Thursday, May 10, 2018
Two Beaumont nurses will receive top honors at the Oakland University School of Nursing and Board of Visitors' 30th annual Nightingale Awards for Nursing, tonight, at the San Marino Banquet Center in Troy.
Another three Beaumont nurses will be honored as runners-up.
Nightingale Awards celebrate the exemplary contributions of registered nurses. Winners are selected through nominations by peers, supervisors, friends or patients for nursing excellence in one of nine areas of specialty.
Award winners receive a $1,000 cash award, a solid bronze Nightingale statue and a Nightingale pin.
The 2018 Beaumont Health Nightingale Award winners are:
- Marilyn Begle, RN, of Bloomfield Hills, director, Chronic Care, Beaumont Home Health Services and co-lead, Palliative Care Clinical Service, Madison Heights, in the Executive Administration category.
- Kristen McGrath, RN, of Bloomfield Hills, nurse practitioner, Neurosurgery, Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, in the Distinguished Alumni category.
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The 2018 Beaumont Health Nightingale Award runners up are:
- Katie Hoxie, RN, of Armada, clinical nurse manager, Surgical Services, Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, in the Oakland University Distinguished Alumni category.
- Antionette A. Trevino, RN, of Macomb Township, director of the corporate Graduate Nurse Residency Program, Farmington Hills, in the Excellence in Education category.
- Maria Borri, RN, of Farmington Hills, specialty RN/Certified Diabetic Educator, Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic, Beaumont Children’s, Royal Oak, in the Staff Nurse category.
The Oakland University Nightingale Awards for Nursing Excellence are the only statewide awards for nursing in Michigan and have run consecutively since 1989.
For the past 30 years, Nightingale celebrations have provided the Oakland University School of Nursing with student scholarships, research support for faculty, leading-edge technology and resources to ensure access to advanced nursing education.
Susan Grant, RN, executive vice president and chief nursing officer for Beaumont Health, will welcome and address attendees at tonight’s event. Beaumont is the presenting sponsor.
“The Nightingale celebration is a time each year we have an opportunity to thank and celebrate nurses,” Grant said. “Not just the amazing men and women recognized at today’s event, or the nurses at our individual hospitals. But all of those who dedicate themselves to this wonderful profession.”
“Nurses touch thousands of lives in their interactions everyday with patients, their families and their communities. When nurses are recognized for what they have done to make a profound difference in their patients’ lives they often say: ‘I was just doing my job’ or ‘I didn’t do anything special.’ Nightingale and Nurses week provide for us a time to pause, recognize these extraordinary nurses and reflect on the enormous impact their care has on changing and improving people’s lives.”
The dinner is expected to attract more than 500 nurses, physicians and administrators, as well as family and friends. A total of 35 Beaumont Health nurses were nominated for 2018 Nightingale awards.
Beaumont employs more than 10,000 nurses, nursing assistants and nurse technicians. The Beaumont nursing team works together to create individualized health care plans for patients.