Direct Care Categories Advanced Practice: Masters prepared nurse in an advanced practice setting; clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse midwife, nurse practitioner, nurse psychotherapist, CRNA Barbara Nalley Luminis Health Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Caroline Ruhl ProMD Health, Annapolis Cathy Gvozden Gvozden Pediatrics, Millersville Ernestina Adkins Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis “Bilingual CRNP who has dedicated her career to high quality care for underserved populations. ‘Tina’ [Adkins] even hosted a Zoom educational session in Spanish, while on vacation, when Anne Arundel County started to see a rise in COVID-19 cases in our Hispanic communities.” Jennifer King Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Kathy Ogle Maryland Primary Care, Arnold Kelly Sutter Skin Wellness MD, Annapolis Mary Cofran Adoro Medical Spa, Severna Park Mindi Frend University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie Petagaye Andrews Doctors Community Hospital, Lantham Ambulatory Nursing: Clinic, office, and other ambulatory care settings, employee health, occupational health, industrial health, infection control Deboarah Lacquement Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Jean Murray Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Kelly Battista ProMD Health, Annapolis Behavioral Health: Behavioral health and addictive services Daniel Watkins Pathways at Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Jo Deaton Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Rodney Scales MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center, Clinton Case/Quality Management, Managed Care Informatics: Community or hospital case manager, quality management, risk management, infection prevention, patient safety, utilization management, and informatics Beth Tingo University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie Darlene Enchill Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Diana Lynn Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Liz Gorman Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Michelle Hudson University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie Clinical Education: Nurse educators responsible for overseeing or administering ongoing clinical education and resources Allison Piquero Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis “As an experienced Labor and Delivery nurse, Allison [Piquero] has a perfect background for clinical education on a high volume and high acuity unit. Her versatile role on this unit includes everything from managing policies, to information technology needs, to orienting new staff members. Her responsibilities are endless and she never turns down a tasks. Allison finds time to manage all these tasks, while still putting some hours in each work as a L&D nurse on the floor. She is approachable, hard-working, and known to be an advocate for the unit.” Jennifer King Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Kelly Sutter Skin Wellness MD, Annapolis “Kelly [Sutter] is an amazing person, Every time I see her see makes me feel better. She always guides me in the right direction. She is kind, soft spoken and her bedside manner is the best.” Kristin Wright MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center, Clinton Linda Catania University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie Lindsay Hall University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie Racquel McCrea Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Critical Care: Adult ICU/CCU, cath lab, oncology, special procedures Christina Junker Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Jan Clemons Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Judy Davis University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie Kara Coullard Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Mariel Parrish Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Shannon Seek Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Emergency: Emergency department, flight, ambulance, pre-hospital, telephone triage Breekera Bradford Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Holly Moreta Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Home Health/Hospice: Staff nurse in home health care settings, hospice, in-patient hospice Gail German Hall Hospice of the Chesapeake, Pasadena “Gail [Hall] educates not only patients and families at one of the most difficult transitions of life, but is a kind, compassionate resource for nurses trying to provide meaningful compassionate care to their patients. She is dedicated, kind, compassionate, and an expert clinician for comfort and quality of life.” Heather Haller Hospice of the Chesapeake, Pasadena Mandy (Tucker) Sparks Bayada Home Health, Annapolis Monica Ferebee Hospice of the Chesapeake, Largo Long-Term Care/Rehabilitation: Nursing home, gerontology, services for disabilities, rehabilitative services, subacute/transitional unit Devra Cockerille Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Kim Moeller Baywoods of Annapolis, Annapolis Maternal-Child/Women’s Health: Obstetrics, gynecology, women›s health, nursery, pediatrics, NICU, PICU, Peds ER, early childhood/early intervention services Aja Errara Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Cathy Gvozden Gvozden Pediatrics, Millersville “Cathy [Gvozden] is loved by patients. Truly caring. Excellent clinician.” Kendra Ellison University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie Kristen Becker Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Teresa Stinchcomb Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Medical/Surgical: Acute or chronic medical and surgical nursing specialties Monica Vandergraft Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis “Monica [Vandergraft] is an excellent bedside nurse. She has a nurse’s intuition that would make you believe she has been a nurse for much longer than she has. Monica also truly connects with her patients and you can tell they feel safe with her as their nurse.” Perioperative: Perioperative, recovery room, day surgery, operating room Ann Tabor Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Janet Myers University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie “Janet is a dedicated Registered Nurse from the heart. She retired from nursing in 2018 and has worked for this hospital system for over 36 years. She still comes out to help our department when we are in a crunch for staffing. Janet works PRN and even takes call hours, she is brave to come out to help even with all the changes taking place during COVID-19 because she loves being a nurse and even more being a team player in supporting her co-worker.” Jo Ann Shelley Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Jorgan Boord Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Melissa McCullum Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Public Health/Community/School: Public health, school, forensic, transplant coordinator, telehealth, parish, and corrections/prison nursing Charlotte Wallace Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Denise Malinow Indian Creek School, Crownsville Katie Huffling Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, Mt. Rainier Renee Donald Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Forensics, Annapolis
Leadership Categories Emerging Nurse Leader: Inclusive of charge nurses, assistant nurse managers, supervisors; first-line nurse leaders are those professionals who are responsible for overseeing first-level nursing services Christine Usilton Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Elizabeth Bailey Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Jan Chiang Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Jessica Genrich Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Kim Warner University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie Marcia Feind MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center, Clinton Michelle Lusby Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Sheli Gobbel Anne Arundel Medical Ceenter, Annapolis
Nurse Executive Leadership: Inclusive of Chief Nursing Officers (CNOs) Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), Deans, executive vice presidents of nursing, or equivalent, these professionals are responsible for leadership at the executive table; designing strategic, operational delivery systems and directing patient care services/education throughout an organization Barbara Jacobs Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis David Hunt University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie Cody Legler MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center, Clinton Katie Huffling Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, Mt. Ranier Mary O’Connor University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie Sherry Perkins Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Shilda Frost Second Family Inc./SFAH/SFNS, Bowie “Shilda [Frost] is an exemplary RN president for over 50 years. Role model for many of her peers. Given jobs to more than 20,000 nurses,CNAs, CMTs, and DCS. She has given to nursing her entire life. Well-honored in the community and cares for multiple medically-fragile children over 20 years. Shilda gives of her heart to many of those in need.”
Nursing Leadership: Inclusive of clinical nurse managers, coordinators, directors; these middle management nurse leaders are often responsible for overseeing several units, departments, or service lines within an organization Daniel Watkins Pathways at Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Iskra Jones University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie Jan Clemons Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Jean Andres Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis Karen Elliott MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center, Clinton Kristen Hargett University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie Marilyn (Nia) Wright Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis “Nia (her nickname for Nurse In Action) [Wright] contributes tremendously, not only by leading a very large perioperative service line but by leading our diversity work. She is a treasure!”
Additionally, here are the Excellence in Nursing honorees in corresponding categories for the Eastern Shore peer survey (Queen Anne’s, Kent, Talbot, and Dorchester counties). We congratulate all nurses who earned nominations from their peers. Advanced Practice Dale Jafari University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, Easton Doris Tate Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Easton Mary (Ginny) Bowers Anne Arundel Medical Group, Chesapeake Women’s Health, Easton Michele Williams Talbot Hospice, Easton Michell Jordan University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, Centreville
Ambulatory Nursing Cathy Asche University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, Easton Chanelle Parker University of Maryland Shore Regional Health Cancer Center, Easton Melissa Wood University of Maryland Shore Regional Health Cancer Center, Easton Case/Quality Management, Managed Care Informatics Julie Bryan University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, Easton Renee North Genesis HealthCare, Easton Sharon Truitt University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, Chestertown
Critical Care Samantha Crutchly University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, Easton Home Health/Hospice Caroline Mack Talbot Hospice, Easton
Maternal-Child/Women’s Health Nicole Janes University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, Easton Medical/Surgical Annette Moore University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, Easton Leigh Tomey University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, Easton Michele Elliott DaVita Dialysis, Cambridge
Nursing Leadership Sandy Prochaska University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, Chestertown Tyler Gogoll University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, Easton
