The weeks before Nursing Excellence Awards have become a rite of spring for the Sasha Bella Fund as we reconnect with Labatt Family Heart Centre to celebrate family centred nursing excellence.The 2009 committee comprised of Kathleen Johnston, Ruta Niedra, Sherry Ree Stevens, Carrie Morgan, Mayola Mathew, Mary Beyea, Linda Fazari and Dr. Jennifer Russell.
Three nominees were selected: two Cardiac Critical Care nurses nominated by peers and a Critical Care Core Nursing Team nominated by an interprofessional staff group along with the mom of the 23 month old cared for by the team over more than 11 months. This was our first team award and our first with nomination input from a parent.
Next year we will add one more award to celebrate an allied professional who are so important, such as the social workers, dieticians, respiratory therapists, occupational and physical therapists etc. We also shared news about CCCU family centred initiatives, generating quite a list with considerable staff enthusiasm, and it was a wrap.
Kathleen asked if I wished to meet the family and a few moments later I was back in the shaded and quiet room 53 for the first time since January 2006. In the corner, Lisa Celsie cradled and soothed Wyatt, her incredible 23 month old who has lived almost entirely on 4D and in ICU and continues to surprise everyone. Meeting Wyatt, hearing about the Celsie family care experience and their engagement of CCCU made this day one in a million.
Keep-up the great work. I would like to congratulate the 2009 committee members Kathleen Johnston, Ruta Niedra, Sherry Ree Stevens, Carrie Morgan, Mayola Mathew, Mary Beyea, Linda Fazari and Dr. Jennifer Russell for an outstanding efforts
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