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Award
winners at this year’s Nurses’ Week celebration included, front from
left, Nicole Williams, MST, Tammy Brown, RN, Kathryn Dibona, RN, Kelly
Egan, RN. Back row from left, Maureen Smith, RN, Ann Andersen, RN, Dr.
Leland Soto, Ashley D’Agostino, RN, and Mulenga
Chakulanda, RN. / Contributed photo
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DERBY - Griffin Hospital celebrated its nurses with a recent Nurses’ Week luncheon and awards ceremony.
Maureen
Smith, RN, of Beacon Falls, Paulina Jaworski, RN, of Ansonia, and
Kathryn Dibona, RN, of Naugatuck, were
named 2013 Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing winners.
Originally developed by the Visiting Nurse Association of South Central
Connecticut, the Nightingale Award celebrates outstanding nurses and
elevates the nursing profession. The goals of the Nightingale
Award program are to encourage retention, inspire future nurses, focus
public attention and recognize the breadth and scope of nursing practice
at the local level.
Dibona also earned
the hospital’s Outstanding Nurse of the Year Award. The 11-year
employee started working at Griffin Hospital as a member of the
Distribution Department before becoming certified as a Multi
Skilled Technician and then as a Registered Nurse. She is currently a
night-shift nurse on the hospital’s telemetry unit.
In presenting the
award, VP of Patient Services Barbara Stumpo highlighted Dibona’s
compassionate care for her patients, leadership and
dedication to her work, including working almost three straight days
during this winter’s blizzard.
“I have had the
pleasure of watching her emerge as a leader over the past 11 years,”
Stumpo said. “I am extremely proud to have her at Griffin Hospital. Her
energy and compassion for her patients radiates
to the entire staff.”
The celebration
also recognized Dena Sabin, of Shelton, with the PeriOperative Nursing
Excellence in Memory of Marie Santini, RN, and Tammy Brown, RN, of
Naugatuck, with the Obstetric Nursing Excellence
in Memory of Dr. Richard Stivala.
This information is taken from a press release.
HARTFORD - State Rep. Theresa Conroy, D-Seymour, hailed House passage of legislation (HB
5666) that strengthens the state’s human trafficking and prostitution laws.
The musical is set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School. The story follows 10 working-class teen-agers as they navigate the complexities of love.
“We have enhanced and expanded a state program created by the
legislature that has already helped many homeowners stay in their homes
and avoid costly litigation while they
try to work out an agreement with their banks,” Gentile said. 
