PENN YAN, N.Y. — Geneva–based Finger Lakes Health (FLH) announced it has appointed Donnamarie Holder as nurse manager of Unit 1 at the Homestead at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital in Penn Yan.
Holder previously worked for the Gurwin Home Care Agency on Long Island, as the director of patient services. She was also a nursing supervisor at St. Johnland Nursing Center, a 248-bed facility, also located on Long Island.
With more than 10 years of clinical experience in hospital, nursing and rehabilitation, and home-health environments, Holder has also worked in community health and as a classroom instructor to aid and educate those living with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and other acute and chronic illnesses.
Holder received a bachelor’s degree from Molloy College in Rockville Centre, and most recently earned her associate degree in nursing from Farmingdale State University after receiving her licensed practical nursing (LPN) certificate from BOCES-Wilson Technological Institute.
FLH’s Homestead at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital houses 130 skilled-nursing beds, 20 behavioral beds, and 1 respite bed for short-term stays. The facility has four units, including two skilled-nursing units, a neurobehavioral unit, and a secure unit for cognitively impaired residents.
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