Nursing at Saint Anne's Hospital
Letter from Saint Anne's Hospital's Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nursing Officer
Dear Colleagues,
Welcome to the Saint Anne’s Hospital nursing web page. On behalf of all of our nurses, I am honored to introduce you to our rich tradition of caring and compassion. The Dominican Sisters of the Presentation founded Saint Anne’s Hospital in 1906. Our nurses have served our patients, families and community for over a century.
Nurses at Saint Anne’s Hospital promote a professional practice environment that is empowering, autonomous, supportive and respectful. Through shared governance, interdisciplinary collaboration, evidence-based practice and professional development, we are committed to quality care that is efficient, safe, and patient and family centered.
Thank you for visiting our web page and your interest in nursing at Saint Anne’s Hospital. If you would like more information about our services or career opportunities, please contact us, or visit our Careers page.
Sincerely,
Carole Billington, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Nursing Philosophy
Created by the Saint Anne's Hospital Nursing Practice Council
Embracing the mission of charity and compassion of the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation, we the nurses, as part of the Saint Anne's Hospital family, are committed to providing accessible, individualized, quality care to all within our culturally diverse community. As a profession, we the nurses, wholeheartedly embrace and integrate Jean Watson’s Caring Science Theory in our practice.
Utilizing Caring Science, we recognize the patient as a human being who has dignity, worth and the right to quality and competent nursing care. The nursing process is implemented using a multidisciplinary team approach based on a mutual trust. We provide individualized care, which includes knowing the patient and the patient’s perception of his/her health/illness experience, with the intention to meet the unique needs of each person. We strive to work in collaboration to seek and achieve excellence in holistic nursing care.
Our nursing practice involves engagement with the patient and loved ones to provide teaching, counseling, physical care and comfort. We, as nurses, are compelled to act on our patients’ behalf regarding ethical and moral issues. We are empowered to use our advocacy skills to foster participation of patients and their loved ones in goal setting and the decision making process.
We created a professional recognition program, adopting the Patricia Benner Model, from novice to expert, where each nurse can reach a level of clinical expertise through lifelong learning. We also recognize the caring practices surrounding the use of Caring Science Theory. Our excellence in nursing practice at Saint Anne's Hospital is enhanced by each nurse's commitment to professional growth and educational development.
Nursing Theory: Watson's Caring Science
In 1979, Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, developed and published her work on Caring Science, which identified nursing as distinctive from medical science, encompassing a different epistemology. Her theory promotes nursing as rooted in human science with an emphasis on relationships that transcend time and space. Human freedom and choice, holism, and evidence based practice reflecting experience, intuition, ethics, and science are fundamental. Spirituality, deep respect for life and death, and patient centeredness are highly valued.
Nurses at Saint Anne’s Hospital are guided by Watson’s Theory of Caring Science, which begins as a process of openness to self and others that embraces mercy, gentleness, compassion and equanimity. We are committed to sustaining human dignity and wholeness within the scope of suffering through human interactions, patient centeredness and intentional caring actions.
Nursing Practice Council: Purpose and Goals
Saint Anne’s Hospital nursing practice council stated purpose and goals are to:
- Promote a positive work environment throughout the organization through teamwork and recognition.
- Foster a spirit of inquiry regarding clinical practice and promote an evidence-based practice model of care.
- Identify opportunities for performance improvement, quality and safety initiatives and integrate them into professional practice.
- Make recommendations regarding resource management.
- Develop, promote and monitor nursing practice standards throughout the organization.
- Enhance community relations through education and service.
- Recommend and promote educational programs including clinical and leadership development and involvement in professional organizations.
- Promote nursing practice recognition and nursing awards.
- Develop strategies to achieve and maintain magnet status.
Awards
Nurse of Distinction Award and Chief Nursing Officer Leadership Award
Saint Anne’s Hospital's Nursing Practice Council sponsors an annual Nurse of Distinction Award. An RN or LPN with a minimum of one year of service at Saint Anne's Hospital in any department or clinical practice area may be nominated. Criteria include specific examples of how the individual exhibits or impacts the Steward standards of behavior of compassion, accountability, respect, excellence, and stewardship, as well as how the individual exhibits or impacts patient-centered nursing care.
Nurse of Distinction Award
2023: Henry Lee, MSN, RN, Sacred Heart Unit
2022: Erin Geary, BSN, RN, St. James Unit
2021: Elizabeth Levesque, BS, RN, CCRN, St. Jude Intensive Care Unit
2020: Jessica Campbell, RN, Emergency Department
2019: India Bowman-Tirado, BSN, RN, St. Catherine Unit, and Julianne Souza, MSN, RN, CAPA, CPAN, Professional Development
2018: Michelle Gifford, BSN, RN, St. Catherine Unit
2017: Laura Eckert, BSN, CCRN, St. Jude Intensive Care Unit
2016: Ashley Silva, BSN, RN, PCCN, Sacred Heart Unit
2015: Kristina Amaral, BSN, RN, CEN, SANE, Emergency Department
2014: Joyce Cadorette, BSN, RN, CAPA, CPAN, Post Anesthesia Care Unit
2013: Jocelyn Berube, BSN, RN, St. Dominic Unit
2012: Heather Czaja, BSN, RN, Robert F. Stoico/FIRSTFED Center for Breast Care
2011: Jo-Ann Hawes, CMSRN, Staff Nurse, St. Mary’s Unit
2010: Susan Caron, BA, RN-BC, CAPA, CPAN, Day Surgery/PACU Staff Nurse
2009: Clara Reagan, BSN, RN, OCN, Staff Nurse, St. Dominic Unit
2008: Jane Hoyle, BS, RN, CCRN, Staff Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Chief Nursing Officer Leadership Award
2023: Lena Gomes, MSN, RN, CMSRN, St. Mary Unit
2022: Melissa Mayes, MSN, RN, CWCN, Inpatient Wound Ostomy Care
2021: Christine Santos, BSN, RN, CNML, St. James Unit/Transport, and Angela Stanton, BSN, RN, St. Catherine Unit
2020: Susan Ribeiro, BSN, RN, Ambulatory Surgery Center, Dartmouth
2019: Margaret Pfeiffer, MSN, RN, PMHCNS, Geriatric Psychiatry
2018: Jennifer Martin, BSN, RN, Nursing Administration
2017: Maryellen Simmons, BSN, RN-BC, Pain Management
2016: Kathy Finn, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, Professional Practice, Research and Development
2015: Kristine Walker, MS, RN-BC, NE-BC, Ambulatory Services
2014: Lisa DeMello, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, Nursing Administration
2013: Teresa Ferreira, MSN, ANP, Millview Medical Associates
Partners in Care and Excellence in Collaboration
Saint Anne’s Hospital’s Professional Practice Council sponsors additional awards that recognize the contributions of colleagues in other disciplines. Both honor individuals' contributions that reflect the Steward standards of behavior of compassion, accountability, respect, excellence, and stewardship, as well as exceptional patient- and family-centered care.
Partners in Care Award
The Partners in Care Award recognizes the contributions of a person in a support role, such as a certified nursing assistant, medical assistant, technician, housekeeper, or transporter. Those recognized to date include:
2023: Jennica Clohecy, Food and Nutrition
2022: Richard Raposa, Sacred Heart Unit
2021: Kellie Barbosa, Surgical Services
2020: Christie Ebbesen, St. Mary Unit
2019: Alex Ourique, Food and Nutrition
2018: Jeremy Servant, St. Mary Unit
2017: Anabela Corga, St. Nicholas Unit
2016: Madeline Camara, St. Mary Unit
2015: Ana Torres, Environmental Services
2014: Mary Fournier, St. Jude Intensive Care Unit
2013: Donna Ramos, Environmental Services
2012: Carl Gray, Patient Transport
Excellence in Collaboration Award
The Excellence in Collaboration award recognizes a person in a clinical professional role, such as rehabilitation specialist, chaplain, dietitian, social worker, interpreter, etc. Those recognized to date are:
2023: Paul Foster, Financial Counselor, Oncology
2022: Alex Pereira, RRT, Respiratory Therapy
2021: Emily Costa, BS, RT(N), CNMT, Nuclear Medicine
2020: Carol Wilcox, RN, Case Management
2019: Alyssa Arruda, OTR/L, Rehabilitation Services
2018: Rebecca Ober, MSW, LICSW, Case Management and Social Work Services
2017: Donna Gelinas, PT, Rehabilitation Services
2016: Tarra Phelan, OTR/L, Geriatric Psychiatry Program, New England Sinai Hospital
2015: Brittany Lynch, MSW, LICSW, Case Management and Social Work Services
2014: Marika Hull, M.Div., BCC, Spiritual Care