(West Islip, NY) Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center recently held its ninth annual Outstanding Nursing Excellence Awards ceremony. The winners represent an array of nursing and support staff roles at the medical center. Candidates were nominated based on their achievements and chosen because of the exceptional qualities they exemplify.
“A winning team does not happen alone,” said Good Samaritan Hospital’s Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Nancy Simmons. “As a result of the degree of excellence achieved by the nursing staff, Good Samaritan has been a Magnet® designated hospital since 2006, receiving redesignation in 2011.”
Pictured (L-R): B Unit’s Outstanding Nurse Preceptor Toni Jata, RN, Outstanding Clinical Nurse in Critical Care Danielle McBrien, RN, C Unit’s Outstanding Support Staff Preceptor Teresa Garcia, NA, 3 Main’s Outstanding Clinical Nurse for Medicine Sean Harris, RN, Director of Environmental/Transport Services Douglas Fullerton, Outstanding Nurse Leader Indrani Burmanroy, RN and Senior Vice President of Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer Jeanne Dzurenko, RN.
This year’s winners were chosen for their dedication and commitment to nursing. Honorees included
4 Main’s Outstanding Nurse Leader and Clinical Leader Indrani Burmanroy, RN, (Islip resident), Wound Care’s Roxanne Elling, RN, (Greenlawn), B Unit’s Outstanding Nurse Preceptor Toni Jata, RN, (Lake Grove), Outstanding Clinical Nurse in Critical Care Danielle McBrien, RN, (Nassau), C Unit’s Outstanding Support Staff Preceptor Teresa Garcia, NA, (Brentwood), 3 Main’s Outstanding Clinical Nurse for Medicine Sean Harris, RN, (Islip), Director of Environmental/Transport Services Douglas Fullerton, (Bay Shore). They empower their staff through their communication and motivational skills which help improve patient outcomes.
“I am proud to have been chosen by Good Samaritan—one of only three Magnet® hospitals on Long Island designated for excellence in nursing. ‘Excellence is a talent or quality which is unusually good and so surpasses ordinary standards’ which defines the nurses at Good Sam,” said Senior Vice President of Patient Care and Chief Nursing Officer Jeanne Dzurenko, RN. “Good Samaritan’s nurses provide health care in a wide variety of settings—including critical care, surgery, obstetrics, primary care, emergency medicine and dialysis—around the clock, every day.”
For more information on nursing services or to learn about nursing opportunities at Good Samaritan, please call (631) 376-4444 or visit Career Opportunities: www.goodsam.jobs.
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center is a 537-bed (including 100 nursing home beds), voluntary, not-for-profit hospital located in West Islip. The medical center, which has more than 3,775 employees and 900 physicians on staff, had nearly 28,000 patient admissions and nearly 100,000 emergency department visits in 2012. Good Samaritan is a member of Catholic Health Services of Long Island. Visit the website at www.good-samaritan-hospital.org.
The medical center supplies residents with the tools necessary to maintain good health. This includes community lectures, screenings, health fairs and other community programs and services.
