Each year on March 19, certified nurses are honored with their own special day. Certified Nurses Day recognizes nurses who have achieved specialty and subspecialty certifications and promotes value of these certifications. Baylor Medical Center at McKinney is celebrating Certified Nurses Day by honoring its board certified nurses with a luncheon on Tuesday, March 18. The following Baylor McKinney nurses are being recognized for their professionalism, leadership, and commitment to excellence in patient care:
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Elizabeth Aaron, CCRN, CMC, RN-BCCV Octavio Abad, CMSRN Ernest Anikwe, ENPC Paul Bacordo, ENPC Andrea Baker, TNCC Tewonda Baker, CCRN Shannan Berrier, PCCN Christine Bott, RNC-OB Shannon Braaten, CMSRN Stephanie Brown, IBCLC Jennifer Bryant, RN-MNN, CCBE Tracy Ann Chapman, CCBE James Cockrill, TNCC Shelene Danko, RNC-OB Bradley Davidson, CEN Erica Davidson, TNCC, ENPC Amy Davis, TNCC Lydia deJong, CNAD, NE-BC Carissa Dudley, ENPC, CPEN Katrina Ebersohl, CNOR Amanda Ellis, CAPA Jodie Ellis, RNC-OB Samantha Eubanks, RNC, C-EFM Millie Faries, RNC-OB Lydia Fletcher, NICN Kelly Fossee, RNC-OB Melissa Foster, CEN Valerie Foster, RNC Georgia Fulenwider, RNC-OB, C-EFM Renee Furey, RN-MS, OCN Deanna Gidney, RNC-OB Cassie Grimmett, CCRN Aimee Gross, CEN, ENPC Brenda Helms, CIC Sharon Hilton, CNOR Suzanne James, IBCLC Marilyn Jones, TNCC Patricia Jones, TNCC, ENPC Tori Jones, TNCC, CEN Cassandra Kindla, RNC-OB Mandy Kirk, RNC-NIC Christa Lambert, CCCD, CEN, NE-BC, ENPC Brittany Lanier, RN-ION |
Maricris Llagas, CGRN Golda Magalang, CCRN Debra Maitre, C-EFM, RNC-OB, NEA-BC Kimberlee Martin, TNCC, ENPC, CCCD Whitney Mccall, TNCC Kari Mccord, RNC-OB Christy Montalvo, TNCC, CEN Marty Murff, NE-BC Abisha Nepolean, CCRN, RN-BCCV Jennifer Nuspel, RNC-OB Ellen Nyquist, TNCC Janice Owen, CWOCN Carol Peacock, CRN Ronald Pearson, CCRN Janice Penn, RN-MNN Barbara Petrey, RNC Carly Pfeiffer, TNCC, ENPC Mallory Piaschyk, CCRN Matthew Plummer, CCRN Eric Ramos, ENPC, TNCC Jennifer Reaves, C-EFM, RNC-OB Janet Rodriguez, TNCC David Saffell, TNCC Paula Scheck, APN-FNP, ACNP-BC Olga Skechus, CCRN Christina Smith, RNC Sharon Smith, CNOR Stacy South, CCRN Karen Stanzo, IBCLC Jessica Stewart, TNCC Misty Stiles, ENPC Aloysius Sypniewski, ONC Jeannine Tate, RNC-OB Kelly Teichman, RNC-OB Audrey Thompson, OCN Linda Tjiong, NE-BC Jennifer Wagner, RN-MNN Erin Weaver, CNAD Tina Wepler, NICN, CCRN Randall Wilkins, TNCC Melissa Winter, NEA-BC Amber Wood, CEN, TNCC, CPEN |
Board Certification of nurses plays an increasingly important role in the assurance of high standards of care for patients and their loved ones. Nursing, like health care in general, has become increasingly complex. While a registered nurse (RN) license provides entry to general nursing practice, the knowledge-intensive requirements of modern nursing require extensive education, as well as a strong personal commitment to excellence by the nurse.
Baylor McKinney encourages national board certification for all its nurses. Patients are encouraged to inquire whether there are certified nurses on staff when they visit a hospital or their primary care provider. There are many nursing certification specialties such as medical-surgical, pediatric, pain management, cardiac vascular, oncology, hospice, case management, emergency nursing, critical care and many others. Many nursing certification bodies exist to serve the full range of specialized nursing care offered in the contemporary health care system; national nurse-certifying bodies should be accredited by either the Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification (ABSNC) or the National Organization for Competence Assurance (NOCA), or both.
Please join Baylor McKinney and the nation’s national nursing certification organizations in honoring these and all of the other hardworking and dedicated nurses for their professionalism and for a job well done!
About Baylor Medical Center at McKinney
Located at the northwest corner of Highway 380 and Lake Forest Drive, Baylor McKinney features a 95-bed, full-service hospital and surrounding medical office campus. Hospital services include heart and vascular, cancer, imaging, obstetrics and gynecology, level III NICU with private suites, digestive diseases, orthopedics, general surgery, neurology, internal medicine, emergency care and outpatient services. Visit BaylorHealth.com/mckinney.
