2 THE CATALYST, May 13, 2011
APPLAUSE PROGRAM The following employees received recognition through the Applause Program for going the extra mile: Medical Center Ericka Gray, Children's Services Registration; Anita Knox, Infection Control; Caitlin Connelly, Meduflex Team; Nessa Snyder, 7A; Dorothy Thomas, Medical Records; Veronica Rivers, Medical Records; Mildred Jenkins, Patient Transportation; Shelley Pagenkopf, Storm Eye Institute; Mary Morgan, SEI; Jennifer Darlak, 8W; Roberta Lockwood, 5W; Elousie Elliot, 8W; Malisha Mitchell, Family Medicine; Karen Driggers, Family Medicine; Vanessa Diaz, Family Medicine; Queen Haynes, Family Medicine; Lisa Pinckney, Family Medicine; Stephen Betros, Patient Transportation; Barbara Spann, RT Transplant and Nephrology Clinic; Krishna Patel, Head & Neck Surgery; Katrina Bennett, MedSurg Registration; Annie Williams, Pre/ Post Anethesia; Karen Muckenfuss, Pharmacy Services; Dee Stample, 10E; Chris Hairfield, Transplant; Brenda Brown, Women's Services; Todd Purves, Urology Services; Megan Hand, Therapeutic Services; Laurie Moultrie, 10W; Julia Gallant-Lee, Meduflex Team; Cheryl Solesbee, Psychiatry; Brenda Campbell, Family Medicine; Barbara Walker, Environmental Services; Marie Ladson, RT Infectious Disease Clinic; Jerstacia Hayes, Environmental Services; Dorothy Weiss, ART 6W; Suzanne Ramage, Safety & Security/Volunteer & Guest Services; Susan Petterson, ART Pharmacy;
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Melissa Delaney, 9 PCU; Patricia Singleton, ART 4E; Heather Gordo, 9 PCU; JoAnn Drennan, SEI Magill; Lydia Gethers, SEI; Katrina Brown, MedSurg ICU; Wesley Smith, 8E; Harolyn Smith, Safety & Security/Volunteer & Guest Services; Jessyka Harden, Environmental Services; Janice Anderson, Environmental Services; Melvina Nelson, Environmental Services; Jessica Heilig, 10W; Mary Washington, Cardiology; Jessica Hardy, Women's Services; Cassandra Poinsett, Venipuncture; Paulette Edwards, Business Operations Administration; LaCrystal Bartelle, Business Operations Administration; Nina Keegan, Pediatrics; Kate Miccichi, MedSurg Registration Annie Williams, Pre/Post Anthesia; Vicky Boucher, PACU; Deidre Williams, PeriAnesthesia Unit; Leslie Minus, 8W; Natalie Prince, 8W; Julie Santos, MACC; Christine Walker, 2JRU; Daniel Polon, Meduflex Team; David Adams, Surgery; Suzanne Ramage, Volunteer and Guest Services; Matthew Kohler, Obstetrics-Gynecology; Ashley McDaniel, Oncology & Medical/Surgical Services Robin Walker, 7W; and Katlyn Chace, 7W. University
Jennie Brooks, Wellness Center; Percilla Coaxum, University Press; Curtis Brown, University Press; Stephanie Helwig, Neurosciences; Christie Huggins, Center for Academic Excellence; Mary Ellen Lenhardt, Wellness Center; Kyle Rush, College of Dental Medicine; Karen Smyre, Neurosciences; and Jennifer Wood, Hollings Cancer Center.
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Top photo: Resource Nurse of the Year is Joey Amundsen, Oncology and Medical/Surgical Services, and Nurse Manager of the Year is Leah Ramos, Neuroscience. Not pictured is Staff Nurse of the Year Susan Fawcett, Pediatrics Ambulatory Care. Left photo: MUSC nurses placed third at the S.C. Nursing Excellence Conference. The poster winners are Stephen Schaer, from left, Linda Horton, Mary Beth Crummer and Sally Potts.
MUSC celebrates nurses
Each year, MUSC celebrates nurses, the nursing profession and the role nurses play in the health care needs of Americans. National Nurses Week is May 6-12 with the theme, “Nurses Trusted to Care.” The celebration began May 6 with the Nurse of the Year ceremony. The event celebrated nursing excellence with the Resource Nurse of the Year, Nurse Manager of the Year and Staff Nurse of the Year.
MUSC seeks Magnet Nursing excellence MUSC has completed its first steps to pursue the Magnet Nursing Recognition status, the highest level of recognition offered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), recognizing nursing and organized nursing services. MUSC recently submitted its application to the
ANCC. Magnet recognition awards an organization for the outstanding contributions of patient care clinicians demonstrated through excellence achieved in leadership, clinical practice, innovations and positive outcomes. According to Marilyn Schaffner, Ph.D., R.N., administrator for clinical services and chief nursing executive, MUSC’s application is communicating the institution’s intent to pursue Magnet recognition. The theme for the Magnet journey is Changing What’s Possible. “This will be an interprofessional journey involving nurses and other health care colleagues,” said Schaffner. “I know we have the practice, innovation, and outcomes that will get us to our goal. We plan to submit our written documentation to be a Magnetdesignated organization by Nurses Week 2013.”