Nurse of the Year Awards Presented During National Nurses Week
L to R: Diane Applebaum, Assistant Vice President, Nursing, Kimberly Delbrune-Mitter, Magnet Nurse of the Year, Lynn Kearney, Chief Nursing Officer, and Eileen Allen, Magnet Program Coordinator.
SOMERVILLE, NJ, May 10, 2018 -- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset recently honored Kimberly Delbrune-Mitter, BSN, RN-BC, of Keyport, with the hospital’s 2018 Magnet Nurse of the Year Award. The award was presented to Delbrune-Mitter during a special Nurses’ Day Awards Ceremony at the hospital.
Delbrune-Mitter, who is a staff nurse on the hospital’s Cardiac Pavilion, was recognized for her role as a preceptor in training and educating new nurses and for her efforts to train staff in safe patient handling practices.
The following awards were also presented:
- Community Outreach Award – Peachie Miranda, BSN, RN, of Bridgewater, who works in Special Procedures in the Radiology Department
- Friend of Nursing Award – Kathleen Roberts, of Boonton Township, who is director of Marketing/Public Relations
- Nursing Technician/Technologist Award – Anthony Davis, of Sayreville, who works as a Clinical Care Technician (CCT) on the hospital’s 1-East patient care unit
- Advanced Practice Provider Award – Ibironke Macauley, MSN, MBA, APN, FNP, of North Brunswick
- Transformational Leadership Award – Siby Varughese, MA, BSN, RN, OCN, CCRP, of Monroe, who is the manager of Oncology Clinical Research
- Structural Empowerment – Falls Friday Team
- Exemplary Professional Practice – Ceres Reynera, BSN, RN, OCN, of Somerville, who works in the Same Day Surgery Department
- New Knowledge, Innovation and Improvement Award – Lisa Redler, BSN, RN, ONC, of Kendall Park, who works on the Orthopedic Pavilion
In addition, Roger Yang, MD, president of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset’s medical/dental staff, presented scholarship awards to Shelby Marsh, RN of Somerville and Arlene Palanca, BSN, RN, of Raritan.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset nurses have been recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center with the Magnet® award for nursing excellence. For more information on nursing opportunities at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, visit www.rwjbh.org/somerset.
About Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset
Located in Somerville, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, is a nationally accredited, 355-bed regional hospital providing comprehensive emergency, medical/surgical, behavioral health and rehabilitative services to central New Jersey residents. As a designated teaching hospital of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, the hospital maintains a family medicine residency program with 21 residents.
RWJUH Somerset has earned significant national recognition for clinical quality and patient safety including the prestigious Magnet® Award for Nursing Excellence. As the first hospital in New Jersey to offer primary health care services for the LGBTQIA community, RWJUH Somerset has been honored as a Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign.
The Steeplechase Cancer at RWJUH Somerset, a clinical research affiliate of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, has been designated as a Comprehensive Community Cancer Center by the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer.