Celebrating Nurses
ajcjobs Nursing Excellence Awards
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Nomination period for the 2012 Celebrating Nurses awards is now closed. Please check back for details about the 2012 awards event.
Tomorrow's nurses today
Report by the Institute of Medicine offers this prescription for nurses: Equip them with more education and better data, then allow them to use the full scope of their skills.
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What it means to be a CNS
For more than 40 years, clinical nurse specialists have worked in hospitals, agencies and other health care facilities to strengthen nursing and improve health care.
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Much has changed since Pulse launched in 1992
The year was 1992. Bill Clinton was elected the 42nd president of the United States. There was a war in the Balkans.
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Meet some winners
Winners of the ajcjobs Nursing Excellence Awards are honored each May. Nominated by patients, colleagues, friends and family, these are special nurses who make a difference in the lives of their patients.
2011's Top Honorees
- Jennifer Althausen, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Egleston: Bringing smiles to wee patients
- Dee Anna Bowbliss, Atlanta Medical Center: Caring for preemies a labor of love
- Sherrell Burrell, Newton Medical Center, Covington: On a mission to deliver good care
- Rich Costello, WellStar Home Health Care: Poker night turns lucky for player
- Hank Davis, Odyssey Hospice of Athens: Nurse fulfills dog lover’s last wish
- Michael Jicha, Northside Hospital, Atlanta: Empathy forged by early surgeries
- Grace Newsome, Appalachian Nurse Practitioner Clinic, Dahlonega: Serving low-income people in need
- Edna Schiller, Henry Medical Center, Stockbridge: Quick actions rescue bus driver
- Novlet Smith, WellStar Kennestone Hospital, Marietta: First-class care up high in the sky
- Rhonda Smits, East Coweta Middle School: Student: ‘She is the best nurse ever’
- 2011 nominees: See the full list
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