2019 Excellence in Nursing Awards - Education/Research
Barbara Crim
MBA, B.S.N., RN, CNOR
Clinical Educator, Surgical Services
From her nominator: “The nursing field and the surgical services world has been impacted in a significant way by this health care real-world hero. This nurse has not only made significant contributions in the nursing field, but also is an exemplary clinical educator among those in the surgical specialty services realm. She is a nurse, an educator, an author, a publisher, and a phenomenal public speaker.”
Calli Davis
M.S.N.-Ed, RN
Manager, Clinical Education & Professional Development
From her nominator: “Calli has worked to build a shared governance structure within ambulatory nursing so the nurses in the clinic have a voice into the work they do. She has led many new processes that have impacted the nurses. One of these had to do with bringing recognition for the work they do to ambulatory care.”
Linda Denke
Ph.D., RN, CCRC
Director of Nursing Research
From her nominator: “In the short time she has been with us, she has put into place an infrastructure for us to build nursing research to those working at the bedside. She puts significant effort into pursuing sustainable, outside-funded clinical research and works with other hospitals in collaborative research across the enterprise, and promotes interdisciplinary research.”
Marygrace Hernandez-Leveille
Ph.D., APRN, ACNP-BC
Assistant Director of Advanced Practice Providers
From her nominator: “She mentors and precepts multiple masters, DNP, and Ph.D. students from universities all over the United States. Each DNP or Ph.D. student she mentors can significantly affect the profession of nursing and the quality of care of the organization and patients they serve.”
Allen Kirby
MBA, B.S.N., B.B.A., RN
Clinical Education & Professional Practice Manager
From his nominator: “He revamped the Nurse Residency Program to provide new evidence-based curricula specific to care areas that include medical surgical, critical care, psychiatric, and rehabilitation nursing. He strategically rallied to begin incorporating high-fidelity nursing simulation into education, which has made a significant and appreciated impact.”
Tracy McGaw
M.S.N., RN, CCRN-K, CNRN
Manager of Clinical Education and Professional Practice
From her nominator: “She mentors many nurses by teaching numerous classes, leading new graduate nurse residents, meeting with nurses and leaders one-on-one to mentor and guide, leading unit-based clinical educators to support their nurse residents, and developing new evidence-based clinical content.”
Jessica McNeil
M.S.N., RNC-OB, C-EFM
Perinatal Educator
From her nominator: “She is a leader, has a passion for lifelong learning, and promotes an intercollaborative approach to patient care in hospital and educational settings.”
Jessica Moreno
M.S., B.S.N., RN
Clinical Research Manager
From her nominator: “She has spearheaded the development of the UT Southwestern Spine Center SCORe patient outcomes registry, which has the audacious goal of becoming a model for defining patient-centric quality in spine care. Because of her efforts, we have been able to enroll more than 15,000 patients over the past two years in this prospective outcomes registry and have begun to utilize this data to increase transparency in patient care.”