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VITAS HEALTHCARE OF
PALM BEACH

South Florida's Joann Wuenstel, RN
Monthly
Joann Wuenstel is a team manager
Healthcare Newspaper
and registered nurse with VITAS
Healthcare of Palm Beach. She has
PO Box 812708
Boca Raton, FL 33481-2708 dedicated almost 20 years to provid-
Phone: (561) 368-6950 ing hospice and end-of-life care to
patients in assisted living and inde-
pendent living settings, joining
Website: VITAS in 2016.
National Nurses Week: when she was a “candy striper,” pro-
www.southfloridahospitalnews.com Joann’s interest in nursing started
CHARLES FELIX May 6-12 viding a helping hand to nurses as a
CAROL FELIX teenager. She began her career as a CNA, then acquired her
Publishers Nurses Week is celebrated from associate degree in nursing through Palm Beach State College,
graduating with honors through Phi Beta Kappa. Her experi-
NANCY LAMMIE May 6-12, 2018, and “South Florida ence in trauma—working in ORs, ERs, even a trip in the
Editor Hospital News and Healthcare Report” Trauma Hawk—held no comparison to the calling she discov-
ered through a clinical rotation in hospice.
JUDY GRAMM would like to salute nurses across Beyond nursing, Joann’s benevolence led her to foster several
Editorial Manager & Webmaster children over nine years. She is also involved with Alzheimer’s
the U.S. The following
and heart walks, often leading a VITAS-sponsored team.
JMC GRAPHICS nurses are a few
Art/Production of South Florida’s best!
lammienancy@aol.com VITAS HEALTHCARE OF
412-835-5796
MIAMI-DADE
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS VITAS HEALTHCARE
Daniel Casciato IN BROWARD
Barbara Fallon Boris Serrano, RN
Vanessa Orr
Lois Thomson Boris Serrano is a continuous care
Zady Ebanks, RN team manager and registered nurse
with VITAS Healthcare of Miami-
Zady Ebanks is a registered nurse Dade, where he leads a team of
LOOK FOR OUR with VITAS Healthcare in Broward, practitioners, nurses, and nursing
NEXT ISSUE caring for patients in crisis who assistants who care for patients in
need continuous, around-the-clock nursing home facilities or their pri-
IN JUNE care. She started her career as a vate homes. Patients under his care
CNA. After 20 years, she began
TO REACH US devoting her time to continuous are in crisis, needing continuous,
FOR care as an LPN. She joined VITAS in around-the-clock care.
Boris began his studies in health-
ADVERTISING 2011 at the Palm Beach program care while living in Cuba, then
and later earned her RN degree at
OR EDITORIAL the Broward program. In her cur- focused on nursing after moving to
the United States nine years ago. His career with VITAS started in
Call (561) 368-6950 rent role, she works 12-hour shifts 2010 as a licensed practical nurse and advanced to a registered
at patients’ bedsides, completely immersed in providing quality
or e-mail nurse with management roles. The multi-lingual RN is an alum-
comfort care and education.
carol@southfloridahospitalnews.com nus of Miami-Dade College and Excelsior College of New York.
Her manager, Sandra Tennant, RN, describes Zady as “a true According to his supervisor, Laz Cuervo, PCA, “Boris reflects a
team player who demonstrates time and time again her willing- natural leadership ability which has been strengthened by his
ness to go above and beyond for her patients. She is a delight.” nursing career path – LPN, RN, RN Supervisor and now Team
SUBSCRIPTIONS VITAS Patient Care Administrator Jeffery Mack, RN, recalls, Manager.”
“When I first met Zady, I knew immediately that whomever she
One Year $40 takes care of, all will be well.”
Marjorie Brown, RN
Two Years $60
Three Years $75 Grace McDonald, RN Marjorie Brown is a registered
nurse with VITAS Healthcare of
Grace McDonald is a registered Miami-Dade, where she provides
To subscribe, nurse with VITAS Healthcare in hospice and end-of-life care to
call (561) 368-6950 Broward. She began her nursing patients through home care. Joining
career caring for AIDS patients in the VITAS team in 2002, Marjorie
or subscribe online at
a hospital setting as an LPN over has dedicated nearly 30 years to
southfloridahospitalnews.com. 20 years ago. At the bedside, she delivering compassionate and empa-
____________ developed great compassion for thetic care to patients with a variety
her patients and knew she had of debilitating and terminal illnesses.
All rights reserved. Reproduction found her calling. Raised in She began her nursing career by
in whole or part without written Kingston, Jamaica, she came to earning her LPN at Atlantic
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Hollywood, Florida, where she Technical School, then an associate
earned her RN ASN degree and degree at Broward Community College, and bachelor’s degree at
joined VITAS in 2000. Florida Atlantic University. She plans to return to school at FAU to
VITAS Broward General Manager Donna Borland, RN BSN, become a nurse practitioner.
mentored Grace and compliments her this way, “A tenured, Marjorie is a member of the South Florida Nurses Association
Don’t forget to include seasoned nurse mentor, Grace educates and works alongside and serves in the health department at Maranatha Seventh-Day
South Florida Hospital News many new hospice nurses to provide outstanding comfort and Adventist Church. Additionally, she mentors new nurses joining
& Healthcare Report quality care to patients and their families during one of the VITAS.
“Marjorie is a true professional who is very supportive of the
most difficult periods of their lives. She passionately advo-
in your Marketing Plans cates and ensures all her patients and families are satisfied VITAS mission,” according to her supervisor, Bernadette Saunders,
and receive the best possible care.” PCA.
Call Charles at 561-368-6950 for a Media Kit
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