Premier Awards 2011 ENA Educational Conference Opportunities to Three Outstanding Nurse Leaders
Premier Health Care Services congratulates this year's Emergency Nursing Leadership recipients. The three winners were selected from nominations submitted by their Premier Medical Directors. They will attend the 2011 ENA Nursing Leadership Conference to be held in Portland, Oregon February 16-20, 2011.
- (1888PressRelease) February 12, 2011 - Recipients of Premier's ENA Educational Opportunity receive full conference registration, including pre-session conference attendance, airfare, and lodging. They will benefit from the educational content of this outstanding conference, networking with other nurse leaders from across the U.S. and abroad, and enjoy a recognition dinner hosted by Premier while in Portland. Congratulations to this year's exemplary nurse leaders:
Christina Traxler-DeSelms, RN, Operations Coordinator for Mercy St. Charles Hospital in Oregon, OH. Ms. DeSelms was nominated by her ED Medical Director, Dan Kandah, DO.
Stephanie Brown, Assistant Nurse Manager for Adena Medical Center in Chillicothe, OH, was nominated by Director of Physician Extenders, Bob Zaayer, PA-C.
Kelly Cottrell, ED Director for CAMC Women's and Children's Hospital in Charleston, WV. Ms. Cottrell was nominated by her ED Medical Director, Kim Ewing, MD.
Premier's executive and clinical operations staff selected the three recipients from nominations submitted by their Premier Medical Directors. Each nomination is a testimonial to the individual's superior dedication to the field of Emergency Nursing.
Ms. DeSelms stated, "I feel honored that Premier thinks highly enough of me to give me this opportunity. I'm looking forward to this learning experience."
Premier recognizes the contributions made by the emergency nurse leaders and their staff at each of their client hospital sites. By offering these annual conference opportunities, Premier supports our nurse colleagues' professional development in emergency nursing.
Linda Dinkel, RN, MSN, Director of Clinical Operations for Premier stated, "I am very proud of the continued support demonstrated by our emergency physicians at Premier in providing educational opportunities for all our nursing staff that provide clinical care to our emergency patients."
"Being a nursing leader in healthcare today is a very demanding role, one that is ever-changing. Allowing nurse leaders to attend their professional conference to network with other nurse leaders who experience similar challenges is an incredible opportunity. Each attendee will come away from the conference with an extraordinary amount of current practices, trends, information about new ED equipment, and best of all, newly built relationships with other nurse leaders that continue long after the conference has ended."
Premier Health Care Services, Inc. is an Emergency Medicine physician group. Since 1987, they have contracted with hospitals and health systems to manage their emergency departments and staff them with exceptional, caring physicians and mid-level providers. They currently partner with hospitals and health systems in seven states.
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