Florida Hospital Nurses Receive Awards for Excellence

Florida Hospital Nurses Receive Awards for Excellence

 ORLANDO, Fla., June 8, 2010- The Florida Hospital Nursing Excellence Awards Luncheon was recently held to honor 28 outstanding nurses and nursing teams. These winners were chosen out of the more than 5,000 nurses that work at Florida Hospital. These award recipients are nominated and selected based on the compassion and innovation that they show in patient care, leadership, education, nursing and research. The nurses were recognized for exemplifying excellence, as well as the Florida Hospital mission of extending the healing ministry of Christ. The award winners and nominees show compassionate care while going above and beyond the call of duty.

"Nurses are a great asset and should be appreciated for their skills." said Lars Houmann, president and CEO of Florida Hospital. "Nurses deserve to be recognized for their excellence, and these awards are a great way to acknowledge all the hard work they do."

Many of the nominees are recognized for being not only a caregiver to the patient, but also to the patient's family. For example, one nurse stayed after her shift just to comfort a grieving family whose loved one passed away. Another nurse volunteered time out of her day to simply watch a family's children when one parent was being treated in the intensive care unit.  

Listed below are the Nursing Excellence Award Winners, if you would like an interview with one of the nurses, contact Florida Hospital Media Relations at 407-303-8217.

Nursing Excellence Award Winners

Evan Ballantyne, RN, NM

Janet Celli, BSN, RN, PCCN, ANM

Sherry Joyce, BSN, RN, CNOR, ANM

Jane Mcgrory, BSN, RN, CN3

Betty Epley, RN, CN2

Sharon Crumley, BSN, RN, CN2

Kathy Montoya, BSN, RN, CN2

Vicki Picco, RN, RNC-NIC, CN2

Bella Carbonell, BSN, RN, CN3

Marie Hays, MBA, BSN, RN, CCRN, CN3

Laura Wilkins, ALPN

Janet Rodriguez, BSN, RN, CN3

Alba Gonzalez Cruz, BSN, RN, CCRN, CN3

Huldah Turner, RN, RNC, C-EFM, CN3

Ihla Wolfe, BSN, RN, CNOR, CN4

Kimberlee Morrell, RN, CN2

Jessica Marcello, RN

Melyndi Stokes, RN, ANM

Vicki Stevens, BSN, RN, CEN

Hallie Peyton, RN, CPN, CN2

Amy Donaldson, BSN, RN, CN2

Elizabeth Andrus, BSN, RN, CNOR

Maria Lugo, PharmD

Katherine Pamplin, RN, CN2

Girija Sankar, BSN, RN, OCN

Jennifer Charles, CSR, ICU, RN

Marnette Valcin, CICU, RN

Gardine Jacques, PCU, RN

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