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These crew members keep YNHH on course

Business associates, unit clerks, clerical associates, information associates and clinical service assistants celebrated their day April 29 with a cruise theme. The program, which included speeches and a humorous skit, illustrated how these professionals help the hospital reach its goals for excellent care, high reliability and an exceptional patient experience. Keynote speaker Thomas Balcezak, MD, chief medical officer, shared Great Catch stories involving business associates and their colleagues to emphasize the critical role they play in keeping patients, visitors and fellow employees safe. Virgilio Dixon, RN, patient service manager, Yale- New Haven Children's Hospital Bridgeport Campus and Pediatric Primary Care Center, presented Alfreda Rawls, business associate, Pediatrics Unit, Bridgeport Campus, with a rose in honor of the day.

Congratulations, YNHH Nightingales

Among the 21 YNHH nurses who received Nightingale Awards for Excellence in Nursing this year were (l-r): Sharon Peralta, RN, Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SP 6-1); Thayer Sifers, RN, Medical/Peritoneal Dialysis (Celentano 4); and Marnie Dickens, RN, Pediatric Surgery Center. They attended a May 8 dinner hosted by the Visiting Nurse Association of South Central Connecticut along with YNHH's other Nightingale awardees: Donna Andruskiwec, RN, Surgical Oncology Multispecialty; Kristen Borgia, RN, Daily Operations Pool, SRC; Gary Bouley, RN, Centralized Staffing Department, YSC; Yael Calle, RN, Orthopedic Surgery (EP 7-7); Donna Collins, RN, Medical Intensive Care Unit (NP 9/10); Stephanie Despres, RN, Surgical Intensive Care Unit (Verdi 2 West); Jessica Irizarry, RN, Adult Primary Care Center; Stefania Levesque, RN, Cardiac Medicine (SP 5-2); Marlene Lichatz, RN, Smilow Cancer Care Center, Waterbury; Emily Mackey, RN, Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SP 7-1); Megan Maraday, RN, Cardiac Step-down (SP 5-4); Alyssa Miller, RN, Medical Oncology (SLA 3); Elise Reed, RN, Surgical Step-down (SLA 2); Prasama Sangkachand, RN, Heart and Vascular Center; Meaghen Scalley, RN, Mother/Baby Postpartum (WP 10/11); Theresa Scharn, RN, Cardiac/Pulmonary (SP 5-3); Josephine Tabor Heacox, RN, Smilow Cancer Care Center, Torrington; and Lisa Warren, RN, Mother/Baby Postpartum (WP 11).

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