The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) will bestow the 2015 Circle of Excellence Award on 25 nurses nationwide at the National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI), San Diego, May 18-21.
These outstanding caregivers, from 15 states, receive this coveted award for achieving excellent outcomes in the care of acutely and critically ill patients and their families. Criteria used to evaluate Circle of Excellence award candidates include relentless promotion of patient-driven excellence; communication skills; true collaboration; effective decision making; meaningful recognition of others; ability to transform thinking, structures and processes; and ability to address challenges and remove barriers to excellent patient care and achieve visible results through leadership.
Following is a list of recipients, in alphabetical order by state and last name.
California
Nancy T. Blake, RN, PHD, CCRN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Director of Nursing, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Flerida Imperial-Perez, RN, MSN, CNS-BC, CCNS-P
Clinical Manager, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Laura Raichle, RN, BSN
Head Nurse, Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Glendale
Connecticut
Noreen Gorero, RN, BSN, MA
Manager, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven
Delaware
Elisabeth G. Bradley, MS, APN, AGPCNP-BC, ACNS-BC
Clinical Leader, Christiana Care Health System, Newark
Hawaii
Eileen D.U. Wong, RN, BSN, CCRN, BLS, ACLS, PALS
Staff Nurse, The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu
Illinois
Hillary S. Crumlett, RN, MS, ANL
Director - Critical Care Services, Central DuPage Hospital, Cadence Health, Winfield
Jessica Schneiderman, RN, MSN, APN, ACNS-BC, CCRN, CPPS
Clinical Nurse Specialist, FHN Memorial Hospital, Freeport
Indiana
Jennifer Dunscomb, RN, MSN, CCRN, CNS
Director of Nursing Practice & Quality, Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis
Maryland
Kathryn T. VonRueden, RN, MS, ACNS-BC, FCCM
Associate Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, and
Clinical Nurse Specialist, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore
Nevada
Amy S. McCombs, RN, BSN, CCRN, CNML
Director of Nursing Critical Care/Telemetry, Renown Regional Medical Center, Reno
New York
Eileen T. Fitzgerald, RN, MN, CCRN
Staff Nurse, Charge Nurse, Preceptor, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
William Rosa, MS, RN, LMT, AHN-BC, AGPCNP-BC, CCRN-CMC, Caritas Coach
Nurse Educator, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York
North Carolina
Jill Engel, RN, DNP, FNP, ANP, ACNP, CCRN-CSC
Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Duke University Hospital, Durham
Mary Lindsay, RN, MSN, CCRN
Director - Clinical Operations CT Surgery, Duke University Hospital, Durham
Elizabeth K. Tresohlavy, RN, BSN, CCRN, ACLS, BLS, PALS, SCRN
Staff Nurse III, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte
Laura E. Yau, RN, BSN, CCRN, SCRN
Staff Nurse III, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte
Pennsylvania
Jacqueline Marie Gordon, RN, MSN, CNS, CCNS, CCRN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey
Margaret A. Lattanzio, RN, MSN, CCRN, ACLS, BLS
Programmatic Nurse Specialist, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Passavant, Pittsburgh
Darlene A. Lovasik, RN, MN, CCRN
Programmatic Nurse Specialist, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Presbyterian, Pittsburgh
South Carolina
Leah Ramos, RN, MSN, CCRN-K, NE-BC
Nurse Manager, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Texas
Glenn I. Dennis, RN, MSN, ACNS-BC
Director - Critical Care Services, Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital
Shelley K. Welch, RN, MSN, CCRN-CSC
Staff Development Educator, Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics, Tyler
Washington
Kelly King, RN, MSN, CCRN
Assistant Nurse Manager, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle
Wisconsin
Mary Kay Feeney, RN, MN, CCRN(A), FLMI
Retired, West Allis
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