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Washington, D.C. -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Togo D.
West, Jr. announced recipients of his annual award to recognize
achievement in nursing care and support of nursing by medical
center administrators. The awardees were honored for their
exceptional contributions to quality VA health care during National
Nurses Week, in a May 11, ceremony in Washington, D.C.
The 1999 recipients of the Secretary's Award for Excellence in
Nursing are: Linda B. Haas, R.N., of the Puget Sound Health Care
System, Seattle, Wash.; Dorothy Huebener, R.N., of the St. Louis
VA Medical Center; Janis Cole, licensed practical nurse at the
Jackson, Miss., VA Medical Center; and Lois Capers, nursing
assistant at the New York Campus of VA New York Harbor
Healthcare System. Richard Silver, director of the Tampa VA
Medical Center, received the Secretary's Award for the
Advancement of Nursing Programs.
Criteria for the Secretary's Award for Excellence in Nursing
include the recipient's integration of current standards of nursing
practice into clinical care, meeting performance standards,
interaction with co-workers to achieve appropriate care, and
maintaining skills through continuing education and inquiry.
Nurses have been at the core of veterans health care since VA
was organized nearly 70 years ago. The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) has one of the largest nursing staffs of any
health-care system in the world. Numbering more than 55,000
nationwide, the VA nursing team -- composed of registered nurses,
licensed practical, vocational nurses, and nursing assistants --
provides health care to the nation's veterans in hundreds of facilities
throughout the country.
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