Noted With Pride

JoAnn Coleman, MS, RN, ACNP, AOCN, postmaster’s CRNP ’95, received the Roberta Scofield Scholarship Memorial Certification Award from the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation. The award supports RNs in obtaining or renewing their oncology certification. The candidate must demonstrate dedication to oncology nursing and commitment to obtaining or renewing oncology nursing certification.

Joanne Finley, MS, RN, Oncology Patient Education Coordinator, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials, a national nonprofit organization.

Dina Krenzischek, PhD, RN, has received the 2008 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Chesapeake Bay Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses board of directors.

Karen Ritchey, MSN, RN, CNOR, has been named the recipient of the 2009 Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Clinical Nursing Education Award by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN).

According to Nursing Knowledge International, Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model and Guidelines was one of the top 10 best selling books for 2008. Authors include Hopkins Nurses Sandra L. Dearholt, MS, RN, Stephanie S. Poe, MScN, RN, and Kathleen M. White, PhD, RN, CNAA, BC.