Greetings,
The 2018 Restoring Joy Award recognizes nurses who add JOY to the work environment. Nurses from a variety of organizations were nominated for this award. Through this process, I hope to promote a focus on Joy in the work environment. Research recognizes the benefits of Joy in the workplace and its link to patient safety and satisfaction.
Enjoyment is the spark that ignites passion and enthusiasm. Joy is about recognizing that you are not how you feel. Joy is a state of the heart, an attitude of the mind and a condition of the will. The 2018 Restoring Joy Award winners are intentional in their efforts to add JOY to the work environment. In spite of the whirlwind, these nurses manage to brighten their environment with the light of a joyful heart!
Award recipients will be featured on the Restoring Joy to Leadership website in the near future as well as other media avenues. Award recipients receive complimentary registration to the 2018 Restore Joy Now conference as a way to promote strength for their continued journey.
Please join me in congratulating the 2018 Restoring Joy Award Recipients:
• Amanda Eblin, Wolfson Children’s Hospital
• Bobby Diaz, Wolfson Children’s Hospital
• Jeneice Anderson, UF Health Jacksonville
• Jenna Rowe Carter, Baptist Medical Center – Nassau
• Jun Santos, UF Health Jacksonville
• Kevin Kraft, Duke University Medical Center
• Kimberly Jackson, UF Health Jacksonville
• Ravnell Williams, UF Health Jacksonville
• Roshonda Phillips, North Florida South Georgia Veterans Health System
• Taylor Farina, Wolfson Children’s Hospital
• Valerie Hartje, Baptist Beaches Hospital
• Veneree Hall, UF Health Jacksonville
• Virginia Pesata, South University
We congratulate and recognize all those who were nominated by their peers or colleagues for this award. We thank you for being a source of Joy for your colleagues and patients and hope you continue this legacy.
The 2018 Joy Award Nominees are:
Abigail Dewitt, Wolfson Children’s Hospital
Aesha Fabrigar, Baptist Medical Center Beaches
Amanda Eblin, Wolfson Children’s Hospital
Amber Mason, UF Health Jacksonville
Amy Robinson, Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville
Angela Graham, UF Health North Jacksonville Florida
Ann Yearwood, BMDA Infusion
April Hamilton, UF Health Jacksonville
Bobby Diaz, Wolfson Children’s Hospital
Bradford Nazworth, Baptist Hospital
Brianna Bogdajeqicz, Wolfson Children’s Hospital
Brittany Cannon, BMCS MOB Surgery Center
Caitlin Mills, Baptist Medical Center
Catherine Perry, Baptist Health – Heart Hospital
Chelsea Moore, BMCN
Christian Shenk, Wolfson children’s Hospital
Christine Brown, Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville
Cindy Clough, Wolfson Children’s Hospital
Danielle Bell, Baptist MD Anderson infusion center
Deborah Brabham, Florida State College at Jacksonville
Donna Iverson, Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville – Riverfront
Elenita Quindoza, UF Health Jacksonville
Genna Taylor, Baptist South Hospital Jacksonville
Gillian Tarbett, Baptist Medical Center South
Jared Weaver, Baptist Health Downtown
Jeneice Anderson, UF Health Jacksonville
Jennifer Rowe Carter, Baptist Medical Center – Nassau
Josefa Nazareo, Baptist Clay
July Sheng, BMDA infusion
Jun Santos, UF Health Jacksonville
Kevin Kraft, Duke University Medical Center
Kimberly Jackson, UF Health Jacksonville
Kirsten Kresch, BMCN
Latashia Jones, Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center
Lisa Brookman, Baptist South
Marie Griffis, Baptist Medical Jacksonville
Michelle O’Bryan, UF Health Jacksonville
Phinely Popera, Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville
Ravnell Williams, UF Health Jacksonville
Roshonda Phillips, North Florida South Georgia Veterans Health System
Shirley Youmans, Hawthorne Rehab Center
Stephanie Diehl, Wolfson Children’s Hospital
Taylor Farina, Baptist Health Wolfson Children’s Hospital
Theresa Owens, Cardiovascular Institute of Central Florida
Valerie Hartje, Baptist Beaches Hospital
Veneree Hall, UF Health Jacksonville
Venicar Sencio, Baptist Medical Center South
Virginia Pesata, South University
All the nominations were heartfelt which made it quite difficult to select only a few joyful nurses to receive the Joyful Nurse Award. The Award Recipients were selected through a blind review process by a subgroup of Restoring Joy to Leadership Advisors. It is my hope to one day be able to provide all Joy Award Nominees with complimentary registration to the annual Restore Joy Now Conference.
A special thank you to those who took the time to nominate a joyful nurse!
Blessings,
Rose Rivers
Restoring Joy to Leadership, LLC
Founder, Principle Consultant and Chief Encouragement Officer