May 7, 2010
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Health System presented its 2010 Clinical Excellence in Nursing Awards May 7 in ceremonies at the Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium. The awards are presented annually as part of UAB's National Nurses Week celebration.
The Clinical Excellence in Nursing Awards are presented to professional nurses and nursing support staff who demonstrate their nursing knowledge, technical skills and clinical leadership within the UAB Health System. The award is the highest honor that can be achieved by a member of the nursing staff within the health system.
UAB Hospital Associate Vice President Debbie Ragan, M.S.N., and UAB School of Nursing Dean Doreen Harper, Ph.D., presented the awards. Michael Waldrum M.D., UAB Hospital CEO, addressed the honorees.
UAB HOSPITAL
- Excellence in Leadership Award: Toni Gaston
- Excellence in Partnership Award: Karen Bolling-Walker, Deborah Thedford
- Excellence in Nursing Award: Susanna Howell, Ellen Dean Lazarre, Margot Andison, Lindsey Harris, Denielle Baker
- Advanced Practice Nursing Award: Paula Midyette
- Patient Care Excellence Award: Felicia Taylor
- Excellence in Support of Patient Care: Wilma Davidson
UAB CALLAHAN EYE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL
- Excellence in Nursing Award: Ashley Nolin
- Excellence in Support of Patient Care: Joyce Horn
THE KIRKLIN CLINIC AT UAB
- Excellence in Leadership Award: Bonita Peeples
- Excellence in Nursing Award: Ann Wilson
- LPN Excellence in Nursing Award: Wanda Crenshaw
UAB HIGHLANDS
- Excellence in Nursing Award: Seywanda Cole, Cathy Ingram
- Excellence in Support of Patient Care: Elaine Pruitt, Debra Woods
MEDICAL WEST
- Excellence in Nursing Award: Amy Culverson
- LPN Excellence in Nursing Award: Tammy Hardeman
- Excellence in Support of Patient Care: Ola Jordan
UAB SCHOOL OF NURSING
- Excellence in Teaching: David Vance, Ph.D.
National Nurses Week is celebrated annually from May 6, also known as National Nurses Day, through May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. UAB celebrates Nurses Week May 3 through 8 and its nurses have been honored by a series of continuing education classes, a talent show, storyboard presentations, a professional vendor fair, a lifestyle fair, the Clinical Excellence Awards luncheon and presentation and more.
Traditionally, National Nurses Week is devoted to highlighting the diverse ways in which registered nurses, the largest health care profession, are working to improve health care. From bedside nursing in hospitals and long-term care facilities to the halls of research institutions, state legislatures and Congress, the depth and breadth of the nursing profession is meeting the expanding health care needs of American society.
About the UAB Health System
The UAB Health System includes all of the University of Alabama at Birmingham's patient care activities, including UAB Hospital, the Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital and The Kirklin Clinic. UAB is the state of Alabama's largest employer and an internationally renowned research university and academic health center whose professional schools and specialty patient care programs are consistently ranked as among the nation's top 50; find more information at www.uab.edu and www.uabmedicine.org.