Emily is the nurse supervisor for the Children’s Specialty Center. Throughout our time here, Emily has consistently proved she embodies every quality of a DAISY Nurse Leader. She strongly encourages her staff to utilize Baystate’s core values of respect, integrity, teamwork, and lifelong learning. She holds herself to these standards as well and, as a team, the Pedi Endo nurses and MAs would like to recognize her for this.

Emily is known for taking a deep dive into areas of concern and approaching every problem with a clear vision and process to achieve a resolution. She often involves her staff in decision-making, acting as a mentor to motivate us to become leaders in our field and expertise. She does this while always keeping patient care at the center of her priorities. She has always advocated for professional growth by encouraging her staff to become certified in their area of expertise, be a part of professional organizations and advance on our clinical ladder. She has been extremely successful with this.

Emily holds monthly nursing forums where each department can attend and collaborate. Here we openly share ideas and provide guidance based on the experiences each department has. Emily creates an environment that focuses on the nurse and MA roles and allows each individual to contribute. This type of open forum helps us to achieve better outcomes for ourselves and for our patients. 
 
In addition, she has worked tirelessly to bring support to our clinics to help us better support patients including, pharmacy liaison support, care coordinator positions, the inpatient/outpatient collaboration committee, and most recently she has supported a nurse lead quality improvement project, involving our team and behavioral health. Emily is compassionate in her leadership. She has an open-door policy. She makes herself available to discuss concerns and encourages work/life balance. 

Emily’s passion for her work motivates us to want to show up every day and be the best we can be for our patients and each other. 

Emily makes her employees feel extremely valued by highlighting staff accomplishments and showing appreciation for what we do.