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2023 - 2024 Committee Members

Committee Role 2023 - 2024 Term
Chair Elizabeth Holbert (Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
Co-Chair Deborah Gardiner (Thomas Jefferson)
Director Member Lindsey Ford (Geisinger Medical)
Coordinator Member- West Region Amy Popp & Delancy Zeller (UPMC of Central PA)
Coordinator Member- East Region Christina Piroso (CHOP)
Coordinator Member- Central Region Katy Armas (Tower Health)
New to Vizient Member Cindy Liberi & Lisa Sheehan (UPMC)
Networking Lead Janice Gibson (Jefferson Health, Northeast)
Academic Partner Brianna Blackburn (Penn State College of Nursing)
PA-AC Director Jenny Gimbel
PA-AC Senior Manager Zaharaa Davood
PA-AC Director of Nursing Professional Advancement Amy Ricords
PA-AC Public Health Project Coordinator Jilian Bohn
PA-AC Public Health Project Coordinator Namaijah Faison

2022 - 2023 Committee Members

 

2022 - 2023 Committee Members

Committee Role 2022 - 2023 Term
Chair Tiffany Conlin (UPMC Presbyterian)
Co-Chair Elizabeth Holbert (Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
Past Chair Jeanette Palermo (Thomas Jefferson)
Director Member Lindsey Ford (Geisinger Medical)
System Coordinator Member Teddi Porter (Excela)
Coordinator Member Cathy Witsberger (UPMC Presbyterian)
New to Vizient Member Cindy Liberi (UPMC)
Networking Lead Janice Gibson (Jefferson Health, Northeast)
Academic Partner Brianna Blackburn (Penn State College of Nursing)
Nurse Resident Lead Lydia Kim (Penn Presbyterian Medical Center)
PA-AC Director Jenny Gimbel
PA-AC Director of Nursing Professional Advancement Amy Ricords
PA-AC Senior Manager Zaharaa Davood

2021 - 2022 Committee Members

 

2021 - 2022 Committee Members

Committee Role 2021-2022 Term
Chair Jeanette Palermo (Thomas Jefferson)
Co-Chair Lois Scipione (Temple)
Past Chair Kelly Gallagher (Penn Medicine)
Director Member Lindsey Ford (Geisinger Medical)
System Coordinator Member Elizabeth Holbert (Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
Coordinator Member Cathy Witsberger (UPMC Presbyterian)
New to Vizient Member Ashley Iannazzo (UPMC)
Networking Lead (East) Janice Gibson (Jefferson Health, Northeast )
Networking Lead (Western) Tiffany Conlin (UPMC Presbyterian)
Academic Partner Jennifer Barton (Penn State College of Nursing)
Nurse Resident Lead Lydia Kim (Penn Presbyterian Medical Center)
PA- AC Senior Manager Jenny Gimbel
PA-AC Director of Nursing Professional Advancement Amy Ricords
PA-AC Manager Zaharaa Davood

2020 - 2021 Committee Members

 

2020 - 2021 Committee Members

Committee Role 2020 - 2021 Term
Chair Denise Ratkiewicz (Allegheny)
Co-Chair Jeanette Palermo (Thomas Jefferson)
Past Chair Kelly Gallagher (Penn Medicine)
Director Member Lindsey Ford (Geisinger Medical)
System Coordinator Member Elizabeth Holbert (Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
Coordinator Member Cathy Levonian (Thomas Jefferson)
New to Vizient Member Ashley Iannazzo (UPMC)
Networking Lead Lois Scipione (Temple)
Academic Partner Jennifer Barton (Penn State College of Nursing)
Nurse Resident Lead Lydia Kim (Penn Presbyterian Medical Center)
PA-AC Executive Director Sarah Hexem
PA- AC Manager Jenny Horn
PA-AC Director of Nursing Professional Advancement Amy Ricords
PA-AC Coordinator Zaharaa Davood

2018 - 2019 Committee Members

 

2019 - 2020 Committee Members

Committee Role 2019 - 2020 Term
Chair Kelly Gallagher (Penn Medicine)
Co-Chair Denise Ratkiewicz (Allegheny)
Director Member Lindsey Ford (Geisinger Medical)
System Coordinator Member Brianna Blackburn (Pinnacle)
Coordinator Member Cathy Levonian (Thomas Jefferson)
New to Vizient Member Jill Larkin (UPMC)
Networking Lead Lois Scipione (Temple)
Academic Partner Jennifer Barton (Penn State College of Nursing)
Nurse Resident Lead Lydia Kim (Penn Presbyterian Medical Center)

2018 - 2019 Committee Members

 

2018 - 2019 Committee Members

Committee Role 2018 - 2019 Term
Chair Kelly Gallagher (Penn Medicine)
Co-Chair Denise Ratkiewicz (Allegheny)
Director Member Ann Rollman (Reading Hospital)
System Coordinator Member Brianna Blackburn (Pinnacle)
Coordinator Member Cathy Levonian (Thomas Jefferson)
New to Vizient Member Jill Larkin (UPMC)
Networking Lead Cathy Griffin (St. Luke’s University Health Network)
Academic Partner Jennifer Barton (Penn State College of Nursing)
Nurse Resident Lead Lydia Kim (Penn Presbyterian Medical Center)
PA-AC Executive Director Sarah Hexem
PA- AC Manager Jenny Horn
PA-AC Director of Nursing Education Advancement Amy Ricords
PA-AC Coordinator Zaharaa Davood
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2017 - 2018 Committee Members

 

2017 - 2018 Committee Members

Committee Role 2017 - 2018 Term
Chair Amy Ricords (Hershey)
Co-Chair/Director Member Cindy Cappel (Lehigh Valley)
Systems Coordinator Kelly Gallagher (Penn)
Coordinator Member Cathy Levonian (Jefferson)
New-to-Vizient Member Denise Petras (UPMC)
Networking Lead Cathy Griffin (St. Luke’s)
Academic Partner Jennifer Barton (Penn State)
Nurse Resident Lead Lydia Kim (Presbyterian)
PA-AC Director Sarah Hexem
PA-NRC Coordinator Jenny Horn
Feb 25, 2019

PA-NRC Materials

2024 Quarterly Meetings

Summer Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - June 14, 2024

Theme: In Case You Missed It: Vizient National Conference, the PA Version

Presentations included: 

  • Journey Towards Reaccreditation presented by Deborah Gardiner MSN, RN CCCTM (Thomas Jefferson Hospital)
  • Transitions, It’s Not Just for New Grads presented by Caylee Wolf, MSN, RN, CCRN, Elise Turnbach, MSN, RN, CEN, Bianca Innaurato , MSN, RN (Penn Medicine)
  • Reanimate Reflections presented by Nurse Residency Coordinators Amy Popp, BSN, RN, OCN and Delancy Zeller, MSN, RN, NPD-BC (UPMC Harrisburg, Community, West Shore, & Lititz)
  • Addressing Absenteeism: Two Programs Stories presented by Liz Holbert, MSN, RN (Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center) and Lois J. Book, EdD, MS, BSN, NPD-BC (Tampa General Hospital)

Rapid Fire: Coordinator Poster Presentations:

  • Policy Palooza presented by Anita Baldoni, Anita Baldoni MSN, RN, NPD-BC and Jennifer Heard, BSN, RN (Geisinger)
  • Standardizing Nurse Residency Within a Large Health System presented by Lisa Sheehan, MSN, RN, VA-BC (UPMC)
  • Reducing Door to CT Time for Stroke Patients presented by Dakoha Zelinsky , ADN, RN (Lehigh Valley Health Network)

Rapid Fire: Resident EBP Project Presentations: 

  • Reducing Door to CT Time for Stroke Patients presented by Dakoha Zelinsky , ADN, RN (Lehigh Valley Health Network)
  • Supply Chain: Lean Principle Effects on Nursing Productivity presented by Lauren Blemings, BSN, RN, Emily Carroll, BSN, RN and Michelle Deodati, BSN, RN (Main Line Health)
  • Palliative Care in the ICU presented by Lauren DeSanctis BSN, RN, CCRN (Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals)
  • It Takes A Village: Interdisciplinary Delirium Prevention in Post-op Patients presented by KC Miller BSN, RN, Raquisha Lambright BSN, RN, and Caylee Wolf, MSN, RN , CCRN

Spring Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - April 19, 2024

Theme: Saying the Right Thing is NOT Easy: How to Handle the Tough Situations 

Presentations included: 

  • Trauma-Informed Care presented by UPMC Central PA: Trauma-Informed Steering Committee, Lauren Brandon, LCSW, LMSW and Drew Krantz, PsyD, LPC, NCC, CATP
  • Stress First Aid: Caring for Ourselves and Each Other presented by Laura Ramsey & Kelly Fuddy, Staff Care Chaplains, Dept. of Pastoral Services, Penn State Hershey Medical Center
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Winter Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - January 26, 2024

Presentations included: 

  • Historical Look at How the New Graduate Nurse has Changed presented by Andrew Capalong MSN, RN, System Director of Workforce Development, Geisinger
  • Academic Accommodations: A Decade of Changes Panel
Panelist School of Nursing Type of Program
Rebecca Stoudt DNP, PhD, CRNA Associate Dean, Nursing Student Education Geisinger College of Health Sciences AD
Dr. Mary Jean Osborne, RN Nursing Program Director, Northampton Community College AD
Brianna N. Blackburn, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CNE Instructor of Nursing/PhD Candidate
The Pennsylvania State University
Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
BSN
Cynthia L. Donell, MSN, RN Department Chair, Nursing 
Professor, Nursing
HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College
AD
Sandy Lakesa, EdD, RN, CNE Director, UPMC St. Margaret School of Nursing Diploma
Mary Hanson-Zalot, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Jefferson College of Nursing 2nd degree BSN

2023 Quarterly Meetings

5th Annual Educational Summit (IN-PERSON) - September 28, 2023

You Can Have It All: Your Nurse Residency Program Return on Investment

Presentations included: 

  • Retention: A Signature Return on Investment presented by Meg Ingram, MSN, RN

Examples of Nurse Residency Coordinator Work: Making a Difference to the Institution: 

  • Nurse Residency and Respiratory Therapy Collaborative presented by Anita Baldoni, MSN, RN, NPD-BC and Nora Scotch, BS RRT
  • Individual Learning Plan for Struggling Residents presented by Diane Murphy, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, PCCN-K and Karen Wilf, MSN, RN, PCCN
  • Road Trip to the Museum: Igniting Essential Skills presented by Jan Zillman, MSN, RN
  • Resiliency Education in NRP to Reduce Turnover presented by Kerry Maier, DNP, RN, NE-BC
  • Through the Eyes of Our Elders: Health Literacy presented by Amy Popp, BSN, RN, OCN and Delancy Zeller, MSN, RN, NPD-BC
  • Return on Investment: The Evidenced Based Practice Project presented by Robin George, BSN, RN

Examples of EBP: Making it Work for You

  • Anxiety Reduction Through Music presented by Jennifer Gorant, BSN, RN
  • Improving Perceived Stress with Aromatherapy presented by Lauren Hoch, RN, ADN
  • Say What Improving Nurse Communication with Patients presented by Kylee Miller, BSN, RN

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Summer Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - June 23, 2023

Presentations included: 

Can You Hear Us Now? A Feedback Tool presented by Christina Piroso MPH, MSN, RN, NPD BC, CPN and Allison, Moomaw, MSN, RN, NPD-BC

Nurse Educator Generalists Provide Night Shift Support presented by Joanna Dixon, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CEN

From Incivility to Engagement: Leveraging Workplace Civility Training presented by Elizabeth Holbert MSN, RN

Mentor SHIP: Structured Help in Projects presented by Delancy Zeller, MSN, RN, NPD-BC and Amy Popp, BSN, RN, OCN

Resident self-care: It’s a personal choice! presented by Deborah Lidey, MSN, RN and Courtney Nyoh, DNP, RN, CCRN-K, NPD-BC

Spring Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - April 28, 2023

Presentations included: 

Taking Clinical Judgement from the Classroom to the Clinical Unit presented by Janice Nash, DNP, RN

Preparing the Nurse Graduate for the NCLEX RN: The Academic Perspective presented by Brianna N. Blackburn, MSN, RN, CMSRN, NPD-BC, CNE

Corporate Best Practices Creative Strategies to Support this Milestone presented by Lindsey Ford DNP, RN, NPD-BC

Next Generation NCLEX: We Have Liftoff! presented by Jason A. Schwartz, MS

Winter Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - January 20, 2023

Moral Injury and It's Impact on the Nursing Workforce

2022 Quarterly Meetings

Summer Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - June 10, 2022

In Case You Missed It: PA at Vizient, Part 2 

Spring Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - April 22, 2022

The Struggle is Real: Reinventing Nurse Residency 

Winter Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - January 28, 2022

2021 Quarterly Meetings

VIRTUAL Educational Summit - November 5, 2021

Adapting to the New Normal: New Graduates and Preparing Them for Success

Spring Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - April 30, 2021

2020 Quarterly Meetings

VIRTUAL Educational Summit - October 6, 2020

Spread the Wealth: How Solving Nurse Residency Issues Translates to All Nursing

Summer Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - June 26, 2020

2019 Quarterly Meetings

Winter Quarterly Meeting (AHN Pittsburgh) - January 25, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Strategic Plan

The PA-NWC 2024-2029 Strategic Plan

Venn diagram of the Pennsylvania Nursing Workforce Coalition's strategic plan showing 1. Bolstering Nursing Workforce Pathways, 2. Reimagining Public Policy Through Data, 3. Embracing Diversity Through Equitable Solutions converging to create 4. Convening Spaces for Sustainable Impact.In 2024, the Pennsylvania Nursing Workforce Coalition (PA-NWC) designed a bold new five-year plan to advance nursing in PA and create a culture of health. We will share best practices and inspire healthcare transformation through our relationships across academia, government, healthcare administration and delivery, community and professional organizations, and non-profit and for-profit companies.

The PA-NWC will lead the state in creating learning communities for nurses and healthcare partners through in-person and virtual opportunities, including conferences, peer-to-peer learning, informal gatherings, and webinars.

The PA-NWC will curate member-centric, place-based content with a robust digital strategy to showcase downloadable toolkits, trainings, and podcasts to maximize reach and impact.

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Our Values

  • Collaboration: We build sustainable partnerships by hosting convenings that bring together healthcare, academia, government, non-profit, and for-profit institutions to advance whole system transformation.
  • Diversity: We are committed to improving the diversity of the nursing workforce by sharing solutions to foster more culturally humble care practiced by individuals who are reflective of the population of Pennsylvania.
  • Equity: We elevate the unique and varied needs of individuals and communities to identify and eliminate health disparities in the continuum of care.
  • Care: We engage thought leaders to foster continuous learning and enhance the continuum of care models practiced by the nursing workforce.
  • Adaptability: We are responsive to the dynamic nursing environment by leveraging nursing voices to inform sustainable and innovative programming and advocacy efforts.
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Our Initiatives 

  • Bolstering Nursing Workforce Pathways
  • Reimagining Public Policy Through Data
  • Embracing Diversity Through Equitable Solutions
 Learn About Our Initiatives