Local Nurse Wins Regional Mentoring Award

North Broward Medical Center’s Marlene Roman, RN, MSN, ARNP, CMSRN, was singled in a group of more than 200 Nursing Spectrum Excellence candidates and their guests at Nursing Spectrum’s Excellence Awards in June. She was selected as the winner of the mentoring category.

Marlene encourages new hires as she orients them to the medical-surgical unit at North Broward Medical Center and supports experienced nurses climbing the clinical ladder. She is known for taking life in stride, keeping a smile on her face and never complaining. Her coworkers know they can count on her for sound advice.

As president of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses, Roman started a mentoring program, Nurses Nurturing Nurses, designed to retain new nurses at facilities across the country.

Another North Broward Medical Center nurse, Tryce Cabaj, RN, ONC, the assistant nurse manager of the orthopedic/neuro/trauma unit was a finalist at the Nursing Spectrum’s Excellence Awards. Tryce is known for staying cool under pressure. Staff nurses feel comfortable coming to her with questions and view her as an expert resource. They draw on her wisdom and experience in assessing patients for suspected complications. No matter how busy the day, Cabaj always wears a smile, and staff and physicians alike enjoy working with her. She has lectured about pain management to community college nursing students and published a paper about epidural analgesia in a professional journal.