May 2022 Honoree

Emergency Center

  • Emergency Center
  • Beaumont Hospital - Troy
  • Troy
    ,
    MI
    ,
    United States
Leigh Grzywacz Director of Nursing-Emergency Services • Lisa Schultz Clinical Nurse Manager • Ryan Reynolds Assistant Nurse Manager • Jennifer Primeau Assistant Nurse Manager • Miriana Pascas Assistant Nurse Manager • Tanya Olbrys Staffing Coordinator • ShiAnn Charleston Staffing Coordinator • Heide McQuade Department Secretary • Kathy Hayward Patinet Relations Rep • Ben Bielecki Guest Relations Assoc. • Cindy Hallman Guest Relations Assoc. • Kaitlyn Vigna RN • Jenifer Tandoc RN • Natalie Tischler RN • Viktoria Angelkoski RN • Jessica Braschayko RN • Britney Sitko RN • Celina Buono RN • Lynn Chudy RN • Amanda Clark RN • Maria Co RN • Heather Dereere RN • Karen Domanski RN • Madison Duffiney RN • Paige Fogg RN • Nicole Geml RN • Christina Green RN • Julie Grider RN • Sindy Goro RN • Vira Hakeem RN • Brandon Herber RN • Raveyon King-Pearson RN • Tonya Kolbuch RN • Anisa Lala RN • Jenna L. Miller RN • Abigail Morey RN • Monica Muczynski RN • Kayla Napier RN • Gyonyi Nemer-Kaiser RN • Lesley Nido RN • Nicole Ramaci RN • Kelly Schrein RN • Rebecca Seeley RN • Cynthia Seferian RN • Jessica Semaan RN • Jordan Singer RN • Rachel Sloat RN • Payton Steinhaus RN • Anna Stroz RN • Devin Walker RN • Katelyn Dicken RN • Elyssa Kafer RN • Isabella Galati RN • Yasmeen Brikho RN • Samantha Decker RN • Kristen Fuelling RN • Rachel Hinds RN • Michelle Marth RN • Jessica Lynn Zimmerman RN • Lido Aldini RN • Laurie Austin RN • Tashauna Culberson RN • Nicole Dillaway RN • Amy Downey RN • Alison Edwards RN • Haley Estridge RN • Jenna Fisher RN • Jennifer LaBrie RN • Taylor Lombardo RN • Amanda Lucy RN • Brian MacConaghy RN • Marcello Macini RN • Kimberly Monge RN • Elaina Murad RN • Olivia Parry RN • Chyna Piotrowski RN • Kaitlyn Quinn RN • Lauren Rivard RN • Sandra Sollars RN • Ashley Voss RN • Danielle Welch RN • Caitlin Wheeler RN • Rebecca Witek RN • Alexis Zuckerman RN • Claudia Avila-Collazo RN • Eric Devich RN • Kenneth Firth RN • Lindsey Halverson RN • Renee MacDonald RN • Andrew Morris RN • Abigail Nowicki RN • Diana Osantowski RN • Anthony Pacella RN • Tyler Petrone RN • Spencer Reno RN • Michelle Riggs RN • John Ringwelski RN • Claire Salviati RN • Deneca Schiller RN • Stephanie Allen RN • Kristen Bacheldor RN • Jaclynn Borg RN • Joseph Brown RN • Natalie Buch RN • Collin Bush RN • Kristi Caskey RN • Fei Fei Chen RN • Jessica Childs RN • Zachary Dease RN • Shawn Emch RN • Stephanie Fakhry RN • Taylor Fillwock RN • Francisco Firmalo RN • Ariel Fletcher RN • Elizabeth Francis RN • Basma George RN • Lacey Glass RN • Rachel Golusin RN • Justin Hill RN • Lea Holloway RN • Carin Hourmiz RN • Zachary Huber RN • Rachel Jacob RN • Megi Kekenezi RN • Emily Kreft RN • Anisa Lala RN • Taylor Lange RN • Michelle Manni RN • Virgilio Monzon RN • Michelle Olexsy RN • Zachary Pioch RN • Karen Piotrowski RN • Erica Rosselli RN • Brianna Rowe RN • Bernadette Renard RN • Brianna Rudolph RN • Whitney Schwartz RN • Angela Serra RN • Tayler Sisovsky RN • Jessica Soroka RN • Isaac Susi RN • Morgan Zednik RN • Kristen Zublionis RN • Cristina Cleja RN • Lyndsay Gunn RN • Nikol Iordanova RN • Kelly Misch RN • Sarah Scott RN • Heather Skurda RN • Jenna Gallucci RN • Shawna Goodfellow RN • Joshua Kuligowski RN • Kristie Schmid RN • Damon Veerhusen RN • Danielle Zitkus RN • Whitney Assenmacher RN • Baylie Bettinger RN • Paul Boone RN • Deborah Bricely RN • Denise Campbell RN • Mary Cohoon RN • Samantha Cone RN • Sabrina D'Agostini RN • Coryn D'Amore RN • Gregory Flick RN • Cortney Fortune RN • Angela Haynes RN • Katherine Jaenicke RN • Holly Jewett RN • Anne Krajewski RN • Casandra Masuri RN • Kristen Mavretich RN • Erin Milliken RN • Tiffany Morelli, RN • Nicole Pittman RN • Joal Roussos RN • Alec Sanger RN • Julie Seaman RN • Stephanie RN • Ana-Maria RN • Traci Taylor RN • Mara Tijerin RN • Stephanie Trudeau RN • Jaime Tuffin RN • Michael Wilmot RN • Nicole Marulli RN • Marissa Adragna ECT • Michael Buccellato ECT • Natalie Buch ECT • Pamela Catlin ECT • Lisa Cook ECT • Lily Cristea ECT • Kennedy Gasowski ECT • Sunita Gopwani ECT • Eddie Goertzen ECT • Catherine Jacobi ECT • Kevin Khoury ECT • Natalie LaRock ECT • Kaitlin LaVergne ECT • Sheila Locano ECT • Jacklynn McCoy ECT • Kayla Miller ECT • Mallory Misch ECT • Samantha Munafo ECT • Leon Nikprelaj ECT • Mirela Patrick ECT • Brandon Sierra ECT • Sukhwinder Singh ECT • Connor Taylor ECT • Katrina Thompson ECT • Brian Verbruggen ECT • Yousif Zoma ECT • Rachel Buchacz ECT • Ashley Decker ECT • Anita Gorgis ECT • Joseph Halikos ECT • Natalie Hlaverty ECT • Melissa Kassin ECT • Carol Marji ECT • John Murphy III ECT • Luciano Oviedo ECT • Scott Pywell ECT • Zaid Saadeh ECT • Ann Sorentino ECT • Joseph Sorentino ECT • Elizabeth Beaver ECT • Jake Chandy ECT • Steve Cotton ECT • Matthew Dooley ECT • Courtney Falbo ECT • Clarence Hines ECT • Sheila Honeycutt ECT • Jennifer Jankowski ECT • Brenton Markert ECT • Kyle Nikles ECT • Alexandria Olbrys ECT • Daniel Tanner ECT • Samira Trnovac ECT • John Vollmer ECT • Meghann Wright ECT • Sean Ateek ECT • Drake Biehl ECT • Christian Brown ECT • Alexander Dordeski ECT • Caitlin Dorosz ECT • Salma Elhamid ECT • Aaron Fetzer ECT • Merita Filipi ECT • Kasey Gubelius ECT • Abraham Hajjar ECT • Sylvia Hosmi ECT • Kathryn Jacob ECT • Zaid Jani ECT • Heather Holbuch ECT • Matthew Merdau ECT • Daniel Mikha ECT • Aleksander Mitrevski ECT • Kaydee Muhleck ECT • Brisilda Musaka ECT • Leah D Olter ECT • Aida Pashaj ECT • Nicholas Sally ECT • Donald Sherry ECT • Megan Seifert ECT • Nikki Thompson ECT • Meghan Tudor ECT • Kristopher Ullman ECT • Emilia Vicol ECT • Jacklin Yako ECT • Derek Kolodziej ECT • Kristen R Dominguez ECT • Raiven Saleh ECT • Gyampo Akawale ECT • Isaac Ateek ECT • Justin Hill ECT • Lyndsey Schroeder ECT • Devin Wiederhold ECT • Julia Musialowski ECT • Katelyn Allar Tech Aide (TA) • Ashley Cox Tech Aide (TA) • Suha Dalal Tech Aide (TA) • Elisaveta Dede Tech Aide (TA) • Bianca DiMaio Tech Aide (TA) • Jaclyn Hanna Tech Aide (TA) • Rawda Khoury Tech Aide (TA) • Gianna Ramaci Tech Aide (TA) • Domenic Ricci Tech Aide (TA) • Roberta Rossbach Tech Aide (TA) • Merna Sana Tech Aide (TA) • Beata Skawinska Tech Aide (TA) • Ronald Bodaugh Tech Aide (TA) • Erica Horle Tech Aide (TA) • Kyle Rojem Tech Aide (TA) • Clara Al-Kori Tech Aide (TA) • Austin Garcia Tech Aide (TA) • Brian Garcia Tech Aide (TA) • Sara Hossack Tech Aide (TA) • Mark Laba Tech Aide (TA) • Anastasia Bardhyli Tech Aide (TA) • Gavin Burgess Tech Aide (TA) • Alida Butrus Tech Aide (TA) • Diella Camaj Tech Aide (TA) • Lavinia Chirila Tech Aide (TA) • Marissa Franzoni Tech Aide (TA) • Leah Glaspie Tech Aide (TA) • Creighton Harris Tech Aide (TA) • Jessica Moceri Tech Aide (TA) • Rida Qureshi Tech Aide (TA) • Cameron Seaman Tech Aide (TA) • Nicky Shastri Tech Aide (TA) • Jacob Trenkamp Tech Aide (TA) • Matthew Adamski Tech Aide (TA) • Taylor Aleo Tech Aide (TA) • Ashley Ballard Tech Aide (TA) • Kailee Billock Tech Aide (TA) • Olivia Brancato Tech Aide (TA) • Timesha Brewer Tech Aide (TA) • Amanda Cornwell Tech Aide (TA) • Lauren Demas Tech Aide (TA) • Ethan Dimock Tech Aide (TA) • Connor Donaldson Tech Aide (TA) • Alexis Drinkhorn Tech Aide (TA) • Adelina Giaimo Tech Aide (TA) • Katia Hermes Tech Aide (TA) • Shelby Kutchey Tech Aide (TA) • Skendi Lile Tech Aide (TA) • Noah Mahnke Tech Aide (TA) • Gabriella Marvelli Tech Aide (TA) • Brandon Mezuk Tech Aide (TA) • Madelyn Nowicki Tech Aide (TA) • DaVion Page Tech Aide (TA) • Vincenza Scrima Tech Aide (TA) • Kari Sikkelee Tech Aide (TA) • Amanda Topalli Tech Aide (TA) • Matthew Yousif Tech Aide (TA) • Rebecca Ann Austin Unit Secretary (US) • Cynthia Dolmage Unit Secretary (US) • Tatiana Ristovski Unit Secretary (US) • Marsha Shammami Unit Secretary (US) • Carmella Zunker Unit Secretary (US) • Cathy Wrong Unit Secretary (US) • Peggy Brill Unit Secretary (US) • Felicia Buero Unit Secretary (US) • Sienna Charleston Unit Secretary (US) • Andrea Duckett Unit Secretary (US) • Linda Juncaj Unit Secretary (US) • Brittney Pierce Unit Secretary (US) • Clara Rayes Unit Secretary (US) • Sasha Alexander Unit Secretary (US) • Amy Perilli Unit Secretary (US) • Lori Robertson Unit Secretary (US)
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While I know this pandemic has hit our entire healthcare team hard, this past year has brought forth a whole new level of change and unknown to our Emergency Center workers. After a dwindling census at the end of 2020, they faced layoffs and uncertainty, then by the of March 2021 it was like déjà vu. Our census and COVID numbers began to accelerate at an astounding rate and we were continuously at full capacity. We had entered “Black Surge”. A new term around here, but it signified a new era the EC where we were unceasingly at or above capacity. At one point our 96 bed EC had 202 people in it, with 90 plus admitted holds and excruciating long wait times. The mental health crisis caused by the pandemic also brought a momentous number of mental health patients to the EC. Significant security events and workplace violence began to rise, which paired with our continuous Black Surge status and staffing crisis, only added to the already tumultuous environment. To summarize, they were constantly required to do “more”. Take more patients, care for more holds and sit cases, do more COVID testing…always more. Now that I have painted a picture of how 2021 was in the EC, let me tell you why I think our EC team is worthy of this prestigious award. When we were short staffed, the EC staff gave 110% to help keep our patents safe. When we had 50 people in our waiting room with a 10 hour wait at the end of their shift, they still came back the next day. After being verbally assaulted by a patient’s family member because they were unhappy with being pulled into the hallway, they still picked up an extra shift to help their department... They kept coming back and they didn’t complain, they didn’t quit, they just…kept…going!!! They kept going AND they continued to come up with new ways to make things better, safer, and more efficient. Our staff-driven initiatives have helped make caring for our mental health patients safer, decreased our length of stays, and revamped our triage process so well that it’s now receiving recognition from a corporate level. Our team is creative, our team is tough and most of all, our team is resilient!!! They have faced unprecedented odds over the past couple years, and they deserve to be recognized!

Thank you for your exceptional compassion, advocacy, and dedication to your patients. You truly make a difference.

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