Clinical Advancement Program
The Clinical Advancement Program (CAP) is designed to reward nurses' increasing levels of clinical expertise and commitment to patient care. The implementation and maintenance of such a program enhances the Lourdes Health System's ability to recruit and retain professional nurses who, in turn, contribute to the achievement of quality patient outcomes.
Participating nurses seek to improve through five levels of excellence that are based on minimum years of experience; advanced degrees and specialty certifications; and points attained through certain activities. Those activities include: service as a population-specific resource; educator in special areas (mock codes, fire drills, etc.); committee participation; service as a preceptor, mentor or adjunct faculty; recognition from local or national nursing organization; community service/volunteerism; participator or initiator nursing research; and author of an article published in a journal.
2008 CAP Nursing Award Recipients Announced
Ceremonies were held at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center and Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County honoring nurses who have achieved higher levels of clinical care through this new Lourdes program. Those nurses are:| Clinical Nurse II Deborah Forbes, ICN Christine Gedling, SCN Catherine Hartzell, SCN Josephine Heisler, ED Sharon Hughes, 6 N Mary Kelly, MBU Donna Kensey, PCU Kimberly Malatesta, ICN Ann McKenzie, PCU Janine Meehan, 6 N Angela Meraviglia, CC1 Katherine Patrick,CC1 Kim Perez, MBU Brunilda (Cookie) Sanchez, CC1 Debbie Snow, PCU Maureen Vassie, ACC Dialysis Vanessa Williams, SCN Brandie Wooding, L & D |
Clinical Nurse III Susan Costello, PASU Lucille Ettore, PASU Joyce Haag, OPCR Donna Hamlet, ICN Marcella Hebert, CC2 Kelly Hoyt, ICN Wanda Martorano, Pediatrics Margaret (Peggy) Mason, CTR Marguerite McMichael, CC1 Maria Molina, CC1 Alice Perkins, PASU Theresa Pisani, CC1 Djuana Rivers, ICN Nancy Lee Schmidt, Osborn Kathleen Shivler, CC1 Naydia St. Felix, SCN Cathleen Stanziale, SCN Helen Suaan, CTR Linda Truempy, CC1 Janine Vallen, CC1 Clinical Nurse IV Angela Hess, ICN |
To learn more about the program review the CAP Program Outline [MS Word, 547K]. To apply, download and complete the remaining documents. Contact information and deadlines are contained within the documents.
- CAP Clinical Events Form [MS Word, 64K]
- CAP Committee Involvement Tool [MS Word, 52K]
- CAP Contact Hour Summary Form [MS Word, 72K]
- CAP Cover Sheet CNII [MS Word, 52K]
- CAP Cover Sheet CNIII [MS Word, 52K]
- CAP Cover Sheet CNIV [MS Word, 52K]
- CAP Educational Inservice 2008 Tool [MS Word, 61K]
- CAP Exemplar Tool - Clinical Expertise[MS Word, 52K]
- CAP Exemplar Tool - Professional Growth and Development [MS Word, 52K]
- CAP Exemplar Tool - Research and Education [MS Word, 52K]
- CAP Exemplar Tool - Service Delivery [MS Word, 52K]
- CAP Patient Care Conference Form [MS Word, 42K]
- CAP Patient Care Issue Form [MS Word, 54K]
- CAP Patient Education Tool [MS Word, 47K]
- CAP Points System [MS Word, 182K]
- CAP Service Delivery Program Summary [MS Word, 52K]
- CAP Shift Tracking Tool [MS Word, 56K]
