New Mexico Nursing Excellence Awards

The New Mexico Nursing Excellence Awards recognize excellence in nursing practice and honor nurses for the contributions they make to their organizations, communities and the state. 

Congratulations to each of the following Lovelace Health System nurses who were nominated for a New Mexico Nursing Excellence Award. All the nominees will be honored at an award dinner on Saturday, Nov. 2, at Hyatt Regency Tamaya.

The following lists the category that each nurse was nominated in: 

Lovelace Medical Center

Angelique Charley, Medical/Surgical

Angela Garcia, Medical/Surgical

Meisha Hunt, Emergency

Mikaela Lagrimas, Mgmt/Emerging Leader

Susan Mullin, Mgmt/Emerging Leader

Denise Parker, Medical/Surgical

Kelli Rivera, Peri-Operative

Rebecca Bird, Peri-Operative

Josephene Lynum, Touch a Life, Heart Hospital

 

Lovelace Westside Hospital

Marlene Avila, Peri-Operative

Jeanne Griste, Emergency

 

Lovelace Women’s Hospital

Andrea Bemis, Maternal/Child/Women

Stephanie Chowning, Maternal/Child/Women

Nicole Easley, Maternal/Child/Women

James Kelly, Critical Care

Amy MacLeod, Maternal/Child/Women

Julie Miller, Education/Research/Academia

Erin Murphy, Medical/Surgical

Kathryn Richardson, Touch a Life

Neil Riley, Nightingale

Victoria Schofield, Touch a Life