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Who We Are
Named in the Boston Globe's list of Top Places to Work, Boston Medical Center is one of the nation's top academic research centers and the largest safety-net hospital in New England. Our unwavering commitment to providing outstanding, comprehensive healthcare to the communities we serve is at the core of what we do. Each day, our team of 1,700+ front-line nurses and nurse leaders in every corner of our system are advancing professional practice and delivering evidence-based care to patients, families, and the communities we serve. We work every day to increase our care by investing in teaching, technology, facilities, and clinical excellence. To become a BMC nurse is an opportunity to be amongst the best.
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Did You Know?
Boston Medical Center is a leader in creating national models of care, from our Preventative Food Pantry to sustainability milestones like achieving carbon net-zero! Explore below what makes our hospital unique and discover your place at the intersection of social justice, community care, and sustainability.
Nurses are an integral part of our clinical solutions
Boston Medical Center nurses lead the advancement of healthcare while strengthening their discipline through new skills and innovations. Frontline nurses and leaders across our system drive professional practice and delivery of evidence-based care to patients, families, and the communities we serve. Hear more from our Chief Nursing Officer, Nancy W. Gaden DNP, RN, NEA-BC.
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Kailey Atteridge, Boston Medical Center
Kailey became a nurse after graduating from the University of Rhode Island in 2019. By winter 2020, her med/surg floor was inundated with sick COVID-19 patients, many of whom had to be intubated or worse, and sent to intensive care. From the spring through fall, she also worked at pop-up COVID testing sites, eventually administering the vaccine. She has since moved to a step-down unit, also working with very sick COVID patients, and started her dream side job of working for Autumn Hospice. All this time, Kailey has kept her spirits up and worked even harder as the pandemic lingers. She is always smiling and ready to lend a hand. Kailey hit the ground running and has not slowed down.—Nominated by Lori Atteridge
Lindsey Anderson, Boston Medical Center
This nurse met me in the lobby to take me up for an infusion for COVID-19. I was nervous and scared, and she took all that away with her kind professionalism.—Nominated by Bethany Liese
Angelee Bullock, Boston Medical Center
Angie is a tremendous asset to the Ambulatory Pediatrics team. She is equally loved by her colleagues and her patients. I have had the pleasure of being both her colleague and trusting her with the care of my children. She’s hard-working, compassionate, and embodies the core values of BMC.—Nominated by Kristen Kremer
Mackenzie Brooks, Boston Medical Center
Mackenzie is new here at Boston Medical Center. She has presented as a professional and mature nurse with strong critical thinking skills from the start. Recently, she had a patient with subtle signs of a potential stroke. Her astute thinking and quick actions saved this patient from potentially significant poor outcomes. While proud of the entire stroke team’s work with this patient, I was very impressed with Mackenzie right from the start. She has quickly become a strong team member.—Nominated by Jennifer Jarbeau
Caileigh Burke, Boston Medical Center
Caileigh started her nursing career in the BMC medical intensive care unit (MICU) during the peak of a pandemic, fresh after graduating from college. During the spring of 2020, when she was sent home from college, she took it upon herself to continue working as a nursing aid in the MICU to answer the world’s call for help. In the less-than-two-years since then, she has faced many COVID waves and saved many lives while earning the respect of those around her. As a night shift nurse, she works with the newest residents in an extremely high-stress, intense environment, yet she maintains poise and patience to determine the best plan of care for her patients.
Caileigh also has the morality and confidence to do what is right. Just last week, she noticed a patient was deoxygenating and the assigned nurse was nowhere to be found. She immediately stepped in as the patient’s condition worsened. As the assigned nurse returned and the doctors came to the bedside, Caileigh gave a report on a patient who wasn’t even hers, and provided her perspective on next steps when the medical team asked. She is truly an inspiration. As her roommate, I see her come home every day, always making us laugh somehow even after some of the toughest shifts she will face in her career. She is truly an everyday hero.—Nominated by Leah Calitri
Corie Clark, Boston Medical Center
Corie Clark is an amazing pediatric nurse who volunteered to work at the BMC COVID Vaccine Clinic. When the vaccines were first offered, it was a stressful process of demand versus availability, as well as efficacy versus long- and short-term side effects. Corie took the initiative to meet with patients and families to counsel them about the vaccine and disease. It was clear early on that Corie possess innate ability to be a leader and mentor.
When Corie transitioned to a lead nurse role for the vaccine clinics, she was responsible for organizing hundreds of nurse schedules. She was responsible for training and orientating each nurse, including regarding the many FDA and CDC updates. Thanks to Corie's efforts, thousands of patients, one individual at a time, received compassionate, competent care during a worldwide public health emergency. Corie is very humble, so it’s important that she be recognized for her work and the long-term impact that her efforts in vaccination will have to finding a path out of this coronavirus pandemic.—Nominated by Maureen Hilchey Masters
Natasha Gross-Jean, Boston Medical Center
Natasha is an exceptional nurse working in the hematology clinic infusion center, where she cares for oncology and hematology patients, as well as others who receive infusions or transfusions. As a sickle cell provider, I have had the pleasure of working closely with Natasha, who often cares for our sickle cell patients. She has remarkable insight into this patient population and the many co-morbidities they suffer. She is intelligent, thoughtful, and an amazing patient educator and advocate. She supports our sickle cell patients when they are having pain crises and helps them cope with anxiety while providing essential pain management. We have one adult sickle cell patient who is developmentally disabled. She’s developed a relationship with this young man, and her empathy and compassion help him tolerate his treatments. When Natasha cares for one of our patients, I know that they will get the best possible care.—Nominated by Charlene Sylvestre
Cathy Korn, Boston Medical Center
Cathy worked seven-day weeks throughout the most critical times of the COVID pandemic, supporting and educating nurses and clinical staff on the ever-changing requirements for safe clinical practice. She developed countless protocols and videos and did hundreds of huddles, providing just-in-time support. Cathy worked to implement best practices to prevent the spread of COVID between patients and staff. She is a true advocate for patients and staff alike.—Nominated by Maureen Diane Hanley
Elizabeth Lowe, Pediatric Neurology, Boston Medical Center
As the mother of a child who has epilepsy, I need someone who’s kind, understanding, and always there for any question, big or small. Betsy was my family’s lifeline in those first few years of my daughter’s epilepsy journey. She always called back and answered emails, and she always greeted my daughter and family with a big smile. She was always there to listen. She would pop in when we were inpatient to just say hi. Betsy will be retiring this year and will be a huge lose to BMC. We’ll miss her, but wish her the best in her new journey.—Nominated by Amie Martin
OB-GYN Staff, Boston Medical Center
The entire OB-GYN staff worked through the entire pandemic, because babies and cancer don’t stop for a worldwide crisis. These nurses and nurse practitioners treat high-risk, diabetic, addicted, infertile women, and women who have ovarian cancer and need a urogynecologist. Patients are treated with dignity, compassion, kindness, and a gentle hand. They go way beyond regular care. They all deserve to be nominated.—Nominated by Kathy McCluskey
Jean Powell, Boston Medical Center
Jean has been a strong example of advocacy of both patients and nurses. She is a role model and is dedicated to the best patient outcomes. Jean has been a nurse for many years and is a true team player. She’s always willing to help her colleagues and volunteers to train new staff. She received her med-surg certification this past year and makes sure she remains current in her nursing practice. One of her patients raved about her positive energy and attentiveness to detail.—Nominated by Alicia Amaro
James Torrey, Boston Medical Center
I would like to acknowledge my co-worker Jim’s hard work, dedication, and love for his profession. I’ve not met another person like him in my 14 years of a being a nurse. He defines nursing. He is compassionate, caring, smart, loving, knowledgeable, and just a nice, genuine, whole-hearted person. He is always the first to step up to take the “difficult “patient, lend a hand to a co-worker, or simply sit with a patient and carry on a half-hour conversation about where the patient grew up, what kind of lifestyle they’ve lived, and what brought them to the hospital.
He makes every patient feel comfortable and “at home” in the hospital setting. Many patients are scared and uneasy about being in a hospital, but Jim always seems to get a smile and a laugh out of his patients. He’s often seen walking hand-in-hand with the elderly or cracking jokes with the bed-bound. He has a way with people that not all nurses have. He’s a team player, leader, and a dedicated person to each and every one of his patients. He has been nominated by many as a DAISY award recipient and is liked by all of his co-workers. Many nurses wish that they could have his compassion and poise. I’m glad to be a co-worker of Jim’s, and hope that I can give my patients at least half of what Jim gives to his.—Nominated by Danielle Coughlin
Erika Trudon, Boston Medical Center
Erika recently had a great catch with a patient. She saw that a routine EKG looked concerning, but it wasn’t very clear, so she decided to reassess the patient and perform another EKG. The patient did not have any chest pain, complaints, or other concerns that would make someone think anything was wrong, but the EKG worried her. Erika decided to call the doctor and, after further review, it was determined the patient was having a heart attack. He was taken to the catheter lab within the hour. His care was driven purely by nursing advocacy, and there’s no doubt that if Erika hadn’t followed through, he would have experienced a poor outcome.—Nominated by Katelyn Donohoe
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