Public Health Nurse Administrator of the Year is awarded to a member of
NJAPHNA who not only demonstrates expertise in the clinical nursing practice of
public health, but is a visionary, leader, teacher and role model as well. A
nominee must be a NJ licensed RN, a member in good standing and currently
working as an administrator in Public Health Nursing.
| Year |
Recipient |
Nominated by: |
| 1999 |
Sharen Clugston |
Peggy-Dyer Weissman- "Sharen has an uncanny ability to identify needs in
the community that call out for public health nursing interventions, then to
develop and implement programs that meet those needs." |
| 2000 |
Dana O'Connor |
Sharen Clugston-"The promotion of public health and the interest in the
future of public health nursing is a constant focus of Dana's attention." |
| 2001 |
Peggy Dyer-Weissman |
Bev Rivell- "Peggy has been instrumental in defining Public Health
Nursing's role in the new Public Health Practice Standards for Local Boards
of Health in New Jersey." |
| 2002 |
Joy Spellman |
Sharen Clugston-"Joy's tireless efforts have resulted in increased
recognition for public health nursing." |
| 2003 |
Dale Bartlett Andersen |
Alice Shovanec-"Dale exemplifies the spirit of Public Health Nursing.
Her enthusiasm is contagious." |
| 2004 |
Barbara Gardner |
"Barbara and I are a team, she guides me and is always available as a
resource." |
| 2005 |
Marianne McEvoy |
Dana O'Connor-"Marianne's enthusiasm for Public Health Nursing shines
through with her gentle compassion, caring and understanding of others. She
and her committee have worked hard to obtain continuing education contact
hours for our programs." |
| 2006 |
Kate Bond |
Miriam Cohen-"Kate is a role model for public health demonstrating those
public health nursing competencies essential to good practice."
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| 2007 |
Nancy Garvey |
Debee Gash-"Nancy has worked tirelessly as an advocate for Public Health
Nursing, assuring New Jersey’s Public Health Nurses are connected to
Country-wide systems, organizations and trends." |
| 2008 |
Sandy
Van Sant |
Marianne McEvoy-"During a year without a state consultant and the ability to easily obtain nursing contact hours, Sandy worked tirelessly to ensure that our organization offered strong public health topics with nursing contact hours at the four general meetings in 2008." Click here for photo!
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2008
PHN of the Year |
Janet Hess |
Flo Rice-"As president of GPVPHNA, Janet fostered professional growth and was an outstanding leader for eight years for four counties of nurses in northern N.J.
" Click here for photo! |
| 2009 |
Florence Rice |
As the NJAPHNA Continuing Education chair, Flo seeks out speakers for the meetings and works with the state delegates to obtain continuing education contact hours for nurses. |
2009
PHN of the Year |
Shu Chen Chiang |
Marianne McEvoy-“Intelligent, capable and a true team player are words that best describe Shu.” |
