VNA South Central – New Haven

2009 NIGHTINGALE AWARD NOMINEES

Name/Credentials Sponsor

Joan Apfel, RN Marathon Health Care Center of West Haven Dayna Arduini, RN, CMSN, BSN of Saint Raphael Nancy Babbit, RN VNA of South Central CT Marianne Bagley, LPN VNS of CT, Inc. Nicole Barbarotta, RN II Hospital of Saint Raphael Denise Bias, RN, BSN Milford Hospital Linda Bonneau, RN, BSN Masonic Home Health and Hospice Carolyn Bradley, RN, BSN Yale-New Haven Hospital Lori Chieka, RN II, BSN Hospital of Saint Raphael Veronica Ciola, RN Griffin Hospital Cathi Colburn, RNC Griffin Hospital Connie Cole-Ingber, RN II, ASN Hospital of Saint Raphael Deborah Colombo, RN The Jewish Home for the Elderly Margaret Conant, RN Gaylord Hospital Jessica Coviello, MSN, RN School of Nursing Gina D'Agostino, RN, MSN Yale-New Haven Hospital Cecilia DeAngelo, LPN The Mary Wade Home Christopher DeFrancesco, RN, BSN Yale-New Haven Hospital Patricia DeLucia, RN VNA Community Healthcare Judith Devin, RN New England Home Care - Cromwell Branch Dennis Dilulio, RN, AS Milford Hospital Karen Doukas, RN Gaylord Hospital Ann Dwyer, RN Gaylord Hospital Christina Ferraiolo, RN Patient Care Dr. Susan Fisher, EdD, APRN, BC, AOCN, ACHPN Hospital of Saint Raphael Erena Fitzgerald, RN The Jewish Home for the Elderly Cheryl Gambrell-Claxton, RN II, ASN Hospital of Saint Rapheal Mary Catherine Gannon, RN Yale-New Haven Hospital Elizabeth Gedney, RN II, BSN Hospital of Saint Raphael Jacquelyn Goldberg, LPN CareSource Portia Gonzales, RN, BSN Milford Hospital Jill Gorecki, RN VNA Services, Inc. Nancy Gourley, BSN, RN VA CT Healthcare System Kelly Gutmann, RN, BSN, Level II Griffin Hospital Susan Hahn, LPN Gaylord Hospital Annette Haller, RN II, BSN, WCC, WOCN Hospital of Saint Raphael Sally Harris, RN The Jewish Home for the Elderly Barbara Jackson, AS, BN Masonic Home Health and Hospice Barbara Kavanagh, RN, CNII Yale-New Haven Hospital Lauren Kiernan, BSN, CN III Yale-New Haven Hospital Claire Krueger, RN, BSN Yale-New Haven Hospital Alice Labonte-Esposito, RN Masonic Home Health and Hospice Victoria Lashley, BSN, RN VA CT Healthcare System Alison Linske, RN Yale-New Haven Hospital Jennifer Marshall, LPN Golden Hill Health Care Center Sue Mazarella, RN New England Home Care - Shelton Sandra McDonald, RN, AS Milford Hospital Barbara McFarland, RN, MSN, CCRN Gateway Community College Mikki Meadows-Oliver, PhD, MPH, RN, CPNP Yale University School of Nursing Nancy Meliso, RN The Jewish Home for the Elderly

Margaret Meronek, LPN Gaylord Hospital Robin Michalak, RN, BSN, CCM Griffin Hospital Sue Miklinevich, RN New England Home Care - Waterbury Mary Moore, LPN Masonic Home Health and Hospice Bahiyah Muhammad, RN, BSN American Red Cross-South Central CT Chapter Dolores Nappi, RN, Level II Griffin Hospital Sue Nystrom, LPN Golden Hill Health Care Center Kathy O'Connor, RN VNA Community Healthcare Gayle Parks, RN, BSN VNS of CT, Inc. Earlene Peckham, APRN, PNP, MSN Yale-New Haven Hospital Johanna Piscitelli, RN II, ASN Hospital of Saint Rapheal Dorothy Quinn, RN Milford Health Care Center Veronica Redente, RN Yale University Health Services Carol Richards, RN VNA Services, Inc. Ann Marie Richardson, RN Masonic Home Health and Hospice Kathleen Rickert, RN New England Home Care - New Haven Rita-Marie Rossetti, RN, BSN, MSHA & LNC Yale-New Haven Hospital Patrizia Schaefer, RN II, BSN Hospital of Saint Raphael Nancy Schaffer, RN, BSN VNS of CT, Inc. Collette Sengupta, RN, BSN VNS of CT, Inc. Tracy Shamas, RN, MSN, APRN VA CT Healthcare System Hope Sparks, RN VA CT Healthcare System Cynthia Taylor, RN, BSN Yale-New Haven Hospital Angelina Tomanio, LPN Masonic Home Health and Hospice Andrea Voets, RN III, BSN Hospital of Saint Raphael Louise Ward, RN, BSN, MSN Yale-New Haven Hospital Susan Westrick, JD, MS, RN, CNE SCSU, Dept. of Nursing Charlene Wright, LPN Skyview Center Lyudmila Zarovny, RN New England Home Care - Windsor Deborah Zeoli, RN II, BSN Hospital of Saint Raphael

VNA OF SOUTHEASTERN CT – Eastern Connecticut Gala

2009 NIGHTINGALE AWARD NOMINEES

Name/Credentials Sponsor Mary Ellen Addy, RN Harrington Court

Judy Appleby, RN, BSN, CEN Lawrence & Memorial Hospital

Susan Bellefleur, RN, CCRN Lawrence & Memorial Hospital

Karen Bongo, RN Lawrence & Memorial Hospital

Anne Carbone, RN Utopia Home Care, Inc.

Anne J. Creighton, LPN Eastern Connecticut Endoscopy Center

Andrea Dameron, RN, BSN, BS The William W.

Renee Decesare, RN The William W. Backus Hospital

Name/Credentials Sponsor Paula Delponte, RN, BSN The William W. Backus Hospital

JoAnn Eaccarino, APRN, MS Child and Family Agency of SECT, Inc.

Tamre Fontaine, RN, BSN, LMT Windham Community Memorial Hospital

Barbara Garceau, RN, BSN, CNOR Windham Community Memorial Hospital

Kathleen Gernhard, RN, OCN The William W. Backus Hospital

Denise Guillemette, LPN Backus Home Health Care

Lois Hadinger, RN Lawrence & Memorial Hospital

Annette Hamilton, RN Ledyard Regional VNA

Mary Hess, RN, MS VNA East, Inc.

Garye Jensen, RN, BSN, MA VNA of Southeastern CT, Inc.

Jillene Jensen, RN, BSN VNA East, Inc.

Melanie Jensen, RN, CCRN Lawrence & Memorial Hospital

Carla Jordan, RN The William W. Backus Hospital

Susan Keefe, RN, BSN Masonicare Home Health & Hospice

Cynthia Kovak, RNC, BSN, CMC Connecticut Community Care, Inc.

Linda Kyle, RN, BA The William W. Backus Hospital

Erin Loughery, RN, BSN The William W. Backus Hospital

Shelbye Maynard, RN, BSN, MSN, MBA The William W. Backus Hospital

John J. McNulty, MS, RN, CS University of CT School of Nursing

Janice C. Modon, RN, RCC Mary Elizabeth Nursing Center

Elaine Morrissette, LPN Community Health Center of New London

Kathleen O’Brien, BSN, RN OB-GYN Services, P.C.

Patricia Orce, RN, CRRN Lawrence & Memorial Hospital

Sandra Peterle, RN Lawrence & Memorial Hospital

Charlotte Quigley, RN Hospice Southeastern CT

Lillian Rafeldt, MA, RN, CNE Three Rivers Community College

Nancy Rall, RN, BSN Interim HealthCare of Eastern CT, Inc.

Ashley Rogers, BSN, RN Stonington Institute

Debra Shelton, RN The William W. Backus Hospital

Jill Simmons, RN, BSN Lawrence & Memorial Hospital

Name/Credentials Sponsor Kristen Stehle, RNC, APRN Lawrence & Memorial Hospital

Desmond Talento, RN, BSN The William W. Backus Hospital

Mary Turner, RN, MSN Masonicare Home Health & Hospice

Patricia Ulery, RN Lawrence & Memorial Hospital

Katherine VanGorder, RN VNA of Southeastern CT, Inc.

VISITING NURSE & HOSPICE CARE OF SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT Fairfield County Gala

2009 Nightingale Award Nominees

Genalyn A. Amihan, BSN, RN Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care of SW CT Jane Anderson, RN, BSN Christine Andros, BSN Sandra Anyoha, RN, MSN, MPH Stamford Hospital Helen Backus, RN Greenwich Hospital Catherine Barsanti, RNC Silver Hill Hospital Steven Belmont, RN, CCRN Stamford Hospital Michele Beudert, BSN, BA Stamford Hospital Mugette Boccuzzi, RN Stamford Hospital Eileen Borowiec, RN, BSN Day Bouttaphom, LPN Masonicare at Newtown Nancy Briggs, RNC Danbury Hospital Sophia Brownie-Jarvis, RN St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Behavioral Health Services Mary Ellen Campbell, RN Silver Hill Hospital Jennifer D. Carlan, RN, BSN, CHPN Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care of SW CT Yvette Carp, RN, MSN, CCM Norwalk Hospital Donna Caserta, RN, CRNI St. Vincent’s Medical Center Beverly Caster, RN Silver Hill Hospital Anne Marie Chorobik, RN Maefair Health Care Center Linda Cook, RNC, APRN, MPH Danbury Hospital Naomi Danigoy, RN, BSN Norwalk Hospital Sue Darrow, RN Norwalk Hospital Haydee Davies, LPN Masonicare at Newtown Deirdre Deakin, BSN Danbury Hospital Colleen Dewan, RN, MSN, CCRN Danbury Hospital Anna DiPaola, RN Greenwich Hospital Cathy Donoghue, RN Danbury Hospital Pamela Drolsbaugh, RNC Norwalk Hospital Patricia Duff, RN, BSN Masonicare Home Health & Hospice Sue Evans, RN, CCRN Stamford Hospital Dorleen Fabian, RN Agnes Ferraro, RN Masonicare Home Health & Hospice Sheila Finn, MSN, RN Greenwich Hospital

Oliva C. Flores, BSN, RN-BC Stamford Hospital Kimberly Foito, MSN, RN College of Education & Health Professionals Sandra Garay, RN, ASN, BS St. Vincent’s Medical Center Noeme Magracia Gaynor, RN Greenwich Hospital Deborah Gilbey, MSN, BSN, RN-BC, CRRN St. Vincent’s Medical Center Laura Giovannoli, RN, BS Ridgefield Visiting Nurse Association Donna Gonsalves, RN Bridgeport Hospital Lori Grumell, RN, BSN Stamford Hospital Eden Gutierrez, RN Bridgeport Hospital Sue Handville, RN, MS Silver Hill Hospital Brenda Hunt, RN, BSN Danbury Hospital Cynthia Johnson, RN Silver Hill Hospital Sharon Jordan, RN, CPEN Bridgeport Hospital Katherine Kernstock, RNC, BSN Norwalk Hospital Susan Klemish, LPN Northbridge Health Care Center Victoria (Tori) Knoll, RN, ONC Greenwich Hospital Vincent Kovalik, RN Norwalk Hospital Lori Lake, RN, BSN, OCN Danbury Hospital Marianne Lehane, RNC Ridgefield Visiting Nurse Association Barbara Lieberman, RN Greenwich Hospital Maria LoDebole, RN Greenwich Hospital Melissa Malin, RN Masonicare at Newtown Toni Ann Marcy, RN, BSN Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care of SW CT Ann Marfia, LPN Edgehill Health Center Debbie Margolies, RN Bridgeport Hospital Kathleen P. McAuliffe, RN Vitas Innovative Hospice Care Barbara McConachie, RN, CCRN Bridgeport Hospital Elizabeth McEvoy, RN Norwalk Hospital Claudia McKenzie, RN Connecticut Health of Southport Sheila Moody, RN Bridgeport Hospital Michelle Munoz Valerio, RN, BSN Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care of SW CT Kim Muro, RN, BSN Norwalk Hospital Jennifer Nascimento, RN, BS, CRC St. Vincent’s Medical Center Gloria Nogueras, RN Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care of SW CT Deborah Oestreicher, APRN, PMHCNS-BC St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Behavioral Health Services Karen Palaia, RN, BSN Norwalk Hospital Maria Paul, RN Norwalk Hospital Barbara Pecor, RN Masonicare Home Health & Hospice Marissa Pingol, RN, BSN Bridgeport Hospital Cathy Popowski, RN Bridgeport Hospital Janet Rhodes, RN St. Vincent’s Medical Center Susan Ruscoe, RN Danbury Visiting Nurse Association Leodivina A. Salazar, RN, BSN, CPC Danbury Hospital Pansy Samuel, RN St. Vincent’s Medical Center Diane Schlemmer, LPN Laurel Ridge Health Care Center Gaytri Sharma, RN Norwalk Hospital Tanie Silvestre-Lambino, RN Greenwich Hospital Sue Skoog, RN St. Vincent’s Medical Center Nenita Sollesta, RN, BSN Stamford Hospital Linda Spinetti, RN St. Vincent’s Medical Center Jane Springer, RN Silver Hill Hospital Florence Stephen, RN Norwalk Hospital Anne Stewart, RNC, BSN Ridgefield Visiting Nurse Association

Laura Sutton, RN Connecticut Health of Southport Eileen Sweeney, RN Bridgeport Hospital Pat Syx, RN, OCN St. Vincent’s Medical Center Lindsay Tullo, RN Greenwich Hospital Deborah Valentine, RN, BSN Stamford Hospital Nan Wachen, RN, BSN, MSN Greenwich Hospital Marian Wanderagala, RN St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Behavioral Health Services Dalia White, RNC Danbury Hospital Emma Wittstein, RN, MSN St. Vincent’s Medical Center Elizabeth Wohlfahrt, RN, BSN Danbury Hospital Catherine Wolfe, RN, OCN Danbury Hospital Karen Wood, RNC, BSN Danbury Visiting Nurse Association

VNA HealthCare – Hartford Gala

2009 NIGHTINGALE AWARD NOMINEES

Name/Credentials Sponsor

Lynn Aldrich, RN, BSN, CNOR St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Carol Ali, RN, BSN, WCC Rocky Hill Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center Amy Anderson, RN MidState VNA & Hospice Cindy Babon, RN MidState Medical Center Pamela Bannon, RN Masonicare Partners Home Health and Hospice Iraci Barros, RN, BSN Mary Beth Barry, BSN, MS, APRN, BC University of Connecticut Health Center Emilee Binette, RN, MSN The Hospital of Central Connecticut Kristen Boucher, RN, BSN VNA HealthCare Gene Brazee, RN, BSN Alzheimer's Resource Center of Connecticut Kristen Brillo, RN, BSN St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Sharon Brown, RN, BSN Correctional Managed Health Care Ursula Brown, RN Hebrew Health Care Carol Bucknavage, RN, BS Eastern Connecticut Health Network Ann Burch, RN, BSN Bristol Hospital Rachel Caron-Sekoll, RN, BSN The Hospital of Central Connecticut Dianne Carter, RN, ADN, CHNF, CCHP Correctional Managed Health Care Frances Cerasuolo, LPN The Hospital of Central Connecticut Sheila Citroni, RN, BSN, OCN Eastern Connecticut Health Network Deb Civello, RN Connecticut Children's Medical Center Carol Coelho, RN Eastern Connecticut Health Network Michelle Collier, RN, CEN Eastern Connecticut Health Network Lucie Coolbeth, RN, MS, WHNP-BC Eastern Connecticut Health Network Marilyn Cronin, LPN Hospital for Special Care Sharon Cutler, RN St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Sara Damiano, RN, ADN, BA St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Catherine Denuzzio, RN The Hospital of Central Connecticut Bonnie Desjardins, RN MidState Medical Center Deborah DiTomaso, RN St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Anita Donovan, LPN Correctional Managed Health Care Deborah Dowe, RN, IBCLC St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Ellen Duell, APRN, CCRN, CWOCN, BC St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Patricia Dugger, RN University of Connecticut Health Center

Patricia Dwyer, RN, MSN Saint Mary's Hospital Laurie Ertel , RN Cherry Brook Health Care Center Paula Evelich, RN, BSN, WCC The Hospital of Central Connecticut Kim Ferranti, RN Hebrew Health Care Michele Fraczek, LPN The Hospital of Central Connecticut Beth Fraychak, RN The Hospital of Central Connecticut Susan Gagliardi, RN, BSN Masonicare Partners Home Health and Hospice Madeline Garcia, LPN Glendale Center Mary Lou Geraghty, RN Visiting Nurse and Health Services of Connecticut Luriza Glynn, RN, BSN, CDE University of Connecticut Health Center Nicole Gomez, RN, BSN St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Annette Gorneault, RN, BSN The Hospital of Central Connecticut Linda Groom, RN Connecticut Children's Medical Center Debbie Hallbach , RN, BSN Connecticut Children's Medical Center Sima Harrari, RN St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Marlene Harris, RN, MS Hartford Hospital Anne Hart, RN, BSN, OCN Hartford Hospital Maureen Heckman, RN MidState Medical Center Sue Howell, RN Eastern Connecticut Health Network Anne Howley, RN, BS Hartford Hospital Nancy Hunter, RN, BSN, MSN MidState Medical Center Alicia Jabs, RN, BSN VNA HealthCare Dothlyn Jenkins, LPN Kimberly Hall South Pamela Kamens, RN, IBCLC Bristol Hospital Nancy Kapplan, RN, BSN, HN/BC University of Connecticut Health Center Rita Kessing, RN, MBA, CRNI Professional Home Care Services Kathy King, RN St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Ellen Kraemer, RN, MSN Goodwin College Katharine Kranz-Lewis, RN, MSN, MPH, PhD University of Hartford Judy Kraut, RN, MA Saint Mary's Hospital Karen Larsen, RN Bristol Hospital Ruth Lasota, RN, BSN, CHPN, LMT Visiting Nurse Association of Central Connecticut Viveca Lawson, LPN Bishops Corner Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center Christine Leffler, RN Hartford Hospital Marie LeMay, RN, BSN Connecticut Children's Medical Center Sharon Levesque, RN University of Connecticut Health Center Jan Marie Luksha, RN, BSN Home & Community Health Services Jeanne Magyr, LPN MidState Medical Center Erin Mangan, RN, BSN, CNRN Hartford Hospital Jane Marozzi, RN St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Dawn Marszalek, RN Eastern Connecticut Health Network Melissa Mikulski, RN Hartford Hospital Michelle Miranda, RN Patient Care Elizabeth Monahan, LPN The Hospital of Central Connecticut Alyssa Montauti, RN, BSN The Hospital of Central Connecticut Angel Morales, RN, CGRN Hartford Hospital Kathleen Morgan, RN, BSN Interim HealthCare Carissa Napoli, RN Hartford Hospital Paula O'Neil, RN, BSN, BC The Hospital of Central Connecticut Cecelia Otchere, LPN Salmon Brook Center Marina Parsadanova, RN St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Diane Pospisil, RN Eastern Connecticut Health Network Roxann Robinson, RN, BSN Hartford Hospital Julia Rosa, RN, MSN, EdD Capital Community College Tara Sahno, RN, BSN The Hospital of Central Connecticut Ricardo Salas, LPN Cherry Brook Health Care Center Maria Savko, RN, ADN Correctional Managed Health Care Kathleen Scavetta, RN, ADN, CRRN Hospital for Special Care

Maryanne Senecal, RN, BSN Jefferson House George Smith, RN University of Connecticut Health Center Lucille Spadjinske, RN The Hospital of Central Connecticut Cynthia Szczepanski, LPN Hospital for Special Care Joann Thompson, RN Hartford Hospital Flor Velasco, RN Hartford Hospital Jeanne Walczak, RN, BSN, CPON Connecticut Children's Medical Center Marylouise Welch, RN, PhD Saint Joseph College Laurie Williams, RNC Hartford Hospital Beth Mariah Wojtusik, RN, BS, CPR, PALS, CPI, PMT Hospital for Special Care Roberta Wood, RN, BA Institute of Living Lori Zagaja, RN, BSN, CGRN St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center