Christiana Care Nurses named Top Nurses in Delaware Today
The May issue of Delaware Today features Christiana Care nurses named Top Nurses in 2015 by their professional peers. Selected in a poll by the Delaware Nurses Association, 38 Christiana Care nurses were honored in seven categories. Jennifer F. Cormier, MSN, RN, OCN, AGPCNP-BC, a nurse practitioner in the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute, was named winner in the geriatrics category.
“The recognition of our nurses acknowledges the respectful, expert care they bring as partners to our patients and their families,” said Diane P. Talarek, MA, RN, NE-BC, chief nursing officer and senior vice president, Patient Care Services. “They demonstrate why we are a Magnet designated institution.”
In a feature article on nursing and technology, Cormier said that cancer treatment has benefited greatly from technological advances. “Digital images are a wonderful teaching tool for our patients,” she said. She talked about how technology supports patient- and family-centered care. “It’s marrying good old-fashioned TLC in this very technology-driven field. Technology enhances but does not replace the nurse-patient relationship.”
Christiana Care’s Delaware Today 2015 Top Nurses are:
- Marilynn K. Bartley, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Excellence in Service - Gale Moore Bucher, MSN, RN, COF-C
Education - Darcy Burbage, MSN, RN, AOCN, CBCN
Education and Excellence in Service - Donna M. Casey, MA, BSN, RN, FABC, NE-BC
Excellence in Service - Michelle L. Collins, MSN, RN-BC, ACNS-BC
Education - Martha Coppage-Lawrence, MSN, RN, CPNP
Home, Community, Ambulatory care - Jennifer F. Cormier, MSN, RN, OCN, AGPCNP-BC
Geriatrics and Home, Community, Ambulatory Care - Katherine Crawford, MSN, RN, CCRN
Education - Kathryn Curtis, MSN, NP-C
Family - Eileen S. Evangelista, MSN, APRN, FNP, CCRN
Acute Care - Leslie C. Flowers-Verrucci, MSN, CRNP, CNS, APN-BC
Acute Care - Dawn M. Fowler, MSN, NP-C
Acute Care and Family - Carolina Flores-Gopez, MSN, MHA, CCRN, NE-BC
Excellence in Service - Denise French, MSN, RN, AGCNS
Geriatrics - Mary J. Gant, APRN-BC, RRT, CM-BC
Excellence in Service - Janice Heinssen, MN, FNP-BC, AAHIVS
Exellence in Service - Teresa E. Hills, MSN, RN, ACNP, BC, CNRN
Acute Care - Jessey Jennings, RN, FNP-BC
Acute Care - Linda Laskowski Jones, MS, APRN, ACNS-BC, CEN, FAWM
Excellence in Service - Kathleen King, RN
Excellence in Service, Education, Home, Community, Ambulatory Care, Inpatient Service - Moonyeen (Kloppy) Klopfenstein, MSN, RN, AOCN
Excellence in Service - Melva A. Lane, MBA, BSN, RN-BC
Excellence in Service - LaTonya E. Mann, MSN, FNP-BC, OCN, CRNI
Excellence in Service - Lorie E. Meck, BSN, RN-C
Inpatient Service - Jo A. Melson, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Acute Care and Geriatrics - Mark F. Mendell, MSN, ANP, BC
Geriatrics - Sherry A. Monson, MSN, MBA, RN, CENP
Excellence in Service - Ruth A. Mooney, PhD, MN, RN
Education - Donna Mower-Wade, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, CNRN
Acute Care and Geriatrics - Bonnie Osgood, MSN, RN-BC, NE-BC
Excellence in Service - Elizabeth Rathmanner, MSN, RN-BC
Excellence in Service - Valerie Schimpf, MSN, FNP-BC
Family - Maureen A. Seckel, MSN, APN, ACNS-BC, CCNS
Excellence in Service and Geriatrics - Kara Walker Streets, MS, BSN, RN, CEN, NE-BC
Excellence in Service - Linda Sydnor, MSN, GCSN, ANP, BC
Geriatrics and Excellence in Service - Kimberly Talley, MSN, RN, CRNP, CNML-BC, FABC
Excellence in Service - Karen Toulson, MSN, MBA, RN, CEN, NE-BC
Excellence in Service - Victoria Varga, RN, ADN-C
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