Advancing Education
 Registered Nurse
 Melissa Burnett, RN

Certifications
Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist
Whitney Ruggieri, RN, BSN, MBA, RCIS

Critical Care Registered Nurse
Amanda Turner, RN, CCRN

Recertifications
Certified Emergency Nurse
Joanne Newton, RN, BSN
Stephanie Moss, RN
Wendy Campbell, RN

Presentation
Ann Clark, RN, will be presenting a poster “Nurse Satisfaction with the “Telemetry Monitoring Process” at the 2009 VNA Education Day in Richmond, VA in October.

Mary Marshman, RN, will be presenting a poster “Creating a Customized Patient-Centered Stroke Education Plan” at the 2009 VNA Education Day.

Cheryl Burnette, RN, M.Ed., CPLP, presented two posters at the 2009 Nurse Management Congress, “Implementing a Creative Sleep Program for new Nurse Graduates” (This poster was the 2009 Planning Committee Poster Winner) & “New Nurse Graduates in the Drivers Seat of the Professional Practice Highway.”

Johanna Derrenbacker, RN, MSN, presented a poster at the 2009 Nurse Management Congress, “Flying High Now.  ”Kelly Brown, RN, MSN, MHA, CPAN & Kathy Fifer, RN, presented a poster at the 2009 Nurse Management Congress, “Nine years and counting:  innovative ways to sustain closed staffing.”

Tenure Honors
LGH PACU
Linda Christie, RN, 25 years

Pediatrics      
Cathy Goad, RN, 30 years

Leadership
Kim Tyree, RN, UM, Acute Rehab Unit

Publishing
Tiffany Clark, RN, submitted an abstract to the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing regarding the new orientation framework that was implemented on the Oncology inpatient unit, and it was accepted.  The article will be printed in November.