Hats off to the Nantucket Cottage Hospital Iron Teams Relay team that finished in 4:28:53 this weekend in the annual event to benefit Mentoring Youth Nantucket. From left to right are med/surg nurse Karoline Del Plato and her husband Sean, clinical nurse educator Gretchen Buchmann, med/surge nurse manager Kim Patten, emergency department nurse Dani Brunelle, and infusion nurse Kristen Chenard

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.

Nantucket Cottage Hospital this week welcomed Thomas M. Whelan, M.D., to the island’s primary care group practice.

Dr. Whelan, who specializes in urgent care and internal medicine, will be based at the hospital’s Sherburne Commons medical office working with Dr. Heidi Larson, and will continue seeing Dr. Larson’s patients following her departure in June. (more…)

Thanks to the members of the U.S. Coast Guard Northeast who visited the hospital today to discuss patient transports and gave us a tour of their MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and HC-144A Ocean Sentry fixed-wing aircraft atNantucket Memorial Airport.

Nantucket Cottage Hospital staff and U.S. Coast Guard personnel at Nantucket Memorial Airport today viewed one of Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod’s MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters. (more…)