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2020 SWPONL Officers & Board of Directors
Chair
Jill Larkin
UPMC, Center of
Nursing Excellence
Past Chair
Jacqueline Collavo
AHN West Penn
Hospital
Chair Elect
Camellia Herisko
UPMC Western
Psychiatric
Secretary/Treasurer
Heather Ambrose
UPMC Presbyterian
Shadyside
At-Large Board Member
Diane Cancilla
UPMC Children’s
Hospital of Pittsburgh
At-Large Board Member
Stacey-Ann Okoth
UPMC Altoona
At-Large Board Member
Lisa Bryan Morris
UPMC Passavant
At-Large Board Member
Beth Savage
UPMC St. Margaret
At-Large Board Member
Lisa Graper
AHN Wexford Hospital
At-Large Board Member
Aimee Skrtich
UPMC
At-Large Board Member
Dawn Klejka
UPMC East,
UPMC McKeesport
At-Large Board Member
Robin Weaver
California University of
Pennsylvania
At-Large Board Member
Lynn Kosar
AHN Forbes Hospital
Emerging Leader
Edward C. Schatz
2020 SWPONL Education Committee
Robin Myers
UPMC Mercy
Lynn Chabalie
UPMC Children’s
Hospital of Pittsburgh
Michele Prior
AHN Allegheny
General Hospital
Christle Critchlow
Butler Memorial Hospital
Deborah Schweitzer
UPMC Presbyterian
Shadyside Hospital
Regina Davin
Washington Health
System
Louise Dobbins
AHN Allegheny
General Hospital
Aimee Skrtich
UPMC
Chair
Dawn Klejka
UPMC East,
UPMC McKeesport
Robin Weaver
California University
of Pennsylvania
Laura Lincoln
AHN Allegheny
General Hospital
Rebecca Weiss
UPMC ShadysideSharon Undereiner
UPMC Passavant
Laura Fennimore
University of Pittsburgh
2020 SWPONL Membership Committee
Chair
Michele Carlson
UPMC Children’s
Hospital of Pittsburgh
Robin Lovelace
AHN Allegheny
General Hospital
Amy Bridgman
UPMC Children’s
Hospital of Pittsburgh
Sarah Sakaluk
UPMC Passavant
Jennifer Shoup
UPMC Health Plan
Shelley Watters
UPMC Presbyterian
Shadyside
Lauren Gorman
UPMC Magee-
Womens Hospital
Susan Gallant
UPMC Health Plan
Diane Cancilla
UPMC Children’s
Hospital of Pittsburgh
40th Anniversary SWPONL Conference #SWPONL40
SWPONL Membership
Current Membership in SWPONL – 230 Active Members
With members representing hospitals, institutions and campuses across the Southwestern area.
Thank you for your participation in SWPONL.
SWPONL Poster Winners – Education and Innovation
First PlaceT A New Era for Cerebral Angiograms: TransRadial (TR) Approach in Neurointerventional Radiology (NIR) Taylor Gasparovic, Pamela Spigelmyer
Second Place2019 Summer Nurse Externship From Externship to Employment: Stitching Up a Successful Recruitment for the Future of NursingTracey Young, Sarah Frank, Ngocthanh Ho, Kyra Savrese, Alexis Oakes; Taylor Irons, Morgan Bittinger, Mandi Paronish
Third PlaceUsing Simulation And TeamSTEPPS To Enhance Leadership Skills In An Undergraduate Nursing Leadership CourseMary Kay Loughran and Pamela Spigelmyer
SWPONL Poster Winners – Nursing Leadership
First Place
Caring For Our Caregivers
Heather Strope, Karen Bray
Second Place
Turning The Tide: Applying A Deep Dive Into Hospital Cleanliness Scores
Susan Simms, Patrick Cassese and Mary Ann Raible
Third Place
The Nurse Leader Residency Program: Developing and Promoting Our Future Nurse Leaders
Sherri Jones, Sharon Hanchett and Amy McLaughlin
SWPONL Poster Winners – Quality and Safety
First Place
Reducing Hospital Readmissions Through Post-discharge Phone Calls for Post-operative
Otolaryngology Patients
Darlene Lovasik, Colleen Cochenour, Cheryl Kleer, Elizabeth Ciardi, Carol Scholle, and Eric Wang
Second Place
Leading Future Nursing Practice with a Proactive IV Rounding Model to Decrease CLABSI
Sherri Jones, Lisa Donahue, Timothy Herzer, Michaele Kennedy and Jane Yutzy
Third Place
Nurse Navigator Enhances Retention Of Patients Post Positive Breast Biopsy
Sheila Farina, Denise Addis, Beth Janoski, and Jamie Varsafsky
Celebrating the
Year of the Nurse
During Nurse’s Week in May, SWPONL member Jackie Kwasniewski
sang during the Nurse’s Week DAISY award celebration. She sang the
song “Rainbow” by Kasey Musgraves. The words were very fitting for
the pandemic and for Nurses Week.
Lyrics
When it rain it pours but you didn't even notice
It ain't rainin' anymore, it's hard to breathe when all you know is
The struggle of staying above, the rising water line
Well the sky is finally open, the rain and wind stopped blowin'
But you're stuck out in the same old storm again
You hold tight to your umbrella, well, darlin' I'm just tryin' to tell ya
That there's always been a rainbow hangin' over your head
If you could see what I see, you'd be blinded by the colours
Yellow, red and orange and green, and at least a million others
So tie up the bow, take off your coat and take a look around
'Cause the sky is finally open, the rain and wind stopped blown'
But you're stuck out in the same old storm again
You hold tight to your umbrella, well, darlin'…
A SWOPNL member who has gone above and beyond: Jenn Shouphas gone above and beyond volunteering to receive COVID calls from the community during two periods of high volume. Initially, when we were first asked to shelter in place and then again in July when call volumes skyrocketed. She did this in addition to performing her regular responsibilities as the manager of the Clinical Education team.
Jenn and other nurses at UPMC Health Plan responded to any and all members of the community who had COVID-related questions, providing CDC-approved guidance in very scary and uncertain times.
Kathleen Morouse, DNP, is an Assistant Professor for California
University of Pennsylvania. Kathleen has 39 plus years of
experience as a bedside nurse and informatics nurse. She
recently transitioned full-time to nursing academia in fall 2019. In
addition to working at CalU, Kathleen is a volunteer for hospice.
When Covid-19 disrupted home visits, she continued to connect
with her patients and families via phone and text messages.
Additionally, she demonstrated her dedication to community
service by volunteering to collect Covid-19 Specimens one to two
days a week. Truly a nurse hero.
The arrival of the COVID virus placed unprecedented demands on
every hospital in the United States. At Allegheny General Hospital
the impact was intense. The surge planning team was challenged to
emergently create a COVID unit - location, equipment, staffing and a
management plan to be fully operational in an instant. Angela
Brown is the manager of our surgical intensive care unit; however
she quickly volunteered to lead this team. With the cessation of
elective surgeries, the post anesthesia recovery room was identified
as the initial unit to house a surge of the COVID patients. Angela
brought a team of volunteer critical care nurses together to provide
staffing to the area. She created an orientation that included
education, equipment set-up, staff scheduling and was able to
trouble shoot all the surprises that came her way! Angela’s
leadership enabled us to successfully meet the challenge at hand!
Shannon has a bright outlook on life and is always smiling. These days, her smile
radiates through the mask that she wears. Shannon was the first and only nurse to
contract COVID in our unit. She spent two weeks at home but kept us all informed of
how she was doing via social media. Her first day back, she requested to be placed on
the COVID unit and is there almost every one of her shifts. She recently was asked to
share her COVID story on Highmark’s Confronting COVID 19 podcast and also invited
by the Pittsburgh Pirates to participate in their “Virtual Opening Day Party” on AT&T
SportsNet as part of their “PNC Park Hero Zoom Audience”. She chose to sit the latter
out and asked if she could extend this invite to a few of her coworkers, of which she
did. After her recovery and waiting a month, Shannon tested positive for COVID
antibodies and has donated on several occasions since.
If Shannon had a superpower, it would be “true sincerity” She is so sincere in every
aspect of her being. Her sincerity shows in her ability to console a patient with her soft
voice, in the way she cares about her fellow workers by putting them first, and her
willingness to give of herself to help others. Shannon was one of the nurses who
refused to let me work on the COVID side because she felt that I was too high of a risk
and she cared about me.
Nurses are courageous, selfless, compassionate, hardworking, dedicated, advocates
for their patients and sincere. Shannon Tully certainly depicts the definition of an
outstanding nurse. She is truly a Hero.
Early this spring, Shawn Vietmeier was promoted to Director,
Hospital Operations, within the nursing division at Allegheny
General Hospital. Shawn’s area of responsibility includes patient
placement, per diem pool, staffing office – with the mission of
patient throughput for the hospital.
Shawn was working through his orientation when suddenly Covid
hit! Normal daily activities stopped and the focus turned to
managing the ever changing environment and challenges of
planning for the unknown. Shawn never flinched – he provided
leadership to the division and successfully managed the chaos of
the day – always calm, always professional! Allegheny General
Hospital thanks Shawn for his leadership and commitment to providing high quality care to our patients.
Congratulations to our Grand Prize Raffle Winner!Michelle DeFabio
Thank you to Nemacolin Woodlands Resort
for this generous donation of a two night stay.
Including tax and resort fees, this prize is valued over $1,000!