MUSC Medical Center and UMA Ambulatory Care saluted health care professional registered nurses Thursday, May 6 (National Nurses’ Day), at the Celebrate Nursing Excellence 99' Awards Ceremony.
Unit and division winners were evaluated by award criteria which was based on the MUSC core values of accountability, respect, excellence and adaptability. Unit winners were nominated and chosen by their peers.
The Celebrate Nursing Excellence 99' committee judged all unit nominations to determine the division winners.
The following nurses were recognized at the Celebrate Nursing Awards Ceremony for their commitment to caring and consistent excellence in nursing practice.
Ambulatory Care/University Medical Associates
Division
Winner—Kathy Jacques
Institute of Psychiatry
Division
Winner—Martha Sutton
Children’s Services
Division
Winner—Sonja Muckenfuss
7A, Carrie Larsen; 7B, Sonja Muckenfuss; 7C, Christie Jacobin; NNICU, Kathy Chase; 8D, Sharon Kelly; GCRC, Debbie O’Rear; PICU, Muriel LaBonte
Digestive Diseases, Medicine and Oncology
Division
Winner—Laura Perdue
8 West, Laura Perdue; 10 East, Anne Redick; 10 West, Raylene Gries
Critical Care and Emergency Services
Division
Winner—Roger Slane
Meducare, Rosemary Smith; MICU, Denise Falkiewicz; Emergency Services, Roger Slane
Surgery, Womens and Infants Services
Division
Winner—Weatherly Rogers
OR, Phyllis O’Neal; PACU, Mary Beth Chaulk; Ambulatory Surgery Recovery, Lori Langston; 6 East, Rikki Moye; Labor and Delivery/Antepartum, Weatherly Rogers
Therapeutic Services
Division
Winner—Kelly Berg
2 East Rehab, Marianne Schumacher; Dialysis, Tracey Guerry; 7 East, Kelly Berg; 7 West, Zonya Moore; TCU, Laquines Brown