Susan Churchill, RN, BSN, CPN- Nominee 2009 South Florida Organization of Nurse Executives (SFONE) Leadership Award.
Candace Pineda, RN, BSN, CPN- Nominee 2009 South Florida Organization of Nurse Executives (SFONE) Leadership Award.
Nikole Sanchez- Rubiera, RN, MSN, MBA- Nominee 2009 South Florida Organization of Nurse Executives (SFONE) Leadership Award.
Elizabeth Padilla, RN, BSN, CPN- Finalist 2009 Nursing Spectrum Excellence Awards, Customer Service
Sarah Taylor, RN, BSN, CPON- Finalist 2009 Nursing Spectrum Excellence Awards, Management
Alison Scheflow, RN, MA, BSN, CCRN- Finalist 2009 Nursing Spectrum Excellence Awards, Clinical Care
PICU Staff - 2009 Best in Collaboration, Advance for Nurses
2009 Nurse of the Year Winners
RN of the year:
3 South: Carolina Ferraz, RN
LPN of the year:
ER: Michelle Perez, LPN
Rookie of the year:
3NE: Cristina Suarez, RN
Leader of the year:
LifeFlight: Juliette Edwards, RN
Nursing support staff of the year:
3 East: Dalva Ferraz, CA
Scholar of the year:
Director of Hematology/Oncology: Debbie Del- Favero MSN/ED, CPN, NE-BC
Unit base winners:
LifeFlight: Joann Dennis, RN
NICU: Gayle O’Donnell RN
CV: Diana Arias, RN
Same Day Surgery: Jennifer Stringer, RN
PACU: Susan Goldstein, RN
OR: Danny Monroe, RN
ER: Donald Torres, RN
PICU: Melinda Duran, RN
Radiology: Raquel Morales, RN
3S: Carolina Ferraz, RN
3E: Nancy Breen, RN
3NE: Jocelyn Reyes, RN
3N: Michelle Bursztein, RN
Psych: Yoely Hernandez, RN
2E: Stephanie Whitley, RN
Patient access: Grisel Cepeda, RN
2NE: Stefania Sarno, RN
2N: Ana Perez, RN
Ancillary: Meiling Marenco
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.