Department of Nursing Services
Celebrating Our Success!
Congratulations to Employees of the Month
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To see the employees who have been designated Employee of the Month, click on any of the years.
March
Susan Young
Nursing Services
February
Frances Laurent
Interventional Radiology
April
Vernis Peter-Gardener
Nursing Station 43
July
Linda Cohen
Institute of Continuous Learning
September
Lana Douglas
Ambulatory Care – Suite G
March
Lisa Mullings, HCA
Nursing Station 62
May
Alida DelVillar
Institute of Continuous Learning
September
Vivian Dickerson Scrubb
Endoscopy
January
Bonnie Arak Druven, RN
Associate Director of Nursing, Para Anesthesia Unit
May
Pamela Charles
Nursing Assistant Labor & Delivery
July
Marlene Dinham, BSN, RN-BC
NS 42, Pediatric Medical Surgical Unit
November
Nelcia Trim BSN, RN
Assistant Director of Nursing Services, Kidney Transplant Unit
December
Sarah Marshall, MS, ICCE, CCE, CBC, T&RCN 3
Center for Community Health Promotion & Wellness
February
Rose dela Pena, RN
Director of Nursing
Perioperative Services
July
Janet C. Miller
Hosp. Care Attendant 11
NS61
August
Leila P. Johnson, RN III
Ambulatory Care Services
September
Marie C. Leon, RN
NS 82
October
Elsa Thomas
NS 82, Hosp. Clinical Assistant 11
January
Darlene Allgood
Nursing Station Clerk
Ambulatory Surgery
R. Abraham-Nichols, RN, MPA
Kim A. Cummings
Surgical Technologist
Michelle Tallos-Amato, RN
July
Corina Florece Ruiz, RN
June
Esther Griffiths, RN II
May
Lashon Pitter, RN III
March
Vanessa Bristol Lewis, RN
March
Dorothy Parkinson, RN
November
Mary Jane Torres, RN III
Coronary Care Unit
October
Deslin Alexander, RN II
Neuroscience/Gynecology
October
Denise Laurent, LPN
Operating Room
August
Florence T. Viera-Hinds, RN II.V
Coronary Care Unit
July
Ms. Eglyn Ross, BSN, RN III
Adult Medicine Unit
May
Ms. Blossom Dalton, RNC, BSN
Ambulatory Care
April
Marie Monique Balu, RNC, MA, Nurse II.V
Postpartum Newborn Nursery
July
M. Coronado, RN, BSN, CNOR
Assistant Director of Nursing-Perioperative Services
July
Betty Jung, RN, BSN, Nurse III
Center for Community Health & Wellness
August
Mary Bailey
Staff Assistant
Nursing Personnel
August
Carole King
Hospital Clinical Assistant
Rehabilitation/Orthopedic Unit
September
Marlene Ferguson, RN, MSN
Associate Director of Nursing Ambulatory Care
November
Daphne Buckno, RN, BS, CNOR, CRCST, CHLr
Director of Materials Management, Perioperative Services
November
Cheryl Vincent, RN, BSN
Staff Nurse
Neonatal ICU
December
Althea Clement, RN, MA, Staff Nurse III
Labor & Delivery
December
Maria Yomtov, RN MA
Director, Center for Community Health & Promotion & Wellness
Publications/Presentations
- Stephen R. Marrone, J. Eason, C. McLeod, C. Marriott, J. Alleyne, D. Walker, C. Bish, "Weaning the Unweanable" Advance for Nurses, November 7, 2011 issue The article features the interdisciplinary care and management of one of our young patients who requires external ventilation using the Cuirass External Ventilation device. [Article Link | Video Link]
- Stephen R. Marrone, EdD, Rn-BC, CTN-A, Deputy Nursing Director, Institute of Continuous Learning presented at the 37th Annual Transcultural Nursing Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, "Joint Commission Standards for Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient and Family Centered Care: Implications for Global Health"
Specialty Certifications
The Department of Nursing Services salutes our nursing personnel in achieving/maintaining certification in their specialty.
Dmitriy Falkin, CST
Certified Surgical Technologist
Perioperative Services
Cynthia Hillarie
Certified Central Sterile Processing
Perioperative Services
Sheron P. Henry, RN, CDN
Staff Nurse, Parkside Dialysis Center
Certified Dialysis Nurse
Department of Nursing Services
Roxanne Hulasia, CST
Surgical Technologist, Perioperative Services
Certified Surgical Technologist
Department of Nursing Services
Winsome Jeffries, RN, CGRN
Staff Nurse, Endoscopy/GI Lab
Certified, Gastroenterology Nursing
Department of Nursing Services
Ms. Pearson
Certified, Central Sterile Processing
Perioperative Services
Dina Roudnitsky, RNC-NIC
Staff Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Certified, Neonatal Nursing
Department of Nursing Services
Margaret Walker
Certified Central Sterile Processing
Department of Nursing Celebrates Certified Nurses Day on March 18, 2011
SUNY Downstate Honors 110 Board certified nurses at the University Hospital of Brooklyn and the SUNY Downstate College of Nursing! Certified Nurses Day is a special day of recognition to celebrate the contribution of board certified nurses to the advancement of nursing professionalism and to higher standards and better outcomes in patient health.
Congratulations to:
Gemma Abaring, MSN, RN, CCRN, CSC Agnes Adams, MSN, RN-BC, CCRN, FNP George Allen, PhD, RN, CNOR, CIC Gwenette Alleyne, BSN, RN, CDN Amy Alpern, MSN, CNM Nellie Bailey, EdD, APRN-BC Melloney Barret, RN, CNOR Georgiana Belfiore, RN, CNOR Judy Bishop, MSA, RN, CRN Lorraine Blake-Reid, MA, RNC, CCE Rosalinda Boyce, BS, CRNA Maritza Brown, BSN, RN, CNN Daphne Bucknor, BS, RN, CNOR, CRSCT Renason Bunbury, MS, CRNA Alana Byam MA, MPA, APRN BC, ANP Danielle Carrenard, MSN, FNP-BC,RNC-NIC Kunjamma Chacko, MSN, RN, CCRN Jennifer Chambers, MSN, FNP-BC, CCRN Noreen Chambers, RN, CNOR Cindy Cuibal, BSN, RNC-NIC Linda Cohen, MSN, RN, CDE Monica Coronado, BSN, RN, CNOR Joanne Crennel Byrne, MEd, RN, CCRN Mary Crymes, BSN, RNC, ACRN Geraldine Cunningham, MA, RNC-NIC Ray Cupid, MPA, BSN, RN, CEN |
Marie Damis, MSN, RN FNP-BC Kathleen DeConcilio, MPA, BSN, RN, CCN Rosario De LaPena, MS, RN, CNOR Donareen Denny, MSN, RN, CCRN Vivian Dickerson-Scrub, BSN, RN, CGRN Marlene Dinham, MSN, RN-BC Lauri Donofrio, RN, CNOR Dookran Chandrairn, MSN, RN, FNP-BC Judy Drummer, MA, RN CEN Matilda Dyer, MS, RNC Lyudmila Elgort MSN, FNP Anne Ellis, MSN, RN, CCRN Megalie A. Emmanuel, MSN, RN, CRRN Marlene Ferguson, MSN, RNC Kathy Garner, RNC Mary Germaine, EdD, APN-BC Beavely Goodchild, RNC-OB Veronica Gordon, MSN, RN, FNP Elizabeth Guillaume, DNP, CRNA Dawn Hagerty, RN, CDE Camille Hamilton, BSN, RNC Ila Hill-Ludford, MSN, ACNP Sondra Hirsch, MSN, RN, CDE Corazon Huab, BSN, RN, CCRN Elizabeth Igboechi, MSN, RNC-OB, FNP,NEA-BC Joseph Jennas, MS, CRNA Lauretta Joseph, MSN, RN, CCRN Wilma King, MSN, ANP |
Patricia Kizilay, EdD, FNP-BC, CNS Grace Lawrence-Perry, MS, RN, CRRN Won Lee, MSN, RN, NE-BC Denise Lewis, RN, IBCLC Edna Lewis, EdD, RN, CS Maria Lindsay, BSN, RN, CCRN Angelica Lladoc, BSN, RNC-NIC Lilibeth Maduramente, RNC-OB Donna Mapp-Reid, BSN, RNC-NIC Stephen Marrone, EdD, RN-BC, CTN-A Sarah Marshall, MSN, RN, CCE Pearl Martin-Taylor, BSN, RN, RNC Katherine Marx, MPH, FNP-BC, AAHIVS Shannon Morgan MSN, FNP Jean McHugh, MSN, APRN, BC Sherene M. McIntyre, MSN, RN, FNP-BC Ellen McTigue, MSN, WHCNP Nicholin McMillan, MSN, RN-FNP-BC Patricia Mitchell, MS, RN, CNN Dolores Moran, RN, CGRN Eulalee Muir, MS/MBA, BSN, FNP-BC Tolulope Ojeyemi, MSN, RN, FNP-BC Patrice Oliver, BSN, RN-BC Marcelino Ortiz, BSN, RNC Barbara O’Sullivan, MSN, WHNP, ANP Dorothy Parkinson, RNC-NIC Jacqueline Patterson-Johnson, EdD, FNP, CDE Dawn Parris, RNC-NIC |
Jean M. Powell, MSN, MA, FNP-BC Rachel Prado, RNC-NIC Wilna Punzalan, BSN, RNC-NIC Kristy E. Richard, MSN, RN, FNP-BC Cheryl Rolston, MA, RNC, NE-BC Denise Rolston, MA, RN, CCRN Denise Romney, MSN, RN, FNP Maria Rosario-Sim, EdD, RNC, PNP,BC Kathy Salak, MSN, RN, CCRN, FNP-BC Megan Sargeant, RN, OCN Melvic Sarmiento, BSN, RN, CNOR Olga Slootsky, BSN, RN, PCCN Joseph Selby, BSN, RN, CNOR Aggie Smith, MS, WHCNP Beth Steinfeld, MS, WHCNP Corazon Sy, MA, RN, NE-BC Delma Taylor, MSN, APRN Linda Tompkins, BSN, RN, CRN Mary Jane Torres, BSN, RN, CCRN Peace Udebiuwa, BSN, RN-BC Cheryl Vincent, RNC-NIC Maria Regis Walker, BSN, RNC-OB Vera Whalen, MSN, RN, FNP-BC Jim Worth, MA, RN, CGRN Dianne Woods, MA, RN-BC, NE-BC Anny Yeung, MPA, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC Maria Yomtov, MSN, RN, CDE Sheryl Zang, EdD, FNP, CNS-BC |
Department of Nursing Celebrates Certified Nurses Day on March 19, 2010
SUNY Downstate Honors 71 Board certified nurses at the University Hospital of Brooklyn and the SUNY Downstate College of Nursing! Certified Nurses Day is a special day of recognition to celebrate the contribution of board certified nurses to the advancement of nursing professionalism and to higher standards and better outcomes in patient health.
Congratulations to:
Gemma Abaring, MSN, RN, CCRN, CSC Agnes Adams, MSN, RN-BC, CCRN, FNP George Allen, PhD, RN, CNOR, CIC Evelyn Andaya, BSN, RNC-NIC Nellie Bailey, EdD, APRN-BC Melloney Barret, RN, CNOR Georgina Belfiore, RN, CNOR Lorraine Blake-Reid, MA, RNC-OB, CCE Rosalinda Boyce, BS, CRNA Daphne Bucknor, BS, RN, CNOR, CRSCT Renason Bunbury, MS, CRNA Danielle Carrenard, MSN, FNP, RNC-NIC Kunjamma Chacko, MSN, RN, CCRN Jennifer Chambers, MSN, FNP, CCRN Noreen Chambers, RN, CNOR Cindy Cuibal, BSN, RNC-NIC Linda Cohen, MSN, RN, CDE |
Monica Coronado, BSN, RN, CNOR Joanne Crennel Byrne, MEd, RN, CCRN Mary Crymes, BSN, RNC, ACRN Ray Cupid, MPA, BSN, RN, CEN Kathleen DeConcilio, MPA, BSN, RN, CCN Rosario De LaPena, MS, RN, CNOR Donareen Denny, MSN, RN, CCRN Marlene Dinham, MSN, RN-BC Fay Douglas-Lane, RN, CNOR Judy Drummer, MA, RN CEN Matilda Dyer, MS, RNC Lyudmila Elgort MS, FNP-BC Anne Ellis, MSN, RN, CCRN Marlene Ferguson, MSN, RNC Kathy Garner, RNC Mary Germaine, EdD, APN-BC Beavely Goodchild, RNC-OB Elizabeth Guillaume, MA, CRNA Dawn Hagerty, RN, CDE Sondra Hirsch, MSN, RN, CDE |
Corazon Huab, BSN, RN, CCRN Lauretta Joseph, MSN, RN, CCRN Elizabeth Igboechi, MSN, RNC, FNP Joseph Jennas, MS, CRNA Patricia Kizilay, EdD, FNP-BC, CNS Grace Lawrence-Perry, MS, RN, CRRN Edna Lewis, MS, MA, RN, CS Angelica Llado, BSN, RNC-NIC Lilibeth Maduramente, RNC-OB Stephen Marrone, EdD, RN-BC, CTN-A Sarah L. Marshall, RN, MS, ICCE, CCE, CBC Donna Mapp-Reid, BSN, RNC-NIC Pearl Martin-Taylor, BSN, RN, RNC Jean McHugh, MSN, APRN, BC Patricia Mitchell, MS, RN, CCN Shannon Morgan MS, FNP-BC Tolulope Ojeyemi, MSN, RN, FNP-BC Marcelino Ortiz, BSN, RNC Dorothy Parkinson, RNC-NIC |
Jacqueline Paterson-Johnson, EdD, FNP, CDE Dawn Parris, RNC-NIC Prachel Prado, RNC-NIC Wilna Punzalan, BSN, RNC-NIC Cheryl Rolston, MA, RNC, NE-BC Denise Rolston, BSN, RN, CCRN Maria Rosario-Sim, EdD, RNC, PNP,BC Kathy Salak, MSN, RN, CCRN, FNP Megan Sargeant, MSN, RN, OCN Melvic Sarmiento, BSN, RN, CNOR Beth Steinfeld, MS, WHCNP Corazon Sy, MSN, RN, NE-BC Cheryl Vincent, RNC-NIC Marcia Warner, MS, RNC-NIC, CCRN Dianne Woods, MA, RN-BC, NE-BC Anny Yeung, MPA, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC Maria Yomtov, MS, RN, CDE Sheryl Zang, EdD, FNP, CNS-BC |