Nursing Workplace Environment & Staffing Council Commission
Vision Statement - New Jersey will be recognized as the leader in creating and sustaining a healthy workplace environment for its nurses.
Mission Statement - To promote and sustain a healthy workplace environment for the nurses of New Jersey.
Scope and Boundaries
- All acute care hospitals in NJ
- Provide oversight and guidance to all cohort hospitals
- Influence legislators and key stakeholders
Goals
- Recruit additional hospitals
- Disseminate and engage internally within ONL NJ and NWESC hospitals and externally with lawmakers and academic partners
- Sustain through the toolkit, educational modules for ongoing education and new education for the existing and new cohort
Chairperson
Maria L. Brennan, DNP, RN, CPHQ, Consultant
Members
- Helene M. Burns, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Senior Vice President & CNO, Jefferson Health New Jersey
- Deborah Mican, BSN, RN, MHA, CNOR, Vice President Patient Services & CNO, Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
- Rita V. Smith, DNP, MPA, RN, NEA-BC, Partner, C-Suite Healthcare Advisors, President, ONLNL
- Patricia Steingall, MS, RN, NE-BC, CNO & Vice President Patient Services, Hunterdon Healthcare System
- Kathleen Borenstein, DNP, RN, CCRN
- Judith T. Caruso, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, President & CEO, Caruso Consulting
- Susan Cholewka, MBA, Executive Director, ONL NJ
- Pamela B. DeCordova, PhD, RN-BC, Assistant Professor, Rutgers School of Nursing
- Mary Ann Hozak, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Administrative Director of Cardiology, St. Joseph's Health
- Mary L. Johansen, PhD, RN, NE-BC, Clinical Associate Professor, Rutgers School of Nursing
- Charlotte C. Qualls, MA, RN, Adminsitrative Supervisor, Hackensack Meridian Riverview Medical Center
- Jessica Van Cleef, BSN, RN, NE-BC, Director 5 South, Hunterdon Medical Center
- Susan H. Weaver, PhD, RN, CRNI, NEA-BC, Nurse Scientist, Hackensack Meridian Health
- Janice M. Wojcik, MS, RN, CCRN, ACNP-BC, CPHQ, NEA-BC, Director of Nursing Informatics, St. Joseph's University Medical Center
- Rebecca D. Graboso, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Vice President of Nursing and CNO, Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center
- Donna Bonacorso, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Vice President for Patient Care, Community Medical Center, RWJBarnabas Health
- Katherine Birkenstock, MSN, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
- Samantha Colangelo, BSN, RN, NWESC Co-chair, CentraState Medical Center
- Regina Edwards, BSN, RN, CEN, NWESC Co-chair, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
- AnnMarie Palatnik, DNP, APN, ACNS-BC, AVP Clinical Learning, Academic Affiliations & Research, Virtua Health
- Kathy Devine, DNP, RN, Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer, Cooper University Health Care
- Shannon Patel, DNP, APN-C, AGPCNP-BC, Assistant Vice President Operations, Cooper University Health Care
- Ann Marie Leichman, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Senior Vice President, Patient Care Services & Chief Nursing Officer, The Valley Hospital
- Jamie Zavardino, BSN, RN, NWESC Co-chair, The Valley Hospital
Contact Susan Cholewka, executive director, scholewka@onlnj.org