Melissa Hawes, MSN, RN, PCCN, Clinical Nurse
The next generation of nurses is in good hands with Melissa Hawes, MSN, RN, PCCN, serving as a preceptor and clinical nursing instructor, say her colleagues on the Tower 10BA Nursing Practice Council.
Vedna Heywood, RN, Clinical Nurse
Vedna Heywood, RN, is known for her devotion to providing exemplary care to all patients and families, especially those suffering from violence.
Laura Spinney, BSN, RN, CCRN, Clinical Nurse
Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) staff and leaders have innumerable examples of the compassionate, relationship-based care that Laura Spinney, BSN, RN, CCRN, provides to patients and their loved ones.
Maureen Tapper, MSN, RN, PCCN, Clinical Nurse
What can I do to guide patients and families along their journey while caring for them?”Maureen Tapper, MSN, RN, PCCN, always asks herself this question when she begins caring for a new patient and family. To answer it, she strives to understand their lives prior to hospitalization, the barriers they are facing and what is most important to them.
Letter from the Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President, Clinical Services Brigham Health
We have so much to celebrate during National Nurses Week — our first as a Magnet-designated institution and a Baby-Friendly hospital.

