

Susan Gabriel, BSN, RN, CCRN, of Tower 8D, in March earned her cardiac surgical certification. Sylvia Francis, RN, of Tower 10AB, in May received her BSN from Curry College. Dolinar also recently passed the nurse practitioner boards.

Vlasta Dolinar, MSN, APRN, BC, of Tower 15CD, in May received a master’s of science in nursing from Simmons College. Joanne Dupuis, MS, APRN, BC, CORLN, ONC, CNN, CCRN, Tower 7AB clinical educator, in June received Advanced Burn Life Support certification. Melissa Collins, BSN, RN, of the Operating Room, in June received OR nurse certification.Īngela Derriggs-Walters, RN, and Loretta Pietrzak, RN, both of Tower 14AB, became Med-surg certified in May.īarbara DiTullio, BSN, RN, assistant nurse manager in the Operating Room, in June received her master’s degree in critical and creative thinking from the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Li Chen, RN, and Katie Fitzgerald, RN, both of Tower 14AB, recently became certified as practitioners. Suellen Breakey, RN, cardiac surgery nurse coordinator, in August earned her PhD from Boston College. In July, he became certified as an acute care nurse practitioner.Ĭarin Bennett-Rizzo, MS, APRN-BC, of the Telemetry Nursing Float Pool, in April received certification as an adult nurse practitioner. Mark Hall, BSN, RN, CCRN, in September was named a NIC on Tower 8D.Įdward Arndt, MS, APRN-BC, of the ICU Float Pool, in June received his master’s degree from the University of Massachusetts Graduate School of Nursing. If you or your nurse colleague gains a promotion, earns a new degree or certification or receives an award, please let us know at Posts Each month BWH Nurse recognizes some of these achievements with this column. BWH has the very best nursing staff and is proud of their many achievements.
