Nantucket Cottage Hospital this week welcomed psychiatric nurse practitioner Hannah Severns to the island’s primary care group practice to fill a unique new position that will help address the island’s behavioral health needs.

Severns, who has an extensive background in the assessment and treatment of mental health issues and substance use disorders, will be embedded in the primary care physician offices to assess, diagnose and treat patients with a wide range of behavioral health issues. In this role, Severns will respond to positive behavioral health screenings in an effort to address the needs of these patients before they reach a crisis point. She will complete psychiatric evaluations, level of care assessments, and provide recommendations and treatment.

“I’m excited to be here and I’m looking forward to working with the community to provide more comprehensive treatment,” Severns said. (more…)

We’re celebrating our nurses as the 2016 National Nurses Week continues! Watch this video of a few Nantucket Cottage Hospital nurses as they describe why they got into nursing and what they love about their profession.

For more than 70 years it has been a tradition to represent the island community’s support of Nantucket Cottage Hospital with a fundraising thermometer on the Pacific National Bank on Main Street. Today we unveiled the new thermometer to mark our progress toward Nantucket’s new hospital!

Thank you to everyone who has generously contributed to this historic project.

Listen to Nantucket Cottage Hospital President & CEO Dr. Margot Hartmann and public information officer Jason Graziadei sit down with “Inside the Whale” podcast host Doug Cote to discuss the new hospital, as well as a range of issues affecting Nantucket and health care on the island.