Mount Sinai Nurses Honored by The New York Times for Extraordinary Efforts
Nurses play a critical role in patient care, and the New York Times is raising awareness of this role by recognizing their contributions through its annual “Tribute to Nurses” awards. This year, Mount Sinai Health System nurses have been honored for their extraordinary achievements in three out of six categories and will be featured in a special advertising section in the December 7 New York Times Magazine.
Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU), The Mount Sinai Hospital, Award Winner in the Team Category
The MICU nursing team recognized for their immediate and unified response to care for a patient who was New York City’s first patient with a potential diagnosis of Ebola virus this August. The collaboration between the nurses and physicians ensured the patient received highest level of care in a secure and comfortable environment.
Janet Mackin, EdD, RN, Dean, Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing, Award Winner in the Leadership Category
Dr. Janet Mackin is recognized for her 14 years of service and leadership in educating future nurses at the Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel. Her accomplishments include creating an RN-BSN program in 2014. She is a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, and member of the American Nurses Association, the New York Organization of Nurse Executives, and the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities.
Robert (Robbie) Freeman, MSN, RN-BC, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Award Winner in the Technological Innovations Category
Robbie Freeman is recognized for developing an app, Nurse-Net, which provides nurses and nursing students three interactive tools – a News Reader that aggregates news articles sorted by for nurses to stay current with the latest research and trends; Abbreviation Assistant with a database of more than 100,000 medical abbreviations; and Credential Assistant which provides a list of nursing credentials and their associated initials. More recently, Mr. Freeman has created an app that improves patient safety and communication during shift changes between nurses.
About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the nation’s leading integrated academic health systems and one of the largest in the New York metropolitan area. Its comprehensive system includes seven hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, over 600 research and clinical laboratories, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and the Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing. Together, the Health System comprises approximately 48,000 employees, more than 9,000 physicians, and 8,600 nurses.
As a leading learning health system, Mount Sinai combines clinical expertise with scientific discovery to improve patient care while training the next generation of health care and biomedical leaders. The Health System provides care across every stage of life, from prenatal care through geriatrics, while advancing personalized medicine through artificial intelligence, data science, and biomedical research.
Mount Sinai is consistently recognized among the nation’s leading academic health systems for patient care, research, and education. The Mount Sinai Hospital is ranked No. 1 in New York by Newsweek and No. 5 on the magazine’s World’s Best Hospitals list. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ranks No. 11 among U.S. medical schools and No. 1 among freestanding medical schools for National Institutes of Health funding, reflecting the strength of its scientific enterprise and leadership in biomedical research.
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