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Winchester Hospital Appoints Marlene Williamson As Director Of Inpatient Nursing Services

Winchester Hospital Appoints Marlene Williamson As Director Of Inpatient Nursing Services

Published Wednesday, Jun 13, 2007

Winchester, MA -- Marlene Williamson, BS, RN, CNA, BC, was named director of Inpatient Nursing Services at Winchester Hospital.In her new role, she [More]

Winchester Hospital Appoints Marlene Williamson As Director Of Inpatient Nursing Services

Published Wednesday, Jun 13, 2007

Winchester, MA -- Marlene Williamson, BS, RN, CNA, BC, was named director of Inpatient Nursing Services at Winchester Hospital.In her new role, she is responsible for overseeing the hospital's inpatient units (including medical/surgical, telemetry, oncology and intensive care), float pool, and nursing supervisors.

A resident of Winchester, Williamson worked for Winchester Hospital from 1983 to 1990 as head nurse, nurse recruiter, nursing staff developer, nursing supervisor, director of Nursing Information, and acting vice president of Nursing.She returned to Winchester Hospital in 2001 as director of nursing programs, Magnet project director, and float pool manager.

Most recently, she was honored as a 2007 Nursing Spectrum Excellence Award finalist in the category of Advancing and Leading the Profession.As the hospital's Magnet program advocate, organizer, and champion, she was recognized for leading programs that resulted in Winchester Hospital being named the first community hospital in Massachusetts to earn Magnet recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

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Winchester Hospital Appoints Marlene Williamson As Director Of Inpatient Nursing Services

Published Wednesday, Jun 13, 2007

Winchester, MA -- Marlene Williamson, BS, RN, CNA, BC, was named director of Inpatient Nursing Services at Winchester Hospital.In her new role, she [More]

Anita Hume and Marlene Williamson from Winchester Hospital then spoke on achieving MAGNET hospital certification.
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Marlene was most inspirational as she took us through the MAGNET "commitment to excellence" journey undertaken by Winchester Hospital.

In recent days, Marlene Williamson of Winchester Hospital talked to the Woburn Rotary Club at its noontime luncheon on the achievement."There was a commitment by everyone involved to raise the bar at the hospital," she beamed, "and we did."

Williamson, a Winchester native, has herself a long history of being with the hospital from being a coffee shop volunteer in high school all the way to one of several people called upon to bring all the parts together at Winchester Hospital.

"For one thing," she pointed out, "there was a major effort to get nurses involved in all policy decisions...This was a big, first step and others followed."

Also, she pointed out, nurse autonomy was an issue as was the creating of a "cultural awareness" on the part of nurses and having them respond accordingly.
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As for Williamson, who after Winchester H.S. continued her education at Villanova (Class of '75), she is back helping the hospital in every way, including efforts on the Magnet program.

"Would you believe, I'm back in the coffee shop!"said the volunteer.Williamson is also a per diem employee at the hospital and takes great pride in brining the entire Magnet program to fruition.