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Boston Medical Center VP awarded for nursing leadership
Kathleen Davidson, vice president of BMC’s division of nursing and chief nursing officer, has been honored as New England’s Best Nurse Leader by the national nursing magazine Advance for Nurses. One of more than 100 nominees, Davidson (SON’86) was recognized for her efforts to improve nursing services at BMC. Her colleagues there credit her with being exceptionally accessible to her employees, overseeing a recruitment team that helped establish one of the lowest nursing turnover rates in Massachusetts, and creating numerous educational and mentoring programs. In addition, Davidson played an important role in BMC’s efforts to maximize patient and staff safety and dramatically reduce medication error rates. She also has been instrumental in leading the center’s pursuit of Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, which recognizes health-care institutions with outstanding nursing care.
Archaeology prof named British Academy lecturer
Norman Hammond, a CAS archaeology professor, has been named the British Academy’s Albert Reckitt Archaeological Lecturer for 2006. The academy is Britain’s premier honorific body for the social sciences and humanities. The Reckitt lecture is the academy’s only regular formal archaeological event, and is given every two years by a scholar of international repute. Hammond will deliver his Reckitt lecture on Maya Civilization in Central America on October 16, 2006, in London.
BMC hosts conference on how lawyers can partner with docs to improve children’s health
Boston Medical Center’s Family Advocacy Program (FAP) hosts its fourth annual national medical-legal collaboration conference on Friday, November 5, 2004, at Boston’s Back Bay Hilton, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Renee Landers, an associate professor at Suffolk Law School and recent past president of the Boston Bar Association, will be the keynote speaker. The subject of the conference is how lawyers can help make medical treatment more effective for needy children. FAP is a medical-legal collaborative launched by BMC and located in its pediatrics department; it helps ensure that low-income families and their children have access to basic needs, including food, safe housing, and education. The conference fee is $175; $50 with any student ID. For more information, call 617-414-7430 or visit www.familyadvocacyprogram.org.
5 November 2004
Boston University
Office of University Relations