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.
Degrees
Jasmine Dujali, MSN, RN, PCCN, of Tower 11ABD, earned her MSN with a concentration in nursing education from Framingham State University.
Erica Andersen, MSN, of Tower 11ABD, received her MSN from the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Kathleen Howard, DNP, FNP-c, IBCLC-BC, of the IV Therapy team, received her DNP from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Judith Poudrier, RN, BSN, of CWN 8, received her BSN from Curry College.
Lara Coakley, MS, FNP-BC, of Shapiro 6 West, received her FNP from Regis College.
Certifications
Lindsey Mansfield, BSN, RN, PCCN, and Jennifer Fooks, BSN, RN, PCCN, of Tower 14CD, received certification as progressive care nurses.
Ann O' Dea, RNC, NP, MSN, of the Pain Management Center at 850 Boylston, passed the ANCC Pain Certification Boards.
Patricia Healey, RN, CCRN-CMC, of Shapiro 9 East, earned her Cardiac Medicine Subspecialty Certification from the AACN.
Presentations and Publications
Tower 11 nurses presented posters at the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons meeting in Toronto this spring:
Tower 11ABD's Carol Corbett, MS, RN, nurse educator, and Eileen O'Connell, MS, RN, nurse director: "From Bedside to Podium: Reflective Insight into Practice for Thoracic Surgery Nurses"
Tower 11C's Louise Caperelli-White MS, RN, nurse educator, and Joyce Johnson, MS, RN, nurse director: "ECMO Post Lung Transplantation in the Thoracic ICU"
Tower 15CD's Margaret Costello, PhD, RN, and Sarah Thompson, MSN, RN, nurse educator, kicked off BWFH's Nurses' Week by presenting "Nurses role in preventing opioid misuse and abuse" at a Nursing Grand Rounds event.
Elizabeth Scanlan, MSN, RNC, NP, nursing director of the Pain Management Center, presented a poster on "Beliefs about Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain: Survey of Primary Care Providers" at the American Pain Society annual meeting.
Diane Palombi, RNC, of the Pain Management Center, presented a poster on "Survival Time After Intrathecal Drug Delivery System (IDDS) for Cancer Pain - Tertiary Care Center Experience" at the Third Annual Cancer Pain Conference.
Annie Lewis-O'Connor, PhD, NP, of BWH's Women's C.A.R.E. Clinic; Kathleen Krause, formerly of the Division of Infectious Diseases; Amanda Berger, RN, and Daniel Pallin, MD, of the ED; and Sigal Yawetz, MD, and Lindsey Baden, MD, of the Infectious Disease Clinic, published "Current practice of HIV PEP treatment for sexual assault patients cared for in the emergency department" in Women's Health Issues.
Honors
Brad Robillard, of Tower 14CD, received the Civilian Distinguished Service Award for Live Saving from the Framingham Police Department.
Judith Poudrier, RN, BSN, of CWN 8, was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.
The Gretchen Stone Cook Scholarship Selection Committee awarded the following nurses a $5,000 scholarship:
Jennifer Bergen, RN, BSN, of the Hematology/Oncology Float Pool; Jamie Buller, RN, BSN, of CWN 7; Mary Consalvo, RN, of Radiation/Oncology; Julie Cormican, RN, of Tower 8CD; Mary Lou Cullen, RN, BSN, of Shapiro 6 West; Suhail Dever, RN, of the Allergy Clinic; Michael Ferrick, RN, BSN, of Tower 5B; Noreen Fitzgerald, RN, of Ambulatory OB/GYN; Michelle Glowney, RN, MSN, of the CVRR; Susan Kelley-Moran, RN, of OB/GYN; Bertha Lee, RN, BSN, of Tower 14CD; Sharon Levine, RN, BSN, of Shapiro 9 East; Andrea MacDonald, RN, BSN, of the ED; Dawn McDonald, RN, BSN, of Tower 8AB; Lora Mead, RN, BSN, of Tower 9CD; Marsha Milone, RN, MSN/Ed, PhD(c), of Tower 4BC/12C; Alexandra Mulloy, RN, BSN, of Tower 12C; Kathleen Mary Murphy, RN, MSN, of the NICU; Nadia Raymond, RN, of the Float Pool; Natalie Talbot, RN, BSN, of Hematology/Oncology; and Kerry Thayer, RNC, BSN, of Labor & Delivery.