REBECA SPENCER, SLICU, NAMED BROWN FOUNDATION INC. OUTSTANDING NURSE
out by nursing students and new orientees, a self-starter and most importantly, an impassioned advocate for patients and families. Congratulations also to the other finalist, Maria Boissonneault, RN III on Main 4 West, who received $3,500.
Rebeca Spencer, RN II, SLICU, has been awarded The Brown Foundation Inc. Outstanding Nurse Award for 2016, which This year, the Brown Foundation comes with a $15,000 prize. She also funded two Innovation Awards. began at HMH six years ago as a Past Outstanding summer MAPP Nurse Award student working winners were in the orthopedic encouraged to unit, then was submit proposals hired on Dunn for hospital 7 full time after initiatives that graduation. While advance a culture on Dunn 7, she of excellence. The was recognized two selected were by an orthopedic Fred Macapagal, educator for RN, BSN, CCRN, her leadership of the CCU, and qualities and her Myre Omega Sale, potential as a RN III, Dunn PACU. Rebeca Spencer and Maria Boissonneault nurse educator, who said “Rebeca has continuously Macapagal’s project aims to exhibited several stellar qualities show that end-stage heart failure which are critical characteristics patients needing heart transplants of a good nurse. I am honored to can benefit from a procedure that recommend Rebeca as a proficient, allows them to mobilize, rather compassionate nurse, one I would than be on bedrest, while waiting be very comfortable to have care for a transplant. Sale is working for my family, friends, or myself.” on two projects, one that utilizes technology and innovation to She then moved to Dunn 3 SLICU ensure Magnet readiness, and two years ago where she has another that focuses on using proven to be an outstanding critical technology to improve patient care clinician at the bedside, a satisfaction in the PACU. nurturing preceptor highly sought
HAMLIN RECEIVES RICHARD E. WAINERDI EMERGING NURSE LEADER AWARD Shannan K. Hamlin, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, AGACNPBC, CCRN, NE-BC, director of the Center for Professional Excellence, received the third annual Texas Medical Center Richard E. Wainerdi Emerging Nurse Leader Award. This award was originally funded to 20 HOUSTON METHODIST NURSE • FALL 2016
recognize the contributions of an outstanding emerging nurse leader working in the Texas Medical Center. Hamlin has demonstrated care, innovation, transformation and collaboration that support Wainerdi’s vision for exemplary patient care, education and research.
HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL AND HOUSTON METHODIST WEST RECEIVE VIZIENT QUALITY AWARD Houston Methodist Hospital and Houston Methodist West Hospital both received the Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award at the Vizient (formerly UHC) annual conference in Dallas. The award is presented to top-performing academic and community hospitals that deliver safe and efficient care across a broad spectrum of patient care activity. These hospitals were the only two in Texas to receive the honor. HMH ranked No. 9 among more than 100 academic medical centers. This is the third year in a row HMH has received this award. Perhaps more significant, it is one of only five academic medical centers honored by Vizient and included on U.S. News & World Report’s Honor Roll. This year, for the first time, Vizient also recognized outstanding community hospitals with a separate Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award. Houston Methodist West Hospital was one of only 14 community hospitals nationally to receive this new honor out of 124 community hospitals included in the study. Houston Methodist Sugar Land, St. John, and Willowbrook hospitals also performed very well in the survey, ranking in the top 20 to 30 percent. Houston Methodist and Mayo Clinic were the only two organizations in the country to have hospitals appear on both the academic and community hospital lists.