April 15—Medical Center Hospital celebrates Certified Nurses Day (March 19) by honoring its certified nurses. The Children’s hosted a special brunch with giveaways for nurses who obtained their certification.
The following nurses are recognized for their professionalism, leadership and commitment to excellence in patient care: Ricardo Acosta CHRN, RN; Jessica Aguilar SANE, RN; Nayeli Ayala MEDSURG-BC, RN; Bianca Barrientos SANE, RN; Cynthia Bell MEDSURG-BC, RN; Danya Billings MEDSURG-BC, RN; Dylan Blackburn CV-BC, RN; Danette Butterfield NS-BC, RN; Abigail Carrasco SANE, RN; Leslie Cherry CHRN, RN; Courtney Clubb CCRN, RN; Mayra Colorado CCRN, RN; Mélanie Conant C-EFM, RN; David Cotter MEDSURG-BC, RN; Mary Courtney MEDSURG-BC, RN; Agueda Coy MEDSURG-BC, RN; Juan R Daniel MEDSURG-BC, RN; Nicole Dix OCN, RN; Lydia Flores CEN, TCRN, RN; Samantha Galvan SANE, RN; Irene Garcia MEDSURG-BC, RN; Sonya Garcia CCMC, RN; Thomas Garrett CNOR, RN; Sara Gillett TCRN, RN; Vicki Gillis ACM, RN; Andrew Gonzalez CCRN, RN; Cheryl Goswick OCN, RN; Larissa Guevara CCRN, RN; Alejandra Hernandez CCRN, RN; Samuel Hiponia MEDSURG-BC, RN; Amanda Horton RNC-OB, RN; Maria R Lachica PNCB, RN; Editha Longno RNC-MNN, RN; Kimber Lovett RNC-NIC, CLC, RN; Vonda Lucero WOCN, RN; Tausha Martinez C-EFM, RN; Sherice Matthews MEDSURG-BC, RN; Dorothy Mayor CCRN, RN; Jessica Mendoza CCRN, RN; Donna Mills RNC-OB, RN; Marily Modesto MEDSURG-BC, RN; Amanda Molina MEDSURG-BC, RN; Lisa Montoya SANE, RN; Freje Nardo CCRN, inf. Andrew Padin CCRN, RN; Meagan Parker RNC-MNN, RN; Jori Pearce CCMC, CMGT-BC, RN; Jared Ponce CCRN, RN; Yakelin Price CEN, RN; Estrella Puente TCRN, RN; Karime Ramirez CCMC, RN; Jackelyn Rivera CCRN, RN; Bonnie Rubio CCRN, RN; Andrea Sanchez SANE, RN; Robin Saverance RNC-NIC, RN; Alexis Smith CCRN, RN; Ashton Solis MEDSURG-BC, RN; Ester Villagonzalo PED-BC, RN; Agnes Villarojo CCRN, RN; Lisa Wilkerson OCN, RN; Kyle Williams CCRN, RN; Doris Velasco CCRN, RN; Taylor Henson CPN, RN; and Almyra Padin RNC-OB, RN.
Board certification of nurses is playing an increasingly important role in ensuring high standards of care for patients and their loved ones. Nursing, like health care in general, has become increasingly complex. While a Registered Nurse (RN) license provides entry into general nursing practice, the knowledge-intensive demands of modern nursing require extensive education, as well as a strong personal commitment to excellence in nursing. from the nurse.
The Medical Center Hospital encourages national board certification for all of its nurses.
Patients are encouraged to ask if there are certified nurses on staff when visiting a hospital or their primary care provider. There are many nursing certification specialties, such as Medicine-Surgery, Pediatrics, Pain Management, Vascular Cardiology, Oncology, Hospice, Case Management, Emergency Nursing , intensive care and many more. Many nursing certification bodies exist to serve the full range of specialty nursing offered in the contemporary health care system; National nursing certification bodies must be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Specialty Nursing Certification (ABSNC) or the National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA).