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Member Spotlight of the Month:                                           February 2004

 Phyllis M. Lynn Cavanaugh, BSN, RN

 Rehabilitation Nurse of the Year, 2003

Congratulations!

Current Employment:            St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital

 

Position:                                  Nurse Manager Rehabilitation Center 

Responsibilities include providing leadership and communication, monitoring the work environment, assuring quality, managing the fiscal budget, managing human resources and ensuring the delivery of competent clinical practice.

ARN Member Since:   1991

SETX Chapter ARN Member Since:  1991

 

SETX Chapter ARN involvement:    One-Year Board Member          2000

                                                                   Secretary                                    2001

                                                Faculty Rehabilitation Review Workshop  2000

                                                Research Committee

 

National ARN Involvement: Attendance at several National conferences

                                                    Submitted Abstract for National conference

 

Community Involvement:            Palmer Drug Abuse Program

 

Lynn’s Colleagues have this to say:  “ Lynn is consistent with supporting staff education while promoting rehabilitation goals.  As long as I have know Lynn, she has been a team player...”

 

What Rehabilitation Nursing Means to Me: A Gift 

Lynn writes, “ I think my rehabilitation experience actually started when I was a new RN working in the ICU.  Even though the patients were almost total care, I did what I could to encourage them to do something to help themselves.  It wasn’t until I “fell” into the world of rehabilitation that I realized I had found my niche.

             As a rehabilitation nurse, I have had opportunities to assist patients and their families and caregivers to take active roles in the recovery from the condition that brought them to the unit.  It has been gratifying to be able to see patients improve both physically and emotionally while on the rehabilitation unit.

           So, I guess what rehabilitation nursing means to me is have the ability and gift to support people in their recoveries and to see them show the confidence in assuming their own care.

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