Nantucket Cottage Hospital’s Patient & Family Advisory Council (PFAC) is having a baby!

The hospital is creating a new Pediatric Patient & Family Advisory Council that will focus on maternal and pediatric health issues and facilitate patient and family member participation in hospital care and decision-making in these areas. (more…)

Nantucket Cottage Hospital medical/surgical nurse Sarah Trottier, RN, has been selected as the first recipient of a Jane Bonvini Memorial Fund scholarship. Trottier is currently pursuing her BSN.

The Jane Bonvini Memorial Fund was established in honor of Jane Elizabeth Bonvini who died in September 2014. Jane worked at Nantucket Cottage Hospital for 27 years as an RN, retiring in 2010 as the Vice President of Patient Care Services and Director of Nursing. The fund was created by Jane’s family to support educational opportunities for island nurses.  (more…)

(Summer 2015) Nantucket Cottage Hospital will once again host a pediatric clinic on Saturdays this summer as part of its ongoing partnership with Briarpatch Pediatrics of Cape Cod. (more…)

Two major gifts officers have been appointed this week at Nantucket Cottage Hospital.

Maryellen Burke and Chris Glowacki will support the ongoing capital campaign for the new Nantucket Cottage Hospital building project, and continue to grow philanthropy at the hospital.

“Maryellen and Chris are joining the hospital at an exciting time for our capital campaign and will bring their considerable talents and experience to bear on this important project,” said Courtney O’Neill, the executive director of the Nantucket Cottage Hospital Foundation. “They will also bring new energy and resources to our other philanthropy programs to help secure the future of the hospital for the island community.” (more…)