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Elena Freydin, left, with student Danielle Badolato, who is currently doing a rotation at LCHC.
Swampscott resident and Lynn Community Health Center Nurse Practitioner Elena Freydin, DNP, has received the Exceptional Preceptor Award from the Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners.
This award recognizes nurse practitioners who role model, teach, and evaluate nursing students who are learning advanced practice nursing skills.
“Dr. Freydin has a deep commitment and desire to impact future nurse practitioners,” said Margaret Ackerman, DNP, Assistant Professor and Clinical Program Track Coordinator at Salem State. “She has very high standards. Students often approach the clinical practicum with her with trepidation, but finish feeling confident and accomplished.”
Freydin, who is also an adjunct faculty member at Salem State University since 2014, oversees students every semester ranging from first-year students to those who are doing their last rotation before graduation.
“I love working with them,” she said, adding, “Part of your role as a clinician is to share what you know with the next generation. There is only so much you can learn from books. This is my way to share what I know and what I keep learning.”
Dr. Kiame Mahaniah, LCHC Chief Medical Officer, called Freydin “a tireless advocate for her patients.
“She is also a determined manager and a fearless leader. We are fortunate to have her on our staff,” Mahaniah said.
Freydin received her Master’s of Science in Nursing in adult primary care from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institutes of Health Professionals in 1999 and her Doctor of Nursing Practice in 2009.
She has been a primary care provider at Lynn Community Health Center since 2005 and is currently the medical director of “The Green Team,” one of several primary care teams at the health center. She has also been trained as a physician builder by Epic, the predominant electronic medical record purveyor in the US.
