Excellence Awards 2019

Eisenhower Medical Center’s Nursing Excellence Awards formally recognize nurses for their efforts to promote and advance the nursing profession, for displaying caring and commitment to patients, families and co-workers, and for demonstrating leadership in the nursing profession.

Left to right: Elise Baum, BSN, RN, DHOC SDS; Ellen (Nellie) Kelley, MSN, FNP-C, Argyros Urgent Care; Kristi Rossignol, BSN, RN, OCN, LCCC Infusion Center; Danielle Brown, BSN, RN, Main OR; Daryl Swanson, BSN, RN, Clinical Coordinator, 4 East; Rogelie Velasco, BSN, RN, 4 North; Lisa Berg, RN, CCRN, Renker Wellness Center

Congratulations and thank you to every nominee and to each award recipient. The winners for 2019 in each category are:

Nursing Excellence: Inpatient

Rogelie Velasco, BSN, RN
4 North

Nursing Excellence: Outpatient / Procedural

Danielle Brown, BSN, RN
Main Operating Room

Nursing Excellence: Clinic Division

Kristi Rossignol, BSN, RN, OCN
Lucy Curci Cancer Center - Infusion Center

Nursing Excellence: Care Coordination

Daryl Swanson, BSN, RN, Clinical Coordinator
4 East

Nursing Excellence: Advanced Practice Nursing

Ellen (Nellie) Kelley, MSN, FNP-C
Argyros Urgent Care

Exemplary Practice as a Teacher/Patient Advocate

Lisa Berg, RN, CCRN
Renker Wellness Center

Innovation/Creativity in Nursing

Elise Baum, BSN, RN
Same Day Surgery

Nurse of the Year

Rogelie Velasco, BSN, RN
4 North

The 2019 Eisenhower Medical Center Nurse of the Year winner was selected by her peers from among the three Nursing Excellence Award winners (Inpatient, Outpatient / Procedural and Clinic Division).