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Deartment of Nursing Services
NEWS AND EVENTS
News and Events
Ms. Linda Cohen RN, MPH, MSN abstract submission on “Making Hospitals Diabetes Friendly: The Role of the CDE” ” has just been accepted by the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Ms. Cohen will present it at the August annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
Stephen R. Marrone, EdD, RN-BC, CCRN, CNOR, Director, Nursing Education and Research was an invited speaker on the topic of "New Graduate Residency Program Using Benner's Domains of Nursing Practice" that was presented at the Annual Nursing Education Institute in June 2007 in Miami, Florida sponsored by Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Related Professions.
Ms. Linda Cohen RN, MPH, MSN has been elected to the Board of the Metro New York Association of Diabetic Educators
Ms. Maria Yomtov RN , MSN, CDE, Director, Center for Community Health Promotion & Wellness was a guest speaker on "Cardiovascular Disease in our community" for community health workers. The event was coordinated by the Greater Southern Brooklyn Health Coalition, Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health and the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President
Ms. Matilda Dyer RN, Assistant Director of Nursing, Ambulatory Surgery was featured in the July 23rd issue of Advance for Nurses on her philosophy of cultural diversity and its impact on the nurse working at Downstate Medical Center.
Ms. Linda S. Cohen RN, MSN, MPH, CDE has been appointed as the 2007-2008, board member of the Metropolitan New York Association of Diabetes Educators.
Stephen R. Marrone, EdD, RN, BC, CCRN, CNOR, Director of Nursing Education, Practice, and Research was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Transcultural Nursing Society and a member of the Transcultural Nursing Certification Commission.
Each month the hospital chooses two employees who have exceeded the standard for service excellence. We are proud to celebrate the selection of seven nurses from our department!
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Employees of the Year 2008
R. Abraham-Nichols
RN, MPA |
Kim A. Cummings
Surgical Technologist |
Michelle Tallos-Amato
RN |
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Employees of the Year 2007
July 2007
Ms. Corina Florece Ruiz
RN
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Employees of the Year 2007
March 2007
Ms. Dorothy Parkinson
RN - NS 35
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June 2007
Ms. Esther Griffiths
RNII
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Employees of the Year 2007
March 2007
Ms. Dorothy Parkinson
RN - NS 35
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May 2007
Ms. Lashon Pitter
RN III
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Employees of the Year 2007
March 2007
Ms. Dorothy Parkinson
RN - NS 35
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March 2007
Ms. Vanessa Bristol Lewis
RN - NS 42
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October 2006
Ms. Dorothy Parkinson
RN - NS 35
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Employees of the Year 2006
November 2006
Mary Jane Torres RNIII
Coronary Care Unit |
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October 2006
Deslin Alexander RN II
Neuroscience/Gynecology
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October 2006
Denise Laurent
LPN Operating Room
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August 2006
Florence T. Viera-Hinds RN II.V
Coronary Care Unit
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July 2006
Ms. Eglyn Ross BSN, RNIII
Adult Medicine Unit
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May 2006
Ms. Blossom Dalton RNC, BSN
Staff Nurse
Ambulatory Care
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April 2006
Ms. Marie Monique Balu RNC, MA
Nurse II.V
Postpartum Newborn Nursery
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Employees of the Year 2005
July 2005
Ms. M. Coronado RN, BSN, CNOR
Assistant Director of Nursing-Perioperative Services |
Employees of the Year 2005
July 2005
Ms. Betty Jung, RN, BSN
Nurse III
Center for Community Health & Wellness |
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August 2005
Ms. Mary Bailey
Staff Assistant
Nursing Personnel
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August 2005
Ms. Carole King
Hospital Clinical Assistant
Rehabilitation/Orthopedic Unit
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September 2005
Ms. Marlene Ferguson RN, MSN
Associate Director of Nursing
Ambulatory Care |
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November 2005
Ms. Daphne Bucknor RN, BS,
CNOR, CRCST, CHL
Director of Materials Management
Perioperative Services |
November 2005
Ms. Cheryl Vincent RN, BSN
Staff Nurse
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
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December 2005
Ms. Althea Clement RN, MA
Staff Nurse III
Labor & Delivery |
December 2005
Ms. Maria Yomtov RN MA
Director
Center for Community Health & Promotion & Wellness
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lorraine Blake-Reid RNC, MA, CCE, Associate Director of Nursing-Informatics, presented “Use of Computerized Forms in the Philips Medical Systems Obstetrical Information Management System” at their OB Trace Vue User Group Conference, June 21, 2006, in Baltimore, Maryland
Mr. Ray Cupid, Assistant Director of Nursing for the Emergency Department has been selected as a recipient of the Greater New York Hospital Association Nursing Leadership Scholarship. Mr. Cupid will attend a fifteen month program which includes nursing leaders in the tri state area. The purpose of the program is to foster strategies on how health care organizations can develop and implement programs in cultural diversity.
Ms. Anny Yeung, Assistant Vice President of Perioperative and Support Services has been recognized as one of the top Nursing leaders in perioperative nursing. Ms. Yeung is the recipient of the Georgetown University Nursing Leadership scholarship. She will attend a week long seminar in July which focuses on management trends and solutions in health care.
Janis McPherson Miller RN, MSN, Director of Nursing-Surgery/Neuroscience & Rehabilitation was chosen as an Editor's choice in the 2005 Outstanding Nurse Leader contest by Advance for Nurses' Magazine.
Cynthia Margalit RN, MSA, Director of Nursing-Psychiatry won first prize for her poster presentation, entitled “Use of Medication Protocol for De-escalation of Acute Agitation Episodes,” at the American Psychiatric Nursing Association convention in November 2005. |
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DEPARTMENT OF NURSING SERVICES
ADJUNCT LECTURERS
COLLEGE OF NURSING
Stephen R. Marrone, EdD, RN, BC, CCRN, CNOR
Director of Nursing Education, Practice, and Research
Institute of Continuous Learning
Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing
Gemma Abaring RN, BSN
Assistant Director of Nursing
Critical Care
Department of Nursing Services
Linda Cohen RN,MSN, MPH, CDE
Assistant Director of Nursing
Department of Nursing Services
Margaret Jackson MA, RN
Chief Nursing Officer
Assistant Vice President
Department of Nursing Services
Jean McHugh MSN, APRN, BC CS
Assistant Director of Nursing,
Institute of Continuous Learning
Department of Nursing Services
Diane Forbes Woods RN, MA, BC
Deputy Nursing Director
Department of Nursing Services
Maria Yomtov RN, MA
Director
Center for Community Health,
Annie Yeung RN, MPA
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Upcoming Events
Pre-Holiday Recruitment Fest
December 12, 2007
Starts at 10:00 am sharp.
Sodexho Court- University Hospital of Brooklyn
Opportunities available in PACU, PICU, MED-SURG, NEUROSCIENCE, TRANSPLANT, EPS, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, E.D, L&D, POST-PARTUM,
Contact: Mercedes Brown at 718-826-4995/4997 or
e-mail at mercedes.brown@downstate.edu
TBA
Open House for Nurses
Call M. Brown RN, Nurse Recruiter at 1-718-270-4995
Email: mercedes.brown@downstate.edu
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Publications
Caboral, MF, Feng J. & Mitchell, JE,
“Clinical Characteristics and Echocardiographic features of Black Men vs. Black Women with Systolic Heart Failure” Journal of National Medical Association 2005;97(3):384-88
“Women: The Target of the New American Heart Association Guidelines in Cardiovascular Prevention” Topics in Advance Practice Nursing e Journal 2004 4(3), 2004
“B-Type natriuretic peptide: A new tool in the armamentarium used to accurately diagnostic heart failure. Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing 2003:18(4):190-193
“Prevention is Focus of New Guidelines for Heart Failure”. Physician Assistant 2003' 27(2):20-25
“New Guidelines in Heart Failure: Focusing on Prevention” Journal of Nurse Practitioner 2003:28(1):13-23
Cohen, Linda RN, MSN, MPH,, CDE
“Why You Should Control Your Diabetes.” Kidney Beginnings” A Publication of the American Association of Kidney Patients. Volume 5 (2) June-July 2006
Mayers, Joan D.
“Dietary Restrictions in Maintenance Hemodialysis: Experiences of English speaking West Indian Adults Journal of Nephrology Nursing 2000. Volume 27(3) pg. 315-9
Sheard, Tim RN
“Arming Your Institution Against Bioterrorism Attack” Advance for Nurses Magazine October 15, 2001
“What Nurses can do to fight “Super” Bugs in the Intensive Care Unit” Advance for Nurses Magazine, August 5, 2002
Thomas-Nedd, Greta,
“The Dynamics of Septic Shock” Nursing Spectrum March 24, 2003 Vo. 15 No. 6
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