Several Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH) and St. Louis Children’s Hospital (SLCH) nurses received the 2013 Excellence in Nursing Award from St. Louis Magazine. The award honors nurses who have made a difference in the lives of their patients and colleagues.
The fourth annual awards were announced April 25. The winners included:
• Mary Megehan, a cardiac-intensive care staff nurse at SLCH, award recipient in the intensive care category;
• Karen Balakas, a nurse researcher at SLCH, recipient in the research category;
• Linda Black, a staff nurse in the School of Medicine Department of Surgery’s urologic surgery division, recipient in the acute care/general medicine category;
• Benita Austin, a nurse practitioner in palliative-care service at BJH, recipient in hospice/home health/palliative care;
• Meranda Scherer, a resource nurse in transplant and hepatobiliary surgery at BJH, recipient in the medical-surgical nursing category;
• Diana Kraus, a nurse who helps coordinate trauma care at SLCH, recipient in the management/nurse executive/nurse leader category;
• Cassandra Ward, a nurse in the Memory Diagnostic Center in the School of Medicine’s Department of Neurology, recipient in the neurology/psychology/behavioral health category;
• Barbara Logue, a staff nurse in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit at BJH, recipient in the cardiovascular category.
Several School of Medicine, BJH and SLCH nurses were finalists in the program. They are:
• Julie Spencer, Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College;
• Margaret Emmert Capriglione, BJH;
• Rinnah MacVittie, BJH;
• Lisa Murphy, BJH;
• Stacy Pokorny, School of Medicine, SLCH;
• Bernadette Henrichs, School of Medicine, Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College;
• Barbara Miller, School of Medicine, SLCH;
• Colleen Becker, BJH;
• Marianne Fournie, Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital;
• Victoria Peck, School of Medicine;
• Robyn Myers, School of Medicine;
• Reida McDowell, School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center;
• Jamie Menendez, School of Medicine;
• Donna Kaempfe, SLCH;
• Mandy Drozda, School of Medicine, SLCH;
• Tammy Heffner, SLCH;
• Margaret Ann Shaner, SLCH;
• Julie Stumpf, SLCH.