Araksya McInerney
March 2023
Araksya
McInerney
,
MA, BSN, RN-BC
MassMutual 7
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield
,
MA
United States
Roxy is quick to respond to any complaint whether it be staff or patients. She actively listens to all parties' concerns and appropriately handles any situation she encounters.
I would like to nominate Roxy McInerney for The DAISY Nurse Leader Award. Roxy goes above and beyond every day for staff and patients on her unit. She ensures that all staff provide safe competent care. She arranges many check-ins with new staff and educators to ensure their progress is going in a positive direction and gives real-time feedback to ensure all parties are informed of whatever it is they need to know. Roxy is quick to respond to any complaint whether it be staff or patients. She actively listens to all parties' concerns and appropriately handles any situation she encounters. Roxy is always visible to both patients and staff and can frequently be seen rounding on the unit, answering call bells, and assisting staff when necessary.
The M7 patient satisfaction scores consistently show that patients are happy with the care they receive on M7. These scores are directly related to Roxy’s leadership on the unit.
Roxy has brought many issues forward that have helped the entire hospital. One of the most recent endeavors was to bring a safety issue to Tier 2 huddle in which providers were leaving patient beds in a high position and leaving the room. This resulted in a hospital-wide practice alert reminding staff that the bed must be in the lowest position before leaving the room. Patient safety is always on the forefront of Roxy’s thoughts.
The M7 staff is highly engaged with hospital activities. I think it is a testament to the leadership on the unit. Many of the M7 employees are very active participants on committees such as cauti, wound, clairvia documentation. Roxy’s’ staff meetings are always well attended by her engaged staff and her meeting presentation keeps everyone on task and is easy to follow.
Roxy is excellent about keeping her staff informed on anything happening either on the unit or hospital level. She implements many forms of communication but always circles back to ensure everyone is getting the message clearly. Even before the DMS huddle format, Roxy held huddles with her team on a regular basis to be sure they all had any of the latest information necessary.
This is a small summary of all that Roxy does; she is a great leader and mentor and deserves to be recognized as a DAISY Nurse Leader.
The M7 patient satisfaction scores consistently show that patients are happy with the care they receive on M7. These scores are directly related to Roxy’s leadership on the unit.
Roxy has brought many issues forward that have helped the entire hospital. One of the most recent endeavors was to bring a safety issue to Tier 2 huddle in which providers were leaving patient beds in a high position and leaving the room. This resulted in a hospital-wide practice alert reminding staff that the bed must be in the lowest position before leaving the room. Patient safety is always on the forefront of Roxy’s thoughts.
The M7 staff is highly engaged with hospital activities. I think it is a testament to the leadership on the unit. Many of the M7 employees are very active participants on committees such as cauti, wound, clairvia documentation. Roxy’s’ staff meetings are always well attended by her engaged staff and her meeting presentation keeps everyone on task and is easy to follow.
Roxy is excellent about keeping her staff informed on anything happening either on the unit or hospital level. She implements many forms of communication but always circles back to ensure everyone is getting the message clearly. Even before the DMS huddle format, Roxy held huddles with her team on a regular basis to be sure they all had any of the latest information necessary.
This is a small summary of all that Roxy does; she is a great leader and mentor and deserves to be recognized as a DAISY Nurse Leader.