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Judith Leavitt, Anne Manton, Karen Daley, &
Gail Pisarcik Lenehan
immediately after Karen Daley's induction as a Fellow of the
American
Academy of Nursing.
Massachusetts ENA members Gail Pisarcik Lenehan
and Anne Manton
congratulate Karen Daley, an emergency nurse from Massachusetts,
on her
induction as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurses on
November 11,
2006 in Miami. Karen , currently in a doctoral
program at Boston
College , was a staff nurse at the Brigham and
Women's Hospital
Emergency Department in 1999, when she sustained a needlestick
from a
needle infected with HIV and Hepatitis C. As president of
the
Massachusetts Nurses Association, she worked diligently,
using her
state and national network, lectured, and wrote to raise the
national
consciousness about the danger posed by sharps . She was
instrumental
in the passage of national needlestick legislation that
helps to
protect nurses and others to this day. Karen's fellowship
in the
prestigious Academy was sponsored by Gail Pisarcik Lenehan and
Judith
Leavitt. Dr. Barbara Hazard, Dean , and Dr. Barbara
Wolfe, faculty at
Boston College's School of Nursing, Mary Manning, former
Executive
Direector of the MNA, and Karen's sister, and many ANA
colleagues were
also on hand for her induction. Congratulations ,
Karen, for a well
deserved honor!
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Nurses at Norwood Hospital
Caritas Norwood ED staff, pictured from left to
right: Kathy Merrigan, Liz Freitas, Charlotte
Winograd, Kathy Reardon, Stephanie Fisler, Nicki Towne, Tricia
Golden, Dianne Schmack
New pictures updated November 8 2009
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Some of the Massachusetts delegates don their personal protective devices. From left to right; Kay McClain, MA ENA Membership Committee Chair and Beacon Chapter, Gail Lenehan 2010 ENA Secretary/Treasurer, Robin Walsh, Pioneer Valley Chapter, Faye Everson National Nominations Committee member and Mayflower Chapter, Sophia Veinoglou, MA ENA State Council Director and Berkshire Chapter, and Carlene Kincaid MA ENA State Council Treasurer and Bershire Chapter
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Ben Melcovich, Ohio and George O'Neil, Massachusetts - Resolutions Committee
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National ENA President Bill Briggs dons the
personal protective device
that the Massachusetts delegation passed out to the entire
General Assembly
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Colleagues from Connecticut celebrate a successful General Assembly from left to right; Mary Beth Hayes, Bob Flade and E. Marie Wilson
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Congratulating 2010 ENA President Diane Gurney