Politics & Government
Freeholders Honor Somerset Medical Center, Senior Center
Warrenbrook Senior Center staff members among those recognized.
The Somerset County freeholders on Tuesday honored Somerset Medical Center for being named a Magnet hospital for excellence in nursing services by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
"As a former practical nurse, I am very proud of Somerset Medical Center,'' Freeholder Patricia Walsh said.
"The nurses are more than valuable,'' Walsh said. "They are the hospital.''
Maureen Schneider, senior vice president of clinical development and chief nursing officer for Somerset Medical Center, thanked the freeholders and the community for the support they have given the hospital.
"I hope you never have to use Somerset Medical Center,'' Schneider said, "but we are there for you.''
Schneider said that hospital staffers compiled nine volumes of documentation that was reviewed in the evaluation process. The Magnet recognition is achieved by only 6 percent of hospitals nationwide.
"We are up there with everyone else,'' Schneider told the freeholders.
At Tuesday's meeting, the freeholders also recognized the staff of the county's Office on Aging.
The following staff members of the county's nutrition and wellness centers were recognized:
- Senior Wellness Center (Basking Ridge)—Kristen Grieco, Brenda Omiliani, Elyse Rufolo, Toni Davia and Cleave Varr
- Warrenbrook Senior Center—Gwen Chalker, Angela Havay, Lorraine Donlin and Sharon Rogozinski
- Hillsborough Senior Center—Renee Moody and Lisa Lamberson
- Manville Senior Center—Lisa Carra, Jess Aggabao and Virginia Valenti
- Montgomery Senior Center—Denise Crowlry and Urszula Amato
- Raritan Senior Center—Lynda Augustine, Michael Clancy, Karen Mott and Linda Silverman
- Quail Brook Senior Center (Franklin)—Ellen Baxter, Allyson Toth and Linda Tancredi
- Honored in the Meals on Wheals program—Lisa Polkowski, Magdakena Abeleda, Lolita Arias, Kenneth Borre, Julie Gray, John Negron, Joseph Di Mino, Jessica Stover, James Artfitch, Dorren Di Maria, Carmen Prado Jovin, Barbara Valentino and Scott Daniel Kinsel
- Also recognized were staffers E. Diana Sorchini, RoseMary Wills and Terry Blum
