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South Oaks Hospital the whole population has left
Reconnect. are in a very transitional phase
our young adult patients – who

in their lives – lacking in age-

Recharge. specific therapies and services. Employee Recognition
As the incidence of young adults
who require mental health
services increases, so does our
Jenny Solomon-Abraham, RN
Remember. commitment to address this. LIJ Forest Hill

This fall, South Oaks is projected
to open a young adult unit, under
the leadership of Ken Corbin, Meet Jenny Solomon-Abraham, Staff RN in and has coaxed even the most isolated in-
Administrative Director. Ken’s the LIJ Forest Hill Emergency Department dividual into a trusting nurse-patient rela-
Here at South Oaks, our specialty who attended the first of the vision is to operationalize a unit and the Zuckerberg Award winner for 2017! tionship. Jenny takes on every situation or
is psychiatry, but our profession new classes have reported feeling where young adult patients will Jenny received her Nursing BSN degree from complex care issue and uses the experience
is nursing. excited to reconnect with their receive therapies based heavily Mahatma Gandhi University in India in 2007 to handle similar situations moving forward.”
nursing roots and fundamentals. upon self-esteem building and and is currently in the NP Graduate program
Psychiatry and psychiatric And many of our nurses, coaching from a vocational team. at Molloy College. Serving as a key member “Jenny is compassionate about every aspect
nursing have been relatively especially those who have been The transition from adolescence of our ED staff as an RN since 2009, Jenny is of nursing care and always demonstrates
siloed from the rest of healthcare, here for long careers, are receiving to adulthood is a difficult one, one of the unit’s primary preceptors. She is strong patient advocacy skills. Whether it be
so it can be easy for seasoned this interactive education with even for healthy individuals. also a Triage and Charge RN. With her im- education in a new nursing guideline, or just
psychiatric nurses to forget their enthusiasm; and the education People who suffer from mental pressive career growth, she exemplifies the refreshing her understanding of a disease
fundamentals, and their continues, accompanied by the illness face an even greater “Novice to Expert” Nurse. Here’s what those process, Jenny strives to educate herself to
nursing roots. efforts of the INF and sim lab challenge, and the creation of around her have to say about Jenny: the fullest extent.”
education. this specialized unit will provide a
Here at South Oaks, we’ve place where these individuals can “Jenny’s compassion for her patients and her
begun doing just that – creating Our staff has also created a receive the services they need. colleagues never fails to impress. She encour-
an education program that solution for another equally ages patients in the direst of circumstances,
reconnects us all with our why; challenging dichotomy. South
why we all became nurses, why Oaks Hospital’s Inpatient Adult
we must uphold nursing ethics service area has consisted of two
and standards, and why we must large units, with a very mixed
elevate our practice with an population. Although varying in Behavioral Health RNs
ongoing spirit of inquiry. ages from eighteen to seventy,
and presenting with differing Help us increase
The end goal is simple to diagnoses and needs, patients
elevate nurses to the highest of on these units receive similar our reach with your
standards, delivering patient- group sessions and therapies
centered care regardless of throughout their stay at South healing touch.
whether our patients have Oaks. While treatment is as
medical or psychiatric diagnoses. individualized as possible, the
And it’s already working. Nurses need for programming that suits See our job opportunities

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