Excellence in Nursing Awards Presented

Bon Secours St. Francis Health System recognized two  nurses this week who are living out the mission of taking care of patients with compassion and providing good
help to those in need.

The nurses were nominated for the Bon Secours Health System Excellence in Nursing Awards.

Nursing Practice Award Winner — Amanda Hightower

Nursing Leadership Award — Elaine Payne

Eleven nurses were nominated for the 2013 Excellence in Nursing Awards.

Hightower, CMSRN, won the Nursing Practice Award, which demonstrates outstanding clinical nursing
practice. She is a Registered Nurse at St. Francis eastside in OR Pre-Assessment.

Elaine Payne, MS, RN and CCRN, is this year’s recipient of the Bon Secours St. Francis Excellence in Nursing Leadership Award. She is a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Lead Nurse Educator at Bon Secours St. Francis.

All Nominees:

2013 Excellence in Nursing Leadership Award

Teresa Carr, BSN, RN, CMSRN —Director, Sixth/Seventh Floors/ Vascular Access
Lisa Cobb, BSN, RN, CMSRN — Nurse Educator, Med Surg Sixth/Seventh Floors
Elaine Payne, MS, RN, CCRN — Clinical Nurse Specialist, Lead Nurse Educator
Saundra Richards, MN, RN — Director CVICU/ CVSD
Laura Sullivan, BSN, RN-C — Seventh Floor, Clinical Coordinator

2013 Excellence in Nursing Practice Award

Mary Bonnie Davis, BSN, RN, CMSRN —Sixth Floor
Tracey Dempsey, RN, CV — Stepdown
Margaret Gray, RN, PCCN — Telemetry
Amanda Hightower, RN, CMSRN — Eastside OR Pre-Assessment
Laurie Matsinger, BSN, RN — Eastside Med Surg
Connie Patterson, RN — McCall Hospice House