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

Awards and Honors

Betty Fenton Diggins, BSN, RN, was chosen by 10 OB/GYN chief residents to receive the Ella Adams Memorial Award. Fenton-Diggins was presented the award at the resident graduation on June 20.

The chief residents choose a non-physician staff member who they feel has contributed to their education in their four years of residency. Previous recipients include medical assistants, secretaries, nurses and program coordinators.

The award was established in the name of Ella Adams, an OR technician who ran the circumcision room at the Boston Lying-In Hospital and then at BWH after the merger.

“It is a very special honor and I am proud to receive it this year,” said Fenton-Diggins.

Degrees and Professional Certifications

Sherilyn Levy, MSN, RN, nurse in charge of the Center for Reproductive Medicine, earned her master’s degree in Nursing Clinical Trials from Drexel University in Philadelphia.

Brenda Bailey, RN, PCCN, charge nurse on Tower 14CD, became the second nurse on the unit to obtain the Progressive Care Nurse Certification from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. This designation denotes practitioners who possess a distinct and clearly defined body of knowledge for progressive care.

Four ED nurses earned their Certified Emergency Nurse credentials recently: Christine Hart-Brown, RN, CEN, Karen Lewis, RN, CEN, Gary Bednarz, RN, CEN, and Varina Nouza, RN, CEN.

Posters, Presentations and Publications

At the annual Association for Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nursing Conference in Los Angeles in June, Nurse Manager Maggie Hickey MS, RN, and Coordinator of Fetal Therapy and Clinical Educator Ginny Silva, MSN, RNC, FNP, both from the Center for Labor and Birth, presented their poster, “An L&D’s Journey in Establishing a Culture of Patient Safety and Teamwork.”

Candace Hsieh, BSN, RN, Marsha Milone, MSN, RN, Susan O’Rourke BSN, RN, CIC, Colleen Zidik, MBA, BSN, RN, Jeanne Barton and Tamara Devlin will present “A Team Approach To Improving Hand Hygiene And Reducing VRE Rates Within a Hematology-Oncology Bone Marrow Transplant Unit,” during the 10th National Conference on Cancer Nursing Research in Orlando in February.

Ellen Sullivan, BSN, RN, CPAN, was the second author of “Safe Staffing for the Post Anesthesia Care Unit: Weighing the Evidence and Identifying the Gaps,” which was published in the December 2007 Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing.

Nicki Gilboy, MS, RN, CEN, FAEN, of the Emergency Department, was the lead author on two recently published journal articles, “Research to Practice. Recovering and Reporting Medical Errors in the Emergency Department,” and “Research to Practice. Compliance With Hand Hygiene Guidelines.” Both articles appeared in Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal 2008. In addition, Gilboy spoke at the Emergency Nurses Association annual meeting. She presented “Decreasing Door to Bed Time” at the September conference in Minneapolis.

Appointments

Two new nurse educators were appointed in Hematology/Oncology. Michaelle Remard, RN, and Katie Filipon, RN, in September were named nurse educators.