2023 Nurse Honorees

Nominating Organization: INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC COMMITTEE OF NURSES & MEDICO SOCIAL ASSISTANTS (CICIAMS)

OSF RN, RM, RPHN, BNSC, MPH, CFCP, CFCE • Franciscan FertilityCare Center

Sister Cecilia Adache is a registered nurse midwife with a Master’s Degree in Public Health who has completed the Creighton Model FertilityCare / Naprotechnology Practitioner Program. She then founded…

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Nominating Organization: RAD-AID INTERNATIONAL

BA, BSN, RN, CRN • Clinical Nurse II Interventional Radiology; Project Manager – RAD-AID Nursing

Carrie Furberg is a certified radiology nurse in general and in interventional radiology at the largest non-profit hospital in North Carolina, the University of North Carolina Medical Center. UNCMC supports public health outreach to individuals in greatest need in low-resource communities in…

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Nominating Organization: PREVENTIVE CARDIOVASCULAR NURSES ASSOCIATION (PCNA)

Professor of Nursing • Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA)

With the concept that global problems need global cooperative remedies, Laura Hayman led her colleagues in the founding of the Global Cardiovascular Nursing Leadership Forum (GCNLF). The mission of this forum is to engage and mobilize an international committee of nurse leaders to…

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Nominating Organization: INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC COMMITTEE OF NURSES & MEDICO SOCIAL ASSISTANTS (CICIAMS)

RN • Catholic Association of Polish Nurses and Midwives

Sylwia Juszkiewicz was born in Wysokie Mazowieckie, Poland, and pursued her nursing education at the Medical Vocational College in Ostroleka. After receiving her nursing diploma, she dedicated her services to work at the Neurology Clinic of the…

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Nominating Organization: CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION OF NURSES AND MIDWIVES OF POLAND

Midwife

In 1896, Stanisława Leszczyńska was born in Lodz, Poland. At 20 she married and gave birth to three boys and a girl. In 1920 the family was located in Warsaw, where she enrolled in midwife college…

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Nominating Organization: UNIVERSITY OF BRITTISH COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF NURSING

PhD, JD, RN, FAAN • University of British Columbia School of Nursing

Dr. Margaret P. Moss, is an American Indian Nurse who positioned herself and several of her American Indian Nurse colleagues to be instrumental in improving American Indian healthcare. Together they authored a nursing text, American Indian: Health and Nursing…

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Nominating Organization: ORDER OF MALTA AMERICAN ASSOCIATION AND HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION

OR RN • Order of Malta American Association and Holy Family Hospital Foundation

Hayat Odeh is a Practical Nurse and Operations Nurse who’s worked at the Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem for 33 years. She is a member of the surgical department and plays a vital role in…

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Nominating Organization: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Cizik School of Nursing

Dean Emerita

Dr. Starck has been a national leader in nursing for many years. She was advisor on nursing and health issues to several US presidents. She saw a need for education on the role of nurses during the Holocaust and became the driving force to create a documentary on those nurses…

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Nominating Organization: NYU RORY MEYERS COLLEGE OF NURSING   NEW YORK, NY

PhD, MPH, NP-BC • Nuvance Health

Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, is a visionary nursing leader, educator,and clinician known for research and innovative approaches in primary care, sustainingmodels of care using advanced practice nurses, pioneering collaborations, and…

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Nominating Organization: HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH

RN • Hackensack Meridian Health

In February 2023, huge earthquakes and aftershocks rocked Southern Turkey, leading to a widespread humanitarian crisis. Setenay Sustenceli, a registered nurse in the surgical unit at…

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Nominating Organization: INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC COMMITTEE OF NURSES & MEDICO SOCIAL ASSISTANTS (CICIAMS)

RN • Catholic Nurses Association of Kenya (CNAK)

Lucy Wanga Thang’a is a Registered Nurse and Midwife who has studied Palliative Care Nursing, HIV/AIDS Comprehensive Care, Dental Nursing, and Counselling Psychology. With her broad base of knowledge and…

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Nominating Organization: CMMB KENYA (MUTOMO MISSION HOSPITAL)

RN • CMMB Kenya (Mutomo Mission Hospital)

Ryan Turner is a registered nurse with over 6 years of clinical experience within the emergency unit of a hospital. Originally from Colorado, Ryan has been working with Mutomo Mission Hospital in Kenya for six months. He has brought his expertise to…

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Nominating Organization: INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC COMMITTEE OF NURSES & MEDICO SOCIAL ASSISTANTS (CICIAMS)

RN • Catholic Nurses Association of Kenya (CNAK)

Lucy Wangu Thang’a is a Registered Nurse and Midwife who has studied Palliative Care Nursing, HIV/AIDS Comprehensive Care, Dental Nursing, and Counselling Psychology. With her broad base of knowledge and…

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