Meridian Health’s Ann May Center for Nursing.
Clinical Advancement and Recognition of Excellence
The C.A.R.E. Program acknowledges and rewards nurses who have demonstrated a level of clinical expertise
and practice that improves patient outcomes.
Fellow
Jennifer Abbes, RN-C, BSN
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Angelina Abella, R.N., BSN
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Nicole Adams, R.N., BSN
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Rita M. AdAse, R.N., CNOR, CGRN, AS JSUMC
Sherry Arabia, R.N., BS
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Karen Asmar, RN-C, AS
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Janet Elaine Avon, RN-C, BSN
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Gail Baker, R.N., CNOR
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Roel C. Banal, R.N., CNOR, BSN
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Mary Meagan Barns, R.N., CCRN, BSN JSUMC
Jerry Barry, R.N., AS
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Theresa Baxter, R.N., CCRN, AS
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Sebastiana Benavide, RN-C, AS
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Kelly L. Bocchino, R.N., AS
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Dana Bodziak, R.N., AS
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Claire Bosko, R.N., CGRN
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Suzanne Brown, R.N., CMSRN, BSN
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Eileen Bye, R.N., AS
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Kim Cardace, RN-C, BSN
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A. Carol Carhart, R.N., BSN RMC
Stephanie Carrion, R.N., CAPA, BA
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Girlie Castillon, R.N., CNOR, BSN
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Cynthia Cates-Silva, RN-C, BSN
Annemarie Cavalli, RN-C, BSN
Kathy Cavallini, R.N., AS
Kristina J. Ceppaluni, R.N., AS
Joseph Church, R.N., AS
Suzanne Clancy, R.N., AS
Charlotte L. Cole, R.N., RN-BC, AS
Kimberly Crowning, RN-BC, BS
Jaine Cruz, RN-C, BSN
Betsy Cushman-Creter, R.N., BSN
Anabella Dacpano, R.N., CCRN, BSN
Esther M. Dayalan, R.N., BSN
Carol DeBenedictis, R.N., CCRN, BSN
Cathy D’Elia, R.N., BSN
Patricia DePuy, R.N., BS
Wendy Devirgilis, R.N., DIP
Helen DeVitis, R.N., AS
Anabello Docpono, R.N., CCRN, BSN
Margaret Doherty, R.N., BSN
Cecilia Dominisac-Sanchez, R.N., BSN
Toni Donovan, R.N., BSN
Judi Driscoll, RN-C, AS
Dolores Dzubaty, RN-C, MSN
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