Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto honored eight nurses for nursing excellence during National Nurses Week.
Baptist-DeSoto’s Nurse Excellence Award is an annual recognition that has been led by the hospital’s chief nursing officer for the past 10 years. The 2023 honorees include the following:
Friend of Nursing: Renee Storment, emergency department
Nurse Educator: Courtney Gray, women’s pavilion
Nurse Mentor: Eric Chavez, cath lab
Nurse Manager: Cindy Eldred, emergency department
Rising Star: Hanna Jerome, intensive care unit
Sage Nurse: Janet Caldwell, women’s pavilion
Nurse Excellence: Non Traditional: Brandon Boozer, gastrointestinal lab
“The Baptist-DeSoto Nurse Excellence Award demonstrates the exceptional talent we have at Baptist-DeSoto,” said Randy White, chief nursing officer for Baptist-DeSoto. “I am grateful for our team of nurses and their commitment to providing outstanding patient care.”
Bob Bakken is the most recognized and most trusted name in DeSoto County news and sports reporting, as readers continue to express their appreciation for his accuracy and fairness in the stories he writes. Bob is also heard on 95.3 The Rebel twice a week with sports updates and high school football play-by-play broadcasts in the fall. A former newspaper editor and writer, his award-winning background also includes television news producing, sports media relations, and radio broadcasting.
