S*1129 Resolution, By Leatherman
 A SENATE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE AND COMMEND MCLEOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
 IN FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA AND TWENTY-FOUR OF ITS REGISTERED NURSES UPON
 RECEIVING THE PRESTIGIOUS 2004 PALMETTO GOLD AWARD.

   04/07/04  Senate Introduced and adopted SJ-4

TO CONGRATULATE AND COMMEND MCLEOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA AND TWENTY-FOUR OF ITS REGISTERED NURSES UPON RECEIVING THE PRESTIGIOUS 2004 PALMETTO GOLD AWARD.

Whereas, the Palmetto Gold Award is a program started by various nursing organizations throughout South Carolina as a platform to recognize nursing and support nursing education with scholarship funds; and

Whereas, through the proceeds from the Palmetto Gold Gala, a $1,000 scholarship is provided to each registered nurse program in South Carolina, and the remainder of the funds are invested in an endowment; and

Whereas, each year employers from across a wide variety of health care settings have nominated outstanding nurses from their organizations to become one of the 100 nurses to be recognized for this prestigious award; and

Whereas, the nominators are asked to provide evidence of how the nominee demonstrated excellence to the profession by addressing four areas of criteria: 1) the promoting and advancing of the profession of nursing; 2) the displaying of caring and commitment to patients, families and colleagues; 3) the demonstrating of leadership by assisting others to grow and develop; and 4) contributing to the overall outcomes in the practice; and

Whereas, as the judges are unaware of each nominee's place of employment, McLeod Health has certainly set a benchmark for others to live up to by employing twenty-four of the top 100 nurses in South Carolina; and

The twenty-four McLeod nurses who will be receiving the Palmetto Gold Award at the 2004 Palmetto Gold Gala on April 23 in Columbia are:

Larry Adams, RN, of Florence, Registered Nurse with 3.5 years of experience;

Kay Adams, MSN, of Hartsville, Clinical Nurse Specialist/Nurse Educator with 22 years of experience;

Kim Anderson, BSN, of Conway, Patient Care Supervisor with 18 years of experience;

Judy Bibbo, MSN, of Florence, Associate Vice President of Patient Services with 24 years of experience;

Barbara Brooks, BSN, of Florence, Senior Practice Development Instructor with 37 years of experience;

Sabrina Capell, BSN, of Florence, Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal Transport with 24 years of experience;

Mary Giles, RN, of Florence, Registered Staff Nurse with 8.5 years of experience;

Pat Jarvis Godbold, MSN, of Marion, Administrator of McLeod Behavioral Health Services with 15 years of experience;

Linda Grasso, BSN, of Mullins, RN Staff Nurse in Pediatrics with 10 years of experience;

Trish Handley, RN, of Florence, Director, Coronary Care Unit with 11 years of experience;

Daphne Heffler, BSN, of Florence, Associate Vice President of Patient Services with 27 years of experience;

Marilyn Henderson, DIP, of Hartsville, Diabetes Coordinator with 35 years of experience;

Chireen Hyler, BSN, of Florence, Staff Nurse with 21 years of experience;

Dot Johnson, DIP, of Darlington, Patient Representative with 55 years of experience;

Jennifer Johnson, RN, of Florence, RN Staff Nurse in Pediatrics with 2 years of experience;

Craig Larrimore, RN, of Florence, Radiology Nurse/Special Procedures Supervisor with 19 years of experience;

Kelly Lawson, MSN, of Florence, RN-Clinical Nurse Specialist with 17 years of experience;

Mary Lou Martin, DIP, of Florence, Clinical Nurse Specialist/Nurse Educator with 30 years of experience;

Penny Overby, MSN, of Florence, Registered Staff Nurse & Nursing Instructor for Florence Darlington Technical College with 13 years of experience;

Kelly Prevatte, BSN, of Effingham, Director of 5-East (Medical-Surgical Unit) with 8 years of experience;

Barbara Pritchard, RN, of Florence, Patient Care Supervisor in Pediatrics with 22 years of experience;

Sarah Roland, BSN, of Florence, RN Staff Nurse-Pediatric Critical Care with 3 years of experience;

Cheryl Snipes, RN, of Marion, Patient Care Supervisor with 32 years of experience; and

Bonnie Wiggins, BSN, of Timmonsville, Staff Nurse Educator, Trauma Surgical Care Unit with 32 years of experience; and

Whereas, founded in 1906, McLeod Health remains a locally owned, not-for-profit health system, and its service area includes twelve counties with a population close to one million. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the Senate, by this resolution, congratulate and commend McLeod Regional Medical Center and twenty-four of its Registered Nurses upon receiving the prestigious 2004 Palmetto Gold Award.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to McLeod Regional Medical Center and each of the twenty-four recipients of the Palmetto Gold Award.