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PUTNAM — Janet Yannotti, registered nurse for Day Kimball Hospital’s Ambulatory Care Unit (ACU), has been named employee of the month for December by Day Kimball Healthcare (DKH).
Yannotti began her career at DKH more than 33 years ago in 1985 and has been a nurse for some 44 years. She is the department’s intravenous (IV) resource nurse, CPR Instructor, and is also responsible for the quality reporting for the ACU. Yannotti is credited with developing the IV team at DKH, during which she developed DKH’s peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) program, which is used to give medications, fluids and IV nutrition.
Yannotti grew up in Hicksville, Long Island, N.Y., and lives in Mansfield, where she lives with her husband, Greg. They have five children and five grandchildren. Yannotti earned her degree in nursing from the State University of New York at Morrisville, N.Y., and holds certifications in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), PICC, Legal Nurse Consulting, and CPR. Yannotti’s community service includes supporting Colon Awareness Day at Frito Lay in Dayville, and providing hypertension screenings at Rogers Corporation in Rogers