VRMC celebrates Certified Nurses Day
Virginia Regional Medical Center is celebrating Certified Nurses Day on March 19 by honoring its board certified nurses. The following nurses are being recognized for their professionalism, leadership, and commitment to excellence in patient care:
Jeffery Linell, Certified Emergency Room Nurse; Denise Armstrong, Certified Inpatient Obstetric Nurse; Sara Luoma, Certified Inpatient Obstetric Nurse; Carol Christiansen, Certified Occupational Health Nurse; Julie Phaneuf-Hill, Certified Rehabilitation Nurse; Virginia Ahrlin, Critical Care Registered Nurse; Kathleen Fiskari, Critical Care Registered Nurse; Kathleen Kearney, Critical Care Registered Nurse; Linda E. Peterson, Critical Care Registered Nurse; Sally Thomas, Critical Care Registered Nurse; Jean Akkanen, Certified Medical Surgical Nurse; Peggy Anderson, Certified Medical Surgical Nurse; Linda Erspamer, Certified Medical Surgical Nurse; Patricia Sauve, Certified medical Surgical Nurse; Ruth Cronin, Gerontological Registered Nurse; Gloria Saatela, Gerontological Registered Nurse; Linda Pogorelec, Certifi ed Operating Room Nurse; Susan Stark, Certified Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse; Lynn Sefcovic, Certified Nurse Executive.
Board Certification of nurses plays an increasingly important role in the assurance of high standards of care for patients. Virginia Regional Medical Center encourages national board certification for all its nurses. There are many nursing certification specialties such as medical-surgical, pediatric, pain management, cardiac vascular, oncology, hospice, case management, emergency nursing, critical care and many others.
Please join Virginia Regional Medical Center and the nation’s national nursing certification organizations in honoring those hardworking, dedicated nurses for their professionalism, and a job well done!
