Seven graduating Nursing students and an eighth who is in the second year of studies are this spring’s winners of program-related achievement awards at Conestoga College.
Receiving awards this spring are:
Jessica Adams of Stratford
Jessica Adams is winner of the $300 Guelph General Hospital Auxiliary
Award. The award goes each year to the graduating student who has achieved
the highest academic grade point average over the course of the entire
Nursing program.
Beth Corbeil of Waterloo
Beth Corbeil has earned the Robert Mutrie Chapter IODE Education Committee
Award for Post-Diploma Studies in Memory of Billie Ziegler. The honour
is to recognize and encourage a student who has interest in pursuing postgraduate
studies. The winner must demonstrate both high academic achievement in
theoretical parts of the program and effective application of theory to
clinical experience. The award consists of $100 plus a certificate of
recognition.
Yvonne Dametto of Guelph
Yvonne Dametto is winner of two awards. The $500 Homewood Foundation Scholarship
in Psychiatric Nursing is sponsored by Homewood Health Centre of Guelph.
The winning student must have demonstrated keen understanding in both
theoretical and clinical elements of program studies, shown an interest
in
psychiatric nursing and successfully completed a clinical placement at
Homewood or another psychiatric facility. The $100 School of Health Sciences
Management Committee Award is for a variety of achievements and traits
– good academic performance in Nursing Leadership courses, effective
leadership and motivation of student colleagues, and participation in
College or School committees.
Zoe Greenwood of Cambridge
Zoe Greenwood receives the Myrtle Caswell Snider Bedside Nursing Award.
The $130 honour recognizes effective patient care and service by a student
who has maintained good academic standing in theory courses, has shown
steady improvement in application of theory to clinical practice, and
who has demonstrated personal and professional growth during program studies.
Philip Lebold of Millbank
Philip Lebold is winner of the $500 Mary-Joe Halliwell Award for general
proficiency. The student so honoured must have maintained an A average
in theory courses, demonstrated exemplary skill in applying theory to
clinical practice, and displayed both personal and professional growth
as a student in the program.
Rebecca MacLeod of Oakville
Rebecca MacLeod has earned the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
Wellington Chapter Award, consisting of $150 to be applied towards an
RNAO membership or professional development activity. In addition to achievement
in theoretical studies and clinical experiences, the winning student must
also have displayed active commitment to participation in nursing student
association and professional association activities.
Erica Marinovich of Kitchener
Second-year student Erica Marinovich has won the Lillian Brown Nursing
Award, donated and presented by retired University of Guelph professor
Murray Brown. The $500 honour not only recognizes academic achievement,
but also recognizes the importance of initiative, care and compassion
so essential to the
nursing profession. Dr. Brown decided to fund the award in gratitude for
the excellent, humane care nurses at Guelph General Hospital provided
during the final stages of his wife’s battle with cancer.
Catherine Wettlaufer of Kitchener
Catherine Wettlaufer is winner of the $200 Grand River Hospital Award
for Postgraduate Studies. The winning student must have demonstrated outstanding
performance in theory courses, effective application of theory in clinical
situations, and interest and determination in pursuing further, postgraduate
education.
All these students are in the three-year, diploma-level Nursing program,
which combines intensive and extensive nursing theory studies with many
hours of clinical experience in a variety of supervised health care settings.
Program graduates go on to write the national certification examinations,
to receive the RN professional designation.
Last fall, Conestoga College, McMaster University and Mohawk College introduced an integrated four-year program leading to the granting of Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees. In accordance with new professional standards established by the College of Nurses, the BScN program will supplant the diploma program by January 2005.