PRESS RELEASES
Gallant Named GI Nurse of the Year
BEVERLY HOSPITAL NURSE NAMED GASTROINTESTINAL NURSE OF THE YEAR
Proctor & Gamble Pharmaceuticals Honors North Reading Resident
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Jo Ann Gallant, RN
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(Beverly, MA) - Proctor & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced that Beverly Hospital nurse Jo Ann Gallant, RN, is a recipient of the company’s Gastrointestinal Nurse of the Year award.
Each year, Proctor & Gamble honors nurses from around the country who demonstrate extraordinary clinical competence and patient care practices. Beverly Hospital is one of several hospitals throughout the country to receive this award.
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Gallant, who works in Beverly Hospital’s Endoscopy Suite, was nominated by her co-workers for this award. Her peers described her as a great role model, who demonstrates excellent leadership, professionalism, integrity, and has a dedication to her patients, and to team work. In recognition of the honor, Proctor & Gamble presented Gallant with a commemorative plaque.
“Jo Ann Gallant was nominated by her peers and shows the utmost professionalism and integrity,” says Joanne Kennett, RN, BSN, manager of the Endoscopy suite at Beverly Hospital. “Her colleagues felt very strongly that she be nominated for her hard work, pride, and commitment to this unit that is shown every day in her work. Our patients appreciate Jo Ann, and we consider ourselves fortunate to work with her. We are lucky to have her on our staff.”
Gallant has worked at Beverly Hospital for five and a half years and currently resides in North Reading.
“Any one of the nurses here deserves this,” says Gallant. “I am truly flattered that they nominated me.”
Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals is a division within Procter & Gamble Health Care. P&G Health Care includes over-the-counter medications, oral care products and other health care products. P&G Pharmaceuticals is a research-based global organization dedicated to creating and delivering solutions that improve the health and well-being of people around the world.
Beverly Hospital
Beverly Hospital is a full service, community hospital providing quality, patient-centered care to North Shore and Cape Ann residents. Services include maternity, pediatrics, surgical, orthopedics, cardiology, as well as other specialties. The hospital boasts a medical staff of more than 570 physicians and its service area includes some 13 communities. Beverly Hospital is a member of Northeast Health System. Beverly Hospital has been nationally recognized by Solucient Institute as a 100 Top Hospital four times in the past six years.
