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National Nurses Month Special: Saluting Years of Dedicated Service
May 11, 2022–This year, in celebration of National Nurses Month, VNSNY honors—and thanks— all of the nurses whose hard work and dedication make such a vital and colossal contribution, and difference, to the lives of our patients, clients and members across the organization. As a special highlight, Frontline spoke to the longest-serving nurses in each part of the organization. Click on their names to go directly to their stories or just scroll here to read them all! Myrna Agosto Susan Banner Myra Cohen Eloise Goldberg Lisa Miller Elisabeth Regis Karen Terry Betty Velez Nancy Washburn Deborah Wilson Myrna Agosto, Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Queens/Brooklyn Mobile Crisis Unit, Behavioral Health — 33 years at VNSNY “I see the possibilities.” As a psychiatric nurse practitioner in the Queens/Brooklyn Mobile Crisis Unit, Myrna Agosto spends her days working with vulnerable patients at very difficult times in their lives. “Typically, we’ll get a referral
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Kathy Bowles, RN, PhD, Director of VNSNY Research Center, Receives Award for Study
November 16, 2017–Kathy Bowles, van Ameringen Professor in Nursing Excellence at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and Director of the VNSNY Center for Home Care Policy and Research, has been named the winner of the 2017 Harriet H. Werley Award—presented annually by the Nursing Informatics Work Group within the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) to the lead author of a nurse-authored paper judged to have made the greatest contribution to nursing informatics in the preceding year. Kathy had been nominated for the award based on a paper submitted to the AMIA in the spring, describing an algorithm she and her University of Pennsylvania colleagues developed for assessing which patients in acute care will benefit from post-acute care services, and what level of care they should receive. (Click here to see the paper.) She discovered she was a finalist for the award after arriving at the AMIA’s Annual Symposium, held in early
VNSNY RN Alicia Schwartz on the Front Lines in Puerto Rico
October 13, 2017–On the Ground in Puerto Rico: How VNSNY’s Alicia Schwartz, RN, Is Helping the Island Recover For the past several days, VNSNY nurse Alicia Schwartz, a care coordinator with CHOICE, has been on the ground in Puerto Rico, providing badly needed medical care to the residents there amid the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria. In this heartbreaking Huffington Post article, Alicia, who was born in Puerto Rico, shares her first-hand view of the suffering that the island is enduring, and how she and other volunteer caregivers are doing what they can to provide relief. To read the Huffington Post article, click HP Puerto Rico Alicia Schwartz
Meet the 2017 ESPRIT Winners
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On June 25th, More Than 70 Staff and Friends Marched in the NYC Pride March
August 30, 2017–This year’s PRIDE NYC March, held on June 25th, was the first time VNSNY officially participated as an organization. This video captures the spirit and the enthusiasm of the more than 70 VNSNY staff members and friends who marched that day. Their comments offer an inspiring reflection on VNSNY’s commitment to New York’s LGBT community as well as our mission to serve all those in need. “Throughout the PRIDE NYC March, many of us were approached repeatedly by grateful community members who expressed their thanks for the care that VNSNY has provided to themselves or their loved ones over the years,” says Marki Flannery, VNSNY’s Executive Vice President and Chief of Provider Operations. As just one example of this, Arthur Fitting, RN Coordinator and Oasis Assessor for VNSNY’s Utilization Management and Assessment Support, reported that during the march, at each water station, the person handing him the cup of water