~ 2022 ~
KUDOs to "The Trio," Cherry Fuentes, Marilyn Maniscalco and Carrie Maurer for their efforts in the Safe Patient Handling & Mobility (SPHM) program for being recognized by Asha Roy Director of Workforce Safety, Northwell Health.
Asha wrote the following email to Cherry,
"You have always been an avid supporter of the SPHM initiative not just to benefit the nursing departments or within the walls of Phelps but even beyond it. Participating in conferences, developing posters, creating site-specific champion training curriculum....the list goes on and on. As an honor and to show appreciation for all these efforts we wanted to highlight you in our SPHM Informer Magazine which will also be an intranet banner during Safety month (June 2022)."
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Congratulations to Doreen Gallagher on her graduation held on December 2, 2021 from Northwell's EBP IFN Fellowship Program.
EBP Fellowship Graduation 2021_Agenda.pdf
Doreen Gallagher, DNP, RN, PMH-BC, Clinical Professional Development Educator, Psychiatry
Dr. Frank Lattarulo wrote a very touching nomination letter and all would agree Debi is "one of the finest and most skilled...with unwavering drive and commitment". Click here to view movie made in Debi's honor: DAISY Recipient - Debi Reynolds
Congratulations to The Northwell Nurse Choir and Phelps Hospitals Nurse Practitioner, Jenny Chacko, MSN, RN, AGPCNP-BC. We all were rooting for our nurses on NBC’s America’s Got Talent. After earning Season 16’s first Golden Buzzer from judge Howie Mandel and being fast-tracked to the live shows, our heroes proved that a message of hope was just what America needed right now. Thank you, Nurse Choir, for representing Northwell on a national stage and uniting us all through your incredible talent. Watch their final performance
Click here fore more info: ANPD
Our participation in Get With The Guidelines® demonstrates our commitment to quality care. We are proud to be a part of the American Heart Association’s® efforts to turn guidelines into lifelines.
9-15-21 Celebrating Get With the Guidelines Recognition
Mary McDermott, MSN, RN, APRN, NEA-BC, SVP Patient Care Services/CNO, is featured in the WAG Local Business & Lifestyles: Illuminating Health Care On The Front Lines
Congratulations to our AMAZING Emergency Department for achieving the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Lantern Award.
August 11, 2021
Celebrating our Emergency Department's Achievement
We invite you to view the following to truly understand the accomplishment and honor bestowed upon our Emergency Department:
Some of the Emergency Department members ware able to gather for Photo Op,
Proudly displaying the ENA Lantern Award flame front and center
On July 8, 2021 at 12:30 we held our Patient Care Assistant (PCA)/Administrative Support Associate (ASA) Recognition Day. Mary McDermott, MSN, RN, APRN, NEA-BC, Senior VP, Patient Care Services, CNO thanked everyone for contribution for getting through an unprecedented year. The nominations were read and it was evident that everyone is truly a winner. The selection committee voted on the following 3 awards (a difficult task indeed):
Jerick Balajadia, PCA, OR – Rising Star
Maria Chaux, PCA, 2N/3N – Assistive Personnel of the Year
Congratulations to Neethu Gopinadh, MSN, RN, OCN, VA-BCTM , Clinical Professional Development Educator, Infusion Center, for not one but two published articles in Oncology Nursing Forum, March 2021, Vol. 48 First article published is entitled: Creating a Culture of Safety: Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs (HD). Second article published is entitled: Improving Patient Safety in the Ambulatory Infusion Center: Development of a Protocol for Management of Extravasation.
Have your questions answered by the senior leader hosts following a 30 minute presentation by our senior leaders.
Phelps NRP awarded PTAP Accreditation with Distinction |
On May 24th, Phelps nurses joined with fifteen other Northwell Hospitals to “receive the call” from the American Nurses Credentialing Center for the successful achievement of the Practice Transition Accreditation Program Accreditation with Distinction for their Nurse Residency Programs.  Photo above: Kelley Kissane, RN, Paula Keenan, RN, Judy Dillworth, RN, Kathy Calabro, Alicia Mulvena, RN, Helen Renck, RN. Also present at the announcement: Carolyn Young, RN.
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Ellen Woods, Program Director, Vitality and Caregiver Program, just shared the following exciting news:
Phelps Hospital has achieved the level II Age-Friendly Health System – Committed to Care Excellence status. We are only the third hospital in the Northwell System to achieve this designation. It’s something we can all be proud of accomplishing. 
Sent on behalf of the NHPP Westchester Engagement Team.
The NHPP Westchester Engagement Team is excited to announce we will be having a
Clap-Out for YOU, The Phelps Hospital Essential Workers!!
It will be an amazing evening where the NHPP Westchester Ambulatory Team can say thank you to our colleagues at Phelps. It’s been a little over a year since the pandemic began and all of us, working collaboratively together, have worked hard to keep our communities safe and well. This is our appreciation for your dedication and our mutual respect, please join us next Monday evening
May 17th at 7:00pm at the Hospital Main Entrance
as we give you and Eileen Egan a roaring applause that can be heard for miles.
And it wouldn’t be a clap-out without a parade of our amazing First Responders and their apparatuses.
A critical component to healthcare services. Let us clap for them as well.
THANK YOU!!!
Please click here to see the following events for Nurse & Hospital Week Celebration:
On May 11, 2021 the Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) Committee presented the 3 North nursing staff with a token of our appreciation for performing the AFHS/4Ms pilot study. As evident in the graph below, 3 North's compliance with the daily review of the 4M's improved during the pilot. An ILearn Module is currently being finalized and education will be assigned the week of May 17. On June 7, 2021 the 4Ms will be rolled out to the following inpatient units: ICU, 5 North, 5 South, 3 North, 2 North, and 1 South.
Thank you for your participation in ensuring our patients needs are met during their hospital stay!
Congratulations to Judy Kennedy, BSN, RN, RNC-MNN, clinical nurse, Maternal Child Health for receiving the DAISY Award.
Judy worked the night shift and was surprised with the honor before leaving.
Two of our nurses Ritzel Tuazon - Boer, BSN, RN, GERO-BC™ and Elizabeth Smykowski, BSN, RN, CNML, ACHRN, CHT, are co-authors along with David Dayya, Owen J. O’Neill, Tracy D. Feiertag, John Sullivan, Lubiha Perez, Sandrah Gurash, Matthew Eaton, Taylor Bodley, Joanne Marker, and T. Hall to an article published by Elsevier - Respiratory Medicine entitled, The use of oxygen hoods in patients failing on conventional high-flow oxygen delivery systems, the effects on oxygenation, mechanical ventilation and mortality rates in hypoxic patients with COVID-19. A Prospective Controlled Cohort Study.
Congratulations to Neethu Gopinadh, MSN, RN, OCN, VA-BCTM Clinical Professional Development Educator, Infusion Center for receiving a doctoral scholarship supported by the Oncology Nursing Foundation.
Purpose of the scholarship: To provide scholarships to registered nurses who are interested in and committed to oncology nursing to continue their education by pursuing a research doctoral degree (PhD or DNSc) or clinical doctoral degree (DNP).
Neethu is currently pursing her DNP - We are proud of you!
Congratulations to Doreen Gallagher, DNP, RN, PMH-BC, on her poster presentation acceptance entitled, Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression (DASA): Empowering Psychiatric Nurses to Reduce Workplace Violence. Please click here to see the acceptance letter Doreen shared with us: FW_ APNA Annual Conference Abstract Notification.pdf
Please click here to learn about the extremely generous "People Caring for People" Education Fund: People Caring for People Education Fund.pdf
Phelps Hospital Receives Exemplar Status
The nursing department is proud to announce it has received NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystems Elders) Exemplar Status for the 5th year in a row.
Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) is a nursing education and consultation program designed to improve geriatric care in healthcare organizations. The NICHE program of NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing provides resources for nursing and interdisciplinary teams to achieve organizational goals for the care of older adult patients.
The NICHE model demonstrates improved clinical outcomes, positive fiscal results, enhanced nursing competencies, community recognition, and greater patient, family, and staff satisfaction. NICHE model of care provides nurses with the knowledge and skills for delivering best practice in the care of older adults.
Phelps has been a NICHE hospital since 2013 and has earned and retained exemplar status since 2016.
Exemplar designation is the highest of 4 levels of achievement. To achieve Exemplar designation indicates a hospital has demonstrated ongoing, high level dedication to geriatric care and implements interventions and initiatives to continually improve the care of the geriatric population.
Requirements for exemplar status include implementation of the NICHE Geriatric Resource Model, evidence-based protocols on patient care units, use of age-sensitive standards, inclusion of patients, families and community based providers in planning NICHE initiatives and involvement in leadership roles regionally.
As an Exemplar NICHE hospital Phelps shows a tremendous commitment to meet a challenge of the times-quality care for the older adult.
NICHE hospitals offer evidence based, interdisciplinary approaches to care that promote better outcomes, positive patient experiences with increases in patient, family and staff satisfaction.
When a hospital continually works to Improve the Care for Healthsystem Elders…it also improves the care for all of its patients.
Congratualtions to Doreen Gallagher, DNP,RN,PMH-BC and Maura Maier, BSN, RN, PMH-BC for being selected to present the "The Effect of Mandala Coloring on Psychiatric Inpatient's Anxiety” Poster: IFN Acceptance Letter.pdf
The Vascular Access Team kicks off 2021 with a BANG
Congratulations to Josenia (Josie) Lawlor, BSN, RN, CRNI® for being featured in The Infusion Nurses Society (INS) Website. INS is an international nonprofit organization representing infusion nurses and other clinicians who are engaged in the specialty practice of infusion therapy. Josie Lawlor Featured
Every January 25, infusion nurses and other health care professionals observe National IV Nurse Day. Established in 1980, the U.S. House of Representatives designated this day to honor and recognize the accomplishments of the nation’s infusion nurse specialists each year, as well as the Infusion Nurses Society.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR VASCULAR ACCESS TEAM!
Vascular Access TeamPictured (Left to Right): First Row - Ma.Teresita San Luis, BSN, RN / Josenia Lawlor, BSN, RN;
Second Row - Ellen Parise, MSN, RN, CNML/ Patricia Curtin, MSN, RN / Genaro Bathan, BSN, RN
Missing: Maria Genco, BSN, RN / Sophalla Nayruhe, BSN, RN / Carol Porco, BSN, RN / Gabriella Zappa, BSN, RN
On January 10, 2021, we held our 3rd DAISY Award Celebration. Congratulations to Elizabeth Perdomo-Benitez, BSN, RN, clinical nurse, 2 Center
The following letter was read by Mary McDermott, MSN, RN, APRN, NEA-BC, SVP Patient Care Services / CNO:
Kathy Calabro created a movie clip to highlight the celebration: DAISY CELEBRATION
Click on this link to be see Elizabeth highlighted on The DAISY Foundation Website: https://www.daisyfoundation.org/daisy-award/honorees/elizabeth-perdomo-benitez
~ 2020 ~
Kudos to the Operating Room for 2 great achievements:
Congratulations to Neethu Gopinadh, MSN, RN, OCN, VA-BCTM,Clinical Professional Development Educator in the Infusion Center for her abstract acceptance, “Improving patient safety in the Ambulatory Infusion Center: Development of a protocol for management of extravasation." Neethu will be presenting at the 46th Annual ONS Congress and will be published in an online issue of the Oncology Nursing Forum.
We are so proud of our musically talented nurses who were selected to participate in the Thanksgiving Day Special, Nurse Heroes Live. Phelps Hospital had 3 or the 50 Northwell nurse heroes who sang a powerful rendition of two classic American songs – Stand by Me and Lean on Me!
Congratulations Jenny Chacko, MSN, RN, AGPCNP-BC, Pre-Surgical Testing, Jacqueline Hirsch, BSN, RN, 4 South and Alaina Smalley, MSN, RN, ASU/PACU.
Click Here to hear the beautiful music: Nurse Heroes
Please click on the below to reveal the nominees and winners for each nursing award revealed on 11/19/20 via Zoom:
Happy NP Week!
National Nurse Practitioner Week 2020 will be held November 8-14. Click here for more information: NP Week
Nurse's Week 2020 - Click below for nomination forms:
FW_ Nominate a Nurse!.pdf
Congratulations to our nurses and the entire hospital for achieving the prestigious Magnet® Designation! Magnet® Recognition.pdf
Click here to see a few of the exciting moments captured during the Magnet® Celebration in the Family Medical Conference Room, Riverview Cafe and the units: /magnet-celebration-photos
Board Presenation October 2020.pdf
Click here for the Manet Song written by
Creative collaboration is evident in this celebratory created by Donal O’Shaughnessy, RN, Respiratory Therapist, singer/songwriter and Carol Robinson: Magnet Song
On October 6, 2020, we held our 2nd DAISY Award Celebration. Congratulations to Tahler Cambriello, BSN, RN, clinical nurse, 5 North and now ICU.
The following letter was read by Mary McDermott, MSN, RN, APRN, NEA-BC, SVP Patient Care Services / CNO: DAISY winner letter.pdf
Kathy Calabro created a movie clip to highlight the celebration: DAISY CELEBRATION
Click here to see Tahler's nomination on the DAISY Website: https://www.daisyfoundation.org/daisy-award/honorees/tahler-cambriello
On September 2, 2020, we celebrated the graduation of our inaugural cohort for Nurse Mentor Entry to Leadership Track. A structured Nurse Mentor Program is part of Northwell’s nursing strategic plan. The goal of the mentoring program for leadership is to support the ongoing professional growth of newly-appointed directors, nurse managers, assistant nurse managers and nurse educators. The core components of the leadership track are: leadership role assimilation, succession planning, professional growth, career progression, and promotion of professional involvement.
The dyads worked together for a year and they all expressed appreciation for being part of the program. Some of the benefits that they identified includes being able to develop goals, opportunity to work on strengths and focus on what they need to accomplish. They also shared that they get to better know someone that they normally might not work with and they learn about unique situations from other departments.
Congratulations to the Nurse Mentor Program Leadership Track inaugural cohort!
Mentors | Mentees |
Eileen Egan | Rona Edwards |
Alicia Mulvena | Kelley Kissane |
Cheryl Burke | Francesca Grillo |
Carol Daley | Alaina Smalley |
Overall, 45% of our nurses participated in at least one of the sessions held during the visit from August 19-21. And we know that whether or not you had the opportunity to participate, you made a contribution and were well represented by your peers. All three appraisers expressed how impressed they were with the structures, processes and outcomes, driven by our Phelps nurses. They said that they could “feel” the sense of “family” in every session.
We expect to hear in about 2-3 months from the American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC) on whether we will be recognized as a Magnet® hospital.
Kudos to Phelps Hospital by being recognized by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI): Phelps Receives Recognition as an Age-Friendly Health System.pdf
Welcome Eileen Egan, RN, Esq. to her new role as Executive Director of Phelps Hospital! |
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We are excited to announce that Eileen Egan, RN, Esq., has been appointed as the Executive Director of Phelps Hospital Northwell Health. Two days after assuming the role of interim executive director of Phelps Hospital a few months ago, Phelps Hospital received their first COVID+ patient, and many more quickly thereafter. She demonstrated incredible grace under pressure, and her response was immeasurably valuable in dealing with a significant patient surge while keeping patients and team members safe. Please join us in getting to know Eileen, her experiences that prepared her to handle a situation like this, and her vision for the future of Phelps Hospital. Q&A with Eileen Egan.pdf |
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On June 3,2020, Phelps Hospital Northwell Health celebrated their very first DAISY Award Recipient. DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune SYstem. The DAISY Foundation was formed in November, 1999, by the family of J. Patrick Barnes who died at age 33 of complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP). The nursing care Patrick received when hospitalized profoundly touched his family.
Congratulations to Stephen Dow, BSN, RN, clinical nurse, 2 Center!
To better understand the magnitude of this award, please click on the following:
Kudos to Erin Brady, AAS, RN, CEN, clinical nurse, Emergency Dept. for receiving the Northwell Zuckerberg Family Nursing Excellence Award. 
Nurses Week and Hospital Week 2020.pdf
Congratulations to our North Star 90 Recipients: 2 Center, 2 North, 4 South, Critical Care and the Emergency Department
Awarded to units that achieved the 90th percentile nationally in patient experience in 2019.
Congratulations to Nancy Fox, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC, CNML, Director of Organizational Development for being selected the Top 20 Nurses by 2020 Hudson Valley Magazine - Excellence in Nursing!
Hudson Valley Magazine - May 2020 Addition
On April 10, 2020 the APNA sent an email to Doreen Gallagher, MSN, RN-BC, clinical educator, behavioral health that not one, not two, but all three of the abstracts that were submitted were approved for poster presentation for the APNA 34th Annual Conference, September 30 – October 3 at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort. Due to limited space, only one can be accommodated. We will need to choose between:
- Does Lavender Aromatherapy Improve Patient's Sleep in an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit Compared to Sleep Prior to Admission Without Lavender Aromatherapy?
- *** Implementing Behavioral Health/Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Champions to Reduce Psychiatric Emergencies and Support Medical-Surgical Nurse Clinicians in a Community Hospital Setting
- Reducing Patient Falls in an Adult Psychiatric Unit By Implementing Tele-sitter Remote Video Surveillance Technology: A Pilot Intervention
*** chosen poster presentation
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Marilyn Maniscalco, BSN, CNML, nurse manager 2 center and Cherry Lyn Fuentes, MS, RN-BC, NPD-BC, education specialist Organizational Development for being recognized at the 2020 ASPHP National SPHM Education Event held in San Diego. They received a Certificate of Enhancing Safe Patient Handling and Movement Program Award. Certification.pdf
That is for the poster, Education Assessment to Address Safe Patient Handling Learning Needs. Carrie Klemens and Nancy Fox are also co-authors of the poster.
Marilyn Maniscalco and Cherry Fuentes celebrating their award
~ 2019 ~
Congratulations to Cherry Fuentes and Marilyn Maniscalco for the acceptance of TWO of their posters entitled, “Transfer Mobility Coaches: Keeping Patients and Employees Safe” and “Education Assessment to Address Safe Patient Handling Needs in a Community Based Hospital" for poster presentation at the 2020 ASPHP National SPHM Education Event, March 2-5, 2020, at the Town and Country in San Diego, CA.
November 10-16
Please join us in celebrating our Peri-Operative Nurses
More than 100 million surgeries are performed across the more than 6,000 hospitals and 9,000 ASCS in the U.S. EVERY YEAR.1,2
For each patient and their family, perioperative nurses have dedicated themselves to be compassionate and detail-oriented patient advocates. Throughout the surgical suite, perioperative nurses are charged with the safe care of patients - to be their voice, to educate them, to comfort them, and to safely see them through their surgery journey. https://www.aorn.org/events/perioperative-nurses-week
On November 9th, Northwell held a Periop Nursing Conference at the Inn at New Hyde Park. The following nurses from Phelps were in attendance!
Top Left to Right- Theresa Bruno, Andrea Compass, Kelley Kissane, Joanne Gariola
Bottom Left to right - Kellyann Esposito, AnnMarie Driscoll, Catherine McCarthy
Please join us in celebrating our Nurse Practitioners
National Nurse Practitioner Week is held annually to celebrate these exceptional health care providers and to remind lawmakers of the importance of removing outdated barriers to practice so that nurse practitioners (NPs) will be allowed to practice to the full extent of their experience and education. NP Week 2019 is November 10–16.
Reference: www.aanp.org/about/about-the-american-association-of-nurse-practitioners-aanp/media/np-week
On October 29, 2019 5 South celebrated the nurses who achieved their Progressive Care Certified Nurse (PCCN) Professional Certification.
*The PCCN examination is developed from the AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care. 80% of the test focuses on Clinical Judgement, while the other 20% focuses on Professional Caring and Ethical Practice. Some of the topics include neurology, hematology, caring practices, and clinical inquiry.
* https://www.mometrix.com/academy/pccn-practice-test/
Congratulations on your professional advancement!
Pictured Left to Right:
Gift Napa, Jose, Shijin Jose, Zhasmin Kukov
Not Pictured:
Ginimol Gregorious, Surya Vettath
On September 25th, some members of the Safe Patient Handling Committee and Transfer Mobility Coaches (TMCs)attended the 1st Annual Northwell SPH Conference in Long Island. Phelps presented 2 posters: Transfer Mobility Coaches: Keeping our Patients and Employees Safe and Education Assessment to Address SPH Learning Needs. We are so excited to share with you that the TMC poster won the 2nd place.
Attending the conference were: Ula Best, Laura Matthew-Reid, Marilyn Maniscalco, Cherry Lyn Fuentes, Maria Chaux, Carrie Klemens, Rosemary Chin, and Victoria Adebayo.
American Society of Clinical Oncology certifies Cancer Institute locations
NEW HYDE PARK, NY —
Northwell Health Cancer Institute locations at Monter Cancer Center, Northwell Cancer Institute at Huntington, Imbert Cancer Center in Bay Shore and Northwell Health Cancer Institute at Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow have each received certification from the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Program, LLC (QOPI), an affiliate of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Inc. (ASCO).
The QOPI certification is valid for three years and signifies Northwell’s oncology practices meet nationally-recognized standards for quality cancer care. QOPI is a voluntary self-assessment and improvement program to help hematology-oncology and medical oncology practices assess the quality of the care they provide to patients. About 300 practices nationwide are currently certified.
“We’re extremely proud to receive this certification from the ASCO’s QOPI® Certification Program,” said Tony Philip, MD, Director of Quality and Patient safety at Northwell Health Cancer Institute. “This recognition highlights our commitment to delivering outstanding cancer care to our patients across the region. Earning the certification took tremendous teamwork among our nurses, pharmacists, physicians and administrative leadership.”
QOPI® Certification Program
The QOPI® Certification Program for outpatient oncology practices is the first program of its kind for oncology in the nation. The seal designates those practices that successfully meet the standards and objectives of the program, which includes scoring above threshold on the key QOPI® quality measures and meeting chemotherapy safety standards established by ASCO and the Oncology Nursing Society.
QOPI® analyzes individual practice data and compares these to more than 170 evidence-based and consensus quality measures. To become certified, practices have to meet core standards in areas of treatment, including:
Creating a safe environment—staffing, competencies, and general policy; Treatment planning, patient consent, and education; Ordering, preparing, dispensing, and administering chemotherapy; Monitoring after chemotherapy is administered, including adherence, toxicity, and complications; Treatment planning; Staff training and education; Chemotherapy orders and drug preparation; Patient consent and education; Safe chemotherapy administration; Monitoring and assessment of patient well-being.
Congratulations to Phelps Hospitals for achieving the prestigious recognition from The American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines. Stroke GOLD PLUS with Honor Roll Elite Plus
National Nurses Week Award Recipients
The highlight of the Nurses Week activities was the Nurse Week luncheon and award ceremony, held on Wednesday May 8th. During the awards ceremony, the nomination letters were read and the recipients who met the provided criteria for each of the following awards were announced:
Nursing Recognition Awards – Nominees with Winners in Green listed L-R/B-F
Phelps Pride - A nurse who provides competent and compassionate patient care at least 90% of the time and whose actions are above and beyond expected behavioral standards; Jie Xu, Diana Sergenian, Dawntae Evans, Patricia Dello Joio, Joanne Gariola, Maura Maier, and Sylvia Alves - Not Pictured: Pauline Tedesco, Debbie Reynolds, Laura Goldberg, Erin Schlereth
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Rising Star - An RN with less than 2 years’ experience with superior nursing skills, demonstrates strong leadership potential and exhibits excellent caring, compassion, communication, courage, and commitment above and beyond expectations; Patricia Curtin, Fareeda Ahmed, Tahler Cambriello - Not Pictured: LuzMarie Villalon, Judith Liebert, Evelyn, Jessica Banister
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Nurse of Distinction - An RN who is an active member of a professional organization and/or board certified in his/her specialty, is a teamplayer, mentor and leader, delivers exemplary care for patients and families, promotes a positive work environment, shows commitment to the community served, and represents Phelps/Northwell at all times; Amanda Dayton, Diana Sergenian, Crystal Moschiano, Josenia Lawlor, Jenna Harris, Phil Dinkler - Not Pictured: Maria Kierra Jaca, Judith Liebert
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Friend of Nursing - Recognizes a non-nurse who has served as a nurse advocate and impact nursing practice, nursing education, nursing administration and/or patient safety significantly; Yanira Amparo, Joe Anzovino, Nathalie Bouthot, Barry Surrett, Kathleen Calabro
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Excellence in Nursing Leadership - An outstanding nurse leader who is an active member of a professional organization, has achieved national board certification and demonstrates commitment to at least 3 of the following: clinical practice. Leadership, education, research and quality improvement activities; Nancy Fox, Kathy Pappas, Doreen Wall, Ellen Parise, Timothy Aldrich
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Northwell Zuckerberg Family Award - An RN who exceeds expectations in quality of work, attitude, interpersonal relationships and attendance. Criteria for this achievement: exemplifies the caring aspect of nursing, receives complementary communications from patients or Phelps colleagues and provides community service. Kristen Santoro with Mary McDermott, CNO
Congratulations to Angela Adjetey Appiah, MSN, MPH, MA, RN, FAACM! Angela's abstract, HPV Patient Navigation Process & Physician Collaboration on Community Education has been accepted for a poster presentation during the 2019 International Cancer Education Conference (ICEC).
Angela also received Administrative Nurse of the Year Award from the National Black Nurses Association, Inc. Press Release NBNA 2019 Nurses of the Year.pdf
Guess who was nominated for the prestigious Hudson Valley Nurse of Excellence Award?
Click here to view the fabulous write up: Hudson Valley Magazine _ Mariel Consagra recognized among top 20 Nurses.pdf
Click here to view the Hudson Valley Nurse of Excellence 2019 website: http://www.hvmag.com/Hudson-Valley-Magazine/Excellence-in-Nursing/Nurses/
Congratulations!
Judy Kennedy, BSN, RNC was just informed that her abstract has been accepted for a Poster Presentation at the Northwell Health's 25th Annual Nursing Research & EBP Conference to be held on May 23, 2019 at Leonard's Palazzo in Great Neck, NY. Judy's Evidence Based Project is "Bilirubin Surveillance newborns > 35 weeks gestation using the Transcutaneous Bilirubinometers." Click here to view all the presentations.
American Psychiatric Nursing Association (APNA) has accepted for Poster Presentation “The Effect of Coloring on Psychiatric Patient’s Anxiety”. The 2019 conference will be in New Orleans, LA October 2-5, 2019.
For the ninth year in a row, Phelps has received the Get with the Guidelines-Stroke "Gold Plus" Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients as outlined by the American Heart/American Stroke Association. The “Get with the Guidelines-Stroke” program helps hospital teams provide the most up-to-date, research-based treatments with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke patients. Phelps earned this highest level award by meeting quality achievement measures including the aggressive use of medications and risk-reduction therapies at a set level for a designated period of time.
Northwell News: The newest edition of The Rounds is now live! You can view the book my clicking here: https://jobs.northwell.edu/nursing-e-book/
Congratulations to Angela Adjetey Appiah, MSN, RN, FAACM,
Senior Administrative Director of the Cancer Institute for being recognized by American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE). AONE selected Angela as one of the the 2019 honorees for its Young Professional Voices recognition program. AONE recognizes nurse leaders who exhibit significant potential as health care leaders and demonstrate exemplary leadership within their organizations, communities and nursing profession.
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Cherry Fuentes wins First Prize at a Northwell Conference
On September 28th, Cherry Fuentes, MS-C, RN-BC, Education Specialist at Phelps, won first prize at Northwell’s“ Transforming Practice Using Evidence” conference for her poster entitled “New Graduate Nurse Mentoring Program.” In the words of Judy Dillworth, Magnet Director, her poster “exemplifies the wonderful mentoring program that she initiated at Phelps Hospital in response to conversations with her new graduate nurses.” For Mary McDermott, CNO and Senior Vice-President of Patient Care Services, Cherry’s mentoring program is “an important initiative for Phelps that has even been included in the strategic plan for Patient Care Services.”
Other benefits that the mentoring program offer are support and resources for new graduate nurses, the potential to improve RN to RN relationships, and the potential to improve clinical nurse retention.
Congratulations Cherry! We thank you for your dedicated and award winning effort.
September 13,2018 - Congratulations to the graduates from the MAP-IT Program.
"The Mentoring and Professionalism in Training (MAP-IT) program is designed to increase participants' knowledge and skills, specific to the mentoring of early-career professionals..."
For more information: https://intranet.northwell.edu/NSLIJ/departments/AcademicAffairs/Pages/Mentoring.aspx
Kudos to Cherry Fuentes, MS-C, RN-BC, for acceptance of her abstract entitled "New Graduate Nurse Peer Mentoring Program" for a poster presentation at Northwell's Evidence Based Practice Conference September 28, 2018 at the Inn at New Hyde Park.
For the eighth year in a row, Phelps has received the Get With The Guidelines- Stroke GOLD PLUS Achievement Award.
The “Get with the Guidelines-Stroke” program helps hospital teams provide the most up-to-date, research-based treatments with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke patients. Phelps earned this highest level award by meeting quality achievement measures including the aggressive use of medications and risk-reduction therapies at a set level for a designated period of time. We have achieved 100% in 10 of the 12 performance measures.
We have consistently met our time targets and have also been awarded The Target Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus for timely administration of TPA in less than 45 minutes 50% of the time.
It truly takes a multidisciplinary team to give our patients the highest quality of care.
Nurses Week 2018
Nurses at Phelps Hospital Northwell Health continually exemplify the five key values by being Truly:
- Compassionate
- Ambitious
- Innovative
- Together
- Ourselves
We also want to recognize those nurses who go Above and Beyond!
Congratulations to the following awards recipients who were nominated by their peers for the following:
- "Phelps Pride Award" - David Walters, BSN, RN - 4 North
- "Rising Star Award" - Samantha Weldon, BSN, RN - 5 North
- "Nurse of Distinction Award" - Adele Whyte, BSN, RN, CCRN - ICU
- "Excellence in Nursing Leadership Award" - Shirley Beauvais, MSN, RN, CCRN - Assistant Director Endoscopy/Pain/Sterile Processing
- "Friend of Nursing Award" - Giovanna Conti-Robles, Manager of Procurement/Materials Operations
Click here to see the beautiful smiles and warm hearts of all the award recipients and fellow nominees: Nurses Week Award Winners & Nominees .pdf
Additional prestigious awards were presented to the following:
- "Nursing Hero Award" - Kerry O'Neill, BSN, RN - Case Management
- "Patient Experience Awards" - Intensive Care Unit & 2Center
- "Roy Zuckerberg Family Award for Nursing Service Excellence" - Christopher Moon, BSN, RN - 5 South
- "Hudson Valley Magazine's Excellence in Nursing Award" - Deborah Reynolds, AAS, RN, CCCN, CWCN, WOCN
- Senator Terrence P. Murphy, "2018 Nurses of the Year"
