Nurses Week

On May 6 through 12, we celebrated our hard-working nurses during the National Nurses Week. The week included a Blessing of the Hands by Chaplain Father Francis Obu-Mends, daily access to a Recharge and Relaxation room and meditation sessions, and snacks, gifts and raffle giveaways.

Events included:

• NYSNA-sponsored lunch and dinners

• Laz Parking-sponsored breakfast

• Grand Canyon University Lunch and Learn

• Educational Webinar on food and emotions and eating, featuring Elizabeth Winings, DNP

• Abbott Nutrition-sponsored breakfast featuring info on wounds and malnutrition

• Nursing leadership luncheon

• Virtual speaker presentation in collaboration with Sigma Theta Tau International on electronic health literacy among Filipino Americans, featuring Ellen Arigorat, MS, RN-BC

• LIU Brooklyn speaker Breakfast and Learn on navigating the IRB , featuring Bevin Cohen, PhD, MPH, MS, RN, Director, Center for Nursing Research and Innovation, Mount Sinai Health System

• The always-popular Nurses’ Expo, an afternoon of information, scholarship and presentation.

Here are some fun snaps from the festive and informative week:

1) Shown above: The Whitney Anne Buckholz Excellence in Nursing Award winners. Board Vice Chair Maria Ramirez; Winner Carmen Santalena-Cicero, RN, ED Nurse; Board Vice Chair Adrina Banks-Martin; Winner Jacques Celesitn, LPN, Ambulatory Care; Judy McLaughlin, DNP, Chief Nurse Executive; Mary Poppy, RN, MCH; Board Chair Lizanne Fontaine. The award is named in honor of Ms. Fontaine’s late daughter.

2) Ambulatory Nurses lunch at the local Pingpod!

3) Keisha Date, PCA, Razia Begum PCA/MOA of the Year Award winner, with Dr. Shafiqur Rahman.

4) Wendy Thomas, MOA, Razia Begum PCA/MOA of the Year Award winner with Dr. McLaughlin.

5) Friend of Nursing Award for Excellence in Environmental Services winner, Onis Buckner with Frankie Goldsberry, EVS Director.

6) Lenny Singletary, SVP, External Affairs, Strategy & Marketing; Daniela Adams from Chick-Fil-A (near Barclays Center), who donated meals to our nurses; and Fanny Nunez, Nursing Administrator Coordinator.

7) The senior nursing team

8) One of many festive meals!