The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's and ajcjobs' third annual Celebrating Nurses awards event will be May 7 at 11:30 a.m. at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.

The mistress of ceremonies will be Jovita Moore, a reporter/anchor with WSB-TV. Dr. Randy Martin, medical correspondent for WSB-TV, will be the keynote speaker.

For tickets to this year's banquet and recognition of the winners, go to http://celebratingnurses.eventbrite.com or www.ajc.com/hotjobs/content/hotjobs/nurses/.

Don't miss the Celebrating Nurses special section that will run in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on May 4. The section will include stories about the nursing profession and profiles of all 10 finalists. There were 305 nominations this year.

On May 7, during National Nurses Week, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and ajcjobs will honor nurses at the third annual Nursing Excellence Awards banquet. Patients and co-workers nominated 305 Georgia nurses for the awards this year.

We're proud to congratulate this year's honorees: Starla Adamson of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston; Liz Bilinski of Athens Regional Medical Center; Phyllis S. Coker of WellStar Cobb Hospital; Ann Connor of Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing; Kathleen Gamblin of WellStar Health System's STAT Cancer Clinic at Cobb; Celeste McConkey of Metro Atlanta Recovery Residences; Mary Anne Newkirk of WellStar Kennestone Hospital; Peter Roth of Grady Memorial Hospital; Christine Saggese of Northside Hospital; and Doretta Thomas-Fleet of DeKalb County Schools' Heritage Center.

Look for profiles of the honorees in the Celebrating Nurses special section in the Journal-Constitution on May 4. To learn more about the event, go to ajcjobs.com/celebratingnurses.