The Nursing Excellence Awards selection committee is pleased to announce the 2008 winners!
Congratulations to the 2008 Nursing Excellence Award winners! They are:
Therapeutic Relationships
Cindy Bone, R.N., network director of central resource, Central Staffing Team
Facilitative Leadership
Alice Cook, R.N., care manager, critical care, Community Hospital East
Patient-Focused Care
Elizabeth Frick, R.N., care manager, Community Regional Cancer Care North Pavilion
Art and Science of Nursing
Teresa Nosek, R.N., Indiana Surgery Center North
Evidence-Based Practice
Robyn Pollom, R.N., N.P., network director for Diabetes Care Center
These nurses will be recognized at the sixth annual Nursing Excellence Awards recognition banquet on November 14 at the Indianapolis Marriott North. Nurses, keep an eye on your mailbox for your invitation.
During this year’s nomination period, the selection committee received 206 nominations for 150 different network nurses. Some nominees received multiple nominations.
“This year’s selection process was very difficult because we had so many deserving nominees,” says Lorrie Ramsey, R.N., chairperson of the Nursing Excellence Award planning committee. “Our nine-person selection committee read and scored each nomination based on the award’s criteria. In some categories, the scores of the first and second place nominees were separated by just a few hundredths of a point. The strength of the nominations really reflects the caliber of nurses in our network and makes me proud to be one of them. ”
2008 Nursing Excellence Award nominees:
Rose Adamson, Victoria Aldrich, Dena Aleksa, Jeri Allanson, Jean Amoroso, Shannon Arrendale, Angela Arthur, Jane Ball, Margueritte Barksdale, Marcia Beckwith, Sandy Beechler, Becky Behrmann, Carin Blodgett, Betty Boester, Angela Bond, Janel Borkes, Ginger Breeck, Christina Brennan, Elsie Broda, Sharon Bronnenberg, Mary Browning, Kathy Bruce, Keri Brunnemer, Tina Burch, Donna Calderon, Nancy Campbell, Rhonda Cates, Marsha Cecil, Ginny Chismar, Cathy Clager , Donna Clugh, Sherri Crawford, Patricia Cummings, Robyn Cupello, Stephanie Dailey-Hamilton, Diana Dailidonis, Deborah Davis, Kathy DeVault, Cyndi Dillehay, Gerry Dolick, Kristen Edwards, Marlon Encarnado, Linda Erwin, Angie Foley, Adrienne Gallaher, Melody Gans, Rita Gaw, Teresa Geis, Alyson Gill, Ann Gillum, Kathleen Glasscock, Jacqueline Gomez, Amanda Gonzalez, Christy Gray, Diane Gray, April Habig, Shannon Hall, Paula Hannigan, Amber Harpe, Sara Haycock, Stephanie Head, Sarah Hedman, Linda Hoadley, Brenda Hommell, Janet Higgs, Kasandra Hunt, Pam Hurley, Kathy Jarvis, Juanita Jones, Tricia Jones, Robin Kalanoc, Patty Keen, Cynthia Kennedy, Deb Kidwell, Jennifer Kilgore, Darla Kille, Redempta Knotts, Beth Kochell, Jim Kolotka, Lury Kutruff, Jason Leaver, Laura Long, Deborah Lyons, Connie MacNeur, Andrea Manville, Darlene Marlatt, Rainey Martin, Doris May, Kathie McClung, Randy McIntyre, Joyce McMullen, Janet Milton, Beth Mislan, Fulljahan Morin, Joan Morrison, Julie Mortonson, Sarah Myers, Kay L. Parks, Deborah Pete, Amy Porter, Elizabeth Porter, Leslie A. Potts, Katherine Quesenberry, Lisa Reifinger, Tony Reynolds, Margie Rifkind, Linda Rogers, Cindy Rosswurm, Christine Saylor, Kim Schaefer, Joni Schneider, Emily Schultz, Chris Schulz, Pamela Shobe, Susan Sipes, Marlena Smith, Kirsten Smith, Sonia Smythe, Penny Sokol, Mary Beth Sraders, Diane Stewart, Natalie Stewart, Martha Stoudt, Natalie Strong, Jeff Sundt, Gwen Sunkel, Laura Sweany, Nancy Sweet, Cindy Taber, Susan E. Taylor, Sheryl Terzini, Dina Thompson, James Traylor, Anne Tucker, Mary Ann Underhill, Joan Walker, Eileen White, Lori A. Wilson, Stephanie Wilson, Amy Wire, Karen Wise, Deb Wittleder, Karen York, Sally Young and Kathy Zach
Jan Bingle receives top honor for philanthropic leadership
The Community Health Network Foundation Board of Directors has awarded Jan Bingle, M.S., R.N. and Community Health Network Chief Nursing Officer, the Jack Heiney Award for philanthropic leadership. For more than 25 years, Jan has generously given her time, talent and treasures to make an impact in the lives of our nurses, patients and families. Many of her colleagues, family and friends gathered at an award dinner to pay tribute to her exemplary philanthropic leadership and dedication to advancing the nursing practice at Community Health Network and central Indiana.
Jack Heiney, retired president and CEO of the Indiana Gas Company, has been a philanthropic leader in the Community Health Network for nearly 40 years. This award was created to honor his ability to inspire a culture of philanthropy and to salute other philanthropic leaders.
Community is agency-free for five years
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On July 1, Community Health Network celebrated its fifth anniversary of being agency-free in nursing. This accomplishment means the network has not had to rely on using outside, contracted nurses to take care of patients—even during the opening of The Indiana Heart Hospital and the Community Hospital North expansion.
“For five years, we have had Community Health Network nurses taking care of our patients,” says Jan Bingle, R.N., and chief nursing officer for the network. “This is a very, very special event, something that we should all celebrate.”
“We’re all very proud of the incredible effort that has gone into this on the part of our clinical directors and clinical managers as they work every day to make sure we have safe staffing by Community Health Network nurses,” Bingle says. “I’d also like to thank our HR team, all of our recruiters, Karen Shanks, Jill Parris and our HR consultants for working with nursing so closely to be sure that we have an exceptional experience for our new hires, our on-boarding, our recruitment as well as our orientation of new hires.”
“I can’t thank folks enough for making sure that all of our patients, wherever they are in the network, are cared for by Community nurses who exemplify the excellence of being patient-focused, using therapeutic relationships, building their practice on the art and science of nursing, being evidence-based about their intervention and also being a facilitative leader, working closely with everyone to make sure that they reach their full potential,” Bingle says. “Congratulations and thank you, thank you, thank you.”
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