A nurse who has had a 50-year profession of affected person advocacy, mentorship and revolutionary administration was named a “Living Legend” on Wednesday, the very best honor from the world’s most prestigious nursing affiliation.
“The contributions of Dr. Jeanette Ives Erickson to nursing practice, patient care, population health and pandemic leadership are legendary because of her significant reach,” stated Kenneth White, president of the American Academy of Nursing and dean of the School of Nursing at MGH Institute of Health Professions. “She leads with inspired vision to elevate standards of nursing practice, patient care and organizational effectiveness.”
“To be nominated by the nurse leaders that I have incredible respect for is something special,” stated Ives Erickson, who holds a PhD and is the chair of the Board of Trustees on the MGH Institute, interim president and CEO at Nantucket Cottage Hospital and chief nurse emerita on the Massachusetts General Hospital. “I’ve been on a career journey with many of them, so to have them think I’m worthy of this recognition means a lot to me.”
Starting as a registered nurse, she rose to turn out to be senior vp of affected person care and chief nurse at MGH for 21 years, then helped form analysis, insurance policies and variety initiatives, consulted hospitals around the globe and led disaster responses within the U.S. and overseas.
During occasions of disaster, Ives Erickson has been a transformative chief, collaborating within the hospital’s response after the 2003 Station nightclub fireplace in Rhode Island and the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, and doing the identical after Indonesia’s tsunami in 2004 and Haiti’s earthquake in 2010.
Ives Erickson was requested by Gov. Charlie Baker and Mass General Brigham’s CEO, Dr. Ann Klibanski, to function co-medical chief and operations chief for Boston Hope, the sector hospital created a month after the coronavirus pandemic started, to liberate beds for sicker sufferers at Boston’s hospitals whereas offering shelter and take care of homeless sufferers sick with COVID. In simply 10 days, Boston Hope handled almost 1,000 sufferers.
In 2021, Ives Erickson was requested to be a frontrunner for Mass General Brigham’s system-wide effort to vaccinate sufferers. Under her management, 100,000 sufferers acquired vaccinations.
Ives Erickson says the AAN’s Living Legend award isn’t about her however relatively is reflective of the work of Mass General Brigham.
“For the 82,000 people who get up every day and want to do good – advancing our mission – she said, this award is for them.”
Source: www.bostonherald.com”