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hances are, you
don't recognize
any of the names
or faces of this
year's 7 OR
Excellence Award Winners. And
even if you squint, you might not
be able to spot anyone you know
in the hundreds of pictures that
make up the photo collage Art
Director Ethan Anderson spread
across the face of Outpatient
Surgery photographer Pamela
Bevelhymer, RN, BSN, CNOR.
Instead of shooting our cover
shot as she
usually does,
Pamela is this
month's cover
shot. (Pamela
gets the photo
credit because
she took the
ultimate selfie
by setting her
camera to
OR Excellence Awards
There's a little piece of you in
each of this year's winners.
Patient Safety
Karen Acosta, MSN, RN, CNOR
Houston Physicians' Hospital
Webster, Texas
Environmental Stewardship
Mary Chiasson, RN
Memorial Hermann Surgery Center
The Woodlands, Texas
Patient Satisfaction
Susan Byrd, MBA, RN
Bayfront Health Spring Hill
Spring Hill, Fla.
Infection Prevention
Teresa Burwell, MHR, BSN, RN, NE-BC, CGRN
Atrium Health–CHS Lincoln
Lincolnton, N.C.
Employee Safety
Debra Kording, BSN, RN, CNOR
Northwest Hospital
Randallstown, Md.
Financial Management
Hope Johnson, DNP, MBA, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest
Allentown, Pa.
Pain Control
Nikita Preston, BSN, RN
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital
Dallas, Texas