Appalachian Regional Healthcare System is celebrating Certified Nurses Day, March 19th by honoring its board certified nurses. The following nurses are being recognized for their professionalism, leadership and commitment to excellence in patient care:

Certified Med/Surg Registered Nurse (ACNS-BC)

• Shelia Acheson
• Jamey Ellison
• Mary Testerman
• Ginger Jordan

Certified Registered Perinatal Nurse (RNC-Perinatal)

• Rebecca Davis
• Diane Gates, RN-BC
• Lisa Haas
• Lorrie Mash
• 
Maggie McNeill, IBCLC
• Terry Smith
• Robyn Starr
• Carole Towers
• Linda Walls, RNC – Fetal Monitoring

Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN)

• 
Jennifer Anderson
• 
Teresa Callahan
• Marjorie Hrozencik
• 
Adah Loscheider
• Patricia Patella
• Gail Redwine
• Paul Young

Certified Ambulatory PeriAnesthesia Registered Nurse (CAPA)

• 
Maria Hamby
• 
Angela Hamrick
• Cathe Poteat

Certified Gastroenterology RN(CGRN)

• Mara Taylor

Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM)

• Carrington Pertalion
• Lisa Stevens

Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)

• Kim Tester

Certified Diabetic Educator

• Linda Bond

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA)

• Lance Campbell
• Kevin Henson
• Allan Anderson
• Deb Flaherty
• Renee Troy
• Patrick Bennett Riley
• Catherine Archer
• Katy Shaffer
• Beverly Ramsey
• 
Cheryl Kirkpatrick
• Michelle Walker
• Cheryl Adair

Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse

• Shelia Acheson
• 
Sandy Bost
• Pat Rowland

Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)

• Teresa Core
• 
Carol Harmon
• Traci Knight
• Sherri Osborne
• Patricia Outland
• Todd Pennell
• Delinda Woody

Legal Nurse Consultant (LNC)

• Christine Trivette

Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN)

• Andy Blavatt
• Joshua Cooke
• Niki Craig
• Jan Holland
• Angie Hopson
• Lori Ligon
• Christine McKinney
• Bill Moore
• Carolyn Moser
• Dan Rash
• 
Kristen Sokolnicki

Advanced Nursing Executive (ANCC)

• Peggy Hatley
• Eula Johnson
• Carmen Lacey

Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ & HACP)

• 
Angie Hicks

Nursing Case Management (RN-BC)

• Mary Norris

Certified Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse (CWOCN)

• June Smith
• 
Susan Stafford

Certified Geriatric Nurse

• Kay Grubb

Certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP-BC)

• Nicole Chappell

Certified Nurse Oasis Coding (COS-C)

• Ginger Jordan
• Margo Tremonte

Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR)

• Tonya Antoine
• Marcella Bradford
• Selena Brown
• Daniel Clemmer
• 
Sylvia English
• Kim Dellinger
• Wanda Knecht
• Elizabeth Kress
• Sally Marsh
• Joan Messner
• Jasmine Platteter
• Carol Rankhorn
• Tim Tumbiolo
• Karen Williams
• Sarah Williamsa

Board Certification of nurses plays an increasingly important role in the assurance of high standards of care for patients and their loved ones. Nursing, like health care in general has become increasingly complex. While a registered nurse (RN) license provides entry to general nursing practice, the knowledge-intensive requirements of modern nursing require extensive post-secondary and continuing education and a strong personal commitment to excellence by the nurse.

Appalachian Regional Healthcare System encourages national board certification for all its nurses. There are many nursing certification specialties such as medical-surgical, oncology, surgery, anesthesia, wound care, hospice, case management, emergency nursing, perinatal, geriatrics, diabetes, critical care, pediatric, pain management, cardiovascular and many others. Many nursing certification bodies exist to serve the full range of specialized nursing care offered in the contemporary health care system; national nurse-certifying bodies should be accredited by either the American Board of Nursing Specialties (ABNS) or the National Organization for Competence Assurance (NOCA), or both.

Please join Appalachian Regional Healthcare System, ABNS, NOCA and the nation’s national nursing certification organizations in honoring those hardworking, dedicated nurses for their professionalism, and a job well done!