Honouring Our Nurses
Nurses across the seven sites of the Niagara Health System care for 500,000 patients each year.
The 1,800 Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses and Registered Practical Nurses working at Niagara Health are the health-care providers patients see most often during their care. And when it comes to the most trusted and respected professionals in Canada, nurses consistently rank as number one.
Each year, the nursing profession is honoured during National Nursing Week in May and at this year’s NHS Nursing Dinner May 13, 10 nurses received Nursing Awards of Excellence. Niagara Health’s Nursing Professional Development Council selected the winners from a field of 32 nominations.
“We thank and congratulate all the nominees for their hard work and dedication to our patients,” said Pam Sheptenko, Co-Chair of the Nursing Professional Development Council and Bargaining Unit President, NHS Local 26, Ontario Nurses Association. “Making the decisions and choosing the award winners was extremely difficult as all the nominees were most deserving.”
The following RNs and RPNs have been recognized by their peers with Nursing Awards of Excellence.
Nursing Award for Excellence in Direct Care:
Douglas Memorial Site
Bev Ashton, RN, Medicine
Greater Niagara General Site
Charity Gilmore, RN, Emergency
Niagara-on-the-Lake Site
Sally Weber, RPN, Medicine
Ontario Street Site
Cindy Bryson, RN, Hemodialysis
Port Colborne Site
Dianna Concessi, RPN, Medicine
St. Catharines General Site
Julie Moscher, RN, Outpatient Oncology
Welland Site
Judy Dean, RN, Hemodialysis
Baxter Education Awards: One RN and one RPN receive $500 to further their education
Janet Heywood, RN, Ontario Street Site Day Surgery
Robin MacAulay, RPN, Greater Niagara General Site Maternal/Child
Nursing Leadership Award:
Jeanette Dempster, Clinical Manager, St. Catharines General Site Mental Health
