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Cathy Gallo, MAS, RN-BC,C.N.A., CDONA, CPHQ,
Vice President of Long-Term Care Standards and Clinical Services,
began her nursing career approximately 20 years ago as a staff/charge
nurse in an acute-care facility. Since that time she has held a
variety of nursing and clinical roles including quality analyst,
nurse manager, director of nursing, assistant administrator, performance
improvement director, and healthcare consultant. In 2004 Cathy joined
the Saint Barnabas Health Care System Long-Term Care Division.
As the Vice President of Long-Term Care Standards and Clinical Services
within the largest health care system in New Jersey, Cathy oversees
the development of the standardization of long-term care policies
and procedures, develops and implements effective organizational
plans in preparation for regulatory agency surveys and clinical
program development, and implements and monitors performance improvement
initiatives for the Division’s nine nursing and rehabilitation
centers one transitional care unit, and two assisted living residences.
Cathy established the SBHCS LTC- Educators Committee, the LTC- Infection
Control Committee & the SBHCS Pressure Ulcer Collaborative Committee
& assisted in the development of the SBHCS Post-Acute Senior
Medical Affairs Committee
Cathy attended Bloomfield College, in New Jersey, where she earned
a bachelor’s of science degree in Nursing, and Farleigh Dickinson
University, in New Jersey, where she earned a master’s of
science degree in Administrative Science. She is a Certified Professional
of HealthCare Quality (CPHQ), Certified Director of Nursing in Long-Term
Care (C.D.O.N.A./LTC) and Nurse Administrator Certified (C.N.A.).
As an advocate for continuing education, Cathy has contributed to
and authored a variety or articles focusing on pain awareness and
infection control, most recently co-authoring an infection control
awareness article which was featured in the March 2006 edition of
Advance for Nurses. She was also a featured speaker at the Saint
Barnabas Health Care System Antibiotic Offsite and the New Jersey
Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDOHSS) Antimicrobial
Resistance Symposium and New Jersey Hospice and Palliative Care
Association’s Facility Based Hospice Care Seminar, and an
invited guest on the NJDOHSS Antimicrobial Task Force.
Cathy remains active in the nursing and healthcare industries through
her affiliations with the National Director of Nurses in Long-Term
Care Association, New Jersey Association for Healthcare Quality,
New Jersey Association of Director of Nursing Administration/Long-Term
Care, and New Jersey Organization of Nurse Executives. Cathy serves
as a Leadership Council Member for the National Association of Healthcare
Quality, and sat of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey League
for Nursing from 2002-2004. In 2001, the New Jersey State Nurses
Association awarded Cathy the organization’s CARE Award for
Education.
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