NSW Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards 2022 — finalists announced
The Nursing and Midwifery Office (NMO) has announced 30 finalists for the Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards 2022.
In 2013, NSW Health introduced the annual Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards to celebrate and recognise the outstanding nurses and midwives.
The awards remain a keenly anticipated annual nursing and midwifery event and the NMO congratulated the finalists for the contributions they make every day to patients, their families and communities.
The 2022 finalists are:
Nurse of the Year
|
Nominee |
Hospital or Area |
Local health district or specialty network |
|
Cecilia Desousa |
Liverpool Hospital |
South Western Sydney |
|
Tamra Langley |
St Vincent's Hospital |
St Vincent's Health Network |
|
Elsie Mari |
Community Chronic and Complex Care |
Central Coast |
|
Beckie Petulla |
Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick |
Sydney Children's Hospitals Network |
Midwife of the Year
|
Nominee |
Hospital or Area |
Local health district or specialty network |
|
Jenny Flaherty |
Queanbeyan District Hospital |
Southern NSW |
|
Madeleine Simpson |
Blue Mountains District ANZAC Memorial Hospital |
Nepean Blue Mountains |
|
Kim Wood |
Liverpool Hospital |
South Western Sydney |
New to Practice Nurse/Midwife of the Year
|
Nominee |
Hospital or Area |
Local health district or specialty network |
|
Sarah Buckton |
Corowa Health Service |
Murrumbidgee |
|
Stacey-Lee Cossar-Denny |
Gilgandra Multi-Purpose Service |
Western NSW |
|
Emily Green |
Lismore Base Hospital |
Northern NSW |
|
Rachael Roach |
Port Macquarie Base Hospital |
Mid North Coast |
|
Matthew Weiss |
Ryde Hospital |
Northern Sydney |
Nursing/Midwifery Team of the Year
|
Nominee |
Hospital or Area |
Local health district or specialty network |
|
Birra Li Aboriginal Maternal Infant Health Service |
Aboriginal Maternal Infant Health Service |
Hunter New England |
|
Camperdown, Marrickville & Redfern Acute Care Service |
Mental Health Service |
Sydney |
|
Liverpool Opioid Treatment Program |
Liverpool Drug Health Service |
South Western Sydney |
Judith Meppem Leadership Award (Nursing/Midwifery)
|
Nominee |
Hospital or Area |
Local health district or specialty network |
|
Debbie Deasey |
Port Macquarie Base Hospital |
Mid North Coast |
|
Michelle Keir |
Tamworth Hospital |
Hunter New England |
|
Sonia Marshall |
South Western Sydney District Office |
South Western Sydney |
Aboriginal Nurse/Midwife of the Year
|
Nominee |
Hospital or Area |
Local health district or specialty network |
|
Tracey Bryan |
Nepean Hospital |
Nepean Blue Mountains |
|
Sarah-Kathleen Colliss |
Nunyara Aboriginal Health Unit |
Central Coast |
|
Courtney James |
Westmead Hospital |
Western Sydney |
|
Sonia Robinson |
St Vincent's Hospital |
St Vincent's Health Network |
Healing Heart Award for exceptional care (Nursing/Midwifery) — nominated by Colleagues
|
Nominee |
Hospital or Area |
Local health district or specialty network |
|
Denise Burns |
Campbelltown Hospital |
South Western Sydney |
|
Kate Frampton |
Prince of Wales Hospital |
South Eastern Sydney |
|
Lenore Maitland |
Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick |
Sydney Children's Hospitals Network |
|
Mary Mulcahy |
Prince of Wales Hospital |
South Eastern Sydney |
Healing Heart Award for exceptional care (Nursing/Midwifery) — nominated by patients/consumers or their families/carers
|
Nominee |
Hospital or Area |
Local health district or specialty network |
|
Judy Boynton |
Sustaining NSW Families team |
Illawarra Shoalhaven |
|
Hayley Fisher |
Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick |
Sydney Children's Hospitals Network |
|
Danielle Gardner |
Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick |
Sydney Children's Hospitals Network |
|
Barbara Scott |
Ryde Hospital |
Northern Sydney |
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