October 17, 2009
Saturday

Ketchikan, Alaska - Bev Crum, Nurse Manager for the Emergency Department of Ketchikan General Hospital in Ketchikan, Alaska, was the recipient of the Nurse Manager Award presented by the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) at its annual conference on October 8 in Baltimore.

The award honors a nurse who has consistently demonstrated excellence in the profession of emergency nursing and who has made significant contributions to the profession through emergency nursing management. The recipient is an individual responsible for hiring, firing, corrective action, personnel evaluation, staffing and program development, who also demonstrates innovative program development, mentoring and leadership skills, and serves as a consultant on emergency nursing issues to other groups.

"We are fortunate and proud to have nursing leaders like Bev here in Ketchikan," said Kendall Sawa, VP of Patient Care at KGH. "Bev is a long time resident of Ketchikan and represents not only KGH, but also our community. It is not at all surprising that she would be recognized nationally like this."

"ENA is proud of the outstanding accomplishments of its members," said William T. Briggs, 2009 ENA President. "Bev Crum represents the excellence and dedication of the nation's emergency nurses to quality patient care."

The Emergency Nurses Association is the only professional nursing association dedicated to defining the future of emergency nursing and care through advocacy, expertise, innovation and leadership. Founded in 1970, ENA serves as the voice of more than 37,000 members and their patients.

Source of News & Photograph:

Ketchikan General Hospital
www.peacehealth.org/SoutheastAlaska/

Ketchikan General Hospital is part of PeaceHealth, a Bellevue, WA-based not-for-profit health care system with medical centers and clinics in Alaska, Washington and Oregon that serves more than 57,000 patients annually. Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, Ketchikan General Hospital has provided exceptional medicine and compassionate care to residents of Southeast Alaska since 1923.

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