NURSE OF THE YEAR NOMINEES ACE UNIT SERVICE Aimee Black Methodist Hospital ACUTE CARE Katie Aase Rock County Hospital JoAnne Gearhart Faughn Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital Lauren Minzel Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital Carol Lynn Muth Columbus Community Hospital Andy Sass Methodist Hospital ADMINISTRATION Kathleen Duncan, Ph.D. UNMC College of Nursing Kristine Hughbanks Good Samaritan Susan Jeffrey Nebraska Medicine BIOCONTAINMENT Kate Boulter Nebraska Medicine BURN SERVICES Katie Circo Nebraska Medicine Callie Duch Nebraska Medicine CANCER SERVICES Susan Daubman Nebraska Medicine Ellen Stuva Nebraska Medicine CARDIAC Jocelyn Araujo Methodist Hospital Bud Erickson Methodist Hospital Abby Foxhoven Nebraska Medicine Jennifer Nelson Methodist Hospital Therese Nevinski Methodist Hospital Jennifer (J.D.) Suponchick Nebraska Medicine
DERAMOTOLGY Colleen Mueller South Lincoln Dermotolgy clinic
INFECTION SERVICES Jennifer Meiergerd St. Francis Memorial Hospital
DIABETES SERVICES Beth Pfeffer Nebraska Medicine
Kate Tyner Nebraska Medicine
Stacy Wolfe St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center
EDUCATION Erin Jordan Nebraska Medicine
INPATIENT Linda Brady Boys Town National Research Hospital
NICU Sharon Detten Bergan Mercy Medical Center
Robin Kappler Bryan College of Health Sciences
Allison Huebner Children's Hospital & Medical Center
Nancy Kadavy Bergan Mercy Medical Center
Kimber Mclean Nebraska Medicine
Dawn Sloan St. Francis Medical Center
Kerri Peterson Methodist Women's Hospital
INTERNAL MEDICINE Anne Morgan Nebraska Medicine
Molly Lebeda Children's Hospital & Medical Center
Sara Quinn Regional West Health Services
LABOR & DELIVERY April Deis Bryan Health
Mellisa Renter Children's Hospital & Medical Center
Jolynn Hartman Community Hospital
Marisa Schaffer Bryan Health
Jillian Kaiser Creighton University Medical Center
Ashley Schmit Children's Hospital & Medical Center
Brandi Stein St. Francis Medical Center
EMERGENCY Pat Gobel Nebraska Medicine Nicole Hansen Methodist Hospital
Christine Vogt St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center
Molly Johnson Children's Hospital & Medical Center
MEDICAL SURGICAL Lindsey Anderson Methodist Hospital
Sara Seemann Bryan Health
Kyle Brichacek Lakeside Hospital
ENT Bonnie Gengler Boys Town ENT Clinics
Andrea Brouillette St. Francis Medical Center
FLOAT POOL Holly Marshall Midlands HOME INFUSION Lisa Davidson Methodist Hospital ICU Melinda K. Endorf Nebraska Medicine
Mallory Husz COMMUNITY & PUBLIC HEALTH Nebraska Medicine NURSING Fran Henton, Ph.D. Chrissi Jaeger Nebraska Methodist College Nebraska Medicine CRANIOFACIAL Tina McDermott Children's Hospital & Medical Center
Julie Sudtelgte Creighton University Medical Center
Toni Nielson CHI Health
Elizabeth Markmann Lakeside Hospital
Karen (Jeannie) Taylor Bergan Mercy Medical Center
Lindsey McGargill Methodist Women's Hospital Tracy Meyers Bergan Mercy Medical Center Donnetta Perkins Children's Hospital & Medical Center
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PAIN MANAGEMENT Lynne Meece Nebraska Medicine
PEDIATRICS Michelle Alloway Marlene Lindeman Children's Home Healthcare UNMC College of Nursing Kristine Anguiano Boys Town Specialty Clinics Jessica A. Sawyer Richard Young Jessica Bissen Behavioral Health Children's Home Healthcare RADIATION THERAPY Tammi Collins Robin DeVries Boys Town Pediatric Clinics St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center Deb Cunningham Boys Town Pediatrics Clinics REHABILITATION Mandy Stockdale Tina Dean Methodist Hospital Boys Town Specialty Clinics Sarah Franklin Children's Physicians West Pointe Village
SCHEDULING Kathleen A Miller Nebraska Medicine
Megan Frans Boys Town Pediatric Clinics
SLEEP LAB Amy Hansen St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center
Katherine Gruner Children's Home Healthcare
Catherine Stanton Nebraska Medicine
Julie Hendrickson Boys Town Pediatric Clinics
NURSE COORDINATOR SHORT STAY Justine Cox Methodist Hospital
Amy Hull Boys Town Pediatric Clinics
NURSE PRACTITIONER Heidi Brooks Methodist Hospital NURSE STAFFING Lori Hayden Nebraska Medicine OB/GYN Diane Carlson St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center Tiffany Villota Methodist Women's Hospital
Sara Kirlin Children's Physicians Creighton University Stacy Kreikemeier Children's Physicians West Pointe Village "Anne" Margaret Mai Boys Town Pediatric Clinics Nesha Potts Children's First Pediatrics Rebecca Roberts Children's Physicians Creighton University Susan Rorie Lincoln Pediatric Cardiology Clinic
Lora Marvin St. Francis Medical Center
ONCOLOGY Kayleen Parys Methodist Hospital
Kortney Parks Lakeside Hospital
Sara Vaghy Methodist Hospital
PERINATAL Tiffany Moore, Ph.D. UNMC College of Nursing
Tierney Schmidt Community Hospital
OPERATIONS IMPROVEMENT Shelly Andre St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center
POST-ANESTHESIA Jessica Flowers Immanuel
Michelle Scotter Children's Hospital & Medical Center Brittani Seagren Methodist Hospital Mica Stanfield Bergan Mercy Medical Center
JANUARY
ORTHOPEDIC Teresa Jones Boys Town Orthopaedic Clinics Katelyn Kauffman Methodist Hospital
PSYCHIATRIC Brian Bean Lasting Hope Recovery Center
Michelle Shields VNA PROGRESSIVE CARE Jason Heimes Methodist Hospital
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SURGERY Susan Beedle Children's Hospital & Medical Center Heidi Bober Methodist Hospital Julie Kamphaus Methodist Hospital SWING NURSE Carrie Hake Memorial Hospital, Schuyler TRANSPORT Jessica Miller Children's Hospital & Medical Center UNIT MANAGER TELEMETRY Debbie Simonin Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital URGENT CARE Margaret Heggen CHI Health 42nd & L St. Clinic Paula Kehm Children's Hospital & Medical Center Mira Lett CHI Health 42nd and L St. Clinic