2011 Nursing Annual Report - FINAL.pub - South Shore Hospital

Exemplary Professional PracticeAngi Walsh, RN, MA, CNOR, Perioperative ClinicalNurse Educator, presented the following atthe spring AORN Workshop in Boston:“Professional Partners: the Weight Loss SurgeryPatient Journey”. Angi is also a member of theNational AORN Education Committee, and presentedat a Schwartz Rounds held last year titled“When the Patient is a Family Member”.Faye Weir, RNC, MSN, Director of Parent ChildServices, and Dr. Tracy Tomlinson, Maternal FetalMedicine, have been named as members to theMassachusetts Perinatal Quality Collaborative.The Collaborative has been established to focuson the quality and safety of obstetric care providedin Massachusetts. The collaborative is currentlyworking on quality measures of eliminationof elective deliveries prior to 39 weeks gestation,the rising rates of cesarean deliveries and care ofthe premature infant.Clinical Nurse Specialists Kelly Fitzpatrick, RN,MS, BC, CMSRN, Kelly Mattar, RN, MHA,CMSRN, and Sharon Perkins, RN, MSN, CRRN,presented posters at the Academy of Medical‐Surgical Nurses (AMSN) National Convention inBoston, MA.The following nurses became Medical‐Surgicalcertified last year: Debra Ayers, RN, CMSRN,Center 4; Dawn Forristal, RN, BSN, CMSRN,Center 4; Ann Gardner, RN, CMSRN, Pratt 3;Melissa McAlpine, RN, CMSRN, Pratt 3; GenaO'Hara, RN, CMSRN, Pratt 3; MaryAnn Reilly,RN, BSN, BC, Center 4; and Denise Sherwood,RN, BSN, CMSRN, Center 4.The following Emergency Department nursescompleted the state’s rigorous SANE (Sexual AssaultNurse Examiner) course: Julie Anstead, RN,Debra Bloor‐Smith, RN, Kristi Holden, RN, DominiqueLounge, RN, Francine O’Connell, RN,BC, Jennifer Powell, RN, and Christina Wood,RN. SANEs are specially trained and certified inperforming forensic medical‐legal exams and providemedical care to survivors without interruption,maintaining the chain of evidence from theexam.The following Pratt 4 South nurses received orthopaedicnursing certifications from the NationalAssociation of Orthopaedic Nurses: Kara Devlin,RN, ONC, Beth Dickson, RN, BS, ONC, PatriciaHasenfus, RN, ONC, Tracey Lang, RN, BSN,ONC, Erin Puliafico, RN, ONC, and GabrielQuinones, RN, ONC.The following Float Pool nurses are certifiedmedical surgical registered nurses: Kelly Nagi,RN, BSN, CMSRN, Donna Doherty, RN,CMSRN, and Takeysha Duarte, RN, BSN,CMSRN.Emerson 3 nurses Anna Phillips, RN, BSN, OCN,and Carolyn Marshman, RN, BSN, OCN, passedthe exam to become an Oncology Certified Nurse.The Maternal Infant Unit/Birthing Unit hosted aMASS AWHONN conference related to the establishmentand use of the Massive Transfusion protocol.30 Participants came from around the state.20