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Children's Hospital Nurses Are Among Best in the State

December 11, 2007

 The local March of Dimes chapter honored three Children’s Hospital nurses at its 5th annual Nurse of the Year awards banquet on December 6, at the downtown Bellevue Hilton.

The local March of Dimes chapter honored three Children’s Hospital nurses at its 5th annual Nurse of the Year awards banquet on December 6, at the downtown Bellevue Hilton.

The following nurses were recognized for their outstanding work in these specific categories:

Patient/Clinical Care: Anne Williams, RN, Surgical Unit
Advocacy for Patients: Leslie Elder, RN, Pulmonary
Mentoring: Nancy McAfee, RN, MN, CN, Dialysis

About Seattle Children's Hospital

Consistently ranked as one of the best children’s hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report, Children’s serves as the pediatric and adolescent academic medical referral center for the largest landmass of any children’s hospital in the country (Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho). For more than 100 years, Children’s has been delivering superior patient care and advancing new treatments through pediatric research. Children’s serves as the primary teaching, clinical and research site for the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. The hospital works in partnership with Seattle Children’s Research Institute and Seattle Children’s Hospital Foundation. For more information, visit http://www.seattlechildrens.org.

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