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April 26, 2013 – ST. LOUIS, MO – St. Louis Magazine is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 Excellence in Nursing Awards. At a reception Thursday, April 25, at the Kemp Auto Museum, St. Louis Magazine Editor-in-Chief Jarrett Medlin and St. Louis At Home and St. Louis Family Editor-in-Chief Christy Marshall presented awards to 63 finalists. The overall winners in each category were announced for the first time at the reception. KPLR-TV anchor Christine Buck served as the evening’s guest speaker. View party pics from the reception.
St. Louis Magazine’s Excellence in Nursing Awards included 18 categories: Acute Care/General Medicine; Cardiovascular; Community/Ambulatory Care; Educator; Emergency Department; Hospice/Home Health/Palliative Care; Intensive Care; Management/Nurse Executive/Clinical Leader; Medical-Surgical Nursing; Neurology/Psychology/Behavioral Health; Oncology; Orthopedics; Pediatrics (Neonatal); Pediatrics (Non-Neonatal); Research; School; Senior Services; and Women’s Health. “We hope these awards shed light on a vital part of St. Louis’ healthcare community,” says Editor-in-Chief Jarrett Medlin. “ Hopefully, in recognizing the region’s most outstanding professionals and telling some of their incredible stories, it will inspire future nurses.”
St. Louis Magazine received more than 200 nominations for the awards contest. Those nominations were evaluated by a selection committee, which chose the finalists. The selection committee of the 2013 Excellence in Nursing Awards included Karen Daley, President of the American Nurses Association; Karen Drenkard, Executive Director of the American Nurses Credentialing Center; Lora Lacey-Haun, Dean of the University of Missouri—Kansas City School of Nursing; Anne Heine, Instructor of Clinical Nursing at the Sinclair School of Nursing at the University of Missouri in Columbia; Jill Kliethermes, CEO of the Missouri Nurses Association; Bonnie Niebuhr, CEO of the American Board of Nursing Specialties; and Diane Twedell, Chief Nursing Officer of Mayo Clinic Health System, Southeast Minnesota Region.
In addition to the Excellence in Nursing Awards presentation, Dr. Marty Spies, Professor and Faculty Chairperson of Chamberlain College of Nursing, presented an award to each winner who received a perfect score from the selection committee. The five nurses who received perfect scores included Dana Aronin of Pediatric Care for Kids (Pediatrics—Non-Neonatal); Margaret Benz of Saint Louis University School of Nursing (Community/Ambulatory Care); Barbara Logue of Barnes-Jewish Hospital (Cardiovascular); Mary Mehegan of St. Louis Children’s Hospital (Intensive Care); and Eileen Steiniger of Esse Health (Community/Ambulatory Care).
The overall winners in each category are profiled in a 10-page feature in the May issue of St. Louis Magazine, which was unveiled at the awards reception. The issue hits subscribers’ mailboxes April 26 and newsstands May 3. St. Louis Magazine’s fourth annual Excellence in Nursing Awards reception was held at the Kemp Auto Museum in Chesterfield. The event was presented by Chamberlain College of Nursing and support was provided by Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Siteman Cancer Center, Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College, Mercy, Saint Louis University Hospital, Saint Louis University School of Nursing, SSM Health Care—St. Louis, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, and Weinhardt Party Rentals.
The 2013 Excellence in Nursing Award Recipients:
Acute Care/General Medicine
Winner
Linda Black, Washington University School of Medicine
Finalists
Kimberly McGrath, Mercy Hospital St. Louis
Julie Spencer, Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College
Cardiovascular
Winner
Barbara Logue, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Finalists
Margaret Emmert Capriglione, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Rinnah MacVittie, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Lisa Murphy, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Community/Ambulatory Care
Winner (Tie)
Margaret Benz, Saint Louis University School of Nursing
Eileen Steiniger, Esse Health
Finalists
Pat McCloskey, St. Luke’s Hospital
Stacy Pokorny, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Educator
Winner (Tie)
Verna Hendricks-Ferguson, Saint Louis University School of Nursing
Jean Huelsing, Living Well Foundation
Finalists
Mary Lee Barron, Saint Louis University School of Nursing
Bernadette Henrichs, Washington University School of Medicine, Goldfard School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College
Joanne Langan, Saint Louis University School of Nursing, SSM St. Clare Health Center
Emergency Department
Winner
Helen Sandkuhl, Saint Louis University Hospital
Finalists
Lynn Goodlet, Progress West HealthCare Center
Paula Malone, Progress West HealthCare Center
Lisa Schneider, SSM St. Joseph Health Center
Hospice/Home Health/Palliative Care
Winner
Benita Austin, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Finalists
Linda Poth, Nurses & Company
Heather Stock, SSM St. Clare Health Center
Intensive Care
Winner
Mary Mehegan, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Finalists
Sarah Koch, Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Barbara Miller, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Management/Nurse Executive/Clinical Leader
Winner
Diana Kraus, St. Louis Children's Hospital
Finalists
Colleen Becker, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Marianne Fournie, Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Terri Morris, Esse Health
Victoria Peck, Washington University School of Medicine
Medical-Surgical Nursing
Winner
Meranda Scherer, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Finalists
Kara Bonnell, Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Cheryl Boone, SSM St. Mary’s Health Center
Robyn Myers, Washington University School of Medicine
Neurology/Psychology/Behavioral Health
Winner
Cassandra Ward, Washington University School of Medicine
Finalist
Teresa DeGuire, SSM St. Joseph Health Center
Oncology
Winner
Robert Parker, SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center
Finalists
Jennifer Kloth, Comprehensive Cancer Care
Reida McDowell, Washington University School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center
Orthopedics
Winner
Jacob Kliethermes, Mercy Hospital St. Louis
Finalists
Jamie Menendez, Washington University School of Medicine
Stacy Weisguth, Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Pediatrics—Neonatal
Winner
Catherine Dill, Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Finalists
Jillian Barron, SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center
Donna Kaempfe, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Pediatrics—Non-Neonatal
Winner
Dana Aronin, Pediatric Care for Kids
Finalists
Mandy Drozda, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Esse Health
Tammy Heffner, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Margaret Ann Shaner, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Julie Stumpf, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Research
Winner
Karen Balakas, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Finalists
Norma Metheny, Saint Louis University School of Nursing
Lee Smith, Saint Louis University School of Nursing
School
Winner
Kathleen Wallace, Parkway School District
Finalist
Kathy Beezley, Affton School District
Senior Services
Winner
Sister Mary Elizabeth Voss, Mother of Good Counsel Home
Finalists
Patricia Kabambe, Parkwood Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, RSP Senior Living Communities
Lee Vance, Marymount Manor Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, RSP Senior Living Communitites
Women's Health
Winner
Sue Muehling, Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Finalists
Danielle Frueh, Memorial Hospital (Belleville, Ill.)
Julie Schweitzer, Women’s Care Specialists
Darla Wertenberger, St. Luke’s Hospital
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