Excellence Awards 2020
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.
Congratulations and thank you to every nominee and to each award recipient. The winners for 2020 in each category are:
Nursing Excellence: Inpatient
Phu Pham, DNP, RN, CCRN, SCRN, CSC, CMS
ICU (post humus)
Nursing Excellence: Clinic Division
Abigail Mata-Lopez, BSN, RN, OCN
Lucy Curci Cancer Center - Main Infusion
Nursing Excellence: Care Coordination
John (JT) Thompson, BSN, RN, PCCN
4 South
Nursing Excellence: Outpatient / Procedural
Jessica Schechter, BSN, RN
Special Procedures
Nursing Excellence: Advanced Practice Nursing
Cynthia Jovanov, MBA, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, ACNP-BC, CNS
General Surgery
Nursing Excellence: Licensed Vocational Nurse
Tahnee Roberts, LVN II
Infectious Disease Clinic
Exemplary Practice as a Teacher/Patient Advocate
Cathy White, BSN, RN, CCRN, CSCRN
ICU
Innovation/Creativity in Nursing
Debbie Hiestand, MSN, RN, CPAN
General Surgery Clinic
Nurse of the Year
Phu Pham, DNP, RN, CCRN, SCRN, CSC, CMS,
ICU (post humus)
The 2020 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).
