Nightingale Award Winners Announced, Awards Ceremony Scheduled

The Board of Advisors of the UC College of Nursing has announced the winners of the 2003 Florence Nightingale Awards for Excellence in Nursing.  The board received 330 nominations for 209 area nurses.

All winners will be recognized at a ceremony on Thursday, April 24 at the Hyatt Regency in Downtown Cincinnati.  A reception with a cash bar will begin at 6 p.m., with dinner starting at 7 p.m.  In the past, this event has boasted a crowd of approximately 800 people.  The 2003 ceremony promises to be just as impressive with master of ceremonies, Nick Clooney, and comments from Andrea R. Lindell, RN, MSN, DNSc, dean of the College of Nursing.

2003 Board of Advisors Award Recipients

Renee Holleran--The University Hospital-Air Care

Barbara Schaffer--St. James White Oak School

Helga Mathews--The University Hospital

Susan Ware--Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Sally Kaiser--Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center-Home Health

Kathy Calihan--Mercy Hospital-Fairfield

2003 Dean's Award Recipients

Sandra Kordis--The Jewish Hospital

Theresa Vietor--St. Elizabeth Medical Center

Brad Bailey--The Jewish Hospital

Eileen Hendrix--Greater Cincinnati OB/Gyn

Claire Fedasch--Good Samaritan Hospital

Inez Hall--Mercy Hospital-Fairfield

Sharyl Iden--Southgate Independent Schools

Kelly Krummen--Good Samaritan Hospital

Kim Latham--The Christ Hospital

Jane Vandervort--C.M.H. Regional Health System

For more information about the 2003 Florence Nightingale Awards Ceremony, please visit

http://www.nursing.uc.edu

, or call the Florence Nightingale Hotline at (513) 558-3329.