Individual Nurse Awards:
2E – Lilly Alexander
2NE – April Anderson
3E – Nubia Albites
3NE – Karen Murray
3N – Sarah Taylor
3S – MaJomela Nagal
After Hours – Teresita Febre
Ambulatory – Jennifer Gamad
CICU – Thomas Flock
ER/OP/Rapid Care – Lisette Gorelick
Float/SR – Bonnie Flagley
IV Team – Irma Vergara
NICU – Heather Leidich
OR – Christopher Wolary
PICU – Isoldy Augusten
Psych – Shirley Kendzora
Quality/UR – Griselle Angulo
Recovery Room – Lilia Alonso
South Dade – Kathleen Atkinson
Support Staff – Lourdes Lam
Rookie of the Year – Geeta Singh
LPN of the Year – Lissette Morales
Mentor of the Year – Joann Wiacek-Krupin
Nursing Support Staff of the Year – Ainsley Bryan, Behavioral Health Tech – Psychiatry
The Wonder of a Nurse
2006 Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospital, Nursing Essay
Winner: Sara Turpel, RN, MSN, CCRN
Cheryl Minnick, BSN, RN, Bing Wood, ARNP, MSN, Deborah Hill-Rodriguez, MSN, ARNP, CS,BC, Patricia Messmer, PhD, RN, BC, FAAN, Maryann Henry, RN, Dania Vasquez, ARNP, MSN, and Deborah Salani, MSN, ARNP,BC, CPON - Won the 1st place for the poster "Implementing the Humpty Dumpty Falls Assessment Program" at Fifth Annual 2006 Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice Quality Improvement, Quality Indicators in San Antonio, Texas.
Deborah Hill-Rodriguez, MSN, ARNP, CS,BC, Patricia Messmer, PhD, RN, BC, FAAN, Jill Tahmooressi, RN,C, MBA - Research Poster Award for “Pediatric Nurses’ Perception of National Certification”. Society of Pediatric Nursing 16th Annual Convention, Orlando, Florida.
Sofia Morales, MSN, ARNP, CPN- Poster titled "Italian Connection: Nursing Care Across Cultures" won best poster at the 22nd Annual Pediatric Nursing Conference in Dallas, Texas.
Julissa, Jimenez, ARNP, MSN a nurse on the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit was selected to present her exemplar, "A Transcultural Experience with Kosovo Mothers and their Children Diagnosed with Congenital Heart Disease" at the 2006 Florida Nurses Association 19th Annual Ingeborg Mauksch Clinical Excellence Conference February 17, 2006 in Fort Myers, Florida.
Department Awards:
The Emergency Department was named one of four "Best Teams" by Advance for Nurses for Achievement in Emergency/Trauma Care.
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.