tennessee nurses foundation – honor a nurse
The Tennessee Nurses Foundation (TNF) welcomes you to publicly recognize a special nurse in your life. With your $50 tax-deductible donation to TNF, your honored nurse’s name will appear in the Tennessee Nurse as well as in the designated “Honor A Nurse” section of the Tennessee Nurses Association’s (TNA) website. A photo and brief paragraph may also be submitted to further recognize your honored nurse.
This program is available to honor any Tennessee nurse. Honor a nurse friend, nurse family member, or nurse colleague by marking their anniversary, birthday, special event or occasion, or as a memorial. Patients, or the patient’s family, may honor a nurse that truly made a difference in their care or the care of a family member.
Your $50 donation will go toward continued support of the TNF and their work pertaining to scholarships, and grants that support the needs of nurses in Tennessee. TNF is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization. Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law and support the mission of TNF.
Honor a Nurse Contribution Form
WE HONOR YOU…
Cynthia K. Boyd, BA, MA, EdS, RN
Cynthia accomplished her life-long goal to become a Registered Nurse after working for 30 years as a public school elementary teacher. She is currently working in the emergency room as an RN since her graduation in 2010. During her years as a teacher, she also worked in the emergency room as an LPN and has over twenty years experience prior to her RN degree. Cynthia is great with people and her dedication is unsurpassed. Honored by Joe T. Upton, DDS
Terri Himelrick, MSN, RN
Terri began her career at Methodist Healthcare North as a nurse, and moved into a Patient Care Coordinator leadership role. Now she is the Director of Med/Surg Services. She is the epitome of an excellent leader. Terri has a heart of gold. In my opinion she has proven time and time again that she moves her team to excellence by her management style of including others, providing great feedback and ideas, and offering great suggestions for quality improvement. She is always thinking logically and analytically, while allowing her nurses and other staff to figure out ways to improve not only the patient experience, but also the patient care. I have seen this time and time again.
One of the most fondest memories was when our facility was having difficulty reminding physicians to place the daily order for restraint continuation. Terri’s team found this huge (bigger than life) stuffed animal–it was Scooby Doo! Scooby Doo was strategically placed in the physician area. Scooby wasn’t just sitting there, though. He had a huge sign on him reminding physicians to place their daily orders for those who needed continuation of restraints. Scooby was wearing a Posey vest, and upper and lower bilateral restraints. What an impression this made. Daily order compliance improved. Although this may be thought of as taking restraints lightly, it instead offers an innovative way to remind physicians of some of their responsibilities. It was a success not only with other members of the interdisciplinary teams, but the nurses and the leaders as well. This in only one small example of Terri’s commitment to doing the right thing. Her leadership is a huge asset to Methodist Healthcare North, as well as the entire Methodist Healthcare System in Memphis, TN. Thank you for allowing me to nominate such a wonderful leader. Missy McElwee, RN, MSN, CNS-BC
Dawn M. Krause, BSN, RN
Nurse Krause exemplifies the profession of nursing. She continually seeks out opportunities to improve her practice. This Spring, she graduated from Martin Methodist with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She provides professional nursing care to her patients, leadership to her colleagues and genuine compassion to all. Honored by Theresa R. George
Joyce Mason Krieg, RN
In honor of my mother, Joyce Mason Krieg, who served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corp from December 15, 1941 through January 10, 1946. She was a general duty registered nurse in the Southwest Pacific and New Guinea as part of the 248th General Hospital. Her experience had a great influence on me and my desire to pursue nursing as a career. Honored by Bonnie Black, BSN, RN
Janet C. Vawter, RN, BSN, MBA
Chief Nurse, Ambulatory Care
Daughter, Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Chief Nurse, Leader. These are the many hats of Mrs. Vawter and each one exemplifies a standard of caring and excellence. She has inspired many to continue to be the best at what they do. We honor her for her wisdom, knowledge she has imparted, and for the time she has invested in the nursing profession. Honored by Tracy Champion and Lakeisha Hardaway