Three School of Medicine nurses received the 2011 Excellence in Nursing Award from St. Louis Magazine April 20.
The award winners were:
- Jeane Kuensting, nurse practitioner in the Department of Internal Medicine’s Bone Marrow Transplant division, was the recipient in the Oncology category;
- Jennifer Seigel, nurse practitioner in the Department of Surgery, was the recipient in the Surgery category. Seigel received a perfect score from the selection committee; and
- Lori Watkins, head nurse in the Department of Internal Medicine’s Division of Infectious Diseases, was the recipient in the Internal Medicine category.
In addition, six other School of Medicine nurses were finalists in the program, which gave awards in 16 categories. The Washington University finalists were:
- Lisa Marie Campise, staff nurse in the Department of Internal Medicine’s medical oncology division;
- Mary Coats, research associate professor of neurology;
- Madelyn Curry, clinical nurse coordinator in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery;
- Mary Alice McCubbins, nurse practitioner in the Department of Surgery;
- Lisa Nicoletti, clinical nurse coordinator in the Department of Neurosurgery; and
- Kelly Osterman, clinical nurse coordinator in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Sixty-five finalists were selected from nearly 200 nominations.