Janice Ceccucci won New York state\u2019s 2019 Nurse Practitioner of the Year.
Courtesy Saratoga Hospital<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nFamily nurse practitioner Janice Ceccucci, DNP, typically sees patients at their most vulnerable, in the hours after a sexual assault or a report of ongoing sexual abuse.
\nIn the nearly 15 years since she began providing sexual assault forensic exams, Ceccucci\u2019s skill and sensitivity\u2014and her determination to improve these services for patients of all ages\u2014have benefited children, adolescents and adults far beyond the Capital Region.
\nThese contributions, and her leadership in educating and mentoring nurse practitioners and physician assistants, earned Ceccucci recognition as New York state\u2019s 2019 Nurse Practitioner of the Year.
\nThe Nurse Practitioner Association of New York State presented the award recently at its annual conference in Verona,N.Y.
\nAt Saratoga Hospital, Ceccucci sees patients in the Alfred Z. Solomon Emergency Center and in urgent care centers on the hospital\u2019s campuses in Wilton and Malta. She helped establish and serves as co-director of the hospital\u2019s APP Fellowship Program, which mentors new nurse practitioners and physician assistants, also known as advanced practice providers or \u201cAPPs.\u201d
\nCeccucci provides significant services outside the hospital setting. She is on-call at home, 36 hours a month, providing teleconsultation to help hospitals in remote areas ensure that sexual assault victims have 24\/7 access to sexual assault nurse examiners. At child advocacy centers, she conducts sexual assault exams for pediatric patients\u2014a service that Ceccucci and a colleague introduced in 2011 to better serve sexually abused children.
\nCeccucci also is an assistant professor of nursing for SUNY Polytechnic in Utica and helped pilot a hybrid program that delivers live streaming and on-campus classes.
\n\u201cJanice exemplifies the compassion, expertise and leadership of today\u2019s nurses,\u201d said Mary Jo LaPosta, PhD, RN, senior vice president of patient care and organizational excellence and chief nursing officer at Saratoga Hospital. \u201cShe is constantly drawing on her education and experience to provide the best possible care for patients and to support tomorrow\u2019s nurses.
\nCeccucci earned a master\u2019s degree in nursing from the SUNY Institute of Technology in Utica, and a doctor of nursing practice from SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse.
\nCeccucci has won awards including the Joan Unger Memorial Award from the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault and the Nursing Excellence Award, from the Omicron at-Large Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, for her work with a vulnerable population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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