Community Serivce Award Winner - 2014
Class of 2014
The 2014 Community Service Award recipient has contributed a great deal to the University and New Haven communities. She has made providing quality care to underserved women a focus of her time at YSN. Her clinical skills and dedication to provide excellent, culturally-sensitive patient care are impressive. She approaches her work with a mature, professional demeanor that puts at ease patients, staff, and colleagues. She readily understands and integrates the science and art of providing health care, and this informs her work in assessing and managing the complex needs her patients. Her commitment to caring for underserved populations is clear, and was demonstrated in the way she approached and responded to patients from diverse backgrounds experiencing a large spectrum of health conditions.
In particular, this student served as both the Ad Hoc interpreter and the Latent Tuberculosis Patient Advocate for the student-run HAVEN Free Clinic. She also severed as a volunteer educator and curriculum facilitator for the School’s Reproductive Health Education program at Polly T. McCabe High School in New Haven. An active member in student organizations on reproductive health and nursing students for choice, this student has been an incredible advocate for the underserved women in the New Haven community.
For her compassion, deep commitment and significant contributions to her community, the Yale University School of Nursing is proud to present the 2014 Community Service Award to Fedelma McKenna.