The West Virginia Center for Nursing's Board of Directors believes honoring nurses honor the profession. In giving these awards, the Center recognizes the contributions these individuals are making to healthcare in West Virginia and to the clients they serve. Their peers, families, or employers chose these nurses. Please see the attached criteria and categories from which they were chosen.
The finalists for the first annual Celebrating Nursing Excellence awards are:
Excellence in Advanced Practice
- Linda Gillet, MSN, RN – Clinical Director, Women's Health Services, Shenandoah Valley Medical Systems
- Pamela Maddox, Rn, APRN, BC – Women's Health Center
Excellence in Clinical Care
- Denise Ohlsen Koster, BSN, RN, NCSN – School Nurse, Kanawha County Schools
- Randal E. Conrad, RN, BA, CEN – Emergency Room Nurse, Safety Officer, Braxton County Memorial Hospital
- Deborah Toney, RN – Staff Nurse, CAMC General Hospital
- Christina Sue Frame, RN – Staff Nurse, CAMC Memorial Hospital
- Gail Craft, RN, Staff Nurse, Greenbrier Valley Medical Center
- Molly Scarborough, BSN, RN, IBCLC< CCE, CPST – Women's Health Education Coordinator, Green Brier Valley Medical Center
Excellence in Nursing Education
- Kelli Elaine Turner Kirk, MSN, RN, APRN, BC, NCSN – Clinical Instructor, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
- Laura H. Clayton, PhD, RN – Associate Professor of Nursing, Shephard University
Excellence in Nursing Leadership
- Diana Riddle, MSN, RN, CFNP – Administrator, Mason County Health Department
- Martha Cook Carter, Rn, BA, CNM – CEO, Family Care, Inc
- Kay Shamblin, BSN, RN – Director, Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau of Public Health, Office of Community Health Systems, Division of Local Health
- Madonna Roach, MSN, RN – Chief Nurse Executive, William R. Sharpe, Jr. Hospital
- Teresa (Tracy) Wilson – CEO, Worthington Center, Inc.
- Sandra Knotts, RN – VP of Clinical Services, St. Joseph's Hospital, Buckhannon
- Mary E. (Betsy) Hunt, RN, CNOR, CNIV – Surgery Charge Nurse, CAMC General Hospital
- Deborah L. Carte, RN – Nurse Manager, CAMC Women and Children's Hospital
- Ruth Walsh, BSN, RN – Clinical Research Assistant, West Virginia School of Medicine
Categories and Criteria (.pdf)