Noteworthy Nurses

Values in Action honorees

Integrity
Danielle Jones, BSN RN
Clinical Coordinator, Cardiac and Vascular Interventional Lab

Dignity
Karlo Pajaro, BSN RN
Nurse Manager, Acute Care Dialysis Unit and Renal Center

Living Our Values Award

Presented to a Providence team member for distinction in serving the dear neighbor with the ministry’s values: Compassion, Dignity, Justice, Excellence and Integrity.

Justice
Michelle Genova, MSN, RNC-OB; Director of Nursing Women’s and Children’s

Compassion
Sue Duncan, MSN, RN, c-EFM, RNC; Manager, Perinatal Outpatient Services

Beacon Award - Silver

Medical Intensive Care Unit
Received the Beacon Silver Award in December for setting the standard for excellence in patient care environments by collecting and using evidence-based information to improve patient outcomes and patient and staff satisfaction.

Mental Health Association of Orange County Outstanding Professional of the Year Award

Honors members of the community for their outstanding contributions to changing the face of mental illness through education, awareness, innovative program development.

Glenn Raup, MBA MSN RN CEN
Executive Director, Behavioral Health Services (BHS), Emergency Care Center (ECC) and Observation Services

Glenn was recognized for his dedication to developing innovative programs for our most vulnerable population.

Emergency Nursing Author of the Year

These nurses were selected by the Emergency Nurses Association and the Journal of Emergency Nursing (JEN) as recipient of 2019 JEN Author of the Year Award for an article on “Use of a Standardized Procedures to Improve Behavioral Health Patient’s Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative” published in the JEN January 2019 issue.

Beth Winokur, PhD RN CEN
Clinical Educator/Research Facilitator

Jeannine Loucks, MSN RN-BC
Manager, Emergency Clinical Decision Unit

Glenn Raup, MBA MSN RN CEN
Executive Director, Behavioral Health Services (BHS), Emergency Care Center (ECC) and Observation Services

Moderated Poster Presentation in Practice Improvement Award

“Heart Failure Nurse Navigator Program Interventions Decreases Heart Failure Readmission Rates” won the Award for Moderated Poster Presentation in Practice Improvement at the American Association of Heart Failure Nurse’s (AAHFN) national conference in Austin, TX, on June 29, 2019. The poster abstract was published in the November-December 2019 issue of the Journal of Cardiopulmonary and Acute Care: Heart and Lung.

Aileen Ingles, MSN RN PCCN-K CHFN
Chronic Disease Program Manager and Heart Failure Navigator

AvaPrize “Hub & Spoke” Award

AvaSure’s annual patient safety awards, honors organizations that have advanced patient and staff safety, eased the working lives of nurses, and achieved new efficiencies in care delivery. Its “Hub & Spoke,” award is awarded for the most efficient use of the AvaSure TeleSitter by multi-site organizations using a single remote central observation center. (The AvaSys® Telesitter® is a remote patient observation system that enables audio and visual monitoring of patients at risk for falls.)

Jennifer Alderson RN BSN MHA SCRN
Medical Telemetry Unit

Jennifer Caldeira BSN RN PCCN
Centralized Monitoring

Nurse Week Awards

Transformational Leadership Award

Beth Winokur, PhD RN CEN
Clinical Education

Kim Rossillo, MSN RN PCCN-K
Medical Telemetry

Exemplary Professional Practice Award

Darleen Nguyen, BSN RN CMSRN
General Surgery

Kori Ann Johnston, BSN RN CCRN
Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU)

New Knowledge Improvement and Innovation Award

Leslie Farrington, BSN RN CCRN
MICU

Structural Empowerment Award

Aileen Ingles, MSN RN PCCN-K CHFN
Nursing Support

Julie Marshall, BSN RN PCCN
Medical Telemetry

Nursing Excellence Award

Sydney Daebritz, BSN RN
Observation Unit

Sharon “Gail” Morris, RN IBLCIC
Mother Baby Assessment Center

AACN First Place Nursing Research Award 

National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition May 2018 Podium and Poster presentation, “Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment Implementation Improving Alcohol Dependent Patient Care.”

Karen Gonzales BSN RN CCRN CN III
Definitive Step Down Unit

Joan Aquino BSN RN CCRN CN IV
Definitive Step Down Unit

Thaddeus Love AD RN CN II
Definitive Step Down Unit

AACN National Teaching Institute Scholarship Recipient

For full attendance at the annual American Association of Colleges of Nursing conference for nurses who care for acutely and critically ill patients and their families.

Tiffani Natalini-Whitmore MSN RN PCCN CN II
Medical Telemetry

Beacon Gold Award

Medical Telemetry Unit
Recognized in February for setting the standard for excellence in patient care environments by collecting and using evidence-based information to improve patient outcomes as well as patient and staff satisfaction.

Beacon Silver Award

Pulmonary Renal Unit
Recognized in August for setting the standard for excellence in patient care environments by collecting and using evidence-based information to improve patient outcomes as well as patient and staff satisfaction.

Lead Editor

Louise Hummel RN MSN CEN
Clinical Education
Lead editor for Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) 5th Edition “Certification in Certified Emergency Nursing.”

Nursing Assistant Excellence Award

Paul Datu
General Surgery

Tim Clark
Cardiovascular Interventional Lab

Nicole Wypychowski
Oncology

Nursing Excellence Award

Alanna Bretzman, BSN RN
General Surgery

Exemplary Professional Practice

Chelsea Andreoni, BSN RN
Oncology

Diane Upton, MSN RNC-OB c-EFM
L&D

Structural Improvement Award

Carol Suchy, MSN RN IBLCLC
Mother Baby Unit

Rebecca Mauzey, MSN RN CCRN
MICU

New Knowledge and Innovation Award

Belinda Leos, MSN RN CEN
ECC

Transformational Leadership

Sue Duncan, MSN RNC c-EFM
Outpatient Perinatal

Denise Boyd, MSN RN OCN
Oncology

Living Our Values award

Presented to a Providence St. Joseph Health team member for distinction in serving the dear neighbor with the ministry’s values (compassion, dignity, justice, excellence and integrity).

Compassion

Elaine Go, FNP MSN CNN
Kidney Dialysis Center

Excellence

Adriana Velez, MSN RN PCCN
Medical Telemetry Unit