Nursing Update 2009 - 2010 - Yale-New Haven Hospital

NuRSINg uPdaTE
2009–2010
1 Letter from Sue Fitzsimons
2 Letter from the Staff Nurse
Council Co-Chairs
3 Transformational Leadership
6 Structural Empowerment
8 Exemplary Professional Practice
12 New Knowledge, Innovations
and Improvements
14 Recognition
20 Publications and Presentations
Ynhh suPPorTs
Marna P. Borgstrom, President and CEO,
Yale-New Haven Hospital:
Yale-New Haven Hospital consistently ranks
among america's finest hospitals, and our
exceptional nurses contribute significantly
to our national reputation for excellence. We
have recently applied to the american Nurses
Credentialing Center (aNCC) for Magnet
certification, a designation only 6 percent of
american hospitals achieve. The hospital's
Board of Trustees, senior leaders and
employees universally applaud and support
the extraordinary work our nurses have
invested in this application, and we eagerly
await the decision of the aNCC.
Richard d’aquila, Executive Vice President
and COO, Yale-New Haven Hospital:
at Yale-New Haven, we pride ourselves
on being a destination hospital – that means
people choose us for themselves and their
loved ones when they are concerned about
getting the best medical care possible. Our
nurses should be extremely proud of the part
they play in making YNHH the special and
sought-after institution that it is.
Peter N. Herbert, Md, Chief of Staff,
Yale-New Haven Hospital:
Our physicians and nurses work extremely
well together to deliver the exceptional care
and positive outcomes that our patients
expect for themselves and their loved ones
when they choose Yale-New Haven. This kind
of collaboration is the hallmark of a great
hospital, and I am delighted that you can read
about some of the fine work that our nurses
are doing to advance patient care.
Joseph R. Crespo, Chair, Yale-New Haven
Hospital Board of Trustees:
The members of the hospital’s Board of
Trustees are extremely proud of the work of our
nurses. Over the past few years, their efforts
to draw on the observations and experience
of the nurses who work at the patient’s
bedside have contributed greatly to advances
in practice throughout the institution. We
wholeheartedly support the hospital’s pursuit
of Magnet designation.