Nurses honored for exceptional care at Fall Nursing Awards

Peter Carlino, back row, center, smiles with the 2018 winners of the Elizabeth Powers Carlino Nursing Excellence Scholarship Award.

Twenty-one nurses from Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State Health Children’s Hospital were recognized for outstanding patient care and professional achievements at the 10^th Annual Fall Nursing Awards Luncheon on Oct. 17:

• RaeAnn Stees, Penn State Cancer Institute, Inpatient Unit – Jay C. Graff Oncology Nursing Excellence Award
• Leah Holmberg, Penn State Health Children’s Hospital Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit – Jeanne Donlevy Arnold Nursing Award
• Alicia Richardson, Stroke Program – Advanced Practice Clinician Excellence Award
• Renee Houser, Medical Group Contingency Pool – Nursing Community Service Award
• Jennifer Lau, Pediatric Emergency Department – Ian and Eileen Zagon Award for Excellence in Nursing
• Nicole Sunderland, Neuroscience Critical Care Unit – Grace Lipson Nursing Innovation Award

Elizabeth Powers Carlino Nursing Excellence Scholarship Award:

• Abigail Martier, Penn State Health Medical Group Contingency Pool
• Crystal Turner, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
• Bonny Fry, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• Amanda Kells, Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit
• Tracy Sinopoli, Med/Surg Float Personnel/CSO
• Lisa Robinson, Department of Clinical Informatics
• Jared Dougherty, HVOU, HVOC, Cath/EP Lab
• Melissa Carey, Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit
• Emily Hull, Penn State Cancer Institute, Inpatient Unit
• Michelle Stroud, Medical Group Administration, State College 

Lois Weninger Forney Nursing Excellence Award:

• Anne Bobb, Clinical Program Coordinator, Irritable Bowel Disease for Colorectal Surgery
• Amanda Barr, Pediatric Acute Care Unit
• Rachael Garber, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• Abbey Slothower. Surgical and Anesthesia Intensive Care Unit at
• Emily Vance, Critical Care Float Pool

“These nurses demonstrate extraordinary compassion, resourceful intelligence and excellent commitment to nursing care,” said Judy Himes, senior vice president and chief nursing officer. “We are proud to honor the positive difference they make in the lives of our patients and their families every day here at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and the Children’s Hospital.”

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