Finalists for Nightingale
Awards Announced
Two University of Colorado Hospital nurses are among the 15 registered nurses
from throughout Colorado who have been named finalists for the 2005 Nightingale
Awards, which recognize nursing excellence in human caring.
Robert Montgomery is a clinical nurse specialist in the anesthesiology acute
pain service, and Janna Petrie, is a staff nurse in the medical intensive
care unit, both at the University of Colorado Hospital.
The finalists will be honored at the 2005 “Nightingala” – the
20th Annual Nightingale Award Event on Saturday, May 7, at the Renaissance
Hotel in Denver. At that time, six of the finalists will be named this year’s
Nightingale Award recipients.
The annual statewide program, which was begun in 1985, is sponsored by the
Colorado Nurses Foundation (CNF) and supported by the Colorado Area Health
Education Centers. Funds raised from the program are used for scholarships
and educational activities for nurses throughout the state.
The other finalists are: Pam Boehm, clinical director of
orthopedics and rehabilitation services, Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins;
Barry Chamberlain,
ICU staff and charge nurse, St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center,
Grand Junction; Rosemarie Gibbons, acute care director, San Luis Valley Regional
Medical Center, Alamosa; Kelly Johnson, vice president, patient care services
and chief nursing officer, Craig Hospital, Englewood; Debbie Johnson-Sasso,
director of education, Sky Ridge Medical Center, Lone Tree; Jennifer Lund,
health coordinator, Catholic Charities-Archdiocese of Denver; and Cindy Neal,
family nurse practitioner, Marillac Clinic, Grand Junction
Also
Catherine Owens,
nurse educator and affiliation coordinator, VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare
System, Denver; Rhoda Rogers, diabetes nurse educator, Salud Family Health
Centers, Fort Lupton; Cristina Swinsick, chemotherapy/infusion program coordinator,
Yampa Valley Medical Center, Steamboat Springs; Joyce Vernon, staff nurse,
Odyssey Health Care and Hospice, Colorado Springs; Barbara Wertz, vice president,
patient services and chief nursing officer, Exempla St. Joseph Hospital,
Denver; Cynthia Woodruff, staff nurse cardiovascular services, The Medical
Center of Aurora.
Kim Christiansen of Channel 9NEWS in Denver will return as master of ceremonies.
Jean Watson will give a special presentation “Caring and Love: Illuminating
the light of nursing” including her Candlelight ritual – a powerful
reminder of the importance of nursing and how it reflects the original symbolic
light of Florence Nightingale. The Metropolitan String Quartet will provide
instrumental musical selections as guests arrive.
For reservations and information call Corinne Koehler, Nightingale Coordinator,
at (303)758-4291.
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