“Who’s Your Nursing Hero?” Check Out This Special Nurses Month Slideshow!

May 28, 2021–At one point or another, we have all encountered someone who has inspired us in our work. So as National Nurses Month draws to a close, Frontline asked our VNSNY nursing staff to tell us about their own sources of inspiration— the individuals who motivated them as children, as nursing students, and now as health care providers. Below are some of the many responses sent in by VNSNY’s nurses from across the organization. Thank you all for sharing with us, and for touching the lives of so many of our patients, members and clients. Happy Nurses Month! If you’d like to contribute a hero, it’s not too late. Click here and we’ll add it to the slideshow.

BronxNet TV Features VNSNY RN Cleo Miller for National Nurses Month

May 27, 2021–

VNSNY Commemorates Memorial Day: Hear What Memorial Day Means to Our VNSNY Veterans

May 26, 2021–On Monday, May 31st, America celebrates Memorial Day and honors those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country and our freedoms. In this special Memorial Day video, Frontline interviewed several VNSNY staff who are veterans and asked what Memorial Day means to them. To hear their moving tributes, click on the video below. In addition to this special Memorial Day video, we are also pleased to share the following poem by Robert Longley, which was adapted by Joe Vitti, Director of VNSNY’s Hospice Veterans Program.

Meet This Year’s Liota and Marren Award Winners!

May 25, 2021–As part of VNSNY’s ongoing Nurses Month celebration, the 2021 Liota and Marren Award winners have just been announced. Congratulations to the honorees, Collette Hendricks and Tameka McCabe, who were nominated by their VNSNY colleagues and selected by a committee of nursing leaders! Collette Hendricks, Psychiatric Nurse, Winner of the Marilyn Liota Award The Liota Award to Promote Cultural Diversity in Nursing Leadership, named after long-time VNSNY nurse and Queens Regional Vice President Marilyn Liota, is awarded each year to help an exemplary VNSNY nurse realize her or his leadership potential. The award provides a $1,500 scholarship for expenses related to nursing studies, continuing professional development, or communication/English language skills development. “I’ve always had compassion for people with mental illness.” Very early on during the COVID pandemic, when Zoom meetings were being held about pivoting to remote patient care during lockdown, Collette wouldn’t hear of it. “What’s going to happen

“30 Minutes with Dan” Celebrates National Nurses Month!

May 24, 2021–We’re pleased to bring you the May episode of “30 Minutes with Dan” — the video talk show hosted by VNSNY’s President and CEO Dan Savitt. This 30-minute monthly program is designed to be watched in one viewing or in multiple viewings — whichever works best for you. In this special Nurses Month episode that you won’t want to miss, Dan interviews VNSNY nurses Carmite Maurice, Amashika DaCosta, Erika Cingel, David Heron, Tiffany Blakney, and Fredlya Urena. From Central Park to Roberto Clemente Park in the Bronx, Dan travels the city to celebrate our nursing staff. To view, click here below! To watch more episodes of 30-minutes with Dan, click here.

Here They Are, the Most Recent Patient Letters and CHOICE Member Commendations!

May 21, 2021–Over 40 staff members are featured in the latest patient letters and CHOICE member commendations. Read them here. Click here to read the latest patient letters. Click here to read the most recent CHOICE member commendations. GREAT job, everyone! To read other Letters and Commendations from previous months, click here.

May 2021 Patient Letters

May 21, 2021–The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to prove the resilience and dedication of our entire VNSNY staff. The following are excerpts from a few of the many recent letters, phone calls, and emails that we’ve received from grateful patients and family members that reflect an outstanding consumer experience. “A Wonderful Job of Caring” Bronx—The daughter of a Bronx VNSNY Hospice patient called to give special thanks to licensed social worker Alisha Freeman and nurses Judith Spencer-Thomas and Selina Stewart-Williams, all of whom provided hospice care to her mother. She added that VNSNY Hospice had done “such a wonderful job of caring,” first for her father—who was also a hospice patient years earlier—and now her mother. “We Are So Grateful” “I am writing on behalf of my late father, and my mother, as the superb work of your staff sustained the both of them throughout his final year