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SPECIAL EDITORIAL SECTION
NURSING LEGEND
NURSING LEGEND
TOP NURSES continued from page 38 Brendan Donahue,
Colin Gormley, Kim Haug, Danielle Kivlin, Patricia Mee, Mark Menapace, Nicole Miller, Alyssa Rank, Amanda Rhoads, Dorothy Rines, Sam Crino, Katherine Ferrara,
Meghan Posluszny
Einstein Medical Center Montgomery, East Norriton einstein.edu
Kelly Battinieri,
Bridget Daly Barnes,
Keith DeAngelis, Kelly Frei, Briana Gilpatrick,
Paul Grodziak, Chinh Ma, Alyssa Magee, Sheena White, Ping Zang
Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood mainlinehealth.org
Linda Schanne
Main Line Health, Radnor mainlinehealth.org
Henry Abraham,
Steven Donahue,
Sandy Jones, Renee Postles, Beth Meadows
Paoli Hospital, Paoli mainlinehealth.org
Brittnee Crawford, Sue Saunders, Daniela Sweeney Riddle Hospital, Media mainlinehealth.org
Jennifer Janusek
Phoenixville Hospital, Phoenixville towerhealth.org
HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
Kimberly Berman, Maureen Sims, Nicolas Hoover, Valerie Heron
Fox Chase Cancer Center - East Norriton, East Norriton foxchase.org
Sharon Brogan
Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood mainlinehealth.org
Jennifer Kohler
Main Line Health, Radnor mainlinehealth.org
Susan Zuk
Paoli Hospital, Paoli mainlinehealth.org
Jill McKeon
Riddle Hospital, Media mainlinehealth.org
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Kathleen Hoover, Ph.D., MSN, BSN
Dean, Divison of Nursing and Health Sciences NEUMANN UNIVERSITY, ASTON
Donna Havens, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
Connelly Endowed Dean and Professor M. LOUISE FITZPATRICK COLLEGE OF NURSING, VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY, VILLANOVA
INFORMATION WE
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THE LACK OF “
THE NURSES ARE
HAD IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC DOESN’T COMPARE TO ANY OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASE I’VE SEEN
IN MY LIFETIME.”
— KATHLEEN HOOVER
workers. To provide up-to-date information backed by science, Main Line Health created
a system-wide command center, helmed by Wadsworth, CEO and president Jack Lynch, and other executives. “Every decision we made, every change we made in those decisions, we explained why we did it and how it made them safer,” Wadsworth says.
Wadsworth and Lynch launched weekly virtual town halls that draw as many as 1,700 Main Line Health doctors, nurses and other staff members to each session. And an end-of- life support team of nurses and other healthcare workers was created to support patients and
WOUNDED BY THIS EXPERIENCE AFTER THE HORRIFIC CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEY’VE WORKED. THEY USE THE WORD ‘HAUNTED.’”
—DONNA HAVENS
loved ones through the tragedy of a COVID death. “They all volunteered,” says Wadsworth. “They all stepped forward and offered to help patients, loved ones and one another.”
To enhance its psychological first-aid initiative, the Main Line Health team has caring carts
do multiple daily rounds through all of the hospitals. A Main Line Health Proud campaign provides nurses and other in-patient workers with lotion and lip balm for skin chapped by PPE, aromatherapy for relaxation, resilience quotes that pop up on computers, and self-care tips.
Chester County Hospital and EMCM have similar programs, and all the chief nursing officers go on hospital rounds, continued on page 42
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DONNA HAVENS: COURTESY OF VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY