Mount Desert Island Hospital is celebrating Certified Nurses Day, March 19, 2013, by honoring its board certified nurses. More than 40 nurses at MDI Hospital are board certified, representing nearly half of hospital’s nurse team.
Board Certification of nurses plays an increasingly important role in the assurance of high standards of care for patients and their loved ones. Nursing, like health care in general has become increasingly complex. While a registered nurse (RN) license provides entry to general nursing practice, the knowledge-intensive requirements of modern nursing require extensive education, as well as a strong personal commitment to excellence by the nurse.
For Cooper-Gilmore Health Center anticoagulation clinic nurse Susan Kelley, RN-BC, getting board certified in Care Managemenet was the impetus to go back to school to pursue a bachelor’s degree. Kelley said she wanted to get certified because “it proves that you are continuing your education and you’re able to stay current.” For Kelley, her success with certification was the encouragement she needed to enroll in the RN to BSN program at St. Joseph’s College. “It gave me the confidence to go back to school.”
MDI Hospital encourages national board certification for all its nurses. Patients are encouraged to inquire whether there are certified nurses on staff when they visit a hospital or their primary care provider. There are many nursing certification specialties such as medical-surgical, pediatric, pain management, cardiac vascular, oncology, hospice, case management, emergency nursing, critical care and many others. Many nursing certification bodies exist to serve the full range of specialized nursing care offered in the contemporary health care system; national nurse-certifying bodies should be accredited by either the Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification (ABSNC) or the National Organization for Competence Assurance (NOCA), or both.
Please join MDI Hospital and the nation’s national nursing certification organizations in honoring those hardworking, dedicated nurses for their professionalism, and a job well done! The following nurses are being recognized for their professionalism, leadership, and commitment to excellence in patient care:
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Albert, Enoch RN-BC
Beaudoin, Jim CNOR
Bell, Allison RN, BSN, HNB-BC
Boal, Jeff RN, BSN, CFRN
Bourque, Pamela RN, CLC
Caine, Pam BSN RN-BC
Chasse, Beverly PMH, CNS
Clauson, Melanie RN,OCN
Corrigan, Betsy RN, MSN,PCCN
Costello, Chris RN, CEN
Crowell, Linda FNP, CEN
Cullen, Sue RN, CLC
Da Corte, Ellen RN, CLC
DelVecchio, Angie FNP
Diano, Ann RN, CNOR
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Erickson, Ralph CRNA
Gaynor, Gayle RN, CLC, RNC
Glass, Mary RN, CLC
Hall, Sherri RN, CDE
Hannon, Barbara RN, MSN, NE-BC, CENP
Hawes, Karen RN-BC
Hendricks, Laura PMHNP, CNS
Horton, Janice RN, CLC
Katherine Lawson FNP
Kelley, Susan RN-BC
Lyakhovich, Lenny RN, CNOR
Lundquist, Bonnie ANP, CNS
MacIntosh, Joyce RN, OCN
Mahaney, Lesley CEN
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Mann, Diane RN-BC
Napier, Anne Ed.D RN, MSN, CNS, PMHCNS
O’Brien, Cyndi OCN
Price, Chris CRNA
Riley, Patricia FNP
Robinson, Linda CNM
Schleif, Chris FNP
Sharp, Rachael CRNA
Smith, Brenda RN, MS, RN-BC
Whittier, Gayle RN, CCM
Wignall, Eileen RN, CEN
Witwer, Heidi RN, BSN, RN-BC
Young, Jean RN, CEN
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