PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Laura L. Ardizzone, Clinical Director of Nurse Anesthesia Services at Memorial Sloan Kettering
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Laura Ardizzone, Clinical Director of Nurse Anesthesia Services at Memorial Sloan Kettering, testified in support of the new Pavilion project. She emphasized the increasing patient volume and complexity of care needed, arguing that the current facility is inadequate for future demands.
- Ardizzone highlighted her 20 years of experience at MSK and the changes she's observed in patient demographics and care requirements.
- She stressed the importance of having the new Pavilion connected to the main campus for efficient access to critical resources and services.
- As part of the design team, Ardizzone assured that the new facility would provide a more comprehensive and supportive environment for patients and families.
Laura L. Ardizzone
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Good afternoon.
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Thank you for hanging in with us.
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My name is Laura Artizone, and I'm a nurse, and I'm the clinical director of nurse anesthesia services at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
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Nurse Anesthetists are a group of advanced practice nurses who along with anesthesiologists make sure you're safe and comfortable during your procedure in the operating room.
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I've spent my last 20 years of my career at Memorial Sloan Kettering, and I'm a clinician on the front line.
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Over the last 20 years, I've seen a change in the patients who are treating every day.
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There are just simply more patients and younger patients, and patient who require more complex care.
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When you combine the increasing acuity of cancer with the expected increase in volume of cases, the result is am I okay?
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Okay.
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The result is that our current facility is just simply not equipped for the volume of patients or the complexity of treatment and procedures these patients will need in the coming years.
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My nursing colleagues and I have been on the design team.
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We've worked to assure that every aspect of this pavilion will provide a more comprehensive and cohesive and supportive environment for families and patients and the population we serve.
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When you're treating cancer, every second counts.
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And when it comes especially to acute care for very sick patients, it's critical that our resources are together and near each other, which is one of the many reasons why it would be impossible for the new pavilion to be anywhere else in another borough or twenty blocks away.
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It has to be right here on our main campus in close proximity, and why we have a bridge linking the new pavilion and patient floors to the old facility of main campus.
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It's critical.
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With the Pavilion as part of our main campus on York Avenue, we won't have to recreate essential patient services like Blood Bank, Lab, Radiation Oncology, and we can still access groundbreaking cell therapies and treatment for our patients.