Kelly D. Skinner, DNP, APRN, NP-C, GNP-BC, CRRN, WCC, CFCN

VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA

NOVA Chapter 226

Nurses Week T-shirts

NOVA Chapter 226 nurses wore their NOVA 2020 - 2021 Year of the Nurse t-shirts with pride!

Left to Right Top Row: Theresa Presley. Nacha Pierre, Kelly D. Skinner, Sherry Clement, and Tom Savage

Left to Right Middle Row: Valentina Ward,  Anastasia Aryee,  Danielle Newman,  Julie Szegda and Mindy Shackelford

Left to Right Bottom Row: Molly Maloney, Nancy Brooks, Kattie Davis and Kelley Nunes

Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Nursing

Congratulations to Jessica Ash on being awarded the Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Nursing – RN Expanded Role category! She is the Nurse Recruiter at the VA Boston Healthcare System and continues to use her vast administrative and clinical knowledge to advance the hiring practices and recruitment of the best qualified candidates for the Nursing Service. Jessica was publicly recognized for being the recipient of this prestigious award during Nurses Week. 

Jessica Ash, BSN, RN

Nurses Week Raffle

Carol McTavish, LPN, May Park, BSN, RN, WCC and Chizoba Nwosu, PhD, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC are looking fabulous sporting their NOVA fleeces they won from the Nurses Week Raffle!

Left to Right: Carol McTavish, May Park and Chizoba Nwosu

Line Dancing Event

NOVA Chapter 226 coordinated a Line Dancing Event which took place on Saturday, May 15, 2021 in Marshfield, MA. Two-stepping together outdoors was so much fun! We seized this opportunity to get some exercise, relieve stress, recharge, learn new dance moves, and raise money for scholarships for NOVA nurses. Valentina Ward, Ellen McCarthy, Kelly D. Skinner, Theresa Presley, Mindy Shackelford, Sandra Terry, Gilda Cain, Marie Pizziferri, Joan Clifford, Anjana Phuyal, Nancy Connors, and Jessica Cunningham were just some of those who were shimmying and shaking that day. Sorry, but I am not at liberty to disclose who were the beginners and who were the boot scooters in this group. You will just have to go to the next Line Dancing Event in September to find out for yourself. Stay tuned for details!