Department Awards:
Communication Media, Florida Nurses Association Award, 2003.
Promoting Environment for Excellence in Nursing Practice, Florida Nurses Association Award, 2003.
Promoting Environment for Excellence in Nursing Practice, Florida Nurses Association Award, (Dade County, District V), 2003.
Caritas Award for Outstanding Contributions to the School of Nursing, Barry University, 2003.
Individual Nurse Awards:
Lisa Juskowitz, RN, Staff Nurse, PACU, Nurse of the Year, Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospital, 2003.
Jackie L. Gonzalez, ARNP, MSN, CNAA received Florida International University (FIU) Pediatric Nursing Initiative Award, March 11, 2003.
JoAnn Nieves, MSN, ARNP, CPN, APRN-BC was appointed as an item writer to the Certified Pediatric Nurses (NCBNPN) exam.
Maria Lina (Bing) Wood, Director of PICU, Staffing & ECLS, Cheryl Topps, ARNP, MSN, Nursing Information Specialist, and
Jackie L. Gonzalez, ARNP, MSN, CNAA, VP & Chief Nursing Officer, received first place for a poster presentation entitled: Implementation of Scan for Safety Bar-coding Technology, NACHRI (National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions) Annual Meeting, 2003.
Jackie L. Gonzalez, ARNP, MSN, CNAA, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Inducted into the Nicklaus Children's Hospital Hall of Excellence, 2003.
Pat Dean, MSN, ARNP, honored by The Epilepsy Foundation of South Florida as an outstanding volunteer, 2003.
Dottie Thomas, RN, Community Action Award, Florida Nursing Association, 2003.
Jill Tahmooressi, RN, Nursing Student Liaison Award, Florida Nursing Association, 2003.
About Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Where Children Matter Most (2024)
Founded in 1950 by Variety Clubs International, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is South
Florida’s only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children, with approximately
850 attending physicians, including more than 500 pediatric subspecialists. The 307-bed
hospital is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine with many specialty programs
routinely ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. The
hospital is also home to the largest pediatric teaching program in the southeastern
United States and since 2003 has been designated an American Nurses Credentialing
Center (ANCC) Magnet facility, the nursing profession’s most prestigious institutional
honor. For more information, please visit www.nicklauschildrens.org.