Additional Recognition

Commitment!

Courage!

Danielle Liddle, BSN, RN (DNP student) CNRV The Birthplace Reduction in 1st Birth C-Sections

Danielle Liddle, a nurse and educator at The Birthplace at CNRVMC, lead a nursing team to help reduce 1st birth c-section rates. Through several nurse-driven interventions, the unit realized a significant reduction in first birth c-sections. Danielle’s project was chosen to present at the

Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses’ national conference and will be published in the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing (JOGNN). Excellent Work Danielle!

Kristy Massey, BSN, RN, CCRN-CSC Unit Director - CRMH CSICU Recognized by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses for “Promoting Excellence at the National Level”

(As submitted by Sandy Sayre on the Wow Wall)

Kristy is well known and respected by her colleagues as the Unit Director for the Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit at CRMH. But now the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) has also recognized Kristy’s talent, recruiting her to work on projects that impact the future of critical care nursing related to knowledge base, empowerment, and excellence. The AACN have asked her help with: • Poster Presentation Abstract Reviewer for the 2022 National Teaching

Institute (NTI) typically attended by 5,000+ critical care nurses annually. • NTI recorded sessions review panel- live presentations from NTI are recorded and placed on AACN’s CE website. Kristy reviews for continuation or archives. • Cardiac Surgery Certification (CSC) Lead Subject Matter Expert for the newest version of the exam, released in January 2022. Ten question writers submitted questions to Kristy for content review/editing. Kristy reviewed and edited >250 questions for content/current practice for the newest version of the exam in addition to authoring several items. • ECMO micro credential (this is a new exam/micro credential offered through

AACN later this year or early 2023). Kristy will serve as subject matter expert. • Beacon Application Reviewer – this is an AACN Award process for critical care units. Kristy will be on a team of application reviewers and will perform the initial application review.

Compassion!

Phyllis Whitehead, PhD, APRN/CNS, ACHPN, PMGT-BC, FNAP, FAAN CRMH Clinical Ethicist/CNS Palliative Care/Moral Distress President, National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists

Phyllis has been elected the President of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists. She is a clinical ethicist and clinical nurse specialist at CRMH Palliative Care Service and Associate Professor at the Virginia Tech School of Medicine. She is certified in pain management and as an advanced practice hospice and palliative care nurse. Phyllis has done numerous presentations on pain and symptom management, opioid induced sedation, moral distress, and patients’ end of life preferences locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. She is also President of the Virginia Foundation of Nurses. She is a founding member and Board of Director member of the Virginia Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists.

Commitment!

Nancy Howell Agee, President & CEO, Carilion Clinic Virginia Business Magazine - 50 Most Influential Virginians 2022

Congratulations to Carilion President and CEO Nancy Howell Agee who was once again recognized in Virginia Business magazine’s list of “50 Most Influential Virginians” in 2022. This annual list includes representatives from

Virginia’s businesses, non-profits media, state government and higher education. She leads a non-profit health system Carilion Clinic, which serves more than 1 million people in Virginia and West Virginia and is

Roanoke Valley’s largest employer. In January, Ms. Agee was picked to serve on Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s medical advisory team, which is briefing him on the pandemic. Also, in July 2021, work started on the $15 million renovation of Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital, and in October 2021,

Carilion opened a new hub for children’s services at Tanglewood Mall.

The health system is also raising $100 millon for a new cancer center.

Over the next 7 years, Carilion will invest more than $1 billion through expansions and modernizations of its buildings, including a 500,000 square foot expansion of Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.