From left: Rita Jakubowski, MSN, RN; Carol Porter, DNP, RN, FAAN, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Edgar M. Cullman, Sr. Chair of the Department of Nursing, Associate Dean of Nursing Research and Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; and Rosario Marasigan, BSN, RN.
Two clinical nurse managers at The Mount Sinai Hospital recently received the Association of the Attending Staff (AAS) 2015 Award for Excellence in Nursing Leadership. The recipients—Rita Jakubowski, MSN, RN, Clinical Program Manager, Bone Marrow Transplant; and Rosario Marasigan, BSN, RN, Clinical Nurse Manager, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory—were honored as role models who enhance the quality of the practice environment. They were recognized for their compassion, motivation, clinical expertise, and leadership, all in an effort to provide exemplary patient care. The awards were presented by AAS President Eric Neibart, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.