Finalists for the 2015 WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards Announced

Finalists for the 2015 WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards have been announced.
Western Australia's Health Minister Kim Hames said the 34 award finalists had been selected from an impressive field of nominees.
“I congratulate all our finalists, who have been selected by the judging panel from a field of high calibre professionals and individually recognised for their efforts,” Dr Hames said. “The finalists come from a diverse range of work and practice environments and all have demonstrated excellence in their field.”
“Awards such as these provide the wider community with an opportunity to recognise and reward the ongoing commitment of our nurses and midwives to improving patient care,” he said.
Winners, including 2015 WA Nurse or Midwife of the Year and the recipient of the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Honour, will be announced at a dinner on Saturday May 9, 2015.
Finalists for the 2015 WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards:

1. Stephen Arthur  – Clinical Nurse Specialist (Mental Health), WA Country Health Service, Pilbara


2. Karen Clarke – Clinical Nurse Consultant (Aboriginal Ambulatory Care Coordination Program), Princess Margaret Hospital for Children


3. Cathy Bulner – Registered Nurse, Meekatharra Hospital, WA Country Health Service, Midwest

1. Kristy Wiegele  – Midwife, St John of God Mt Lawley Hospital


2. Jeffrey Butterfield – Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal Network, St John of God Health Care


3. Tracy Gaff – Registered Nurse, Swan Districts Hospital

1. Penny Keogh – Nurse Director Education, Fiona Stanley Hospital


2. Sharon Rodden – Care Administration Support, Juniper Annesley (Bentley)


3. Helen Dugmore – Assistant Professor, University of Western Australia


4. Kerry Southerland – Staff Development Educator and Lecturer, Royal Perth Hospital and Curtin University


5. Dr Janie Brown – Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Coordinator and Senior Lecturer, St John of God Subiaco Hospital and Curtin University

1. Louise Angus – Nurse Practitioner (Oncology), St John of God Subiaco Hospital


2. Scott Stokes – Nurse Practitioner (Regional Acute Paediatric), Broome Hospital, WA Country Health Service, Kimberley


3. Denver Prince – Clinical Nurse Specialist, Armadale Health Service


4. Anne West – Clinical Nurse Consultant (State Child Development Service), Child and Adolescent Community Health Service

1. Anista Baptiste – Registered Nurse, Perth Clinic


2. Lyndal Gray – Registered Nurse, Meekatharra Hospital, WA Country Health Service, Midwest


3. Ilyana Mohamed-Hussain – Midwife, King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women

1. Vince Stagno – Enrolled Nurse, Juniper Community


2. Christine Geel – Advanced Skill Enrolled Nurse, Osborne Park Hospital


3. Leigh Casey – Enrolled Nurse, Osborne Park Hospital

1. Louise Keyes – Clinical Midwifery Manager Family Birth Centre, Women and Newborn Health Service


2. Kristy Newett – Community Midwife, Kimberley Population Health Unit


3. Kristy Wiegele – Midwife, St John of God Mt Lawley Hospital

1. Louise Angus – Nurse Practitioner (Oncology), St John of God Subiaco Hospital


2. Lisa Ferri – Prostate Cancer Specialist Nurse, Hollywood Private Hospital


3. Anna Forman – Registered Nurse, Perth Clinic

1. Megan Scully – Nursing Coordinator Communicable Disease Control, North Metropolitan Health Service


2. Lucia Ferguson – Nurse Practitioner (Community Mental Health), Fremantle Hospital

1. Laura Crouch – Registered Nurse, Brightwater Care Group (Madeley)


2. Yagnesh Vyas – Clinical Nurse, Brightwater Care Group (The Village – Inglewood)


3. Kylie Pratt – Registered Nurse, Brightwater Care Group (Madeley)

1. Rhonda Bradley – Maternal and Child Health Coordinator, Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service and WA Country Health Service, Midwest


2. Christine Henneker – Rural Cancer Nurse Coordinator, WA Country Health Service, Goldfields


3. Erin Cooper – Registered Nurse, Geraldton Hospital, WA Country Health Service, Midwest

For Further information, go to http://www.wanmea.com.au/