The Best Staff
BWH is proud of nurses’ many achievements. Each month, BWH Nurse recognizes some of these achievements here. If you or your nurse colleague gains a promotion, earns a new degree or certification or receives an award, please let us know at bwhnurse@partners.org
Promotions
Marsha Milone, MSN, RN, joined the Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant service as assistant nurse manager. Milone began as a newly-licensed nurse on 6C in October 2003. She was appointed as the NIC on 6C in October 2006, and the to the assistant nurse manager position of 4C, 5AB and 6ABCD this October. Milone received her BSN from Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., in May 2003, and completed her MSN from the University of Phoenix earlier this year.
Kristin Alt Styer, MS, RN, this summer was named quality program manager for the peri-operative areas. During her time in the PACU, she served as a preceptor, charge nurse and resource nurse. Since 2002, she has chaired the PACU Clinical Practice Committee, which addresses pre, intra, and postoperative nursing practice issues.
Leanne Espindle, MSN, RN, was named the nurse program manager for the Center for Reproductive Medicine and the IVF unit on 5C. Previously Espindle was the assistant nurse manager in the OR, and an OR nurse for 20 years. She also served as the clinical nurse specialist in the MGH OR for four years.
Mary “Mae” Hansen, MSN, RN, is the new program manager for the Ambulatory Infusion Center at 15 Francis St. in the A Bulding and at the MS Infusion Center at One Brookline Place. There are a total of 13 nurse staff members between the two centers. Hansen served as the nurse manager on Tower 11 from 1980 to 2003, and as an off-shift nurse administrator from 2003 until she started her new position in September.
Nick Peterson, BSN, BSBA, RN, has been appointed the new primary care coordinator. Peterson previously worked in the seven BWH primary care clinics and as a research study monitor for the Community Research Initiative (CRI), which specializes in AIDS treatments. He specialized in AIDS care and provided primary care nursing and nurse case management at Fenway Community Health for 12 years, where he was also the nurse manager for seven years.
Barbara Aggouras, MSN, RN, of 16AB, Lisa Preston, BSN, RN, of 12ABC, and Deidre Devaux, MSN, RN, of the PACU, were appointed nurse educators on their respective units.
Graduations and Certifications
Diane Johnson Landolphi, BSN, RN, of 10CD graduated in August with a BSN from Curry College.
Barbara Folan, BSN, RN, of the Intermediate Float Pool, received her BSN from the University of Phoenix in May.
Posters, Presentations and Research
Cynthia Loring, RNC, MS, a clinical nurse educator on CWN 10, was one of three expert nurses who updated and revised the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) fifth edition of the “Neonatal Nursing Clinical Competencies and Education Guide.” This is the first neonatal guide to be available on CD instead of on paper. The guide includes role definitions for nurses who care for newborns in all settings and an outline of the knowledge and skills required for neonatal nursing. AWHONN, with a membership of over 22,000 nurses, publishes the nursing standards for women’s health, obstetric and newborn nursing.
Gabriele Harrison, MS, RN, CPNP, IBCLC, of the NICU and Linda Biedul-Kornilowicz, RN, BSN, care coordinator in the NICU, presented “Zellweger Syndrome in Infancy: A Family’s Journey from NICU to Home with Hospice” at the New England Hospice New England Hospice & Palliative Care Education Conference in November in Boxborough.
Mary Antonelli, RN, MPH quality program manager, Surgical Services, presented a poster titled “Restraint Management: Moving from Outcome to Process” at the University HealthSystem Consortium Fall Forum in Palm Springs, Calif., in October.
Kristin Alt Styer, MS, RN, CPAN, quality program manager in the peri-operative areas, presented a poster at the University HealthSystem Consortium’s (UHC) Fall Quality and Safety Forum in Palm Desert, Calif., titled “An Improvement Project for Handoff Communications in the Perioperative Area.”
Sherilyn Levy, BSN, RN, and Bonnie Campbell, BSN, RN, from the Center for Reproductive Medicine/IVF, presented a poster at the American Society of Reproductive Medicine in Washington, D.C., in October titled “The Men’s Lounge Improvement Project: What Do Men Really Want.” Levy also shared her expertise with the media as a participant in the ASRM press conference.
Martha Griffin, PhD, RN, CS, of the Center for Nursing Excellence, had a busy summer and fall. In June, she was the keynote speaker at the Indianapolis National League of Nursing and Nurse Executive Organization’s Annual Conference, presenting “Creating a Culture of Mutual Respect: Addressing Nurse Practice Horizontal Violence,” in June. Griffin followed that up by presenting “Understanding Nurse Practice Lateral Violence and Raising the Level of Professionalism” at a Nursing Spectrum event in Nashua, N.H., in August.
In the fall, she presented “Creating a Culture of Mutual Respect: Understanding the Bullying Aspects of Lateral Violence in Nursing” at the Blueprint for Wellness Conference at Vanderbilt University in September. She also made the same presentation at the Robert Wood Johnson Health Network Hospital affiliates meeting in Rahway, N.J., in October.
Hyeoneui Kim, PhD, MPH, RN, of the Decision Systems Group, Denise Goldsmith, MS, RN, MPH, of the Center for Nursing Excellence, and Patricia Dykes, DNSc, RN, of the Clinical Informatics Research & Developmen, in November presented a poster at the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium in Chicago titled “Representing Nursing Assessment Data with the ICNP.” Kim also presented a paper titled “Beyond Surface Characteristics: A New Health-Text Specific Readability Measurement,” which has been nominated for Harriert H. Werley award.
Julianne Mazzawi, MSN, RN, nurse manager of CWN 8, and Pearl Cunningham, MBA, BScN, RN, CNOR, assistant nurse manager in the OR, were delegates and moderators at the 39th Biennial Convention of Sigma Theta Tau International in Baltimore, Md.
Patrice Nicholas, DNSc, MPH, RN, ANP, of the Center for Nursing Excellence, was a delegate and presenter at the convention. Nicholas was re-elected as the coordinator of all Sigma Theta Tau International chapters in the northeastern United States, eastern Canada, western Europe and southern Africa. The Conference theme focused on Vision to Action: Global Health Through Collaboration.
Linda Delaporta, BSN, RN, CCRN, night NIC for the MICU, and former MICU nurse Barbara Eaton, RN, were selected to present “Crucial Conversations: Keys to Communication at End of Life” at the AACN National Teaching Institute conference in May in Chicago.
Awards and Achievements
Katherine Schade, MS, FNP, of 8AB, is the new nursing clinical instructor for the professional nursing course at Regis College. The clinical facility is at MGH.
Peggy Doyle, MSN, RN, director of Peri-operative Services, was the keynote speaker for Mass Bay Community College graduation in August, where Mass Bay president Dr. Carole M. Berotte Joseph presented her with an award of appreciation to acknowledge all of her support and contribution to the college.