Tracheostomy Thursday: Journey of a Staff-driven COVID-19 Initiative to International Recognition

Mary Anne Gallagher1, Lisa Anne Torrieri

  • 1At NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, Mary Anne Gallagher, DNP, RN, Ped-BC, is Director of Nursing, Center for Professional Nursing Practice, and Lisa Anne Torrieri, MSN, RN, FNP, CWON, is Nurse Clinician. Acknowledgments: The authors thank Rosanne Raso, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, FAONL, CNO, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell for her leadership, advocacy, and support of frontline nurses and interprofessional collaboration; MariLou Prado-Inzerillo, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Vice President of Nursing Operations, NewYork-Presbyterian for her leadership and support of frontline staff recognition; the Tracheostomy Thursday team for their professionalism, exemplary care, collaboration, and outcomes and for putting patients first in the epicenter of a pandemic; and Sigma nursing for providing the opportunity to recognize excellence in nursing. The authors have disclosed no financial relationships related to this article. Submitted to Nursing Management March 29, 2022; accepted in revised form June 10, 2022. This article is jointly published in Nursing Management as Gallagher MA, Torrieri LA. Tracheostomy Thursday: journey of a staff-driven COVID-19 initiative to international recognition. Nurs Manage 2022;53(9).

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