Lily Kravitz Awards Fund Nurse Projects
Five teams of nurses received Lily Kravitz Nursing Studies Awards in January to enable them to pursue projects that focus on patient care and patient safety.
“Each of these projects contribute to the work that we do in Nursing,” said Mairead Hickey, PhD, RN, chief nursing officer and senior vice president of Patient Care Services, who began the presentation by speaking about the origin of the Kravitz Awards before presenting the awards.
Dr. Arthur Kravitz, a psychiatrist at BWH, created the awards in 1995 to acknowledge the importance of nursing’s role in health care. “He understood the intellect and compassion needed to become a nurse,” Hickey said. “He wanted to establish an award in the name of his mother to honor nurses who care for patients and families.”
Since its inception in 1995, the Kravitz Award has financially supported the scholarly and clinical work of more than 40 individuals and teams.
2008 Lily Kravitz Recipients and Projects
Examining Handoff/Handover Communication between Nurses: A Survey to Investigate the Core Elements during a Change of Shift
Donald Grimes, MSN, RN; Carol Daddio Pierce, MS, RN, CCRN, ACNP; Donna Marie Lynch, RN; and Leah McCormack, BSN, RN
Development of a Scale to Measure Falls Prevention Self Efficacy
Patricia C. Dykes, DNSc, MA, RN; and Ann Hurley, DNSc, RN, FAAN
Temperature Control in the Late Pre-Term Newborn: A Comparison of Two Methods of Bathing
Cynthia Loring, MS, RNC; Katherine Gregory, PhD, RN; Jean Reilly, RN; Barbara Gargan, BSN, RN; Valerie LeBlanc, RN; Catherine Walker, RN; Laurie Garnett, RN; and Paulette Melanson, MSN, RN.
Evaluation of Relevant Patient Outcomes with the Introduction of New Mouth Care Guidelines
Michaelle Renard, MSNc, RN; Colleen Zidik, MBA, RN; Ellen Frank, PhD, MA, RN; Cindy Jodoin, MHA, BSN, RN; Marsha Milone, MSN, RN; Corey Cutler, MD, MPH; and Christopher Friese, PhD, RN, AOCN.
The Implementation and Evaluation of a Communication Skills Training Program for Cardiac Surgery Nurses
Alison Gilmore, MSNc, RN; Suellen Breakey, PhD, RN; Jeanne Berk, BSN, EdM, RN; Ellen Clemence, MSN, R; and Nicole Pignatone, BSN, RNC.