ProMedica honors Monroe Regional Hospital nurse with patient safety award

The Monroe News
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Registered nurse Jan Leonard, a surgical nurse navigator at ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital, was selected as the 2023 Kevin Webb Patient Safety Award recipient.
Registered nurse Jan Leonard, a surgical nurse navigator at ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital, was selected as the 2023 Kevin Webb Patient Safety Award recipient.

A nurse at ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital has been honored with a patient safety award.

Registered nurse Jan Leonard, a surgical nurse navigator at the hospital, was selected as the 2023 Kevin Webb Patient Safety Award recipient for her outstanding attention to detail, compassion for patients and willingness to go above and beyond to ensure patient safety, according to a news release issued by the health care organization.

ProMedica celebrated national Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 12-18) with the annualKevin Webb Patient Safety Award ceremony Wednesday at the ProMedica headquarters in Toledo, the release said. The award recognizes one employee, associate or team across the health system who demonstrates a passion for patient safety. During the award ceremony, ProMedica leadership recognized the primary award recipient along with honorees who have demonstrated patient safety excellence.

Presented by ProMedica, the Kevin Webb Patient Safety Award recognizes one employee, associate, or team across the health system who demonstrates a passion for patient safety.
Presented by ProMedica, the Kevin Webb Patient Safety Award recognizes one employee, associate, or team across the health system who demonstrates a passion for patient safety.

In 2017, Leonard created the surgical nurse navigator role for an advanced recovery program for surgical patients.

She identified an opportunity to create an efficient healing pathway by guiding patients from the pre-surgery phase to the outpatient home recovery phase. Leonard worked with ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital surgeons to implement pathways, order sets and safety assessments using evidenced-based practice guidelines.

Her vision for this level of care coordination along with her personal investment as a PACU (post-anesthesia care unit) nurse in guiding a patient's care, educating, assuring adequate resources and a safe home environment has reduced infections, promoted healing and saved lives.

“Patient safety is a top priority for our organization,” Darrin Arquette, president of ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital, said in the release. “We are proud to have one of our hospital’s own recognized for this health system-level award. Jan exemplifies our hospital’s strong commitment to patient safety through her work as a surgical nurse navigator. We are lucky to have her as part of our team, and we congratulate her on winning this award.”

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