NSW Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards 2022 — finalists announced


Wednesday, 17 August, 2022

NSW Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards 2022 — finalists announced

The Nursing and Midwifery Office (NMO) has announced 30 finalists for the Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards 2022.

In 2013, NSW Health introduced the annual Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards to celebrate and recognise the outstanding nurses and midwives.

The awards remain a keenly anticipated annual nursing and midwifery event and the NMO congratulated the finalists for the contributions they make every day to patients, their families and communities.

The 2022 finalists are:

Nurse of the Year

Nominee

Hospital or Area

Local health district or specialty network

Cecilia Desousa

Liverpool Hospital

South Western Sydney

Tamra Langley

St Vincent's Hospital

St Vincent's Health Network

Elsie Mari

Community Chronic and Complex Care

Central Coast

Beckie Petulla

Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick

Sydney Children's Hospitals Network

 

Midwife of the Year

Nominee

Hospital or Area

Local health district or specialty network

Jenny Flaherty

Queanbeyan District Hospital

Southern NSW

Madeleine Simpson

Blue Mountains District ANZAC Memorial Hospital

Nepean Blue Mountains

Kim Wood

Liverpool Hospital

South Western Sydney

 

New to Practice Nurse/Midwife of the Year

Nominee

Hospital or Area

Local health district or specialty network

Sarah Buckton

Corowa Health Service

Murrumbidgee

Stacey-Lee Cossar-Denny

Gilgandra Multi-Purpose Service

Western NSW

Emily Green

Lismore Base Hospital

Northern NSW

Rachael Roach

Port Macquarie Base Hospital

Mid North Coast

Matthew Weiss

Ryde Hospital

Northern Sydney

 

Nursing/Midwifery Team of the Year

Nominee

Hospital or Area

Local health district or specialty network

Birra Li Aboriginal Maternal Infant Health Service

Aboriginal Maternal Infant Health Service

Hunter New England

Camperdown, Marrickville & Redfern Acute Care Service

Mental Health Service

Sydney

Liverpool Opioid Treatment Program

Liverpool Drug Health Service

South Western Sydney

 

Judith Meppem Leadership Award (Nursing/Midwifery)

Nominee

Hospital or Area

Local health district or specialty network

Debbie Deasey

Port Macquarie Base Hospital

Mid North Coast

Michelle Keir

Tamworth Hospital

Hunter New England

Sonia Marshall

South Western Sydney District Office

South Western Sydney

 

Aboriginal Nurse/Midwife of the Year

Nominee

Hospital or Area

Local health district or specialty network

Tracey Bryan

Nepean Hospital

Nepean Blue Mountains

Sarah-Kathleen Colliss

Nunyara Aboriginal Health Unit

Central Coast

Courtney James

Westmead Hospital

Western Sydney

Sonia Robinson

St Vincent's Hospital

St Vincent's Health Network

 

Healing Heart Award for exceptional care (Nursing/Midwifery) — nominated by Colleagues

Nominee

Hospital or Area

Local health district or specialty network

Denise Burns

Campbelltown Hospital

South Western Sydney

Kate Frampton

Prince of Wales Hospital

South Eastern Sydney

Lenore Maitland

Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick

Sydney Children's Hospitals Network

Mary Mulcahy

Prince of Wales Hospital

South Eastern Sydney

 

Healing Heart Award for exceptional care (Nursing/Midwifery) — nominated by patients/consumers or their families/carers

Nominee

Hospital or Area

Local health district or specialty network

Judy Boynton

Sustaining NSW Families team

Illawarra Shoalhaven

Hayley Fisher

Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick

Sydney Children's Hospitals Network

Danielle Gardner

Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick

Sydney Children's Hospitals Network

Barbara Scott

Ryde Hospital

Northern Sydney

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