Janice Campbell
January 2022
Janice
Campbell
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MSN, RN, IBCLC, LCC
Mother's and Children's Services
Mount Sinai South Nassau
Oceanside
,
NY
United States
Janice not only considers the safety of patients and staff, but also those in the community and underserved populations.
Our nominee for the 2022 DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses in Patient Safety is an exceptional nurse who advances nursing practice through innovation, dedication to evidence-based practice, and an unwavering commitment to the safe care of our patients, staff, and community. She has been a registered professional nurse for nineteen years, a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, a Certified Breastfeeding Counselor, and our organization's Lactation Coordinator for the past five years. Our nominee is passionate about education as a method of promoting patient safety and best practice. Our nurse is a long-standing member of our organization’s Nursing Research and Evidence-based Practice Council and a former Nursing Research Fellow. She recently became co-chair of this dynamic team, overseeing the development of new nursing research. She has conducted her own research after noticing the disparity in access to safe and effective breastfeeding in different populations. Her research on understanding millennial mother’s choices in childbirth education, exploring barriers to breastfeeding among black women, and reducing racial disparity related to breastfeeding practices has been published.
For her own enrichment, she has recently enrolled in a doctoral program to attain her PhD. She is a leader in advancing nursing practice through continuous education and professional growth. Our nominee has promoted best practices and safety in breastfeeding throughout our organization for both patients and staff. She is an expert in her field and led our women and children’s team in their pursuit of Baby Friendly designation for our organization. This designation denotes a maternity care team that takes an individualized approach to delivering the safest care for mothers and infants. She also played an active role in our achievement of Joint Commission Perinatal Specialty Certification. This designation indicates our hospital’s commitment to quality measures in maternal and newborn care. She fosters support of breastfeeding throughout our organization, including the development of a lactation station for staff who return to work and plan to continue breastfeeding. She has coordinated annual Breastfeeding Symposiums at our organization to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, providing a unique venue for breastfeeding mothers and professionals to come together to learn collaboratively.
This nominee is a team player and collaborates well with interdisciplinary groups to solve problems. Our nominee not only considers the safety of patients and staff, but also those in the community and underserved populations. She leads and participates in numerous forums to advocate for and coach breastfeeding women. She is a board member of the New York Statewide Breastfeeding Coalition. Under her leadership, our organization is participating in the New York State Birth Equity Improvement Project. As founder of We Breastfeed, Black Breastfeeding Coalition of New York, she strives to improve the health indicators of black women and children through breastfeeding education and support. She has served birthing families from different cultures for over 15 years. Her experience as a nurse and researcher has led to her passion for patient education, childbirth, early parenting, and breastfeeding, ensuring patient safety for both the mother and infant and contributing to the overall health of the population.
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As an Assistant Nurse Manager of the Women’s and Children’s Services of Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital, it is not uncommon for me to receive positive feedback about one of our nurses. Having said that, one nurse’s name comes up time and again as being an extraordinary nurse from physicians, experienced and new graduate nurses, other hospital personnel, and patient/family members. She is our Lactation Coordinator, Janice Campbell. Our nominee is a knowledgeable, caring, and empathetic nurse. She intuitively assesses for the ‘what if’s’ and questions and plans accordingly to ensure that the mothers and infants under her care are safe and receive the best possible care. Her proactive style and critical thinking ability make her a favorite with the licensed independent practitioners. They know she is competent and prepared for the ‘what-ifs’ before they occur.
She is a dynamic role model and mentor for the new nurse because she is the first to ask the nurse those ’what if’ and ‘why’ questions and then the follow-up’what would you do’ question to help them build their knowledge of caring for mother and baby. She is optimistic, happy, and interested. This makes her easy to approach and easy to ask questions of. Those ‘what if’ conversations keep our new mothers and vulnerable infants safe. Patient safety may start with the patient at hand for Janice, but her reflective, inquisitive nature leads her to evaluate care delivery for gaps in knowledge and practice that may impact the safety and well-being of the maternal population.
Recently, patients were being prescribed Depo-Provera as a contraceptive post-partum. Janice uncovered that, although it only requires an injection every three months, this drug interferes with milk production. Thus impacting the welfare of the infant. She also discovered that conversations about what contraceptives were available were not robust, and new mothers were not aware of their options. This prompted her to create a flier, “Birth Control After Giving Birth,” that provides information on various contraceptive choices. This promotes individualized care, focused on the patient’s choice and goals. This nurse’s initiative has resulted in many gaps being identified and corrected throughout the years. Janice believes in collaboration, brainstorming, using evidence-based protocols, and speaking up. She was instrumental in leading our team to achieve Baby-Friendly designation by embracing best practices for breastfeeding, rooming in, and skin-to-skin contact for our mothers and babies. She worked tirelessly with other members of the leadership team to educate both staff and patients on best practices that ensure safe care. She is an advocate for underserved populations in our community and focuses on individualizing care.
For her own enrichment, she has recently enrolled in a doctoral program to attain her PhD. She is a leader in advancing nursing practice through continuous education and professional growth. Our nominee has promoted best practices and safety in breastfeeding throughout our organization for both patients and staff. She is an expert in her field and led our women and children’s team in their pursuit of Baby Friendly designation for our organization. This designation denotes a maternity care team that takes an individualized approach to delivering the safest care for mothers and infants. She also played an active role in our achievement of Joint Commission Perinatal Specialty Certification. This designation indicates our hospital’s commitment to quality measures in maternal and newborn care. She fosters support of breastfeeding throughout our organization, including the development of a lactation station for staff who return to work and plan to continue breastfeeding. She has coordinated annual Breastfeeding Symposiums at our organization to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, providing a unique venue for breastfeeding mothers and professionals to come together to learn collaboratively.
This nominee is a team player and collaborates well with interdisciplinary groups to solve problems. Our nominee not only considers the safety of patients and staff, but also those in the community and underserved populations. She leads and participates in numerous forums to advocate for and coach breastfeeding women. She is a board member of the New York Statewide Breastfeeding Coalition. Under her leadership, our organization is participating in the New York State Birth Equity Improvement Project. As founder of We Breastfeed, Black Breastfeeding Coalition of New York, she strives to improve the health indicators of black women and children through breastfeeding education and support. She has served birthing families from different cultures for over 15 years. Her experience as a nurse and researcher has led to her passion for patient education, childbirth, early parenting, and breastfeeding, ensuring patient safety for both the mother and infant and contributing to the overall health of the population.
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As an Assistant Nurse Manager of the Women’s and Children’s Services of Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital, it is not uncommon for me to receive positive feedback about one of our nurses. Having said that, one nurse’s name comes up time and again as being an extraordinary nurse from physicians, experienced and new graduate nurses, other hospital personnel, and patient/family members. She is our Lactation Coordinator, Janice Campbell. Our nominee is a knowledgeable, caring, and empathetic nurse. She intuitively assesses for the ‘what if’s’ and questions and plans accordingly to ensure that the mothers and infants under her care are safe and receive the best possible care. Her proactive style and critical thinking ability make her a favorite with the licensed independent practitioners. They know she is competent and prepared for the ‘what-ifs’ before they occur.
She is a dynamic role model and mentor for the new nurse because she is the first to ask the nurse those ’what if’ and ‘why’ questions and then the follow-up’what would you do’ question to help them build their knowledge of caring for mother and baby. She is optimistic, happy, and interested. This makes her easy to approach and easy to ask questions of. Those ‘what if’ conversations keep our new mothers and vulnerable infants safe. Patient safety may start with the patient at hand for Janice, but her reflective, inquisitive nature leads her to evaluate care delivery for gaps in knowledge and practice that may impact the safety and well-being of the maternal population.
Recently, patients were being prescribed Depo-Provera as a contraceptive post-partum. Janice uncovered that, although it only requires an injection every three months, this drug interferes with milk production. Thus impacting the welfare of the infant. She also discovered that conversations about what contraceptives were available were not robust, and new mothers were not aware of their options. This prompted her to create a flier, “Birth Control After Giving Birth,” that provides information on various contraceptive choices. This promotes individualized care, focused on the patient’s choice and goals. This nurse’s initiative has resulted in many gaps being identified and corrected throughout the years. Janice believes in collaboration, brainstorming, using evidence-based protocols, and speaking up. She was instrumental in leading our team to achieve Baby-Friendly designation by embracing best practices for breastfeeding, rooming in, and skin-to-skin contact for our mothers and babies. She worked tirelessly with other members of the leadership team to educate both staff and patients on best practices that ensure safe care. She is an advocate for underserved populations in our community and focuses on individualizing care.