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In Memoriam 🙏 Peter J. Ungvarski

🙏 Peter J. Ungvarski 🙏

MS, RN, FAAN

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Peter passed on January 5, 2022
He was a long time employee of Cabrini

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AIDS Research Nurse Cabrini Medical Center, (1985-1986)
Critical Care Instructor Cabrini Medical Center, (1982-1985)
Supervisor, Emergency Services Cabrini Medical Center, (1981-1982)
Director of Nursing Cabrini Hospice, (1979-1981) New York
Clinical Instructor Emergency Services Cabrini Medical Center, (1977-1979)
Head Nurse, Drug Addiction Service Beth Israel Medical Center, (1970-1971)
Supervisor Critical Care Cabrini Medical Center, (1968-1970)

He will be cremated and there will be no wake.

We will let you know when the memorial mass will be.
Thank you

Lolita Compas

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Peter J. Ungvarski, MS, RN, FAAN
Mr. Ungvarski had been clinically involved in the nursing care of persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection since 1981 and had done so in four major areas of practice: (1) critical care; (2) hospice; (3) the home and (4) clinical research. He provided lectures on HIV-related illnesses for professional and paraprofessional health care workers, community groups and persons with HIV/AIDS in the United States, Europe and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

He wrote and published more than fifty articles on client care related to HIV infection, and was author/co-editor of the textbook, HIV/AIDS: a guide to primary care management (4th edition)

He testified before the United States Senate, Labor and Human Resources Committee for improved education for health care workers regarding HIV infection, and before the Presidential Commission on the HIV epidemic for increased resources for the home care of persons with AIDS. In January of 1986, he implemented a comprehensive program of home care services for persons with AIDS residing within the five boroughs of New York City. This program, the largest of its kind in the nation, provided service to approximately 1,700 persons with AIDS weekly.

His published research endeavors focused on HIV/AIDS home care, including the identification of clinical needs, primary nursing diagnoses used in HIV/AIDS home care, as well as the predictors of costs of home care services. He also studied errors in prescribing protease inhibitors.

Among the numerous awards and honors he has received over the years are the New York State Nurses Association's Nursing Practice Award for the provision of nursing care of high quality to persons with HIV infection; the National League for Nursing/ Ross Laboratories Award for Nursing Excellence in Long-Term Care; the Assistant Secretary of Health, U.S. Public Health Service Award for outstanding leadership in the provision of nursing care for people with HIV infection/AIDS; and the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Annual Nursing Leadership Award. In 1994 he was the eleventh nurse in the history of nursing in the United States to receive the American Nurses Association Honorary Nursing Practice Award.

Mr. Ungvarski is a diploma graduate of the Bellevue-Mills Schools of Nursing (New York City), has a B.A. in psychology, a B.S. in nursing and has a M.S. as a clinical nurse specialist in HIV infection from the City University of New York, Hunter College. Faculty appointments have included the City University of New York, Hunter College, and Columbia University. He is an elected member of the Hunter College Hall of Fame and the American Academy of Nursing, and is a Vietnam Era Veteran, having served in the United States Navy Nurse Corps.

FORMER CERTIFICATION AIDS Certified Registered Nurse (ACRN) Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 1996

MILITARY STATUS:

Veteran, U.S. Navy Nurse Corps 1966-1968, Honorable Discharge

FORMER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/SOCIETIES:

American Nurses Association
New York State Nurses Association
New York Counties Registered Association (District 13)
Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, New York City Chapter
Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Phi, Hunter College
Fellow, American Academy of Nursing

FORMER POSITIONS/APPOINTMENTS:

Director Visiting Nurse Service of New York Regulatory Compliance (2000-2009)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Clinical Director, HIV/AIDS Visiting Nurse Service of New York Services, (1994-2000)

A. Ahlstrom-Saxer: Very sorry to see this. Peter was wonderful. May he rest well. 🙏🙏
A. Boyce Goonan: So sorry to hear this. The world and nursing owes a debt to his services! 💔
B. Johnson: Rest in Peace Peter. You were a good man.
C. Foronda: My heart is broken to hear this sad news Peter was a great friend ,nurse & person as a whole. He was a big brother to me, call him “Kuya”. You will be miss by many. Rest In Peace you will always be in my heart. 😔
D. Payoen: Condolence to the family, Rest In Peace Peter...🙏
E. Demarais Dorry: He will be missed RIP Peter🙏🏻
F. Magdamo: Oh Peter, I Did not expect you to go ahead of me. Sleep peacefully in the arms of our Lord. A great Nurse and great person.
I. Bonilla: May he Rest In Peace
M. Kurth: Very sad news. A truly inspirational person. And also had a great sense of humor! RIP
M. M. Dioca: May He Rest In Peace He was a beautiful soul 🙏❤️
M. Medina: My heart is broken. I loved Peter from the first day I met him. The kindest ,smartest person I have ever met. Always encouraged me to continue For my arm degree. RIP MY FRIEND. I will forever have you in my heart.his pet name for me was”LINDA “.
Piloy Page: Rest In Peace Peter. May perpetual light shine upon him . A wonderful person 🙏🙏🙏
T. Rivera: RIP what a great person and nurse.
V. Vigilia: May he rest in peace.
W. Aguilar: This is so unexpected, so sad. I was expecting Peter to be a speaker at the next UPNAAI Convention 💘😭 I’ll miss you Tatay Peter 😭😢

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Sobering #'s Remind Us 🙏To Honor 9/11 Responders Sacrifice🌷

Sobering Numbers

That Remind Us To Honor

The Sacrifice

Of 9/11 Responders

By Inae Oh and Nick Wing
Sep 11, 2014

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Many years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, some first responders and rescue workers are still waiting to receive proper care and compensation. From increased rates of cancer and other diseases to a continued failure by lawmakers to pass clear legislation to manage benefits, their burden has mounted with time, as new studies detail the toxic environments they rushed into.

As Americans move forward and look back this Sept. 11, let's remember the sacrifice of those who put their lives on the line that day.

414

The number of first responders killed on Sept. 11, 2001.

Personnel responding to the attack on the Pentagon and to the downed plane in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, all survived.

60,000-70,000

The number of responders exposed to the highly toxic dust from the wreckage of the World Trade Center towers. It contained asbestos, glass shards, cement and other toxins.

2,000

The number of first responders injured.

Firefighters make their way over the ruins and through clouds of smoke at the World Trade Center in New York. Many of the first responders and those who labored at the site in the months following the attacks suffer from respiratory ailments.

100-250

The number of materials in each particle of dust from the destroyed towers.

91,000

The number of liters of jet fuel combusted in the attack, contributing to the dust cloud.

10-11

The pH level of destroyed concrete, which accounted for two-thirds of the total mass of World Trade Center dust. In comparison, ammonia's pH level is 11. In 2006, Environmental Protection Agency scientist Cate Jenkins said dust created by the attack was "as caustic and alkaline as Drano."

A firefighter holds a shovel as he walks through the rubble in the aftermath of the Sept.11 attacks.

2,518

The number of rescue workers, including firefighters and EMT personnel, who have cancer.

15%

How much more likely first responders are to be diagnosed with cancer than the general public, according to a federally sponsored study of almost 21,000 World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers.

239%

How much more likely first responders are to be diagnosed with thyroid cancer than the general public.

21%

How much more likely first responders are to be diagnosed with prostate cancer than the general public. Prostate cancer was not covered under the Zadroga Act, which provides testing and treatment for first responders, until last year.

1,400

The number of first responders who have died from health complications stemming from their work at Ground Zero, since Sept. 11, 2001, according to estimates.

In 2006, FDNY firefighter John McNamara stands outside Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where he was undergoing chemotherapy for cancer he contracted Sept. 11. (Photo by Robert Sabo/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

The number of years it took for the first sick responders to begin receiving payments for health compensation.

55,188

The total number of complete registrations submitted to the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund as of Sept. 8, 2014, according to a program report. At least 91 people from the Pentagon and Shanksville sites also applied to the fund, according to federal officials in 2013. Would-be claimants are required to register for the fund in order to apply for benefits, and applications are reviewed rigorously.

1,843

The number of applications for compensation that had been paid, as of Sept. 8, 2014. The mean amount of these payments is $267,915.72.

The number of years until the Zadroga Act expires, unless lawmakers extend the law, which provides health care and compensation to both responders and survivors.

Christine Gonda places a picture of firefighter George Kane at the engraving of his name at the South Pool, during anniversary ceremonies at the site of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2012, in New York.

300

The approximate number of service dogs that assisted in the search and rescue operation. They would later help in uncovering victims' belongings, such as jewelry, to be returned to victims' families. Studies have indicated that dogs, unlike their human handlers, have not shown signs of any significant health issues from their work.

Moxie and her handler, Mark Aliberti, arrived at the World Trade Center on the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, and searched the site for eight days.