Nine members of the Atlanta Association of Health Care Recruiters were honored with the inaugural ajcjobs 2011 Outstanding Recruiter Awards on June 1. About 50 people attended the event, which was started to mark the 20th anniversary of National Health Care Recruiter Recognition Day.
The top honorees were Brandy Tate of Southern Regional Medical Center; the team of Almeta Collins, Heather McCranie and Carol McDermott of DeKalb Medical; and Sue Dunlap, also from DeKalb Medical.
Tate, who has worked at Southern Regional Medical Center for 15 years, was cited for handling the recruitment of 85 positions at one time and taking on worker’s compensation cases.
Collins, McCranie and McDermott were honored for excellence while serving as the sole human resources consultants for a 3,800-employee organization. They were also cited for hiring top talent and delivering customer service with a smile.
Dunlap, who has worked at DeKalb Medical for almost 16 years, was nominated for her exemplary performance managing the Employment Department with compassion during a period of difficult staffing changes.
Also nominated were Kim Baldwin (Amedisys Home Health Services), Debra Ely (Piedmont Hospital), Lisa Lohr (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta) and Linda Simmons (Emory Healthcare).
Spirit of nursing: Lynda Jones, RN, director of Cardiovascular, Renal and Respiratory Services, was named CSRA Nurse of the Year during the 2011 Spirit of Nursing Showcase, an event sponsored by the CSRA Chapter of the Georgia Nurses Association.
Jones has practiced at University Hospital in Augusta since 1988. During this past year, she also served as interim CNO/vice president of Patient Care Services.
The event also honored 26 other University Hospital nurses for their nursing spirit and excellence in several categories.
Winners of the Reflection of Nursing Spirit Award were Ann Badke, Kathleen Bosdell, Deb Broske, Cheryl Hutto Bunn, Leigh Burt, Janet Carlton, Donna Carter, Carol Corcoran, Marie Davis, Mark Keesling, Lynette Moseley, Candy Russell, Sherri Simmons, Heather Thorton, Lorraine Thomas and Melissa Warren.
Nominees for 2011 Nurse of the Year in the staff nurse category were Ron Elizon, Faye Froelich, Myra Pinson, Denise Shedrick, Barbara Wammack and Maribeth Weikle. Other nominees were Kimberly Burnett (nurse educator category); Keith Albert and Reyne Kelton (nurse manager category); and Renee Butcher (nurse administrator category).
GHSU endowed chair: Martha S. Tingen, co-director of Georgia Health Sciences University's Child Health Discovery Institute and interim program leader of the Cancer Center's Cancer Prevention and Control program, has been named the Charles W. Linder endowed chair in pediatrics.
The Linder Chair, which honors the 1963 GHSU graduate and associate dean emeritus, will primarily support Tingen’s mentorship of junior pediatric faculty in research endeavors.
Tingen, Ph.D., MSN, BSN, is an established investigator with a school- and community-based focus on preventing tobacco use among children and helping parents quit smoking. She is among the Augusta college’s highest-funded researchers, with annual federal support of more than $1.2 million.
First class launched: The first graduates of Gwinnett Technical College's associate degree nursing program received their diplomas in June. Thirty-one nursing graduates joined more than 550 other Gwinnett Tech students at the college's commencement ceremony at Gwinnett Arena in Duluth.
The college launched the registered nursing associate degree program in September 2009.
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