Excellence Awards 2023
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: Donnabel Driza, LVN, Bighorn Infusion (Arygros), Dorothy Seitz, BSN,RN,CEN, Tennity Emergency Department, Tiffany Bell-Davlantes, MSN, FNO-C CPNP-BC. E365 Family Medicine (Monterey & Country Club), Trinity Deason, LVN III, E365 Primary Care (Brimble and Jones Health Center),Nancy Ochoa, BSN, RN, OB-RNC, Eisenhower Family Birth Center, Sandra Melvin, BSN, RN, Same Day Surgery, Tiffany Caranci, MSN, RN, Eisenhower Desert Orthopedic Surgery Center, Peggy Grabow, RN, Renker Pavilion, Shauna Elleman, MSN, RN, CWCN, ONC, Nursing Administration.
Congratulations and thank you to every nominee and to each award recipient. The winners for 2023 in each category are:
Nursing Excellence: Inpatient
Nancy Ochoa, BSN, RN, OB- RNC
Eisenhower Family Birth Center (LDRP)
Nursing Excellence: Care Coordination
Sandra Melvin, BSN, RN
Same Day Surgery, DHOC
Nursing Excellence: Outpatient / Procedural
Dorothy Seitz, BSN, RN,CEN,
Tennity Emergency Department
Nursing Excellence: Nursing Leader Award
Shauna Elleman, MSN, RN, CWCN, ONC
Senior Director of Nursing Administration
Nursing Excellence: Advanced Practice Nursing
Tiffany Bell-Davlantes, MSN, RN, FNP-C, CPNP-BC
365 Family Medicine (Monterey & Country Club)
Nursing Excellence: Licensed Vocational Nurse
Donnabel Driza, LVN II
Bighorn Infusion (Arygros)
Nursing Excellence: Licensed Vocational Nurse
Trinity Deason, LVN III
Eisenhower Primary Care 365
Brimble and Jones Health Center
Exemplary Practice as a Teacher/Patient Advocate
Peggy Grabow, RN
Renker Pavilion
Innovation/Creativity in Nursing
Tiffany Caranci, MSN, RN
Eisenhower Desert Orthopedic Surgery Center
Nurse of the Year
Nancy Ochoa, BSN, RN, OB-RNC
Eisenhower Family Birth Center (LDRP)
The 2023 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).
