Nurse Leader
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Page 30 , April 2008

Positive Deviance: Innovation from the Inside Out

  • Belinda Jaramillo, RN, BSN

      Affiliations

    • Belinda Jaramillo, RN, BSN, is a master change facilitator with the operational excellence team of Providence Health and Services Portland Service Area in Portland, Oregon. She is in the first cohort of the master of healthcare innovation program at Arizona State University College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation.
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  • Crystal Jenkins, RN, BSN

      Affiliations

    • Crystal Jenkins, RN, BSN, is a Senior Clinical Manager, iCare, Intensive Care, Banner Health Systems.
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  • Fredda Kermes, RN, BSN

      Affiliations

    • Fredda Kermes, RN, BSN, is director of staff development, Summit Health Care Regional Medical Center, Show Low, Arizona.
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  • Les Wilson, RN, BSN

      Affiliations

    • Les Wilson, RN, BSN, works for OPUS Healthcare in Austin, Texas.
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  • Julie Mazzocco

      Affiliations

    • Julie Mazzacco, BA, Jenkins, Kermes, Wilson, and Longo were members of the first cohort of MHI students.
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  • Tami Longo, RN, BSN

      Affiliations

    • Tami Longo, RN, BSN, is director of outreach and patient flow, Banner Good Samaritan, Phoenix, Arizona.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mnl.2008.02.004

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