Pilot Media - Nurses Week 2017

Nurses Week may 6th – may 12th

Celebrating Our Nurses 2017 Most of us can point to a nurse who has touched our lives in an important way, bringing healing, alleviating pain, offering practical hope and much-needed comfort. A nurse is a compassionate lifeline, an irreplaceable caregiver, touching both patient and family members during stressful, sometimes shattering times. To honor these heroes, we set aside the week of May 6-12 every year to acknowledge and thank them during National Nurses Week.

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‘Sharp Minds, Skilled Hands, Open Hearts’

NURSE MIDWIVES DELIVER JOY FOR A LIVING he phone call originating from onboard a ship came just in time. Inside a birthing room at the Midwifery Center at DePaul, everyone’s focused attention was on the woman in labor. “She was having an unmedicated birth,” remembers Karen Carroll, a certified nurse midwife, “and right at the time she was pushing, her husband who was deployed called.

He was on speaker phone as the baby was born.”

There wasn’t a dry eye in the room, says Carroll. “He was saying I love you, she was saying I love you, he was crying, we were all crying.

I’m going to remember this birth forever, it was amazing.”

When you’re a nurse midwife, amazing happens with amazing frequency. No birth is ever the same, everybody’s family story is different, challenges and setbacks often occur, but babies and joy almost always enter into the mix at some point.

Carroll, who practices with WomanCare Centers, started her nursing career in a neonatal ICU, caring for tiny preemies and babies born with other critical issues. “There were some wonderful little miracles there but also some sad stories,” says Carroll, “so I thought I’d move to the other side.”

After spending time in a labor and delivery unit, Carroll knew she’d found her niche and went back to school to become a certified nurse midwife, which requires a master’s degree and specialized training. “In the state of Virginia, we’re licensed as nurse practitioners with a specialty in nurse midwifery, so we’re advanced practice nurses,” says Carroll.

Moving from labor and delivery nurse to nurse midwife means Carroll can order medications, assess and manage labor, and make the call on what interventions may be needed. She’s also able to care for patients throughout their pregnancy, which leads to long-term relationships.

“As a labor and delivery nurse, I only got to know my patients in that hospital setting, and when you come in and you’re in labor, you’re not always yourself,” she laughs. “Whereas as midwives, we see women in the office setting, we get to know them throughout their pregnancy, we know their family, their fears, their concerns, we put hands on them, we encourage them.

“The women in our care have so many choices, we don’t plan anything for them,” Carroll says. “There are protocols we have to follow, there are safety measures we take to care for our moms and babies, and that’s the good

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For millennia, midwives attended births in their communities, passing down knowledge, craft and culture to succeeding generations.

Today’s certified nurse midwives are backed by master’s degrees and most practice in hospitals and birth centers, but they’re still community-oriented caregivers who balance the science and art of birth with fine precision. medical knowledge portion of it, but as much as we can, we customize it to them. Their lives and their labor plan everything; we just follow the labor. If anything needs to be suggested to help that along, we suggest that. Otherwise we just let it unfold; the women make their own calls.”

Carroll and the other midwives at WomanCare Centers deliver babies at DePaul Medical Center’s innovative Midwifery Center. “The idea was to give women options in how they birth,” she says. “So they converted some of the labor and delivery rooms to homey, comfortable spaces with queen-sized beds and Jacuzzi tubs.

And because we’re in a hospital, should anyone need additional care, we just walk them to another hallway, that’s it.”

With more hospitals and OB-GYN practices adding certified nurse midwives to their rosters, there’s a growing need to train additional nurses in this specialty.

“I would say that the number of midwiferyattended births is increasing in the country and there are many hospital systems that are seeing their value,” says Dr. Kathy Feltham, the midwifery program director at Shenandoah University, located in northern Virginia. “Global and national research indicates that midwifery care offers the best outcomes. Virginia has a lot of strong practices, New York does, D.C. does, I just think that the model is really expanding.”

Shenandoah University and Old Dominion University jointly offer a two-year graduate-level midwifery program for nurses who already have

Karen Carroll, a certified nurse midwife, delivers babies at DePaul Medical Center’s innovative Midwifery Center.

bachelor degrees in nursing (www.odu.edu/ nursing/graduate/bsn-to-dnp/midwifery). After completing 28 credits online with ODU (consisting of core graduate nursing courses), students transfer to Shenandoah University for the remaining 19 credits of courses specific to midwifery. Graduates receive a master’s degree in nursing from ODU and a certificate in nurse midwifery from Shenandoah, which allows them to sit for the certified nurse midwife national exam.

While the ODU portion of the program is online, Shenandoah’s is a hybrid, says Feltham (www.su.edu/nursing/nursing-graduate-programs/nurse-midwifery-programs). “Students come to us for five days in the beginning of the program and five days in January for what we call an immersion, almost like a boot camp,” she describes. “We spend 10 to 11 hours a day together, students and faculty working one-onone before students go back home for the clinical portion with their preceptors. That’s where they really develop their competencies and hone their skills.”

Legislation governing midwifery varies from state to state. Virginia recognizes two categories of midwives, but only certified nurse midwives (CNMs) may practice in hospitals settings.

“It’s a misconception that midwives mainly work at home; that’s not the case actually,” says Feltham. According to recent data, in this country only about 10 percent of births attended by midwives are at home, she says. “The majority of midwifery care is integrated into the U.S. healthcare system.”

What draws nurses to the midwifery field?

“Throughout history midwives have been serving women and serving vulnerable populations,” says Feltham. “They use their sharp minds, they use their skilled hands, and then they use their open hearts to improve women’s lives and the lives of families. And we can’t

Carroll introduces a newborn to joyful family members.

imagine doing anything else.”

When Feltham delivered her own grandson last year, it only reinforced what years of experience had taught her. “When I caught him, I thought that’s 20 years of training to see this moment, to see my daughter-in-law so strong, knowing she felt so alive and powerful after birthing him, I just thought, well, there’s not a better way,” she says.

Carroll agrees. “We have this unique opportunity to speak into the lives of moms and dads when they are in an open state of mind and their psyche takes these snapshots they carry forever, things like you are so strong, you are so brave, look at how you love each other, you’re going to be great parents. The message I want to leave is you did a great job.”

Carroll has seen that message take root and flourish in unexpected ways. “I’m taking care of a young woman now whose mom I cared for years ago in my first practice. I said, oh my gosh, I’m almost a grandmidwife!”

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Sentara Norfolk General 2017 WINNER THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT NURSING TEAM r. Francis Counselman, chairman of Eastern Virginia Medical School’s Department of Emergency Medicine, knows a superhero when he sees one – in fact he knows 75+ of them. They all wear navy blue scrubs and answer to the title “Nurse.”

You’ll find a large band of them zooming around the emergency department at Sentara Norfolk General at any given moment.

Their super powers?

“They possess an endless supply of compassion and sympathy, making each patient feel like they are the most important – which they are,” says Dr. Counselman. “In my professional career, I have never observed such a large group of professionals work so seamlessly as a team, with one commitment – to provide outstanding care to their patients.”

For these emergency department (ED) nurses, it’s life in the fast lane where unpredictability defines the day.

Melissa Maxwell, a charge nurse with the

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department, remembers the day another ED nurse mentioned she was having chest pains.

Maxwell insisted on doing an impromptu EKG on her friend. “She was having a heart attack,” says Maxwell. “I called for help over the phone and nobody thought I was being serious.” Maxwell hooked up two IVs and got her friend to the trauma bay; a short time later, she was wheeled into surgery. The same fast reflexes and technical skills that Maxwell presses into service for her patients ended up saving her friend’s life that day.

It’s not always life or death cases, says Matthew Jensen, an ED nurse who comes to Sentara Norfolk General by way of Australia. “We are delighted to treat anybody that comes into our ED. As emergency nurses, for most of us, our real passion lies in early and appropriately aggressive treatment of the critically injured – that’s where we can really make a difference in somebody’s life. But you do meet some really lovely people who come in with colds. You

make a smaller difference in their lives, but it’s a difference all the same.”

Maxwell and Jensen sympathize with the frustrations of waiting ED patients who watch as other patients seem to leapfrog in front of them. “I know it’s hard to feel unwell and be told to sit and wait,” says Maxwell. But patients are triaged when they arrive and lifethreatening conditions always go to the head

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of the line. “And because of patient confidentially laws, I can’t tell them that patient who went in front of them is having a stroke,” she says.

The ED can be a challenging environment, and it’s certainly not for the faint-hearted, but superheroes are made of stern stuff – after all, there are lives to be saved and people helped, and that’s what superheroes are all about.

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CHARLES BUTLER, RN

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harles Butler’s patients stop short of barring the door and refusing to let him exit the radiology oncology unit, but they let it be known they’re not happy about his absence.

“Oh, my gosh, when he takes a day off I’ve got to tell everyone, okay, Charles is not here, but we’ve got to rally around, he’ll be back tomorrow,” laughs his manager, Kathy Brooks. “The nurses call him the golden boy because he’s so wonderful.”

Butler shrugs off the accolades. His whatever-it-takes work ethic was refined by 26 years in the military and his desire to make lives better is an outgrowth of genuine compassion.

The Ohio native comes from a family of nurses, and he was attracted to the field growing up. “But when I was finishing high school, one of my cousins talked about going into the Navy,” says Butler. A recruiter told him about the hospital corpsman program and Butler signed on. He loved it.

By the time he retired in 2014, he was a senior chief with tours of Desert Storm and Desert Shield under his belt and a nursing degree. “I applied here in radiation oncology because it was something different, something I had an interest in,” says Butler.

“We’ll have some patients come in unable to walk because the pain is so great. After they get treatments you can see their progression from wheelchair-bound and broken to smiling and being able to walk again, their energy back. It changes their life.”

2017 WINNER Butler is known for his technical mastery, but it’s his personal connection to patients that commands the most attention. “For example, one of his patients was having a hard time finding anything that tasted good to her so she was losing weight,” says Brooks. “Charles would go to Tropical Smoothie every day and try different smoothies until he found something she would eat.

She put on a half a pound and we’re all cheering. He always does stuff like that.

“If a patient can’t afford medicine, Charles exhausts all possibilities to find a solution. If there isn’t one, he pays out of his own pocket to make sure they go home with their medicine,” Brooks says.

In oncology, the nature of the illness means sometimes patients lose their battle despite the quality of care. To relax and recharge, Brooks plays golf, but mostly he just likes to enjoy quite times at home with his wife, who is also a nurse, and their miniature schnauzer, Mattie.

He’s tossing around the idea of going back to school to become a nurse practitioner. “I love the job I have now, but I think I could do more if I continue my education,” he says.

In the meantime? “I just want to take care of my patients the best way I can,” he says. And hope they never figure a way to hack his work schedule so he’s there seven days a week.

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KIMBERLY PRIDDY-GREEN, RN

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imberly Priddy-Green was married with six kids under the roof when she heard a radio commercial that piqued her interest. “It was for Sentara’s CNA program,” says Priddy-Green. “I just felt like there was something missing in my life, so I thought I’ll go to school, become a nurse’s aide and see if I like it. I graduated and said, yep, I’m going to just keep going.”

Working days, attending school at night, all the while caring for her family, Priddy-Green was determined to earn her nursing degree. “My husband tells people he never saw anyone work so hard for anything in their life, but I wasn’t going to take no for an answer,” she says simply.

Today Priddy-Green works in a cardiac ICU unit with colleagues who call her exceptional. She often stretches the boundaries of her job description if it means coming to someone’s aid. “During a recent snowstorm, one patient left her new medication in her room,” recalls Johnnye Duff, an RN who works with Priddy-Green.

“She needed this medication to ensure her new heart surgery was a success. After working her night shift, which ended up being 14 hours, Kim drove to this woman’s home, through the snow, to deliver her medication.”

Actually, clarifies Priddy-Green, it was her husband who drove her. “I have to give him credit; I really couldn’t do a lot of what I

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do without him.” It’s a partnership that’s vested in the community.

“I was working in Norfolk, but I live in Portsmouth, I’m proud of Portsmouth, I said it’s time for me to nurse at home.” So PriddyGreen transferred to Maryview Medical Center. “It’s my hospital, it’s my community, I’m here to serve.”

And serve she does, almost without thinking. But it’s a twoway street, she says. “I don’t think my patients realize how much they actually give back to me. One of my patients had open heart surgery, then a massive stroke. He was trying to watch a Christian music channel on TV, but it was fuzzy, so I put my phone on Pandora on a Christian music channel and set it in his room. I’d come back and check on him and he’d track me with his eyes.

When I went over to him, I reached for his hand and asked if there was anything else I could do for him. He squeezed my hand and as clear as day he said, ‘You’re not just a good nurse, you’re a good person. I mean that from the bottom of my heart.’

“That’s why I do this. It’s not just a job, it’s who I am, and when you have a patient who looks up at you like that, it makes everything worthwhile.”

When Priddy-Green was in nursing school, she told one of her instructors she wasn’t studying hard just to pass her state board.

“I told her I wanted to be the best nurse ever. And I meant it.”

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2017 NURSE NOMINATIONS AFTON BRITT, RN in the OR at CHKD AILEEN MARQUAND, Mental Health Nurse Sentara Norfolk General AIMEE MCINTOSH, LPN Bon Secours Medical Group ALEXIS GARLAND, RN NICU ALFREDA BANKS, 3 South Medical RN Mary Immaculate Hospital ALICIA STEELE, LPN Bon Secours Medical Group ALISON JUMP, 3 North Telemetry RN Bon Secour Mary Immaculate ALLISON BROCKMAN, LPN Bon Secours Medical Group ALLISON BROCKMAN, LPN Nansemond Suffolk Family Practice AMANDA HOLT, BSN, RN, CPN, RN Education Coordinator CHKD AMY BROOKE, RN Cardiac Nurse Educator Sentara Heart Hospital AMY POWELL, LPN Bon Secours Vein and Vascular Specialists AND REEL BONHOMME, Director of Nursing, RN Bayside Health and Rehabilitation Center ANDREA COSTEN, Manager, Integrated Care Management Optima Health ANN HOLCOMBE, Nurse Providence Elementary School APRIL, RN Charge Nurse Oncology Floor CHKD Norfolk, 8th floor APRIL MILLNER, Registered Nurse Mary Immaculate Hospital Wound Care Clinic APRIL WHITLEY, RN CHKD NICU ASHLEY EVERHART, Lead Nurse (LPN) Pediatric Associates of Williamsburg (CHKD) ASHLEY HOLLOWAY, RN Nursing Supervisor/ Instuctor Riverside Regional Medical Center/ ECPI University ASHLEY HUBBARD, Registered Nurse Maryview Medical Center ASHLEY MCDILDA, RN 5W ASHLEY MIRMAK, Certified Nurse Midwife VCU Health - Main Hospital ASHLEY STARCKE, LPN Bon Secours Medical BAILEY DICAPRIO, RN Chesapeake Regional Healthcare BARBARA PIPER, RN Oncology/Chemotherapy Nurse Virginia Oncology Associates in Norfolk,VA BARBIE ROBINS, RN Mary Immaculate Hospital BEN BANASIAK, Compensation Specialist Sentara BETH GERHOLT, Parkview Hospital Ft. Wayne, IN (Ret.) BETH MCHALE, RN CHKD Neonatal Intensive Care Unit BETHANY MCGARRITY ELDREDGE, CHKD Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

BEVERLY THIEMENS, MDS Nurse Envoy of Thornton Hall BONNIE GASKINS, RN 6 East BRENDA BANKS, Nurse Bon Secours Lively Medical Center BRITTNEY TAYLOR, BSN, RN, PCCN Chesapeake Regional Healthcare CAITLYN COPELY, Unit Coordinator, CCU Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital CARISA SAMBOY, Registered Nurse & Health Service Administrator Correct Care Solutions at Norfolk City Jail CAROL SCHMIDT, RN Mary Immaculate Hospital CAROL SWAN CURRAN, CRNA OR CARRIE FERRIS, Nurse Mid Atlantic Family Practice CECILIA BARDY, RN Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center CHANITA PAYNE, Nurse Supervisor Chesapeake Gastrology CHARLENE KING, RN Riverside Regional Medical Center CHARLES BUTLER, BSRN Cancer Center of DePaul CHARMAINE LAMB, Clinical Coordinator Emergency Department CHERI KINNEY, LPN Retired CHRISTIE MADDREY-HOLMES, Clinical Care Lead, 5th floor Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center CHRISTINA WEST-GRIGGS, LPN Bon Secours Hampton Roads OB/GYN CLAIRE FRITZ, Registered Nurse DePaul Medical Center Emergency Department CLARE ROSENKRANTZ, RN, Clinical Coordinator ICU DePaul Medical Center CORENE TUTTLE, LPN Virginia Beach Healthcare & Rehab Center CORRINE ALVEY, Wound Care Nurse Sentara Norfolk General COURTNEY REDFIELD, Unit Coordinator, ICU Sentara Virginia Beach General DANA SMITH, Registered Nurse NICU CHKD Neonatal Intensive Care Unit DANIEL FULCHER, Integrated Care Manager Sentara Quality Care Network DANIELLE CAVALLO-FA’T, Nurse, Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Emergency Room DANIELLE KARDELL, Clinical Performance Coordinator Sentara Quality Care Network DAPHNE TING, RN Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center DAWN COFFMAN, RNC Sentara Norfolk General Special Care Nursery DEANNA COOPER, Nursing Supervisor Developmental Pediatrics

Diane Brown, RN, CHKD NICU There really are no words that can adequately describe what Diane means to our family.

Our son, Hayden, was born 10 weeks early with several birth defects. He needed surgery at 2 days old to remove a hemangioma and for a perforated bowel. When we were at our weakest point, Diane was an advocate for our son. She took the time to truly explain the medical jargon that quickly became a part of our vernacular. She loved our son and each and every patient she works with. As a mom with a very sick baby, I always could breathe a sigh of relief when I would call the hospital and found out Diane was with our boy. Thank you to Diane for fighting so hard for our babies and making a difference in the lives of so many families.

-Andrea Vail

Amy Brooke, RN, Cardiac Nurse Educator, Sentara Heart Hospital Amy has toiled at the Sentara Heart Hospital for over 25 years. She gives 110% to all of her patients, many of whom are in extreme distress following heart attacks. Despite the stress, she is always sunny and upbeat. Her message of optimism and healthy living regularly inspires patients to quit smoking and take better care of themselves. In the end, their outcomes are much more favorable. She has received several commendations from Sentara and has the confidence and respect of the medical staff and her fellow workers. With all of this going on, Amy is also an excellent wife, mother to three children and extremely involved with her faith community. She is one of several women who founded Bina Girls’ High School in Ghent and continues to serve on its Board. AND, as if all of that is not enough, Amy does all of the above despite the fact that she is LEGALLY BLIND (kudos to Sentara for accommodating her and for providing the necessary assistive devices which allow her to work). In short, Amy is outstanding, exemplary and my favorite nurse.

-Jeff Brooke DEBBIE MOORE, Nurse Manager, Critical Care Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital DEBORAH REIBLICH, Nurse Bon Secours Lively Medical Center DENISE DUNCKER, Intensive Care Nurse Chesapeake Regional Medical Center DENISE KAPPLE, Radiology Nurse Maryview Medical Center, Portsmouth VA DEVIN POWELL, BSN, RN, RN Staff Nurse CHKD DIANA COBB, RN Emergency Department DIANE BROWN, RN CHKD NICU DIANE CICHOCKI, Unit Coordinator, 2W Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital DIVINE MENDOZA, RN Chesapeake Regional Medical Center DOECELCEY BAZEMORE, LPN, PMA DONNA BRADLEY, RN, BSN, CNOR, CLII Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center DONNA SHIFFLETT, BSN, RN, CNOR at CHKD DOREEN SHARP, Registered Nurse Chesapeake Regional Medical Center EILEEN MCGUCKIAN, RN CHKD PACU ELLA, RN Hospice EMAJEAN ‘JEAN’ O’BRAIN, RN, CDE, EVMS Strelitz Diabetes Center EMILY SPEAKMAN, RN Chesapeake Regional Meical Center EMILY STARKE, RN Sentara Home Care EMMA V REAVES, CNA Province place of Depaul ERICCA PITELEN, 2 South Ortho Nurse Mary Immaculate Hospital EULANDA MITCHELL, LPN Province Place of Depaul EVANGELINE MADRIGAL, Charge RN 3 CDU Chesapeake General Hospital FAYE JOHNSON, Integrated Care Manager Sentara Quality Care Network FELICIA HARRIS, Nurse (staff) Mary Immaculate Hospital FELICIA HARRIS, RN Mary Immaculate Hospital GREYE SHANE, CNA at CHKD HALLICE WADELL EVANS, RN Chesapeake Regional Medical Center HEATHER BEAUFORT, LPN/Connect Care Super User Virginia Orthopadic and Spine Specialist Meade Pkwy/Voss Mast One

HEATHER HOLLENBECK, Unit Coordinator, ICU Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital HELZA GOELZ, Unit Coordinator Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital 3East Stepdown HENRY HOOKS, LPN Monarch Medican Associates HILLARY ABSHER, RN BSN CPN at CHKD ILANA ANDERSON, RN CHKD PICU JACKIE KELLY, DNP, FNP, Chief Nurse Practitioner Chesapeake Regional Medical Center JAN DAVIS FARLEY, Nurse, Hospice JAN ENRIGHT, Head Oncology Nurse Virginia Oncology, Lake Wright, Norfolk, VA JANE PAYETTE, Unit Coordinator, 2W Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital JANELLE FITTRO, Nic Nurse at CHKD JANET CIESIELSKI, Registered Nurse, Certified Nephrology Nurse Fresenius Kidney Care Dominion Dialysis JANET ENRIQUEZ, Unit Coordinator, IMCU Sentara Virginia Beach General JANICE FOREMAN, Integrated Care Manager Sentara Quality Care Network JEANETTE BINNS, RN Maryview Medical Center JEN BARBOZA, CHKD JENNIFER BAILEY, LPN Virginia Orthopaedic and Spine Specialists JENNIFER HALL, RN Mary Immaculate Hospital Emergency Room JENNIFER KOWALEWSKI, Registered Nurse CHKD JESSICA CLOUD, RN, PACU JESSICA KEITH, Manager, Respiratory Department, Resource Pool, Telemetry Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital JESSICA ZIRBES, LPN Bon Secours Medical Group JILL ARMSTRONG, Endocrinology Nurse CHKD JODI FRAME LEE, ICU Nurse (at that time) Sentera Leigh Hospital JODY BARBER, RN at CHKD PACU JORDAN JACOB, Registered Nurse Sentara Vascular Center JOSH DOLENSKY, RN, BSN Cardiac Cath Lab VBGH JUDY ROBERTS, MSN, RN Clinical Practice & Education Specialist CHKD JULIE HARRIS, Lead Nurse RN Bon Secours Medical Center at Harbour View

2017 NURSE NOMINATIONS Juliette Gretzler, RN, Academy for Discovery at Lakewood, Norfolk

Michelle White, LPN, Bon Secours East Beach Medical Associates

Nurse Julie (as she is called throughout our 3rd-8th grade campus) is an absolute jewel of our school. She not only fulfills her job of caring for students who are not feeling their best, but also takes the time to educate staff, and is always willing to lend a hand in extracurricular activities that extend past her typical job description. From her ‘7 B’ poster to show why a student would TRULY need to go to the clinic, to her warm smile, to her welcoming nature, to the way she transformed the clinic to make it into a place where not only the body feels better, but also the soul, Julie deserves to be honored for her work, since we cannot compensate her enough for her tireless work.

-Karen Waddell

Michelle has more empathy and patience with patients than I have seen in a long time.

She is always sweet, nice, caring and supportive even to the point of sharing her own medical illness with me to let me know she truly understands my frustration with my disease. This woman is definitely in the right profession and nurses and doctors could learn from her on how to treat a patient as a person not just a patient.

-Eva Hadley

JULIETTE GRETZLER, School Nurse, RN, BSN Academy for Discovery at Lakewood KAMIA COX-HAMILTON, RN, BSN Chesapeake Regional Medical Center KAREN MANUEL, RN, Chair of Emergency Department Clinical Partnership Council DePaul Medical Center KAREN MASONER, RN, Harbour View Health Center Emergency Room KAREN VIA, MSN RN, CHKD Craniofacial Clinical Coordinaotor, CHKD KATHERINE GRIZZLE, RN Bon Secours Vein and Vascular Specialists KATHRYN GERLACH, Nurse Practitioner CHKD KATRINA JOHNSON, LPN Team Lead Western Branch Family Practice KEISHANA ROBINSON, Emergency Department RN Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center KEITH LEE AQUINO, RN, Nurse Navigator DePaul Medical Associates KELI HARNAGE, RN PACU KELLY RANEY, Manager, Professional Practice Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital KELLYANN TALLEY, BSN, RN Education Coordinator CHKD KESHA CAIN, Cline Care Leader Depaul Medical Center KIM MOLONEY, RN, CDE EVMS Strelitz Diabetes Center KIMBERLY PRIDDY-GREEN, Registered Nurse Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center Cardiovascularthoracic Intensive Care KIMONE SAMUELS, MCA Little Neck Medical Center LA TONYA TERRY, RN MIH Emergency Room LAKEISHA CAINE, Clinical Coordinator/RN Depaul Medical Center LAN CASTRO, Nurse Manager, IMCU Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital LASARAH GATLING, GI Nurse Maryview Endoscopy LATONYA ROBERTS, Registered Nurse Mary Immaculate Hospital LAUREN ERWIN, Nurse Patient First Newtown Road LAUREN WESTMORELAND, LPN Bon Secours Surgical Specialists LAUREN WOOD, RN at CHKD LAURIE BARNETT, RN Maryview Hospital LECIA WOODHOUSE, RN, BSN Facility Administrator DaVita Midtowne and Oceana Dialysis LESLIE WINBUSH, RN Mary Immaculate Hospital PACU LINDA BADGLEY, Home Health RN Jewish Family Service LINDSAY GLASS, RN at CHKD

LINDSAY RUSHING, Oncology Nurse Navigator Sentara Breast Center at Princess Anne Virginia Beach LISA CALACIBETTA, RN at CHKD LISA SHEELS, RN Nurse Leigh Memorial Hospital LOIS ANDREWS, Manager, Clinical Performance Sentara Quality Care Network (SQCN) LORETTA A. DICAMILLO, DNP, Renal Specialist Riverside Regional Medical Center LOVE HERNANDEZ, RN, BSN Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center, Medical ICU MADELINE ELIZABETH KIAH, SNA Visiting Angels MALEA DRUMMOND, RN, BSN at CHKD MARCIA CRAVER, RNFA Othopedics CHKD MARGARET HILL, Clinical Care Lead 4th South MARGARET M. BRESLIN, Family Nurse Practitioner Retired MARGARITA KOZEL, Lead LPN Chesapeake Pediatrics MARIBEL HIPOLITO, BSN RN Chesapeake Regional Medical Center MARICAR BAETIONG, LPN Westminster Canterbury MARILYN BURGOS, Nurse Navigator Bon Secours Liver Institute of Virginia MARTHA MCGUIRT, RN Depaul Medical Center MARTI BURGOS, Nurse Navigator Liver Institute Of Virginia MIH MARY BETH SAUNDERS, RN CHKD Neonatal Intensive Care Unit MARY CLEGHORN, LPN St Francis Bon Secours Newport News MEGAN BOWMAN, RN at CHKD MEGAN HOLLIS, RN DePaul 2West MEGAN MOORE, Nurse Asthma & Allergy Specialists MELANIE BUSKI, Nursing Supervisor Chesapeake Regional Medical Center Nursing Resources/Clinical Supervisors MELANIE THUMM, Nurse Manager Critical Care Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital MELISSA BELCH, Registered Nurse Chesapeake Regional Medical Center MELISSA C. ZAWACKI, RN BSN Sentara Princess Anne Emergency Department MELISSA DARCY, RN Anticoagulation Services MELISSA GROOTENDORST, Director Patient Care Services Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital MELISSA WAIDE, CPNP CHKD Renal Clinic MICHELLE, RN, MA East Beach Medical MICHELLE COLONNA, Registered Nurse Chesapeake Regional Medical Center.

MICHELLE DEGUZMAN, RN, CPHON at CHKD MICHELLE PARGOE, CHKD MICHELLE SHEA, CCRN PICU

MICHELLE WHITE, LPN Bon Secour East Beach Medical Associations MINDI TYSOR, ER Charge Nurse Chesapeake Regional Medical Center MOLLY SHERMAN, Registered Nurse Case Manager Mary Immaculate Hospital MONA TURNER, Registered Nurse Heritage Hall COURTNEY MILLER, Nurse Assistant DePaul Hospital NAOMI PEART, BSN, RN Staff Nurse-ED, CHKD NICOLE CARNEY, LPN, Bon Secours/Internist at Western Branch NICOLE COOPER, Unit Coordinator, 2SW Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital NIKKI BROWN, Integrated Care Manager Sentara Quality Care Network NILZA DAUGHTREY, LPN Bon Secours Medical Group Nurse Practitioner Group, CHKD NICU OLAYIWOLA SUKURAT O., LPN Internist Western Branch PAMELA WALSH JOHNSTON, RN Pediatric Oncology CHKD PATRICIA ANDERSON, RN Chesapeake Care PATRICIA M CURTIS, Director, Clinical SEP Projects Optima Health PEGGY BAKER, Manager, Clinical Care Services Audits and Compliance Optima Health PEGGY CROKE, Integrated Care Manager Sentara Quality Care Network PENNY HATFIELD, NICU Manager CHKD PHARA SOLON, Director of Nursing Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay PRISCILLA BANTON, Nurse Riverside Rehabilitation Institute RANDI OTT, Registered Nurse Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital 3East Stepdown

RAVEN HAMMOND, Unit Coordinator, IMCU Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital REBECCA “BECKY” ROENKER, BSN, RN, CPEN ED Core Charge Staff Nurse, CHKD RENIETA BROWN, Infection Control Nurse MaryView Medical Center RICHARD ROSALES, Unit Coordinator, IMCU Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital ROB, RN CHKD Cancer Floor ROBERT ERICSON, RN Oncology Clinic, CHKD ROBIN BOOTHE, Patient Care Coordinator Colorectal and Breast RN Bon Secours Hampton Roads ROSIE JOYNER, RN Maryview Hospital SANDRA GOODNOW, RN CHKD PICU SANDRA RHODES, Clinical Care Leader Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center SAVANNAH (FORREST) SOUTHERS, Lead Nurse/ Care Coordinator Gloucester Courthouse Pediatrics SCOTT RAMPONA, Emergency room Charge Nurse Harbour View Health Center Emergency Room SHANNON COPLEY, ER Nurse Leigh Sentara Hospital SHELIA ANSELL, RN, PCC ComfortCare Home Health SHERONDA KNIGHT BORDLEY, Regional Occupational Health Nurse Naval Medical Center SHERRILL ANN TILLMAN, RN Intensve Care Unit Sentara Obici SONDRA A. SMITH, LPN Vice President All American Podiatry & Wound Care STACEY CORBIN, RN Bon Secours Hartfield Medical Center STACI HARPSTER, RN Liver Institute of VA/St Marys STACI LEGGO, LPN St Francis Nursing Center STEPHANIE D. KELLY, School Nurse Norfolk Southeastern Cooperative Educational Programs

Robert Ericson, RN, CHKD Oncology During my chemotherapy treatments in 2013, Rob was often my night nurse. He would come in singing, dancing and always had a big smile on his face. He would come in and hang out with us during my stay. He always went out of his way to make a child happy.

Never a dull moment to see him walking around with makeup on, his hair done & nails done by one of the little girls. He did anything to make everyone smile. He was often the one to help my mom understand things and being there when I was having a hard time.

He would calm me and then hang out with my parents to let them know I would be okay and that I was stronger than ever and I was gonna pull through. Every time I go into the clinic I always search for him. He’s the best!

-Sarah Thorpe Mr. Rob is hands down the best nurse ever - love him to pieces!

-Brie Hicks

2017 NURSE NOMINATIONS

Thank you for your service, commitment and leadership.

Sandy Goodnow, RN, CHKD PICU There aren’t enough words to describe what Sandy did for my family during our time at CHKD. My daughter Laney was born on April 18, 2016 with 4 congenital heart defects that went undetected until she was near death at 7 days old. On May 2, Laney had open heart surgery and we lived in the PICU of CHKD for 22 nights while she recovered. Sandy kept me and my family together. She kept us sane and grounded. She not only took the most amazing care of my baby and cared for her through recovery but she took care of me. Every day she would ask if I had had eaten, if I had drank enough fluids, if I had slept the night before. She took care of me and my family like a mother would. For her nursing isn’t a job, it’s a calling. I will be forever grateful to her. She is my family now and I love her dearly.

-Stephanie Lyon Not only did Sandy take care of our little girl Morghan when she was born at 1 pound, 8 ounces, she was always there for us emotionally and physically. When we were at work we always knew our little girl was taken care of. Morghan is now 11 years old and Sandy is still right there when we have a questions! Not only did we get awesome care for our daughter we also have a lifelong friend!!

-Craig, Josie and Morghan McLendon

STEPHANIE ROWE, RN CHKD OR STEPHANIE WILSON, Nurse Manager 2South Orthopaedics Mary Immaculate Hospital SUKARAT OLAYIWOLA, LPN Internists at Western Branch SUSAN FLIPPIN, Registered Nurse Case Manager Mary Immaculate Hospital SUSAN MOESLEIN, Infection Prevention/Nurse Case Manager Mary Immaculate Hospital SUSAN MURPHY, Nurse Princess Anne Hospital SUSAN ONGTINGCO, Unit Coordinator, ICU Sentara Virginia Beach General SUSAN SEBZDA, CMA, Office Manager Little Neck Medical Center SUZANNE MICHELLE PINELLO, Nurse at CHKD SUZIE SCHUERGER, Unit Coordinator, CCU Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital SUZZIE THATCHER, Registered Nurse, CSICU Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital TAMARA RICHARDS, Registered Nurse CHKD Neonatal Intensive Care Unit TAMI PROVO, LPN Cardiology Assoc. Portsmouth TAMIRSU NDAHI, Registered Nurse 2 West Telemetry, Chesapeake Reginal Medical Center TATUM SWAIN, LPN, Patients Choice Oceana TERESA BLACK, RN, CPHON, APHON Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, CHKD TERRI MARTIN, Nurse Case Manager Mary Immaculate Hospital

TERRY MOREFIELD, Emergency Room RN Maryview Medical Center TERRY R. ZAWACKI, RNC-OB, BSN Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center Family Birth Center TERRY WALLACE, Clinical Performance Coordinator Sentara Quality Care Network THE NURSING TEAM AT THE SENTARA NORFOLK GENERAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital TINA HARRIS, MA Bon Secours Medical Group TOINETTE NEWBY, Licensed Pratical Nurse Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital TONJA BEBYE, LPN The Waterford TORI RICKS, LPN Virginia Orthopedic & Spine Center TRICIA CHRISTOFFER, Nurse Manager, 2W Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital TRICIA WILSON, Nurse Jennings Outpatient Breast Center VALERIE SOMMER, Director Nursing, Harbour View ED and Endoscopy, Harbour View Emergency Department VANESSA BERTINI, Registered Nurse, Education Coordinator, CHKD VICTORIA HUTCHINS, NCP 7 C VIOLA SMITH, Weekend Nursing Supervisor Sentara Home Health WILMA, CNA Sentara Nursing Center Virginia Beach YUDI VAZQUEZ, LPN Bon Secours Medical Oncology YUKO, RN Mary Immaculate Hospital OR

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