VNAA Program Manager of the Year Emily Raymond, RN

Emily Raymond, Clinical Manager of Maternal and Child Health Services, has served as a leader not only at Home Health VNA in Lawrence, Mass., but also in the surrounding communities. She was presented with the VNAA Program Manager of the Year Award on May 15, 2009, in San Antonio, Texas, at the VNAA's Awards Gala. Her commitment to excellence and desire to serve a vulnerable population makes her the personification of leading by example.

Emily's leadership and passion for improving care to children with life-limiting conditions has led to an expansion in hospice and palliative care services to children cared for by Home Health VNA and its sister agency, the Merrimack Valley Hospice. Not only has Emily's work increased her agency's capacity to care for maternal and child cases but she has also encouraged and mentored the nurses on her own team. She serves as one of three homecare maternal-child program managers on a task force sponsored by the Jimmy Fund Clinic of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute of Boston. This work fosters effective communication and care coordination so that children with cancer can spend the maximum amount of time at home with their families. From team-building activities to assisting one of her nurses to pursue a leadership opportunity within the agency, Emily has the incredible ability to motivate and lead her peers.

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