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For Immediate Release July 27, 2012
NIGHTINGALE AWARD FINALISTS NAMED
The Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania proudly announces its finalists for 2012. Finalists will be honored and the winners will be declared at the 23rd Annual Gala on Friday, October 26, 2012, at the Radisson-Penn Harris, 1150 Camp Hill Bypass in Camp Hill,PA. These nurse exemplars have been selected for recognition in one of nine categories, from more than 80 nominations. Patient Choice Award winners are chosen from nominations submitted by patient and / or families.
Clinical Practice LPN
• Karen Meloni, LPN - St. Vincent Health Center, resides in Erie, PA
• Sandra Voyak, LPN - Geisinger, Wyoming Valley, resides in Mountaintop, PA
Clinical Practice RN
• Cathy Druckenmiller, RN - Pinnacle Health System, resides in Mechanicsburg, PA
• Kathy Fojutowski-Diltz, RN, CCRN - Pinnacle Health System, resides in
New Cumberland, PA
• Susan Landau, RN - Holy Spirit Hospital, resides in Harrisburg, PA
Advanced Practice RN
• Deborah Gardiner, MSN, RN - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital,
resides in Mt. Laurel, NJ
• Deborah Schafer, RN - Pinnacle Health System, resides in Hummelstown, PA
• Cynthia Wagner, RN - Paoli Hospital, resides in Downingtown, PA
Nurse Administration - Executive
• Michael Becker, MSN, RN, CCRN - Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, resides in
Newtown, PA
• Connie Gutshall, RN, MS, NE-BC - York Hospital/WellSpan Health, resides in York, PA
• Dorothy Patzek, BSN - Blue Mountain Health System, resides in Quakertown, PA
Nurse Administration – Leader/Manager
• Catherine Harmer, RN - Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, resides in
Wayne, PA
• Patti Artley Hart, MSN, RN, CPN, NE-BC - Penn State Hershey Medical Center,
resides in Middletown, PA
• Rosemary H. Wurster, RN - Paoli Hospital, resides in Coatesville, PA
Nurse Educator - Academia
• Elizabeth Yaw Bates, RN - Penn State School of Nursing, resides in Hummelstown, PA
• Margaret Quinn Rosenzweig, PhD, FNP-BC, AOCNP - University of Pittsburgh, resides
in Sewickley, PA
Nurse Educator - Staff
• Jayne Febbraro, MSN, RN, CRNP - Lehigh Valley Health Network, resides in
Allentown, PA
• Kathleen McLaughlin, RN - Paoli Hospital, resides in Aston, PA
• Mary Lou Mortimer, RN - Pinnacle Health System, resides in Lemoyne, PA
Nursing Research
• Carolyn Davidson, RN - Lehigh Valley Health Network, resides in Macungie, PA
• Heidi Donovan, PhD, RN - University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing, resides in
Pittsburgh, PA
• Donna Sullivan Havens, RN, PhD, FAAN - University of North Carolina, resides in
Camp Hill, PA
Community Nursing
• Sandy Ebersole, RN - Home Nursing Agency Healthcare, resides in Altoona, PA
• Jennifer Nelson, BSN, RN, CMSRN - Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, resides in
Conshohocken, PA
Patient Choice Award
• Claudia Shermeyer, RN - York Hospital, resides in Dover, PA
The Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania is a philanthropic organization whose purpose is to create, cultivate and support environments where professional nursing achievements are valued. Nightingale's volunteer board and committees utilize gifts, donations, and annual gala proceeds to recognize excellence in a wide variety of nursing career paths and financially contributes to the continuing nursing education at all levels in the Commonwealth.
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