2009 Nurses Recognition Week

Introduction

Excellence Awards Recipients

	Proclamation of " Nurses Week" in NYC		HHC Celebration of National Nurses Week
	To Our Nursing Staff		Executive Nursing Leadership
	2009 Nursing Excellence Program

Proclamation of Nurses Week

To Our Nursing Staff

Executive Nursing Leadership

Moftia Aujero, RN, MA Deputy Executive Director Bellevue Hospital Center	Laureen Goodridge, RN, MA Chief Nurse/Network Director of Nursing Harlem Hospital Center
Marie Ankner, RN, MS, NEA-BC Assistant Vice President Nursing Corporate Nursing Services	Edmund Pajarillo, RN BC, PhD, CPHQ, NEA-BC Deputy Executive Director Chief Nurse Executive Health & Home Care
Vicky Holman, RNC, MBA Deputy Director Corporate Nursing Services	Denise Soares, RN, MA Deputy Executive Director Chief Nurse Executive Jacobi Medical Center/NCB
Leah Matias, RN, BSN, MS, LNHA Associate Executive Director, Chief Nurse Executive Coler♥ Goldwater Specialty Hospital & Nursing Facility	Pearl John-Stiell, RN, MA, CNA Deputy Executive Director, Patient Care Service Kings County Hospital Center
Terry Mancher, RN, MSA, CNA Chief Nurse Executive Deputy Executive Director Coney Island Hospital	Patricia Cahill, RN, MPA Senior Deputy Director Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center
Zoe Kollaras, RN, MS Director, Nursing Correctional Health Services	Valerie Henriques, RN, M.Ed., MA Deputy Executive Director Metropolitan Hospital Center
Jacqueline Brown, RN Senior Associate Director, Nursing Cumberland D&TC	Paulette McCullough, RN, MPA Senior Associate Executive Director Morrisania, Renaissance, Segundo Ruiz Belvis D&TC
Jacqueline Horsford, RN, MSA Director, Nursing Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Nursing & Rehabilitation Center	Joan Gabriele, RN, MA Deputy Executive Director Patient Care Services Queens Hospital Center
Patricia Hinds, RN Senior Associate Director, Nursing East New York D&TC	Carole Morgan, RN, MPA Director, Nursing Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center & Home
Joann B. Gull, RN, MSN Deputy Executive Director Chief Nursing Officer Elmhurst Hospital Center	Barbara Lowe, RN, MPH Senior Executive Director Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center
Sheila Darbouze, RN, BSN, CDONA-LTC Director of Nursing, Skilled Nursing Facility Gouverneur HealthCare Services	Geraldine Cresci, RN, MBA Director of Nursing, D&TC Gouverneur Healthcare Services

2009 Nursing Excellence Program

New York City Health Hospitals Corporation

2009 Nursing Recognition Awards

Kings County Hospital Center

8:30 AM	*Refreshments & Registration*
9:00 AM	*Welcome*	Antonio Martin Executive Director, Kings County Senior Vice President Central Brooklyn Health Network
	*Greetings*	Pearl John Stiell, RN Deputy Executive Director, Patient Care Services
	*Mayoral Proclamation*	Wilma Dela Cruz, RN, MA Recruitment, Retention, Engagement Specialist
9:15 AM	*Keynote Address*	Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN Professor Emerita & Director Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing New York University College of Nursing
10:30 AM	Recognition Awards: — Excellence in Nursing Care of the Older Population
11:00 AM	*Building A Healthy America Through Self-Care, Quality & Safety*	Elizabeth Gerdts, RN, MS Director of Nursing Patient Safety Officer North Central Bronx Hospital
12:00 PM	*Achievements*	Vicky Holman, RNC, MBA Deputy Director, Nursing Services
12:30 PM	Lunch — Poster Presentations
2:00 PM	*Greetings*	Alan D. Aviles, President Ramanthan Raju, MD, FACS, MBA Executive Vice President/ Corporate Chief Medical Officer
	*Awards Ceremony*	Marie Ankner, RN, MS, NEA-BC Josephine Bolus, MS, RN, CPN, APRN-BC HHC Board Member
4:00 PM	Closing — Evaluation, Certificate Distribution