20th Annual Nightingale
Awards held
The 20th annual Nightingale Awards for Excellence in Human Caring, hosted
by the Colorado Nurses Foundation (CNF), was held May 7, at the Renaissance
Denver Hotel with a record attendance of more than 700 people.
Kim Christiansen, 9NEWS, returned as master of ceremonies. Jean Watson, PhD,
FAAN, whose caring philosophy is used to guide new models of caring and healing
practices in diverse settings worldwide, provided a special presentation
entitled Caring and Love: Illuminating the light of nursing. Her presentation
included her Candlelight ritual – a powerful reminder of the importance
of nursing and how it reflects the original symbolic light of Florence Nightingale.
The grand finale of the evening was the announcement of the
six recipients
of the Nightingale Award:
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| Robert Montgomery |
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Robert Montgomery, clinical nurse specialist, anesthesiology acute pain service,
University of Colorado Hospital, Denver, ND 1995, UCD School of Nursing,
Denver;
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Rosemarie Gibbons, acute care director, San Luis Valley Regional Medical
Center, Alamosa;
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Kelly Johnson, vice president, patient care services and
chief nursing officer, Craig Hospital, Englewood, BS Nursing 1996, UCCS Beth
El College of Nursing & Health
Sciences, Colorado Springs, MS Nursing 2003, UCD School of Nursing;
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Cindy Neal, family nurse practitioner, Marillac Clinic, Grand Junction, MS
Nursing 1996, UCD School of Nursing, Denver;
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Rhoda Rogers, diabetes nurse educator, Salud Family Health Centers, Fort
Lupton;
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Joyce Vernon, staff nurse, Odyssey Health Care and Hospice, Colorado Springs.
The Nightingale Event was established in 1985 as a tribute to the professional
excellence of Colorado’s registered nurses. The Nightingale Award was
conceived to honor nurses whose contributions to human caring have gone beyond
the cutting edge of the nursing profession.
As the primary fund-raiser for the Colorado Nurses Foundation, the goal of
the event is two-fold: 1) to recognize outstanding Colorado nurses for their
excellence in human caring, and 2) to raise funds for scholarships for nursing
education in a time when there is a critical shortage of nurses. Including
proceeds from last year’s event, the Colorado Nurses Foundation awarded
$25,000 in nursing scholarships in December 2004.
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