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Volume 17 • Issue 11 • $5.00 May 2021
THE REGION’S MONTHLY NEWSPAPER FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS & PHYSICIANS

Salute to Nursing

Trends in Nursing

as the Pandemic Persists

BY MAGGIE HANSEN, RN, MHSC, BSN

COVID-19 has drawn attention to many nursing trends
throughout the nation, whether pre-existing, rising in
priority, or brand new to our field. As leaders, we need to
understand these issues and appropriately intervene so
that our profession can emerge from the pandemic
Jay Juffre Shane Strum
stronger than when it began.
ImageFIRST: The Knowledge Gap Shane Strum
In particular, the existing knowledge-complexity gap
Focusing on aptly described by the Advisory Board is widening. The Maggie Hansen Named
chasm between the complex patient care needs and the
nurses who possess the necessary knowledge and ability
Patient to provide such care is growing. Skilled baby boomer nurses are retiring sooner than as President
originally anticipated as a result of COVID’s threat to their own health. Residency
Experience programs, mentorships, and newly-designed methods for preparing a novice nursing and CEO of
workforce are opportunities that must be embraced to mitigate the risk this dilemma
poses to patient care.
BY DANIEL CASCIATO The good news is we’re in a time that respect for nurses and the challenges they face Broward Health
has never been higher, with the personal risks that accompany patient care during a pan-
While most healthcare vendors were demic acknowledged by those both inside and outside the healthcare industry. Media has
impacted negatively by the COVID-19 documented the emotional, spiritual, and physical toll the last 14 months have taken on BY DANIEL CASCIATO
pandemic, ImageFIRST, the largest and caregivers who have shared their heart-wrenching experiences. The public has lauded
leading provider of medical linens in Continued on page 26 Earlier this spring, the North Broward
South Florida, grew on the strength of its Hospital District Board of Com -
service and reliability. They were able to missioners named Shane Strum as the
persevere through the hardships and Community, Ethnicity, Language, new President and CEO of Broward
continued to provide its healthcare Health, one of the 10 largest public
clients with exceptional care and quality health systems in the U.S.
service. Cultures: No Boundaries for Healing A native of Broward County, Strum’s
“We're becoming great at helping to legacy of public service has spanned
remove the headaches from some of our nearly 30 years. During that time, Strum
clients so they can focus on patient BY BARBARA R. FALLON has led initiatives that have lowered
care,” says Jay Juffre, Executive Vice costs of prescription drugs, expanded
President of ImageFIRST. “We've taken Hospital walls don’t confine this nurse scholar from telehealth services, improved trans-
our RFID technology to another level in applying her hands-on research findings gained from heal- parency and quality in healthcare, and
terms of our ability to manage scrub pro- ing experiences in the adult populations of critical care increased awareness of mental health
grams and fluid resistant gowns.” units, long-term care facilities and community groups and substance abuse issues throughout
During the pandemic last year, the focused on the needs of aging, marginalized, vulnerable and Florida. Strum says he was excited about
company started manufacturing its own underserved populations. this new opportunity in his hometown.
line of fluid resistant isolation gowns. Tamara Adonis-Rizzo, MSN, APRN, GNP-BC, and cur- “I'm thrilled to continue my role in
“We added RFID chips in all of our rent PhD candidate was born in Haiti and survived yellow healthcare, particularly here in Broward
scrubs and isolation gowns to track fever, thanks to courageous nurses who helped her fight County,” says Strum. “To have an oppor-
what's coming and going as well as bet- and beat the odds. Tamara Adonis-Rizzo tunity to come back and be part of this
ter manage our clients’ needs.” says She credits these nurses with the legacy of planting the community is unique and meaningful.”
Juffre. seed for her to embark on a lifetime commitment to nursing care and scholarship. Prior to joining Broward Health,
The ScrubVAULT® System allows full Following that initial triumph over disease she enjoyed her early youth in Haiti grow- Strum served as chief of staff to Florida
accountability for the scrubs being used ing up in a multigenerational family and has long admired the tenacity and healthy Governor Ron DeSantis. Previously,
and by whom. Providers are able to bet- aging of both her grandmothers. Her family moved to New Jersey when she was a Strum served as senior vice president at
ter manage their inventory because the pre-teen. After earning her BSN from Seton Hall University and starting her career in Memorial Healthcare System in
system relies on UHF RFID technology. nursing with a focus in pulmonology and critical care; she moved to sunnier skies in Hollywood, Florida, where he was part
This ensures providers have the scrubs Florida. of an executive team that managed over
they need when they need it, making it Here she received her MSN Gerontology Nurse Prac titioner at Florida Atlantic 15,000 employees and an annual budget
more beneficial to them and ultimately, University (FAU), is a board-certified gerontology nurse practitioner and a current of more than $2.4 billion. He also over-
also to their patients by freeing up staff PhD candidate. Throughout her career, in addition to her on-going patient load as a saw Memorial’s strategic planning, mar-
to focus more on patient care. nurse practitioner she has also been an innovative advocate for promoting wellness keting, community relations and global
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