Spotlight on Duke Nurses

Zita R. Achacoso, BSN, RN-BC, was named to the 2021 Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina

Jacqueline “Jackie” Alder, RN, was named to the 2021 Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina.

Peggy Alton, BSN, RN, was named a 2021 Duke Cancer Institute Superstar.

Anne Lynn Derouin, DNP, APRN, CPNP, PMHS, FAANP, was named to the 2021 Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina.

Libby Carver, DNP, FNP-BC, CNE, was named 2021 Outstanding Nurse of the Year by the Triangle Region, North Carolina Nurses Association.

Sharron L. Docherty, PhD, PNP-BC, FAAN, was inducted into the Sigma International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame in 2021.

Duke Regional Hospital Intensive Care Unit, part of the “combined” MICUs that received a 2021-2022 Duke Presidential Award, also received special recognition for “extraordinary service over the course of the past two years.”

Duke University Employee Occupational Health and Wellness COVID Response Team received a 2021-2022 Duke Presidential Award in the Team category.

Duke University Health System’s combined Medical Intensive Care Units (MICUs) received a 2021-2022 Duke Presidential Award in the Team category.

Duke University Hospital Ambulatory Leadership Team earned an Honorable Mention in the 2022 American Nurse Journal’s All Pro Nursing Team Awards.

Duke University Hospital Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit DMP 7 West earned a Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

Duke University Hospital Safe Sleep Task Force, including Meghann McCoy, BSN, RN, CPN, earned the hospital a Bronze Certification from Cribs for Kids, the National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program.

Nancy Eisenson, MSN, RN, CNE, was named to the 2021 Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina.

Debra Farrell, RN, CCRN, CSC, was named to the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses 2022 Circle of Excellence.

Jennifer Gentry, DNP, ANP-BC, GNP, ACHPN, FPCN, was recognized as a 2021 End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Award Winner.

Jessica Haesu Jin, BSN, RN, BMTCN, received a 2021 Josh Gottheil Memorial Bone Marrow Transplant Career Development Award from the Oncology Nursing Foundation.

Margaret M. Harding, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, RNFA, CPAN; Sonia E. Xavier, MSN, MPH, ACNP-C; Thorsten M. Seyler, MD, PhD; and Sean P. Ryan, MD; received the 2022 Theresa Pellino Writer’s Award from Orthopedic Nursing Journal (National Association of Orthopedic Nurses).

Laurel Holland, BSN, RN, received a 2021 Josh Gottheil Memorial Bone Marrow Transplant Career Development Award from the Oncology Nursing Foundation.

Chantal Howard, MSN, RN, CEN, NEA-BC:
            –was named to the 2021 Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina.
            –was accepted into the 2021-2022 class for Leadership
             North Carolina.

Valerie Howard, EdD, MSN, RN, ANEF, CNE, FAAN, was selected to join the second class of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s College of Health and Human Services’ Hall of Distinction.

Kathryn E. Kreider, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP, received the 2021 (N.C.) State Award for Excellence from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

Dawne Lewis, BSN, RN, CMSRN, was named to the 2021 Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina.

Jamie Mancuso, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC, received a 2021 Research Award/Grant from the Triangle Region, North Carolina Nurses Association.

Jen Massengill, MSN, RN, CNML, received a 2022 Health Care Leadership Award from Triangle Business Journal.

Alice Maupin, MSN, RN, OCN, AGCNS-BC, was named a 2021 Duke Cancer Institute Superstar.

Laura Medlin, BSN, RN-BC, was named a 2021 Duke Cancer Institute Superstar.

Amanda Morrison, MSN, RN-BC, received a 2022 Health Care Leadership award from Triangle Business Journal.

Heather Pena, BSN, RN, CCRN-CSC, CPPS, was named to the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses 2022 Circle of Excellence.

Priscilla Ramseur, DNP, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, was named to the 2021 Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina.

Michelle “Shelley” Ray, RN, was named to the 2021 Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina.

Rex N. Ruiz, BSN, RN, CCRN-CSC, was named to the 2021 Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina.

Karin Reuter-Rice, PhD, CPNP-AC, FCCM, FAAN, received the 2021 Norma J. Shoemaker Award for Critical Care Nursing Excellence from the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Valerie Sabol, PhD, MBA, ACNP, GNP, ANEF, FAANP, FAAN, was named Outstanding Faculty of the Year by the Triangle Region, North Carolina Nurses Association.

Cara O’Brien, MD, Dustin Tart, BSN, RN, CNML, CCRN-CMC, Kelly Kester, DNP, RN, NE-BC, CCRN, and Kristen Shirety, MD, received a 2021 Innovation Award from the Duke Institute for Health Innovation for the project “Predict Behavioral Emergencies in the Hospital.”

Jeanne Verrecchio, BSN, RN, OCN, BMTCN, CPHN, was named to the 2021 Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina.

Brenda Wilcox, MSN, RN, AOCNS, AGCNS-BC, was named to the 2021 Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina.

Tracey Yap, PhD, RN, WCC, CNE, FGSA, FAAN, was named the 2021 Nurse of the Year by the North Carolina Nurses Association.