Nurses shine in 2014 Excellence in Nursing Awards
As part of National Nurses Week, Christiana Care Health System’s Department of Nursing recognized outstanding nurses at a ceremony in the John H. Ammon Medical Education Center. On May 8, a standing-room-only crowd congratulated nurses recognized at the Excellence in Nursing Awards, organized by Christiana Care’s Professional Nurse Council. The ceremony also acknowledged the record 82 nurses newly promoted to RN III, marking professional advancement on Nursing’s clinical ladder.
Drawing on the 2014 theme of National Nurses Week — “Nurses Leading the Way” — Diane Talarek, RN, MA, NE-BC, senior vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer, called nurses “experts in bridging transitions” to the benefit of patients’ health outcomes and supporting families. Speaker Jerome Walker, a member of Christiana Care’s Patient and Family Advisory Council, encouraged nurses to retain the attributes of compassion, communication, helpfulness and strength.
“As patients and family members, we can feel when you are passionate about helping us,” Walker said. “You make it better for us.”
Dot Fowler Award
- Susan M. Wood – Special Care Nursery
Partners of Nursing Award
- Chris Anderson – Engagement Specialist
- Lisa Bechler – Engagement Specialist
- Peter Booras – Engagement Specialist
- Marc Briggs – Engagement Specialist
- Amira Council – Social Worker
- Mike Eppehimer – Vice President, Department of Medicine
- Lynn Fahey – CEO (Brandywine Counseling & Community Services)
- Arlene Friedman – Administrative Assistant
- Terry Horton – Medical Director of Project Engage
- Elizabeth Lombino – Clinical Supervisor (Brandywine Counseling)
- Gerald Medkeff – Engagement Specialist
- Jeff Wahl – Engagement Specialist
- Sheila Walker – Engagement Specialist
- Beverly Wilson – Program Manager
2014 Excellence in Nursing Award Recipients
Cardiac
- Shannon Biko – Neuro ICU
- William Brown – 5E
- Marie Cassalia – Direct Care Expert, CVCCC
- Darren Cowgill – CVCCC
- Chanel Etty – 3D
- Kathleen Hackett – 3E MICU
- Heather Hastings – Direct Care Expert, 5E
- Kathryn Lacey – CVCCC
- Janet Pamela Machulski – Direct Care Expert, 4E
- Mary Neeman – Direct Care Expert, 3E MICU
- Kimberly Proctor – Direct Care Expert, CVCCC
- Kimberly Prouse – Direct Care Expert, 3D
- Lynda Warrington – 4E
Emergency
- Jennifer Henry – Direct Care Expert, Christiana Hospital Emergency
- Sarah Lenderman – Christiana Hospital Emergency
- Mary Susan MacCord – Direct Care Expert, Wilmington Hospital Emergency
- Kaysha Michel – Wilmington Hospital Emergency
- Karen Murphy – Christiana Hospital Emergency Observation
- Jennifer Oldham – Christiana Hospital Emergency
- Jane Paulson – Direct Care Expert, Emergency Observation
- Kaci Rainey – Christiana Hospital Emergency
- David Salati – Middletown Emergency
Heart & Vascular
- Heather Crumley – HVIS Prep & Hold
- Stacy Kohout – Electrophysiology
- Jaime McMillan – Cath Lab
- Rochelle Williams – Interventional Radiology
Medical
- Megan Bastianelli – 5D
- Sandy Boyles – 5A
- Erin Colozzi – 6B
- Elizabeth Dauphin – 6B
- Jordan Domanski – 6E
- Tara Jones – 5A
- Heather Powell – 5C
- Lisa Straga, CH Per Diem Pool
- Ashley Tadlock – 6B
- Lindsey Vignola – 6A
- Joan Vansickle – 6B
Perioperative
- Joy Allen-Coleman – Wilmington Hospital Surgicenter
- Lauren Cahill – Wilmington Hospital Surgical Services
- Jennifer Campoli – Direct Care Expert, Christiana Hospital PACU
- Jacqueline Chase – Christiana Hospital Operating Room
- April Comley – Christiana Hospital PACU
- Jessica Donnelly – Wilmington Hospital PACU
- Amy Klabe – Wilmington Hospital Operating Room
- Denise Lottero – Direct Care Expert, CHR Operating Room
- Pam Ramagano – Christiana Hospital Operating Room
Surgical
- Bridget Bieber – Direct Care Expert, Surgical Critical Care
- Heather Bracken – Direct Care Expert, 4D
- Amy Bubenko – 4C
- Kristin Chiusolo – 4C
- Amy Marie Clark – 7E
- Terry Vaughn – Direct Care Expert, Transitional Care Unit
Visiting Nurse Association
- Rose Krzysiak – Central Intake
Wilmington Hospital
- Makaba Bakayoko – Wilmington Hospital ACE Unit
- Genevieve Baker – Joint Replacement Center
- Sharon Botts-DiMucci – 3 Surgical
- Jamie Feinour – Wilmington Hospital ICU
- Mary Beth Hocutt – Direct Care Expert, JRC
- Veronica Hoffman – 4 Medical
- Jacqueline Kreydt – Center for Rehabilitation
- Lisa Mack – Direct Care Expert, Psychiatric Nursing
- Lea Purcell – Direct Care Expert, Wilmington Hospital ICU
- Katrese Thomas – 6 South
- Sherry Zurlo – Direct Care Expert, 6 South
Women’s & Children’s
- Kristen Barrett – Labor & Delivery
- Kristen Crowder – Labor & Delivery
- Christine Klein – Direct Care Expert, 3B
- Donna Norris-Grant – Labor & Delivery
- Debra Otto – Parent Education
- Valerie Rappa–Gray – Labor & Delivery
Ancillary Departments
- Erica Harrell-Tompkins – Wound Ostomy
- Latonya Mann – Direct Care Expert, Cancer Care
- Dorothy Minor – HIV
- Maryann Witiak – Direct Care Expert, Vascular Access
- Ashley Wood – Pulmonary Associates
Advanced Practice
- Jessey Jennings – 4 North
- Jill Englund Jensen – Christiana Hospital Emergency Observation
Educator
- Kathy Boyer – Trauma
- Susan Volk – Christiana Hospital PACU, PREP & Hold
Leadership
- Andrea C. Rodriguez – Christiana Hospital Surgi-Center, PEP, Surgical Scheduling
- Courtney Crannell – 6B/BMTU
Newly Promoted RN III
- Melinda Acevedo – 5C
- Andrea Beccaria – Surgical Critical Care
- Judith Bellavin – 3B/3C/4B
- Meghan Blomquist – Christiana Hospital Emergency
- Colleen Callahan – MICU
- Laura Carsley – NICU
- Shiny Chandy – 5B
- Nancy Cheney – 3B/3C4B
- Kristin Chiusolo – 4C
- Ingrid Collins – Labor & Delivery
- Jackie Cox – 6B
- Danielle A. Coyne – Wilmington Hospital Short Procedure Unit
- Susan Craig – 5E
- Samantha DeParre – Psychiatry Nursing
- Jessica Dickerson – Transitional Care Unit
- Dana Dolan – 4C
- Karen Ellis-Brisbon – Wilmington Hospital Intensive Care Unit
- Paula Fasano – Wilmington Hospital Emergency
- Andrea Fell – 5C
- Crystal Forbes – 2C
- Irene Foreaker – RCA Surgi-Center
- Cynthia Fowser – Labor & Delivery
- Sally Greenway – 2C
- Helen E. Harrison – 6A ACE
- Helen Hawrylack – Cardiovascular Critical Care
- Erin Hennessy – Christiana Hospital Emergency
- Tiffany Hill – 6D EAU
- Mary Beth Hocutt – JRC
- Christina Hoddinott – Wilmington Hospital Emergency
- Melissa Ivey – Christiana Hospital Emergency
- Noelle Johnson – Hemodialysis
- Jill Kane – MICU
- Sharon Kilby – 3B/3C/4B
- Sarah Larocco – Christiana Hospital Operating Room
- Steven J. Larrimore – Surgical Critical Care
- Sarah B. Lenderman – Christiana Hospital Emergency
- Denise Lottero – Christiana Hospital Operating Room
- Mary Susan MacCord – Wilmington Hospital Emergency
- Lynn-Renee Mayes – 6A ACE Unit
- Lindsey McGraw – Christiana Hospital Emergency
- Lorie Meck – 3 Surgical
- Kathy Micale – Cardiovascular Critical Care
- Jaclyn Mills – 5B
- Michelle Morris – Christiana Hospital Emergency
- Marsha Nau – 5B
- Mary Neeman – MICU
- Ora Nichols – MICN
- Esther Njuguna – 2C
- Greg O’Neill – Surgical Critical Care
- Robert Onyango – 5B
- Kristen Otlowski – 6B
- Melissa Ouellette – Christiana Hospital Emergency
- Heather Panichelli – Christiana Hospital Emergency
- George Potts – 2C
- Kimberly Prouse – 3D
- Lea Purcell – Wilmington Hospital Intensive Care Unit
- Ashlee Ridgely – Wilmington Hospital ACE Unit
- Ellen Ritchie – Endoscopy
- Margaret Roth – Surgical Critical Care
- John W. Sammon Jr – Surgical Critical Care
- Theresa Scarfo – 4A
- Danielle Schnapf – Christiana Hospital Emergency
- Megan Smakulski – 3D
- Beverly Smyk – 3B/3C/4B
- Tiffany Snow – 4D
- Allison Steuber – Christiana Hospital Emergency
- Elizabeth Street – 5A
- Bruce Tilley – Flight
- Gillian Tilley – Flight
- Daniela Maria Tocci – Transitional Care Unit
- Jessica Toner – 7E
- Erin Vaughn – Christiana Hospital Emergency
- Debra Watson – Wilmington Hospital Emergency
- Sarah White – 6E
- Adam Whitlock – Christiana Hospital Emergency
- Lauren Williams – 6A ACE Unit
- Elizabeth Zehnder – Surgical Critical Care
- Rachael Zuber – 4D
- Alyssa Zuka – 6 South
- Theresa Zukowski – Wilmington Hospital PAC