The Joseph F. Cullman, Jr. Institute for Patient Experience
Three Mount Sinai Nursing Leaders Inducted as Fellows in the American Academy of Nursing
Three Mount Sinai nurse leaders, including Chief Nurse Executive Beth Oliver, DNP, RN, FAAN, have been inducted as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) in the 2022 Class of Fellows, a significant milestone for the most accomplished nurse leaders in...
Nursing Excellence: Rehabilitation Nurse Looks Beyond Medication to All Aspects of Caring
Joseph Giralt, RN, BSN, has been a nurse at The Mount Sinai Hospital in the Brain Injury Unit of the Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance for four years. Nurse Manager Susan Brindisi, MSN, says Joe garners positive comments from patients on a regular...
Nursing Excellence: Realizing a Dream to Care for Young Patients
Ariana Blum, RN, an Emergency Department (ED) nurse at The Mount Sinai Hospital is about to realize her lifelong dream of working with children. After two years in the ED, and cross training to Pediatrics, she is transferring to the Pediatric ED. Ariana says that...
Celebrating Summer Interns: Student Nurses Launched on Their Medical Journey
Nursing Education and Professional Development at Mount Sinai recently honored 63 young people who completed the first system-wide summer program for student nurse interns. The students gained hands-on experience in a hospital setting alongside mentors in a program...
Nursing Excellence: NICU Nurse Brings Skill, Empathy, and Personal Experience to the Job
Sandy Content, RN, has worked in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Mount Sinai West for fifteen years, and, according to Nori Yaun, RN, manager, Patient Care Services, Sandy is an excellent practitioner who receives many compliments from parents and is...
Nursing Excellence: A ‘Night-Shift Nightingale’ Elevates the Patient Experience at Mount Sinai Morningside
Gaylenis Del Carmen Mendez Cabreja, BSN, RN, more widely known as Carmen, was recently celebrated at a Mount Sinai Health System President’s Huddle. In the episode cited, Carmen was working her usual night shift at Mount Sinai Morningside, providing post-operative...
Nursing Excellence: Two Nurses Lead an Impromptu Team to Help Save a Patient’s Life
Lorraine Fender, DNP, RN, Nurse Manager, and Anne Maguire, NP, of the Mount Sinai West Institute for Advanced Medicine, known as the Samuels Clinic, were recently recognized at the daily huddle of Mount Sinai Health System leaders. The reason: Ms. Maguire and Ms....
Nursing Excellence: Called to Emergency Care on a Flight to London
Monica Pierre, RN, Clinical Nurse Manager, Mount Sinai Selikoff Centers for Occupational Health on Staten Island, loves to travel and has visited countries worldwide. Her international flights have been generally smooth, but on a recent trip to London for the wedding...
Nursing Excellence: A Veteran Operating Room Nurse ‘Gives Everything She Has’
Emilie Bautista, RN, in Perioperative Services at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, has worked as an operating room nurse for more than 32 years. She loves the energy of the OR and knowing she is helping to improve the lives of patients undergoing surgery, but it is clear that...