Becca Newman MS, RN, CPN Nurse Sensitive Indicator Industry Report Task Force for American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing( AAACN)
Kathie Seerup, MSHA, BSN, RN, NE-BC Southern Colorado Women’ s Chamber( SCWCC), Board Member
Melissa Sorensen BSN, RN, CEN, CSTR, D-ABMDI American Trauma Society, Trauma Registry Course Faculty; Trauma Registry and Data Council Chair, ICD-10 Trauma Coding Course Faculty, Ex-Officio Board Member
Colorado State Department of Public Health, Trauma Site Surveyor
National Association of Medical Examiners, Trauma Committee Member
Lindsey Tarasenko, PhD, MSN, BSN, RN American Statistical Association called ASAGivesBack, Subcommittee Co-Leader
Non-profit: Feel the Beat( FTB), Board Member
Beth Wathen, MSN, RN, CCRN-K American Association of Critical Care Nurses, President
Children’ s Hospital Association, ICU Lead for Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes Collaborative Steering Group
Member of The Joint Commission’ s Resuscitation Standards Review Panel 2020-2021
Anthony Watkins, MSN, RN, NE-BC Colorado Organization of Nurse Leaders, Director at Large
Julie Sweeney, MSN, RN, CPHON Rocky Mountain Association of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Nurses( RMAPHON), an APHON local chapter, President
Senior Leadership Changes
MAY 2021
Andrea Ferretti, MSN, NEA-BC Vice President and Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Network of Care & Care Alliance Partnerships, retired on May 14, 2021.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Lusine Sarkisian, MSN, RN, NE-BC, accepted the position of Vice President and Associate Chief Nursing Officer of Critical Care Services.
2021 PHIL Award winners
Each year, hospitals across the country present the FACES Foundation’ s PHIL Award to outstanding respiratory therapists. The award is the only nationally recognized hospital-based recognition program dedicated to honoring outstanding respiratory therapists, and its winners are united by their exemplary care and treatment for patients with respiratory illnesses.
This year’ s winners:
Tracy Edwards, RRT Respiratory Chronic Care Specialist, Outpatient Respiratory Therapy
Edwards was selected for her outstanding and compassionate work in respiratory chronic care.
Meliza Mathers, BS, RRT, NPS, AE-C Mathers was selected for her outstanding leadership of the respiratory chronic care services team and her positive, unwavering patient care in acute care services.
2021 Nursing & PCS Year in Review