D Magazine Presents
2021
There are jobs, and then there are callings. Some people are just born with the gift of caregiving, and through their gifts, they make our city a better place to live. D Magazine‘s annual Excellence in Nursing Awards is the perfect opportunity to publicly recognize a nurse you see healing North Texas with skill and spirit.
Medical professionals and patients alike are invited to submit nomination for a registered nurse that is making a difference.
Winners will be featured in the June 2021 issue of D Magazine.
STEP 1
D Magazine contacts local hospitals, doctors, nursing organizations, and patients and asks them to visit our website to nominate outstanding nurses. We ask nominators to answer three questions regarding how the nurses affected their lives, community, and professions.
STEP 2
The editors consider every nominee submitted, and cull the list down to select the best nominees in each category.
The staff does not count:
STEP 3
The nominees selected by the editors are then sent to a panel of esteemed registered nurses in various fields to make final selections. The panel members do not judge those they work with directly. The panel changes periodically to ensure consideration is impartial.
D Magazine editors finalize the list by verifying each nurse’s:
STEP 4
We mail and email congratulation letters to the Best Nurses in Dallas.
After notification, our sales team is allowed to view the list and offer advertising opportunities to winners.
We play fair:
Tracine Adame
Director for Research & Clinical Innovation
Medical City Dallas
Jennifer Brown
Clinical Educator
Children’s Health
Jeanne Carey
Director of Simulation
Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing
Damon Cottrell
Assistant Dean & Clinical Professor
Texas Woman’s University
Nkechinyere Echefu
Clinical Education & Academy Partnership
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Robyn Faz
Professional Development Specialist
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center
Jenny Harshman
Manager, Clinical Education
Children’s Health
Adora Lucius
Wound Care/Enterostomal Therapy Department
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Lynsay Malone
Critical Care Clinical Nurse Educator
Texas Health Huguley Fort Worth South
Peggy Mancuso
Associate Dean for Research and Clinical Scholarship/Professor
Texas Woman’s University
Hayley McVay
Clinical Education & Academy Partnership
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Skip Morelock
Administrative Supervisor
Texas Health Presbyterian Plano
Kelly L. Rossler
Assistant Professor
Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing
Kristin L. Scheffer
Nursing Professional Development-Generalist
Baylor University Medical Center
Jordan Schools
Clinical Educator
Children’s Health
Ressie (Nikki) Schwalls
Surgical Services Administration
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Stacy Smith
Senior Director, Integrated Ethics and Conflict Transformation
Children’s Health
Cheryl A. Tucker
Clinical Associate Professor, Level 2 Undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Nursing Coordinator
Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing
Mandy Diane Winkler
Multiple Sclerosis Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Karen Wright
Director of the Center for Nursing Education and Research
Baylor University Medical Center
Andrea Ansley
Nurse Manager, Medical-Surgery & Telemetry
Texas Health Plano
Juliemar Atanacio
Manager, Post Anesthesia Care Unit
Medical City Dallas
Lindsay Backschies
Transplant, Colon/Rectal, ENT
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center
Jennifer Bowden
Clinical Manager, Ambulatory Care
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital
Casey Bradfield
Director, Magnet Program
Children’s Health
Joseph Brookshire
Emergency Department/Trauma
Texas Health Dallas
Karen Burgess
Clinic Manager
UT Southwestern Medical Center
W. David Campbell
Vice President, Chief Learning Officer
Children’s Health
Sally Carmen
Clinical Excellence Program Manager
Texas Health Resources
Linda Castleman
Women & Infants Specialty Health Nurse Admin
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Joe Don Cavender
Senior Vice President and Associate Chief Nursing Officer
Children’s Health
Mary Cazzell
Director of Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Cook Children’s Medical Center
Nina Costilla
Medical-Surgical
Texas Health Dallas
Cheryl Crittendon-Glaspie
Care Mangement
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Sandipkumar Dhorajiya
GYN-Oncology
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Suzanne Diagle
Observation Unit-Emergency Department
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Shelby Do
Associate Unit Manager Medicine ICU
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Pamela Ford
Women & Infants Specialty Health-Antepartum
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Viji George
Clinical Excellence Program Manager
Texas Health Resources
Michael Hernandez
Nursing Director
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
Karen Hollis
Surgical Services-Ortho
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Kelly Ann Hoselton
Advanced Practice Service Manager
Children’s Health
Pat Jackson
Senior Director Infection Prevention
Children’s Health
Ginger King
Director of Acute Care Services
Methodist Dallas Medical Center
Alicia Ann Lankford
Labor and Delivery Nurse Manager
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center
Dulce Lopez
Trauma
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Jody Mackling
Manager, Advanced Practice Service
Children’s Health
Dawn Marchetto
Executive Nursing Leadership-Emergency Department
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Karen McCarthy
Director of Clinical Operations
Medical City Frisco
Christopher McLarty
Associate Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Ambulatory Services
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Kathryn Osteen
Clinical Associate Professor: Texas Regional Executive Leader – The Children’s Heart Foundation
Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing
Kristi Owen
Trauma Clinician-Performance Improvement
Texas Health Resources
Sudharshan Pathak
Medicine Specialties
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Napoleon Player II
Director of Nursing Perioperative Services
Texas Health
Alban Rector
Nursing Supervisor
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center
Diana Rich
Perinatal Quality & Safety Nurse
Baylor University Medical Center
Michelle Roberson
Nurse Manager
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Tommy Sawyers
Administrative Chief of Nurse Anesthesiology & Advanced Practice
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Kaye Schmidt
Senior Director
Children’s Health
Christi Smallwood
Nurse Manager
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center
Tabitha South
Assistant Chief Nursing Office
Medical City Plano
Jean Storey
Senior Vice President
Children’s Health
Laura Sweatt
Director of Magnet
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
Jeremy Taylor
Director of Trauma & Emergency Services
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
Tami Turrubiarte
Clinical Manager
Children’s Health
June Van Hoose
Surgical Services Administration
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Brooks Williams
Director of Nursing, Critical Care Services
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
Iris Andrade
Oncology Nurse Navigator
Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas
Jon Kyle Austin
Registered Nurse
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center
Lincy Babu
Registered Nurse
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Megan Barnett
Inpatient Rehabilitation
Medical City Lewisville
Felicia Bessman
Registered Nurse
Baylor Scott & White Medical-Grapevine
Virginia Buschardt
Ambulatory Clinical Support Services
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Kimberly Caldwell
Supervision Burn Clinic/Hyperbaric Oxygen Services
Medical City Plano
Jessica Cooper
Registered Nurse
Methodist Charlton Medical Center
Malia Cover
Registered Nurse
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center
Natalie Creel
Critical Care & Rapid Response
Medical City Plano
Melissa Cunanan
Staff Nurse/ Charge Nurse, Neuro ICU
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Valerie Michelle Duron
Staff Nurse Cardiac Rehabilitation
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano
Lindsey Flores
Registered Nurse/Patient Family Educator
Children’s Health
Mayra Garcia
Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist
Children’s Health
Alaana Garris
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Neonatal Levels Program Manager
Methodist Charlton Medical Center
Rhonda Green
Bluitt-Flowers Health Center
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Coleman G. Hall
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Texas Health Resources Dallas
Allison Harker
Newborn APRNs
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Helen Husbands
Neonatal Intensive Care
Texas Health
Barnabas Kon
Registered Nurse
Texas Health
Sissy “Lane” Kulovitz
Admissions Nurse
Children’s Health
Jodie Lantz
Ventricular Assist Device Clinical Nurse Specialist
Children’s Health
Penny Leatherwood
Women & Infants Specialty Health APP Specialty Clinics
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Manuel Loera
Registered Nurse/Intensive Care Unit
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center
Michael LoSasso
Trauma-Med/SurgIn
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Joy Macaluso
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Children’s Health
Sarah Mackie
Registered Nurse
Baylor Scott & White Hospital-Grapevine
Jennifer Marusich
Patient Safety Specialist
Children’s Health
Stephanie Jane Mather
Day Surgery, Clinical Nurse Leader-Medical Surgical Telemetry
Texas Health Resources Plano
Amy McIntire
Neuroscience Acute Care Unit-Med/SurgIn
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Regina Miller
Staff Nurse
Lewisville ISD
Hector Murillo
Pediatric Intensive Care
Children’s Health
Lexie Nunnenkamp
Registered Nurse
Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital
Jayme Pemberton
Pediatric Air Medical Transport
Children’s Health
Cheryl Pittman
NICU APRNs
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Alma Rivera
Lactation Consultant-Women & Infant Education
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Tomika Rogers
Hospital Nurse Case Manager
VA North Texas Health Care System
Susamma Samuel
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Mary Cathleen Shellnutt
Complex GI Advanced Practice Provider
Medical City Plano
Karla Smith
Faith-centered Family & Mental Health
Hope Speaks
Gwen Spector
Complex Oncology Nurse Navigator
Medical City Plano
John Stevens
Chief Executive Officer/Clinical Director
deNovo Professional Group
Janaki Subramanian
SANE Program Coordinator
Methodist Dallas Medical Center
Danny Talanquines Jr.
Registered Nurse
Baylor Scott & White Medical-Carrollton
Garnetta Terry
Cardiovascular Services, Heart & Vascular
Texas Health Presbyterian Plano
Karen Yates
Nurse Clinical Coordinator Chest Pain and EMS
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
How do I make nominations?
Nominations submissions can be made online at https://www.dmagazine.com/assets/nomination-forms/excellence-in-nursing/ when the nomination period is open.
What are the categories?
The categories are Education/Research, Leadership, and Direct Care. The panel reviews the categories each year and ensures we are not leaving out a worthy subsector.
How are winners selected?
Only nominees with a current RN license will be considered. Applications are sent to a panel of multiple esteemed leaders in healthcare (Chief Nursing Officers, nursing educators, and more) for judging. Each panelist scores each application. D Magazine compiles the scores, and the highest in each category are announced as finalists.
When will the winners be announced?
The D Magazine editorial team contact winners directly. All winners will be featured in the June issue of D Magazine.
Where can I get more information?
For program information, contact Aileen Jimenez. For advertising information, contact Kym Rock.