Congratulations to the 2024 Methodist Clinical Excellence Award winners!

The annual Methodist Clinical Excellence Awards are presented to patient care staff members who exemplify Methodist’s core values and serve as role models within their clinical specialty. Nominees are scored by a subcommittee of the Professional Development Council according to professional achievements in the following categories:

• Education
• Certification
• Professional organizations
• Leadership
• Community outreach
• EBP/research/QI

Please congratulate the following Clinical Excellence Award recipients from Methodist Hospital, Methodist Women’s Hospital, Methodist Fremont Health and Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital for 2024:

Methodist Hospital

Emmy Walla     
RN navigator    
Head and Neck Clinic

Katie Theisen    
RN coordinator    
Ortho-Neuro

Terra Townsend    
Nursing assistant    
Ortho-Neuro

Jane Rodgers    
Staff RN    
Progressive Care

Arika Maresch    
Staff RN    
Medical Surgical

Amanda Kruckman    
Staff RN    
Medical Surgical

Michael Leonard    
RN coordinator    
Critical Care

Nellie Johnson    
RN coordinator    
Cardiovascular Surgery

Tim Hoarty    
RN coordinator    
Cardiovascular Surgery

Susannah Black    
RN coordinator    
Oncology

Jeff McChesney    
RN coordinator    
Cardiac

Gena Dokken    
Care coordinator    
Care Management

Deb Fickel    
Care coordinator    
Care Management

Danielle Opitz    
Staff RN    
Med Surg Float Pool

Mady Vogel    
RN coordinator    
Medical Observation

Jody Araujo    
RN coordinator    
Pre-Surgery

Julie Pollard    
Staff RN    
Pre-Surgery

Lois Riessen    
RN coordinator    
Pre-Surgery

Jena Roeber    
Occupational therapist    
Inpatient Therapy

Chris Vejnovich    
APRN    
Patient Care Administration

Sheri Cunningham    
Service leader    
Medical Observation 

Katie Asay    
Clinical resource nurse    
Surgical Services

Methodist Women’s Hospital

Miriah Jansonius    
RN coordinator    
Labor and Delivery

Brandy Sonier    
RN coordinator    
NICU

Jamie Bowen    
Staff RN    
NICU

Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital

Amber Williams    
RN coordinator    
Women and Newborns

Britny Rodenburg    
Staff RN   
Women and Newborns

Britta Lembke    
Care coordinator    
Care Management 

Mekayla Wright   
RN coordinator    
ICU

Mindi Hively   
Nurse navigator    
Breast Health Clinic

Kyle Kreger     
Service leader    
ICU

Loree Hackett     
Lead radiation therapist    
Radiation Oncology

Methodist Fremont Health

Bridget Dean
Staff RN    
Preop-PACU

Lexi Breitkreutz
RN coordinator
Acute Care

Carmen Heller
Nurse navigator
Radiation Oncology

Chelsey Loomis
Nursing assistant
Behavioral Health