Middletown, NY – Orange Regional Medical Center is pleased to announce Jennifer DiMascio BSN, RN CMSRN, as Nursing Unit Director of 5 South.
In her new role Ms. DiMascio is responsible for oversight of the day to day operations on the 5 South Unit, which is a 26-bed, medical telemetry inpatient unit.
Patients who may require telemetry monitoring include those with high blood pressure and a history of a stroke or heart attack. Patients who are hospitalized due to chest pain also require cardiac monitoring on a medical telemetry unit.
Ms. DiMascio joined the organization in 1998 at Arden Hill Hospital. She obtained her Associate of Applied Science degree in Nursing in 2004 from SUNY Orange and her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Chamberlain College in 2018. Ms. DiMascio maintains her certification in Medical Surgical Nursing and is presently enrolled in the Master of Nursing program at Chamberlain College.
Ms. DiMascio’s roles have included clinical coordinator on 5 South and the Clinical Decision Area and most recently as Nurse Manager of 5 South.
To learn more about career opportunities at Orange Regional Medical Center, visit www.ormc.org/careers.
About Orange Regional Medical Center
Orange Regional features seven floors of state-of-the-art technology and provides 383 beds and employs approximately 3,300 healthcare professionals. In addition to inpatient services, highlights of Orange Regional include a cancer center and a five-story outpatient services building on the main campus, featuring Orange Regional Medical Group with primary care and specialty physicians, urgent care, outpatient surgical and diagnostic services and more. Orange Regional was named by Healthgrades as one of the 100 best hospitals nationally for cardiac intervention and General Surgery and was a recipient of the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™. Orange Regional also achieved the Healthgrades 2019 and 2020 America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award™ placing the hospital in the top 5 percent of more than 4,500 hospitals assessed nationwide for its superior clinical performance. In 2017, Orange Regional was named the Most Beautiful Hospital in the US and is recognized by US News & World Report as a Best Regional Hospital. It is a recipient of the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite; a designated Magnet hospital recognizing excellence in Nursing and its Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system has achieved Stage 7; the highest level on HIMSS Analytics’ EMR adoption model. Orange Regional Medical Center (ORMC) is an Academic Affiliate of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. It is also a member of the Greater Hudson Valley Health System (GHVHS), which is recognized by Ethisphere as one of the 2018 and 2019 World’s Most Ethical Companies. To learn more about ORMC, visit www.ormc.org.
