Vancouver Acute recipients of the 2016 Cordula and Gunter Paetzold Nursing Education Bursaries with Vivian Eliopoulos, Vancouver Acute Chief Operating Officer, and Barb Lawrie, Vice President, Professional Practice and Chief Clinical Information Officer.

Celebrating our nurses every step of the way

Congratulations to our 2016 Vancouver Acute Nursing Bursary Award recipients. On May 9 we kicked off National Nursing Week to celebrate their achievements and dedication to the profession and quality patient care.

Left to right: Barb Wilson, Director, Major Gifts, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation; Alison Swalwell-Franks, Director, Professional Practice, Nursing; Kathy Murphy, President, VGH School of Nursing Alumnae Association; Cori Ross, Operations Director, Ambulatory Care; Karen Tam, RN, Diabetes Clinic.

Left to right: Barb Wilson, Director, Major Gifts, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation; Alison Swalwell-Franks, Director, Professional Practice, Nursing; Kathy Murphy, President, VGH School of Nursing Alumnae Association; Cori Ross, Operations Director, Ambulatory Care; Karen Tam, RN, Diabetes Clinic.

The Andrew David Stagg Memorial Fund

  • Eun Kying Bae, LPN, Medical CRT
  • Rachelle Fernstrom. LPN, Sub Acute Medicine
  • Susie Hutchinson, ORLPN, JPOR
  • Parvaneh Rasouli, LPN, UBC Medicine
  • Maria Roman, LPN, Banfield Pavilion

The Galina Tsvasman Award

Representative present: Vladimir Tsvasman

  • Sarah Hargrave, RN, ICU

The Clara Y. Lim Scholarship Award

Representative present: Dr. Jason Kong

  • Melinda David, PSM, Sub Acute Medicine

VGH School of Nursing Alumnae Building Society/Association Bursary

Representative present: President Kathy Murphy

  • Suzanne Miller, RN, ICU
  • Amy Myring, PCC, Solid Organ Transplant
  • Jane Narayan, RN, CCU
  • Kimberley McCarthy, RN, Emergency
  • Lise Romanko, RN, JPOR
  • Lindsay Taberner, CML, Transitional Care / Medicine Unit
  • Karen Tam, RN, Diabetes Clinic
  • Anita Valcourt, RN, CSICU
  • Tom Ying, RN, Sub Acute Medicine

The Cordula and Gunter Paetzold Nursing Education Bursary

  • Catherine Cairns, Practice Initiatives Lead, Professional Practice
  • Lori Campbell, Practice Initiatives Lead, Professional Practice
  • Pamela Colley, NP, AF Clinic
  • Katrin Eisenhardt, RN, JPOR
  • Jaime Gallaher, RN, Emergency
  • Meredith Gordon, PCC, UBC Surgical
  • Connie Gregorio, RN, CSICU
  • Sarah Hawley, Practice Initiatives Lead, Professional Practice
  • Lisa Khudra, RN, CCU
  • Patricia Maisonet, ERN, ERNT
  • Tanja Pavlov, RN, UBC High Acuity Unit
  • Louise Peterson, RN, UBC Surgical
  • Yvonne Pirhonen, RN, Orthopaedics and Trauma Unit
  • Nykki MacKay, PCC, BPTU
  • Parveen Sangha, RN, CCU
  • Claire Stockdill, RN, BPTU
  • Heather Wong, Trauma Program Coordinator, Trauma Services
  • Cassie Wright, RN, Emergency

The Joan Russell Nursing Mentorship Award

  • Ruth Nicol, Clinical Educator, Infusion Program

The Bonnie Cart Leadership Award

  • Doris Bohl, Clinical Nurse Educator, Sub Acute Medicine

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