The Best Staff
BWH is proud of nurses’ many achievements. 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
Degrees and Professional Certifications
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| Analesa Baraka |
Analesa Baraka, BSN, RN, PCCN of Tower 12A, received her PCCN certification.
Patrice K. Nicholas, PhD, RN, DNSc, APRN, program manager for Global Health and Academic Partnerships in the Center for Nursing Excellence, delivered the commencement address and received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree at Fitchburg State College’s 114th Commencement May 22.
Diane Campbell, BSN, RN ALM, and Carol Luppi, BSN, RN, ALM, of the Center for Nursing Excellence, both graduated in May from Harvard University with a Master of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies concentrating in Educational Technologies Degree. Both received awards for academic excellence, and Luppi also received the Class Marshall Award for academic distinction.
Sheila Connelly, BSN, RN, OCN, of Radiation Oncology, earned her BSN from UMass Boston and her Oncology Nurse Certification (OCN) from the Oncology Nursing Society.
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| Joan Dorr |
Joan Dorr, MSN, RN, CNS, of Cardiac Surgery Intermediate Care, earned her MSN from Regis College.
Stacey Gallagher, MSN, RN, of Cardiac Surgery Intermediate Care, received her MSN in the adult family nurse practitioner track from Simmons College.
Lisa Addorisio, BSN, RN, PCCN, nurse in charge on Tower 10BA, earned her PCCN certification.
Stacy Gilbert, RN, PCCN, of Tower 14CD, earned her PCCN certification from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.
La’Lena Lewis Etheart, BSN, RN, PCCN, and Chona Resurreccion, RN, PCCN, both of Shapiro 9/10, earned PCCN certification.
Jean C. McGinty, BSN, RN, CNOR, of Perioperative Nursing, received CNOR certification in perioperative nursing.
Jeanne E. Praetsch, MS, RN, CCRN, nurse educator for Tower 12A, received her CCRN.
Annmarie Rivard, BSN, RN, PCCN, of Tower 10BA, earned her PCCN certification.
Pamela Thomas, BSN, RN, nurse in-charge of Tower 6A, received her BSN from UMass Boston and an award for academic excellence for maintaining a high cumulative grade point average. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing and The Golden Key International Honor Society, UMass Boston Chapter.
Katie Trepanier, MSN, RN, CCNS, nurse in-charge on Tower 10BA, graduated from UMASS Boston with her MSN and earned her Critical-Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (CCNS) certification.
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| Doreen Harvey |
Care Coordination nurses Doreen Harvey, BSN, RN, CCM, and Pia Young, BSN, RN, CCM, passed the certified case manager (CCM) exam; and Connie McManus, BSN, MBA, RN, CPHM, ACM, Margaret Skelton, RN, CPHM, ACM, and Lisa Wichmann, MS, RN, ACM, passed the accredited case manager (ACM) exam.
On Tower 10CD, Nina Johnson, BSN, RN, earned her BSN from Emmanuel College; Mary Nelson, BSN, RN, earned her BSN from UMass Boston; Susan Rodriguez, RN, CNRN, passed the Certified Neuroscience Registered Nurse exam; and Megan Sweeney, MSN, RN, graduated from the MGH Institute of Health Professions with her MSN.
The following nurses passed or renewed their ONC certification from the Oncology Nursing Society: Tower 6’s Katie Alcott, RN, ONC; Lana Callahan, RN, ONC; Nicole Gelinas, RN, ONC; Kim Lailer, RN, ONC; Jessica Muirhead, RN, ONC; Stephanie Zanotti, RN,ONC; and Julio Toro, RN, ONC, from the Hem/Onc Float Pool.
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| Lou Araujo |
Kate Somssich |
The Cardiac Surgery ICU’s Lou Araujo, BSN, RN, ACCN, CCRN, Johanna Peralta, BSN, RN, ACCN, CCRN, and Kate Somssich, BSN, RN, CCRN, recently earned CCRN certification from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.
Judy P. Brown, MSN, RN, nurse in-charge of CWN 8; Sharon Wong, MSN, RN, nurse in-charge of Cardiac Surgery Intermediate Care; Kristina Wickman, MSN, RN, of Tower 6B; Jeanette A. Cote, MSN, RN, of the PACU; Rachel Slate, MSN, RN, of 11BD Thoracic Surgery; Kimberly Smelstor, MSN, RN, director of Ambulatory OB/GYN; and Ruth Blomquist, MSN, RN, of the NICU, recently earned master’s degrees in nursing from Framingham State College.
From left, Judy P. Brown, Sharon Wong, Kristina Wickman, Jeanette A. Cote, Rachel Slate, Kimberly Smelstor and Ruth Blomquist graduate from Framingham State College with master’s degrees in nursing.
Posters, Presentations and Publications
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| Margaret Costello |
Margaret Costello, PhD, RN, nurse in-charge on Tower 15CD, presented a poster, “The Use of Simulation to Teach Nursing Students How to Provide Spiritual Care to Hospitalized Patients,” at the 11th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare in New Orleans. Costello also published “Predictors of Success on Medication Calculation Tests,” in the January/February 2011 issue of Nurse Educator.
Kathleen Ryan Avery, MSN, RN, CCRN, clinical educator for Shapiro 9 East, CCU, and Carol Daddio Pierce, MS, RN, CCRN, ACNP, clinical educator in the MICU, were part of a BWH task force that published “Implementation of a Hospital-wide Protocol for Induced Hypothermia Following Successfully Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest,” in the December 2010 issue of Critical Pathways in Cardiology: A Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine.
BWH was well-represented during the International Association of Clinical Research Nurses Annual Meeting in Bethesda, Md., where the Center for Clinical Investigation’s Judi Lauerman, BSN, RN, and Rita O’Donnell, MSN, RN, nurse educator, presented the poster, “A Comparison of Skin Preparations for Insertion of Extended Duration Peripheral IVs in the Clinical Research Setting.” Lauerman also teamed up with Sheila Driscoll, MSN, RN, nursing director, to present two other posters: “Clinical Research Nurse Narratives: Uncovering the Skills and Knowledge in the Specialty” and “Catalyst Clinical Research Nurse Committee- Development of a Multi-Institutional CTSA Staff Nurse Practice Group.”
Awards and Honors
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| Nadia Raymond |
Nadia Raymond, RN, of the Intensive Care Unit Float Pool, was named the Huffington Post’s Greatest Person of the Day on Jan. 14 in recognition of her involvement in disaster relief efforts in post-earthquake Haiti.