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

New KnowledgeSouth Shore Hospital Cohorts Graduate from Simmons CollegeNursing Colleagues Take Advantage of Opportunity to Earn DegreesOn Friday, May 20, 2011, two South Shore Hospitalcohorts participated in Simmons College’s 106thcommencement exercises in Boston, including21 nurses receiving bachelor’s ofscience degrees in nursing, and 6 nursingcolleagues receiving master’s degrees inhealth administration.South Shore Hospital launched its first onsite“RN to BSN” Program in affiliation with SimmonsCollege in 2007. In August of 2010, the firstcohort of 21 students successfully completed theprogram. A second cohort of 15 nurses completedtheir studies in December 2011, and a third cohortbegan in September 2011.Consistent with the Institute of Medicine’s reporttitled The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, AdvancingHealth, studies have shown that patientscared for by nurses with BSN degrees haveoptimal outcomes.In addition, an on‐site master’s degreeprogram in healthcare administration(MHA) was offered at South Shore Hospital,also through Simmons College. Thisgroup of 16 professionals, including six nurses, beganclasses in May of 2008. A second MHA cohortbegan classes in September of 2010. In January2012, the first cohort of nurses in our new on‐sitemaster of science in nursing (MSN) program beganclasses.Congratulations to all of our graduates!Pictured above, from left to right: Christine Sands, RN, MHA, BSN, Cheri Dauphinee, RN, MHA, BSN, Deborah Doyle,RN, MHA, BSN, ONC, CNOR and Deborah Moore, MHA, RN, BSN.32