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Judy Hayes, RN, MS, BWH Nursing's director of Professional Practice Quality and Staff Development and interim director of Cardiac/Medical Nursing, was appointed Faulkner Hospital's vice president of Nursing. She begins at Faulkner on Oct. 11.
“Judy brings to this important role at Faulkner a remarkable enthusiasm and passion for nursing that will no doubt serve the hospital, our nurses and our patients tremendously well,” said Faulkner Hospital President David Trull.
“I am thrilled to be a part of a highly regarded community teaching hospital that is so vested in the care it provides to that community,” said Hayes, who has extensive experience in clinical excellence, practice enhancement and staff development throughout her nursing career.
She will depart BWH as the director of Professional Practice Quality and Staff Development, having begun her BWH tenure as director of Professional Practice in 1998. Serving in this capacity for two years, her position evolved and Hayes' scope of responsibility broadened even further as she was called upon to serve in a number of interim director roles in Patient Care Services.
While at BWH, Hayes maintained leadership roles on many hospital-wide advancements, most recently with bar coding and eMAR implementation-systems that help the hospital set the national pace for patient safety standards. Hayes also provided input and perspective to the Partners system as a whole, as she was involved in the Partners Signature Initiative focused on medication safety. As vice president of Nursing at Faulkner, she will remain a link to Partners as well as a contributing member of BWH's Nursing Executive Board.
Prior to BWH, Hayes served as director of Utilization and Care Management at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center after her post as director of Care Management System there. Hayes also worked as a specialized consultant with the Center for Case Management after holding various staff, supervisory and management positions at New England Medical Center from 1981 to 1994.
Trull and Hayes explain that as the patient volume continues to grow at Faulkner, Hayes will work with Faulkner's leadership team to enhance care delivery while promoting nursing staff development and practice enhancements to meet the challenge.
“The hospital's 400 nurses are a driving force to the high quality care that patients have come to expect from Faulkner Hospital. I am honored to lead and learn from this talented league of professionals,” Hayes said.