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).