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UIC professor honored with PNLE award
Monday November 2, 2009
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Beverly J. McElmurry receives congratulations from colleagues after being named the 2009 Joan L. Shaver Illinois Outstanding Nurse Leader Award winner Oct. 23 in Chicago.
(Photo by Barry Bottino)
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2009 Illinois Pinnacle Nurse Leaders
Lisa DiMarco, assistant vice president of patient care services, Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center, Joliet, Ill.
Elaine Wojcieszak, special projects administrator, Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, Ill.
Colleen Corte, assistant professor, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing
Vicki Keough, acting dean and professor, Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing
Kathy Pischke-Winn, professional development coordinator, University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago
Darcy Elkin, maternal transport coordinator, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago
Dorie Schwertz, associate professor, UIC College of Nursing
Vivienne Ogbomoh, manager, Advocate South Suburban Hospital, Hazel Crest, Ill.
Mildred Taylor, government relations committee chair, Illinois Nurses Association, Chicago
Terrie Hagstrom, manager, hematology/oncology and medical renal unit, Advocate Condell Medical Center, Libertyville, Ill.
Beena Peters, associate director for women’s and children’s services, University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago
Marlene Bober, director of clinical informatics, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, Ill.
Kate Vincent, assistant professor, UIC College of Nursing
Kathy Dasgupta, adult liver transplant coordinator, University of Chicago Hospitals
Alma Labunski, executive director, Nurse Educators of Illinois, Illinois Nurses Association
Pamela Clementi, nurse manager, department of nursing education, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Ill.
Patricia Adamski, director, standards interpretation group and office of quality monitoring division of accreditation and certification operations, The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.
Leslie Wilkans, pediatric quality coordinator, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington, Ill.
Julie Schaffner, CNO, COO, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Ill.
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Yet McElmurry’s work with nurses and students around the globe as professor and associate dean, global health leadership at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing was one of the main reasons she was honored with the 2009 Joan L. Shaver Illinois Outstanding Nurse Leader Award at the 12th annual Power of Nursing Leadership Event.
“She’s like the mother and the grandmother to all of our international students,” said Mi Ja Kim, RN, PhD, FRCN, FAAN, professor and interim dean, UIC College of Nursing, who thanked McElmurry for the “leadership and caring” she has shown to students she works with from Chile, Indonesia, Malawi, China, Lithuania, Swaziland, Botswana, Thailand, and other nations.
About 50 of those international students were among hundreds at the event who gave McElmurry a standing ovation for receiving the award. “It’s not about me,” McElmurry said. “It’s a reflection for this college of how far we’ve come since the early days when we started. ... We’ve been very lucky to have these experiences.”
The night before the PNLE ceremony, McElmurry received a phone message from a retired colleague who is now teaching in Japan. “I’ve been getting notes like that from all over the world,” she said.
Keynote speaker M. Tray Dunaway, MD, addressed “Connecting the Dots of Healthcare,” a lively presentation that included Dunaway tearing off his suit and tie to reveal scrubs.
Dunaway’s discussion included thought-provoking moments, plenty of laughs, and numerous kudos for nurses.
“You provide the magic,” he told the audience while applauding nurses for their teamwork, communication skills, and above all, patient advocacy. “[Physicians are] not great team players, and you are. ... Physicians alone cannot do what you do. Yours is the one voice that stands out.”
Barry Bottino is a regional editor at Nursing Spectrum.
Log on to www.Nurse.com/Chicago to see a photo gallery from the Power of Nursing Leadership Event.
To comment, e-mail editorIL@nursingspectrum.com.
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