[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 149 (Tuesday, November 27, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1803]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                     TRIBUTE TO MS. ANGELA EDWARDS

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 27, 2012

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Ms. Angela 
Edwards.
  Ms. Edwards started her nursing career in 1983 at Port of Spain 
General Hospital. She received her diploma in Nursing in 1986 and 
immigrated to the United States in 1989. She received a Bachelor's 
degree at St. Joseph College and a Master Degree in Nursing from 
Teachers College at Columbia University.
  Ms. Edwards then started work at Mount Sinai Medical Center in 1993 
and in 1996 she received the Nursing Award for Nursing Excellence. Ms. 
Edwards' stand-out service helped her get promoted from Staff Nurse to 
Clinical Coordinator and finally Clinical Nurse Manager. Ms. Edwards 
also served as Clinical Director of Nursing at the Saint Vincent 
Medical Centers from 2008 until the center's closure in April 2010.
  Ms. Edwards started work at Woodhull Medical Center and during her 
brief tenure she created and implemented a Quality Nursing Dashboard to 
monitor clinical, financial and human resources sensitive indicators. 
She was instrumental in creating an all RN model in the Medical 
Surgical units, thereby ensuring high quality care for out-patients and 
she implemented Focus Charting to ensure improved nursing documentation 
in acute care units. All these initiatives to improved patient care 
culminated with the Implementation of Primary Nursing Model, which is 
as a Best Practice at the Woodhull Medical Center.
  All through her nursing career Ms. Edwards provided compassionate and 
quality care to all patients especially those without resources. Today, 
she continues to tirelessly work to eliminate health disparities among 
the communities she serves.
  Ms. Edwards now serves as the Deputy Director of Nursing at the North 
Brooklyn Health Network were she leads the nursing team providing 
quality care for the Inpatient Unit which consists of Critical Care, 
Medical/Surgical, Behavioral Health and Maternal Child Health services.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize Ms. Edwards for her 
contribution to the medical fraternity and our community.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in paying tribute to Ms. 
Angela Edwards.

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