The Best Staff
BWH is proud of nurses’ many achievements. BWH Nurse recognizes some of these achievements here. If you or your nurse colleague receives an award or earns a promotion, degree or certification, please let us know at bwhnurse@partners.org
Awards and Honors
Djwan Scott, BSN, RN, staff nurse in the intermediate Float Pool, was the recipient of the “Excellence in Nursing Education/Teaching Award” from The New England Regional Black Nurses Association for her work and leadership in working with diversity students at UMass Lowell. Scott was nominated by the university’s chair of nursing, Karen Devereaux Melillo, PhD, RN, for teaching and mentoring diverse and disadvantaged students in the university’s Bring Diversity to Nursing Program. There, Scott has been instrumental in ensuring that future nurses will be able to meet the needs of an ever-growing patient population from across cultures.
Degrees and Professional Certifications
Samira Sheth, NP, CDE, was recently accredited as a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) through the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators.
Sue Hering, BSN, RN, PCCN, of Shapiro 9/10, recently earned her PCCN certification. Shapiro 8’s Cindy Shattuck, BSN, RN, CCRN, earned her CCRN certification and Maria Saia, MSN, RN, completed her MSN from the University of Phoenix.
Mary Verni, RN, CRNI, and Kim Brooks, RN, CRNI, of the Infusion and Transplantation Clinic, completed their certification for infusion (CRNI).
Posters, Presentations and Publications
Staff on Tower 5B created the abstract, “Improving Nurse and Patient Care Assistant Communication to Promote Patient Safety,” which was accepted for a poster presentation at the 36th Annual Oncology Nursing Society Congress in Boston. Project team members are Hematology/Oncology’s Karen Legere, BSN, RN, OCN; Escel Stanghellini, MSN, RN, CPHQ; Deb Moody, BSN, RN; Eileen Molina, MS, RN; and PCAs Alice LaPlante, Rose Romain and Mona Parker.
Appointments
Carol Prone, BSN, RN, nurse educator on CWN 7, was elected to the Society of Gynecologic Nurse Oncologists Board of Directors.