With great pleasure, the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Nursing Recognition Council announces the names of our nurses who have been selected to receive 2008 UW Hospital and Clinics Nursing and Patient Care Excellence Awards.

 

The following nurses have been selected based on the recommendation of the Excellence Awards Review Committee for their outstanding clinical practice and leadership, which exemplify the spirit of caring we strive to achieve.

 

Category: Leadership   Recipient: Bethaney Campbell, RN, MN, AOCNS, clinical nurse specialist, Hematology, Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant	Category: Nurse Clinician Specialty -Surgical   Recipient: Elise Arsenault Knudsen, RN, BSN, General Surgery and Trauma
Category: Nurse Clinician Specialty - Clinics   Recipient: Christine Thornburg-Moon, RN, BSN, Ambulatory Procedure Center	Category: Nurse Clinician Specialty - Surgical Services   Recipient: Sandra Reierson, RN, BSN, nurse care team leader, Ambulatory Surgery
Category: Nurse Clinician Specialty - Critical Care   Recipient: Andrew Walbrun, RN, BSN, CCRN, nurse care team leader, Cardiothoracic Surgery	Category: Primary Nurse   Recipient: April Faas, RN, BSN, CCRN-CSC, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Category: Nurse Clinician Specialty - Home Health and Case Management   Recipient: Brett Yancy-Weatherby, RN, BSN, nurse case manager, Nursing Coordinated Care	Category: Rising Star   Recipient: Ariana Imhof, RN, BSN, General Surgery and Trauma
Category: Nurse Clinician Specialty - Medical   Recipient: Gina Copus, RN, BSN, CMSRN, nurse care team leader, Family Practice and Forensics	Category: Support Staff   Recipient: Lynette Geer, LPN, Rehabilitation
Category: Nurse Clinician Specialty - Pediatrics   Recipient: Susan Hubanks, RN, BSN, CPON, nurse care team leader, American Family Childrens Hospital

 

Award recipients were honored during National Nurses Week (May 6-12, 2008), at the UW Hospital and Clinics Nursing and Patient Care Excellence Awards and Reception. Congratulations, recipients!