Williams Receives Award from MGH Institute of Health Professions

| June 17, 2015 | Health and Wellness, School Notebook | No Comments

MGH Institute School of Nursing Keaveney Prize recipient Joy Williams

Joy Williams with MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing Interim Dean Linda Andrist (left) and Assistant Professor Malinda Teague. Courtesy photo.

Medford resident Joy Williams is the 2105 recipient of the Josephine Mangio Keaveney Memorial Nursing Prize from the School of Nursing at MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston.

Williams graduated from the Boston health sciences graduate school in May with a post-professional Master of Science in Nursing degree. She is a staff nurse in the radiology department at Massachusetts General Hospital.

The prize is awarded to an outstanding student from the School of Nursing’s post-professional nurse practitioner program who best exemplifies the caring, spirit and professionalism of Mrs. Josephine E. Keaveney, a 1940 graduate of the former Massachusetts General Hospital nursing school which was the predecessor of the MGH Institute.

MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston is an innovative and interprofessional graduate school with post-baccalaureate, direct entry-level master’s and doctorate, and post-professional programs in nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant studies, speech-language pathology, health professions education, and a PhD in rehabilitation sciences. The only degree-granting affiliate of Partners HealthCare System, the MGH Institute offers its more than 1,400 students unparalleled opportunities to learn and work alongside expert practitioners in a variety of hospital, clinical, community, and educational settings. The school, which has
graduated close to 5,400 students since its 1977 founding by Massachusetts General Hospital, is fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Several programs are highly ranked by U.S. News & World Report, and the school has been included for the past five years as a Great College to Work for by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

– Submitted by MGH Institute of Health Professions