Meet the Nurses Who Are Being Celebrated & Honored

Nurses Honored

Irlene Larson has made a donation in recognition of the outstanding team at Senior Behavioral Health Sartori Memorial Hospital Cedar Falls, Iowa.

 

LACGH honors Deborah Kiser who celebrates 25 years of nursing in 2012!

 

Janet Poitras honors her mother, Edie Range, who is a nurse too.

 

Kathy Whitehourse, RN, MSN-ED recognizes the outstanding team of Labor & Delivery nurses at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, CA

 

Amy Hath has made a donation in honor of Gayle Sarlatte, RN and her Godmother Barbara Thomas.

 

"In honor of the dedicated and professional Management Team at the Motion Picture & Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, California."
--Susan Poprock, RN, JD

 

Jean Anderson, DNP, NP, ANP-BC  Boise State University
"This is in honor of the Bosie State University School of Nursing, the nurses who are in my family, and myself."

 

Billie Fernsbener, RN , MSN Retired CNS  Honors the Bare Root Board of Directors.
"I am sending love, wonderful Christmas, and an unforgettable New Year."

 

Willi Ellison from Las Vegas is honoring nurse Fern Carness

 

 

Hyeok "Kate" Park, RN

Alpha Consulting Group has donated in the name of Kate Park RN.

 

 

 

Norma Gabrieles-Keating is honoring Joyce Forbes, RN.  "This is a donation in the name of Joyce Forbes, one of the best nurses I had the pleasure of working with."

 

In honor of the nurse friends and co-workers of Pam Manion

 

Sara McMannus, RN recognizes the dedicated, excellent nurses working at Trinity Regional Hospital in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

 

Randy Bauler recognizes the nurses at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, California who cared for him during heart alert work.

 

In Honor of Kathrine M. Ware, RN NP, a nurse practitioner at UC Davis by her father Wilfred H. Long II.

 

Emma Lorraine Wilson

"I make my donation in honor of my grandmother, Emma Lorraine Wilson, who inspired me to be a nurse. Today, she suffers from dementia, but squeezes my hand so tightly when I speak to her about nursing."

Emma is honored by donor Rhonda Bergstrom, RN, TNS, PhRN.

 

Andrea Morris, RN

" Andrea is a wonderful nurse and friend. She promotes the profession in everything she does. Her dedication to nursing is awesome."

Andrea is honored by donor Donna Brennan Ph.D., MSN, RN Clinical Nurse Specialist, Pediatrics Citrus Valley Health Partners/ Queen of the Valley Campus.

Andrea is also being honored by her brother Robert B. Morris III.

Monica Weisbrich, RN, BSN

Suzanne Ward, RN, MN, MA, CNOR

Monica and Suzanne are being honored by Pat Patterson from Denver. Pat gave a significant donation to the Nurses Float in recognition of all the support Monica and Suzanne gave to her during a serious health challenge.

In Memorium

In Memoriam for LACGH Class of 1960 classmates Joyce Ann Burt Wightman & Pat Preschepo Cox.

 

Belinda Franklin RN, BSN

Belinda was a member of the Greater Long Beach Orange County AACN Chapter. They have made a donation to F4TF in Belinda's name.

Belinda graduated from El Camino College  with an AA degree in Nursing in 1984. She returned to Loma Linda University a few years later and obtained her BSN. She was thinking about returning to school for her MSN.

Belinda had one daughter—Danielle, who just graduated from high school and turned 18.

Belinda has worked at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital for the past 8 years, starting as a staff nurse, and then a Charge Nurse. Prior to Fountain Valley she worked at White Memorial.

One of her colleagues said, “I know she wouldn't want a fuss being made over her, but I would like people to remember her for her smile!”

Belinda's service was Friday, Sept. 2, 2011.  It was a very nice service and very uplifting.  A large number of Fountain Valley employees attended from various departments which was very nice.

 

Inez Tenzer

Inez is being honor by Leigh Ann Reynolds, RN in appreciation for her mentorship.

 

Sophia Best Walford

Sophia is being honored by her sister Cynthia Pompey, RN.  Sophia was a certified nurses aide in process of returning to school to become an LVN.  Her dream was cut short.  Her sister says about Sophia  "She learned sign language to communicate with her deaf  clients and her favorite challenge was taking care of clients with Down's Syndrome.  She was a very special lady. Her patience was golden ......She would have been a wonderful, caring and compassionate nurse."

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