Nursing Update 2009 - 2010 - Yale-New Haven Hospital

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nine nurses honored for excellence at nurse week celebration One of the enduring Nurse Week traditions at Yale-New Haven Hospital is the Recognition and Rewards ceremony that The nine winners of the 2009 Nursing Excellence Awards were (seated, l-r): Mary Ann Meehan, RN, General Medicine, Outstanding Impact on Patient Safety and Quality; Danielle Huseman, RN, General Medicine, Early Clinical Practice Excellence; Suzann Blanchard, RN, Labor and Birth, Excellence in the Charge Nurse Role; and Kristin Valerio, RN, Orthopedics Unit, Graduate Nurse of the Year. Standing (l-r) are: Prasama Sangkachand, RN, service line educator, Heart and Vascular Center, Nursing Education Excellence; Sue Fitzsimons, RN, PhD, senior vice president, Patient Services; Patricia Gatcomb, APRN, Hospital Research Unit, Advanced Practice Excellence; and Shelley Britt, RN, Hospital Research Unit, Nursing Management Excellence. Missing from photo were: Linda Koch, RN, Radiation Therapy, Preceptor of the Year; and Mary Harris, RN, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Professional Practice Excellence. 1 4 n u r s I n g u P D A T e reCognITIon honors its nurses for excellence in nine areas of practice. “You bring extraordinary commitment and caring to the important work you do,” Marna P. Borgstrom, president and CEO, told the audience at the awards ceremony. “We are fortunate you chose the profession of nursing and even more fortunate you chose to practice it here at Yale-New Haven.”
ecognition and Clinical Advancement Program In 1991, Yale-New Haven Hospital introduced an internal clinical ladder called the Recognition and Clinical Advancement Program (RCAP), and since then more than 2,500 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 in a quarterly ceremony. The following YNHH nurses advanced in 2009. Clinical Nurse IV Michael Consiglio, RN Surgical Intensive Care Unit Karen Esposito, RN Infant/Toddler Unit Clinical Nurse III Mary Ellen Alberino, RN Maternity Frank Balisciano, RN Perioperative Services Julie Beckham, RN Heart and Vascular Center Procedures Nursing Elizabeth Blasiak, RN Medical Oncology Unit Bethany Bonazzoli, RN Surgery Unit (6-7) Ann Bonviso, RN Maternity Christina Capstick, RN Trauma/General Surgery Unit Lisa Cioffi, RN Surgery Unit (6-7) Melane Cuadra-Ninonuevo, RN Labor and Birth Evangeline Curameng, RN Adult Emergency Department Kerry A. Daniels, RN Heart and Vascular Center Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Katherine Dempsey, RN Resource Support Unit Grace Diresta, RN Heart and Vascular Center Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Guy Dufresne, RN Heart and Vascular Center Cardiac Step-Down Unit Maria Eriksson-Patel, RN Perioperative Services Helena Erskine, RN Intensive Care Unit - Resource Support Unit Margaret Figerle, RN Psychiatric Dual Diagnosis Unit Linda Fiorito, RN South Pavilion Operating Rooms Emily Flahaven, RN Surgery Unit (6-7) Tracey Frith, RN Maternity Donna Gabriel, RN Heart and Vascular Center Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Andrea Giordano, RN Medical Intensive Care Unit Mary Jane Godfrey, RN Maternity Barbara Goffredo, RN Plastic/ENT Unit Erwille Gurdek, RN Labor and Birth Catherine Hackett, RN Labor and Birth Jennifer Haney, RN Perioperative Services Deborah Howe, RN Ambulatory Services Division: Women’s Surgical Recovery Susan Howe, RN Maternity Danielle Huseman, RN General Medicine Unit (10-7) Lisa Jones, RN General Medicine Unit (10-7) William Kean, RN Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Tracey Kelly, RN South Pavilion Operating Rooms Melanie King, RN School-Age/Adolescent Unit Joshua Knickerbocker, RN Pediatric Emergency Department Rhea Lucas-Loma, RN Children’s Hospital Operating Rooms Jamie Malette, RN Heart and Vascular Center Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Alefteria Manchisi, RN School-Age/Adolescent Unit Mary McDonald, RN Shoreline Surgery Center: Surgery Mary Ann Meehan, RN General Medicine (10-7) Rebecca Mennillo, RN Maternity Tanaz Mistry, RN Medical Oncology Elizabeth Montgomery, RN Maternity Tamira Montorsi, RN Surgical Intensive Care Unit Diana Moore, RN Maternity Martha Moreiras, RN Surgery Unit (6-7) Donna Nucci, RN Ambulatory Services Division: Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Pauline Obura-Wilkes, RN General Medicine Unit (5-5) Christine Padovani, RN Children’s Hospital Operating Rooms Elizabeth Palchick, RN Acute Care for the Elderly Unit Roger Panaguiton, RN Adult Emergency Department Barbara Pandajis, RN Maternity Heather Pantalone, RN Perioperative Services Samantha Parillo, RN General Medicine (9-7) Erin Patton, RN Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Charmaign Pe, RN Surgery Unit (6-7) Sharon Peralta, RN Surgical Intensive Care Unit Doreen Prentice, RN South Pavilion Operating Rooms Juliana Pogroski, RN South Pavilion Operating Rooms Crista Prates, RN Adult Emergency Department Catherine Rafalowski, RN Heart and Vascular Center Cardiac Unit Jeannine Rockefeller, RN Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Rita Marie Rossetti, RN South Pavilion Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Kathleen Roy, RN Ambulatory Services Division: Endoscopy Brenda Sarosario, RN Heart and Vascular Center Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Debra Searles, RN Transplant Unit Melani Semlow, RN Heart and Vascular Center Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Y A L e - n e w h A V e n h o s P I T A L 1 5
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