One of the highlights of Nurses Week each year at Rapides Regional Medical Center is our Nurse Excellence Awards, held May 9 in the Cascade Room at Rapides Women's and Children's Hospital.
Karen Hathorn, MSN, RN, NE-BC, Administrative Director of Rapides Cancer Center, received the the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Other top nursing recognition went to :
- Nurse Leader of the Year - Brittani Parker, Emergency Department
- Mentors of the Year - Jennifer Jeansonne, 4 South, and Stephen Wells, Medical ICU
- Trauma Nurse of the Year - Connor Fontenot, Emergency Department
- Preceptors of the Year - Angela Coco, Newborn ICU, and Payten Collins, Emergency Department
- Rookies of the Year - Abby Roy Mayeux, Emergency Department, and Camryn Mayeux, Medical ICU
Receiving Excellence in Clinical Practice awards were:
- Dessia Allen, Emergency Department
- Terra Ashworth, 3A
- Khae Augustine, Medical ICU
- Tiffany Bray, 7A
- Cherie Chenevert, Labor & Delivery
- Kristen Gericke, Emergency Department
- Heather Gunn Townsend, 4 South
- Tammy Lavespere, Day Surgery
- Jenny Lynn Paul, W2