Bronx-Lebanon nurses, under the leadership of Jeanine M. Frumenti, RN, Vice President, Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer are totally committed to delivering the highest level of quality and compassionate nursing services for their patients and the community. Nurses are actively involved in transforming care delivery programs that are designed to improve the quality and safety of patient care for inpatients and outpatients. Among Ms. Frumenti’s top priorities is to firmly establish Bronx-Lebanon’s nurses as among the best in the nation. Bronx-Lebanon’s nursing staff is now moving toward Magnet Status, the gold standard for nursing care. “We want other nurses, physicians, and consumers to evaluate us in terms of achieving the highest nursing and patient care standards,” stated Ms. Frumenti.       Jeanine M. Frumenti, RN, Vice President, Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer (center), with MICU nurses (LtoR): Saovapa Choonhasenee, RN, Patient Care Manager; Jungok Kim, RN, and Serena Harris, RN.     “Our nurses are clearly succeeding in adapting a best practices model that supports their essential role in providing optimum care.” JEANINE M. FRUMENTI, RN, VICE PRESIDENT, PATIENT CARE SERVICES/CHIEF NURSING OFFICER     At Bronx-Lebanon, Compassionate Care, Competence, Communication, and Collaboration are essential components of a progressive nursing philosophy. Nurses are an integral part of the Bronx-Lebanon team. They are continually empowered to be actively involved in the unit based decision-making process, through the use of a shared governance model.     Amy Vargas, RN, checking on patient in Ambulatory Surgery area. (LtoR): Operating Room Registered Nurses Doris Dzissah and Kumar Goomtie, attending to pre-operative patient. Wilma Bonsato, RN, Critical Care, measuring medication for patient. Tony Ramgahan, Patient Care Manager, ER, and Judith Stoddard, RN. Their wide-ranging responsibilities include direct care, providing patient/family education, and being a patient advocate, as well as directing unit resources, and effectively communicating with physicians and support staff. The unit based leadership model is designed to support clinical nursing staff and foster ongoing development of nurses by empowering them to change policy and practice using evidence and clinical experience. (LtoR): Jason Torres, PCT, and Romeo Palang, RN, Assistant Nursing Care Coordinator, attending to patient. Nurse observing cardiac monitors in CCU area. Jacqueline Davis, RN, Patient Care Manager, and Hugh Smith, RN, Assistant Nursing Care Coordinator, Medical/Surgical, with patient. Daniel Coronel, Assistant Vice President, Patient Care Services, Psychiatry, reviewing chart with Roy Glenn, RN, Assistant Nursing Care Coordinator, CPEP. Conchita Cortez, RN, Gastroenterology, explaining procedure to patient.