Emergency Center at Beaumont Hospital - Troy
May 2022
Emergency Center
at Beaumont Hospital - Troy
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)

 

 

 

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!