Stories of Strength: Responding to COVID-19
Connecting Patients and Loved Ones at a Sacred Moment
Camille Davis, RN, a nurse in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at The Mount Sinai Hospital, has been compassionately caring for COVD-19 patients. She recently helped a patient and spouse converse by telephone after realizing the patient would...
Gathering Helping Hands on a Loading Dock
On Friday, March 27, Aimee Feasel, Executive Assistant, Department of Pathology, discovered that the Receiving Department was short-staffed due to an abundance of sick employees. As a result, the loading dock was flooded with packages—with more waiting on...
Nurse Manager Is Proud to Pitch In
One of my nurse managers, Donna Dibenedetto, RN, asked how she could help at our sister hospital, Mount Sinai Brooklyn, which has been hit hard. On her own time and on a Saturday, Donna arrived at the hospital. The Human Resources lead asked her what she...
Teaching Pharmaceutical Conservation to Help Providers and Patients
Carli Beall, PharmD, Oncology Pharmacy resident, and Jason Yee, PharmD, Infectious Diseases Pharmacy resident, have voluntarily stayed late into the evening and come in on weekends to help answer questions on therapies for COVID-19. They have created...
A Day in the Life Treating COVID-19 Patients
In video diary from Mount Sinai’s From the Frontlines series, Melanie Malloy, MD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, shared a day in the life of treating COVID-19 patients at Mount Sinai Brooklyn. “It wasn't the worst day I've had, but it's always...
An “Honorary Employee” Steps In for Her Nephew
I realize this does not apply to an actual employee, but I thought the story would be important to share because it demonstrates the lengths to which family/friends will go to help in a crisis. I would like to recognize the aunt of a patient of...
Recognizing Our Colleagues
Recognizing Our Colleagues: Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension
"This is a recognition of a group of hemodialysis nurses who was called upon for the uncommon and challenging task of hemodialysis for a newborn infant with a life-threatening condition only dialysis could help. The nurses are: Shanti Basnet, RN, Vernalyn...
Recognizing Our Colleagues: Kimberly Prasad, Mount Sinai Queens
"It was a usual Monday in the ED at Mount Sinai Queens…in other words, very busy! Kimberly Prasad’s presence as a patient transporter made our clinical operations function more efficient, improved our patient experience, quickened the turnaround times on several...