COLLEEN MCDONALD RECEIVES CAREFIRST AWARD AT NEWTON-WELLESLEY HOSPITAL

Colleen M. McDonald, RN, was recently given the CAREFirst award at Newton-Wellesley Hospital.  She was awarded with this honor at a ceremony and reception in the Hospital’s Shipley Auditorium.

Newton-Wellesley’s CAREFirst Award recognizes individual employees or teams on a monthly basis. Nominated by their peers, award recipients are selected for their performance based on the CAREFirst attributes of compassion, attitude, responsibility, and excellence.

McDonald has been with Newton-Wellesley Hospital for 20 years, and currently works as a registered nurse in the Emergency Department and Pain Management Service. Prior to that, McDonald worked on the Mother-Baby Unit. A graduate of Salve Regina University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, McDonald resides in Norwood with her husband Tom and children Matthew, 29; Julianne, 26; Jenna, 21; and Maire, 14. She is an active parishioner at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Norwood.

Newton-Wellesley Hospital is a full system member of Partners HealthCare System, Inc.  (PHCS), a nonprofit organization that includes acute care hospitals Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s/Faulkner Hospitals, The North Shore Medical Center, and specialty hospitals McLean Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, as well as Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare, and the community-based doctors and hospitals of Partners Community HealthCare, Inc.

Newton-Wellesley Hospital provides a wide range of services, including medical, surgical, obstetrical, orthopaedic, neonatal, pediatric and psychiatric care. Newton-Wellesley has been serving its community for over a century. The medical staff of the Hospital includes nearly 1,000 physicians practicing a full range of specialties. NWH is a major teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine and also has established post-graduate training programs for Harvard Medical School residents.