Fall Nursing Award winners receive funding to advance professional growth
Eighteen nurses from Penn State Health were honored in the 12th Annual Fall Nursing Awards for outstanding patient care and professional achievements.
The recipients will use the awards, which ranged from $500 to $4,000, to further their academic education, attend a professional nursing conference, pursue innovation or achieve community-based goals. A total of $32,100 was distributed.
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The monetary awards are funded by hospital donors and established nursing endowments. Two of the awards were established in memory of previous patients.
Winners were selected through an application process that was reviewed by members of the Nursing Executive Council.
Monetary awards funded by hospital donors and nursing endowments enable the winners to advance their professional growth through education and training, new initiatives or community engagement.
“Our honorees demonstrate the pursuit of nursing excellence in all that they do,” said Judy Himes, senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Hershey Medical Center.
The following nurses were recognized:
Jay C. Graff Oncology Nursing Excellence Award
- Alexis Hann, Cancer Inpatient Unit
Jeanne Donlevy Arnold Nursing Award
- Kaela Appleman, Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit
Elizabeth Powers Carlino Nursing Excellence Scholarship Award
- Elisha Peregino, Neurosurgery Department
- Stephanie Yunker, Surgical Intermediate Care Unit
- Tyler Carpenter, Perianesthesia Unit
- Rachael Garber, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Nicolette Hartman, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Amy Hoffman, 6 Acute Care Unit
- Alison Imboden, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Inpatient Unit
- Kelsey Czajka, Cancer Inpatient Unit
- Katie Nissly, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Lois Weninger Forney Nursing Excellence Award
- Nancy Himmelberger, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Gina Costy, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Amanda Carnathan, 5 Acute Care Unit
Ian and Eileen Zagon Award for Excellence In Nursing
Rachel Arendacs, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Advanced Practice Provider Excellence Award (Sponsored by the Association of Faculty and Friends)
- Elisha Peregino, Neurosurgery Department
- Kathaleen King-Dailey, Heart and Vascular Institute, Heart Failure Services
Nursing Community Service Award (Sponsored by the Association of Faculty and Friends)
- Nancy Lokey, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
See the awardees being honored here.
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