LEBANON – As the nation celebrates National Nurses Month in May, five nurses employed by Dartmouth Health have been honored for their work with Excellence in Nursing Awards from New Hampshire Magazine and the New Hampshire Nurses Association. These peer-nominated awards recognize the state’s best nurses in 13 categories–those who go above and beyond to comfort, heal and educate.

Dartmouth Health winners, by award category, are:

Advanced Practice Nursing: Sandra J. McDonald, MSN, APRN, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC)

Front Line Nursing Leader: Ivy M. Park, BSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC, OCN, DHMC

Pediatric Nursing: Jennifer A. Orbeso, DNP, RN, DHMC

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: Christina M. Favero, RN, DHMC

Senior Nursing Leader: Amy W. Matthews, DNP, RN, CENP, Cheshire Medical Center

Award winners will be featured in the June edition of New Hampshire Magazine and celebrated during the face-to-face 2022 Excellence in Nursing Awards Reception on May 19 in Manchester, NH, as part of National Nurses Month. DHMC and Clinics Chief Nursing Officer, Karen F. Clements, BSN, MSB, MHCDS, RN, FACHE, is the keynote speaker for the event.

“DHMC nurses are truly extraordinary. I am very proud to see four of our nurses receive this professional recognition from their peers,” said Clements. “To have so many award winners after such a challenging year is a testament to the exceptionally high caliber of nursing professionals in our organization.”

“At Cheshire, Amy has been key in messaging the transition to a regional referral center for nursing,” said Cheshire’s CEO and President Don Caruso, MD, MPH. “She has clearly enabled the common vision and communicated it. As a result, we are meeting our goal of taking patients from outside our primary and secondary catchment areas. This is happening with an engaged nursing staff.”

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