Center for Professional Development, Innovation and Research

Center for Professional Development, Innovation and Research Directors

• Children's Specialized Hospital - Adriana Senatore MSN, RN, CPNP, Assistant Vice President
• Clara Maass Medical Center - Cynthia Basile DNP, MSN, RN, CCRN, Director
• Community Medical Center - Susan Urbanek MSN, RNC-OB, Director
• Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center - Stephanie Richter MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CEN, Administrative Director
• Jersey City Medical Center - Michele Lopez MSN, RN, CEN, NE-BC, Director
• Monmouth Medical Center & Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus - Kellie Graf, MSN, RN, CPAN, Regional Administrative Director
• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center - Leslie Wright-Brown PhDc, RN, NPD-BC, Assistant Vice President and Victoria Orleman, MSN, RNC, IBCLC, C-ONQS, Director
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – Claudia Pagani MSN, RN-BC, NPD-BC, Assistant Vice President and Alberto Rodriguez MSN, RN, NE-BC, Director
• Rutgers Cancer Institute - Karen Visich MSN, RN, ANP-BC, AOCNP, Director
• RWJBarnabas Health Behavioral Health Center - Nicole Demetroulakos BSN, RN, Director
• RWJUH Hamilton - Cheryl Prall MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Director
• RWJUH Rahway Marcia Nettingham DNP, RN, NE-BC, Director
• RWJUH Somerset - Kathleen Wilson MSN, RN, CNL, SCRN, Director
• Trinitas Regional Medical Center - Rina Verma MSN, RN, NPD-BC, Director

RWJBarnabas Health facilities are committed to provide a healthy work environment which supports the highest safety, service, and quality outcomes for patients, families, nurses, interprofessional colleagues, and staff. This is accomplished through the development and implementation of strong structures and processes which support shared governance structures, reward and recognition, nursing quality outcomes, and evidence-based practice and research. Magnet® program leaders at each facility utilize Magnet standards to foster excellence in nursing practice.

Magnet Designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), recognizes organizations for creating and sustaining an environment of nursing excellence where collaborative working relationships are fostered among different departments and disciplines. This journey to excellence enables organizations to advance professional nursing practice, recognize excellence in the delivery of nursing services, promote innovation, and provide the structures necessary for the implementing and disseminating best practices.

The five components of Magnet Model include Transformational Leadership, Structural Empowerment, Exemplary Professional Practice, New Knowledge Innovations and Improvements and Empirical Outcomes. The Magnet Standards within the five model components provide a framework to support nursing excellence. At RWJBarnabas Health nurses are highly- valued, participate in decision-making through shared governance, promote exemplary professional practices both at the local and system levels, actively participate in research and evidence- based activities, and are supported to engaged in lifelong learning.

• Publications & Research
• Academic Partnerships
• RWJBH NOURISH™ Program