May 2025
Ying
Sapyta
,
MSN, RN, CHSE, CCRN, CPN
Simulation/Resuscitation Education, Clinical and Organizational Development
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago
,
IL
United States
Carmel Eiger, MSN, RN, NPDS-BC, Interim Director:
Ying is an exceptional Nurse Leader. I learn from her every day! She exemplifies interprofessional collaboration. Ying led the project of rolling out the new ZOLL defibrillators for the entire institution. This involved an attention to detail, expert organization, and communication skills. She was respectful and professional in all her correspondence.
Ying has also been instrumental in developing and facilitating the Simulation Basics for Healthcare Professions course. This was an interdisciplinary effort and has brought a much-needed educational initiative to Lurie’s. Ying is passionate about both resuscitation and simulation education. She is co-leading a group to bring emergency response simulations to our Ambulatory sites and staff. Ying is always striving to improve resuscitation and simulation programming. Her passion for this is evident in her interactions with students, staff, providers, and everyone she teaches and collaborates with. I am truly grateful for Ying’s compassion, expertise, and skills!
Harriet S. Hawkins, RN, CCRN, CPN, CPEN, FAEN NPD Specialist:
Ying has been a member of the COD Resuscitation Team since 2019. She is an amazing person with whom to work. She has made so many positive changes in the organization of our classes. She has helped us streamline our registration as well as rewritten our class scenarios. She put together class evaluations that are accessible by viewing a QR code.
She rigged systems for our ‘pretend’ IV fluids that we use with our manikins – this allows students to push medications and fluids into the ‘pretend’ IV. Ying is a great mentor to our new instructors. She is supportive and helps them learn to teach in a non-threatening manner.
Ying is a wonderful instructor. She is always respectful of our students (nurses, physicians, therapists, various ancillary staff) and encourages students to think critically in our classes. Ying’s knowledge of technology is very helpful to us in managing the equipment needed for our scenarios and in troubleshooting when the equipment does not work. Ying is good at solving problems and is the one we turn to when something is not working, and we cannot figure out the issue.
Ying coordinated the deployment of new AEDs and defibrillators for the Lurie system. She communicated with our department as to when their new equipment was being deployed and helped plan the education for the hospital staff. She created a QR code for the AEDs that allows tracking of when the AEDs are checked. I believe that Ying is truly deserving of this award.
Danielle Bielanski, Nursing Professional Development Specialist:
Ying Sapyta is a Nursing Professional Development Specialist in the Kidstar/Resuscitation Education department. Through her quiet leadership, she has been a phenomenal force inspiring our department. Ying creates an environment where attributes of trust, compassion, mutual respect, continued professional development, and ethical behavior are modeled and supported.
She demonstrates respect for colleagues’ strengths, time, and knowledge, and offers suggestions to collaborate and optimize resources. She has raised the bar in our healthcare simulation training center to meet national standards. She advocates for evidence-based, consistent processes to support an efficient and effective use of simulation as a training modality. She has incorporated simulation best practices into the resuscitation program.
Ying was the first one in our department to achieve certification as a healthcare simulation educator (CHSE). She shares professional development opportunities (INACSL courses, SSH workshops, Master Debriefer Course). She was instrumental in the creation, implementation, and ongoing improvements of a Simulation Basics for Healthcare Professions Educators 2-day conference.
Ying is recognized by students as a compassionate, honest, thoughtful debriefer who encourages mutual respect and critical thinking in resuscitation situations; she engages students in reflection, meaningful interprofessional discussion, and translation to practice. She is a role model and mentor for new instructors.
Ying is accessible, available, and responsive to the needs of our team. She flexes her hours to ensure availability for NPDPs doing simulations with evening or night staff and for NPDSs who provide simulations as part of the RN Residency and the Preceptor curricula. She is promptly responsive to department-based NPDPs’ requests for simulations – assisting with scenario design, learning objectives, subject matter expert validation, and evaluation of outcomes.
She has worked closely with ambulatory NPDPs to improve staff confidence and preparedness for emergency responses. Ying co-led the operational roll-out of the ZOLL AED and ZOLL defibrillators throughout the organization in 2023. Ying was the clinical go-to leader as all departments prepared for this change. She was patient, detail-oriented, and thorough with every inquiry. Ying continues to be recognized as the trusted clinical expert for questions related to these devices. Ying also co-led the operational rollout of organizational AED checks.
She has worked with clinical satellite leaders to ensure they have replacement equipment for clinical emergency events. Ying’s talents in problem-solving, technology, and innovation are exceptional. In the world of healthcare simulation, we talk a lot about realism and fidelity. We know that realism and fidelity improve learning and retention, enhance clinical judgment, and increase engagement and motivation. Ying’s DIY crafting skills have improved the realism and fidelity in our training program. She fashioned tracheostomy lungs for all ages of BLS manikins with expired trach tubes, scalpels, washers, and super glue!
Ying advocates for our team and the NPDP group. She balances and tracks classes taught by NPDPs and clinical staff and advocates for data-supported FTEs. She aligns communication with instructors with organizational financial goals. She works with our training program manager to optimize resources and has proposed a 2026 program schedule that will be more data-driven and efficient.
Ying demonstrates the qualities of quiet leadership. She is an active listener, empathetic, and calm. She demonstrates strategic reflection, humility, and respectful collaboration. She creates a supportive, fun, inspiring, and stimulating working and teaching environment. Her leadership is an incredible asset to our Clinical Nursing Excellence department and the entire organization!
Ying is an exceptional Nurse Leader. I learn from her every day! She exemplifies interprofessional collaboration. Ying led the project of rolling out the new ZOLL defibrillators for the entire institution. This involved an attention to detail, expert organization, and communication skills. She was respectful and professional in all her correspondence.
Ying has also been instrumental in developing and facilitating the Simulation Basics for Healthcare Professions course. This was an interdisciplinary effort and has brought a much-needed educational initiative to Lurie’s. Ying is passionate about both resuscitation and simulation education. She is co-leading a group to bring emergency response simulations to our Ambulatory sites and staff. Ying is always striving to improve resuscitation and simulation programming. Her passion for this is evident in her interactions with students, staff, providers, and everyone she teaches and collaborates with. I am truly grateful for Ying’s compassion, expertise, and skills!
Harriet S. Hawkins, RN, CCRN, CPN, CPEN, FAEN NPD Specialist:
Ying has been a member of the COD Resuscitation Team since 2019. She is an amazing person with whom to work. She has made so many positive changes in the organization of our classes. She has helped us streamline our registration as well as rewritten our class scenarios. She put together class evaluations that are accessible by viewing a QR code.
She rigged systems for our ‘pretend’ IV fluids that we use with our manikins – this allows students to push medications and fluids into the ‘pretend’ IV. Ying is a great mentor to our new instructors. She is supportive and helps them learn to teach in a non-threatening manner.
Ying is a wonderful instructor. She is always respectful of our students (nurses, physicians, therapists, various ancillary staff) and encourages students to think critically in our classes. Ying’s knowledge of technology is very helpful to us in managing the equipment needed for our scenarios and in troubleshooting when the equipment does not work. Ying is good at solving problems and is the one we turn to when something is not working, and we cannot figure out the issue.
Ying coordinated the deployment of new AEDs and defibrillators for the Lurie system. She communicated with our department as to when their new equipment was being deployed and helped plan the education for the hospital staff. She created a QR code for the AEDs that allows tracking of when the AEDs are checked. I believe that Ying is truly deserving of this award.
Danielle Bielanski, Nursing Professional Development Specialist:
Ying Sapyta is a Nursing Professional Development Specialist in the Kidstar/Resuscitation Education department. Through her quiet leadership, she has been a phenomenal force inspiring our department. Ying creates an environment where attributes of trust, compassion, mutual respect, continued professional development, and ethical behavior are modeled and supported.
She demonstrates respect for colleagues’ strengths, time, and knowledge, and offers suggestions to collaborate and optimize resources. She has raised the bar in our healthcare simulation training center to meet national standards. She advocates for evidence-based, consistent processes to support an efficient and effective use of simulation as a training modality. She has incorporated simulation best practices into the resuscitation program.
Ying was the first one in our department to achieve certification as a healthcare simulation educator (CHSE). She shares professional development opportunities (INACSL courses, SSH workshops, Master Debriefer Course). She was instrumental in the creation, implementation, and ongoing improvements of a Simulation Basics for Healthcare Professions Educators 2-day conference.
Ying is recognized by students as a compassionate, honest, thoughtful debriefer who encourages mutual respect and critical thinking in resuscitation situations; she engages students in reflection, meaningful interprofessional discussion, and translation to practice. She is a role model and mentor for new instructors.
Ying is accessible, available, and responsive to the needs of our team. She flexes her hours to ensure availability for NPDPs doing simulations with evening or night staff and for NPDSs who provide simulations as part of the RN Residency and the Preceptor curricula. She is promptly responsive to department-based NPDPs’ requests for simulations – assisting with scenario design, learning objectives, subject matter expert validation, and evaluation of outcomes.
She has worked closely with ambulatory NPDPs to improve staff confidence and preparedness for emergency responses. Ying co-led the operational roll-out of the ZOLL AED and ZOLL defibrillators throughout the organization in 2023. Ying was the clinical go-to leader as all departments prepared for this change. She was patient, detail-oriented, and thorough with every inquiry. Ying continues to be recognized as the trusted clinical expert for questions related to these devices. Ying also co-led the operational rollout of organizational AED checks.
She has worked with clinical satellite leaders to ensure they have replacement equipment for clinical emergency events. Ying’s talents in problem-solving, technology, and innovation are exceptional. In the world of healthcare simulation, we talk a lot about realism and fidelity. We know that realism and fidelity improve learning and retention, enhance clinical judgment, and increase engagement and motivation. Ying’s DIY crafting skills have improved the realism and fidelity in our training program. She fashioned tracheostomy lungs for all ages of BLS manikins with expired trach tubes, scalpels, washers, and super glue!
Ying advocates for our team and the NPDP group. She balances and tracks classes taught by NPDPs and clinical staff and advocates for data-supported FTEs. She aligns communication with instructors with organizational financial goals. She works with our training program manager to optimize resources and has proposed a 2026 program schedule that will be more data-driven and efficient.
Ying demonstrates the qualities of quiet leadership. She is an active listener, empathetic, and calm. She demonstrates strategic reflection, humility, and respectful collaboration. She creates a supportive, fun, inspiring, and stimulating working and teaching environment. Her leadership is an incredible asset to our Clinical Nursing Excellence department and the entire organization!