2023 Nightingale Award Winners
Congratulations 2023 Award Finalists and Winners!
Finalists were honored and winners were announced at our 34th Annual Awards Gala on Friday, October 27, 2023, which was held at the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel.
See our Awards Gala page for details
The following nurses were selected for recognition in one of eleven categories. The Patient Choice Award winners are chosen from nominations submitted by patients and/or patients' family members.
Download the finalist announcement and the winners announcement to share or print.
Advanced Practice RN
WINNER: Stacy Greblick | Penn Medicine Lancaster General
Micah Kidd | Reading Hospital Tower Health
Elzbieta Kowalski | Fox Chase Cancer Center
Chantal Toth | Reading Hospital Tower Health
Clinical Practice LPN
Donna Engle | Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center - Hershey
WINNER: Emily Koontz | WellSpan Health/WellSpan Medical Group - Chambersburg
George Whiting | Country Meadows Retirement Communities - Hershey
Clinical Practice RN
Stanley Gauthier | Jefferson Methodist Hospital, Jefferson Health - Philadelphia
Christina Manney | Geisinger Medical Center - Danville
WINNER: Nicole Schreffler | Geisinger Medical Center - Danville
Community Nursing
Jeneane Fitzmaurice | Guardian Nurses Healthcare Advocates
Dawn Hoover | WellSpan VNA Home Care and Hospice - Lebanon
WINNER: Regina Schaeffer | St. Luke's University Health Network
Doctor of Nursing Practice
WINNER: Patricia Fogelman | Mount Nittany Health - State College
Beatrice Leyden | Jefferson Health - Philadelphia
Jennifer Sheinberg | Penn Medicine Lancaster General - Lancaster
Nursing Administration - Executive
Tina Citro | WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
Kate FitzPatrick | Jefferson Health - Philadelphia
Anna Liza Rodriguez | Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia
WINNER: Donna Sabol | St. Luke's University Health Network - Bethlehem
Nursing Administration - Leader/Manager
Taylor McMahon | The Willows, Presbyterian SeniorCare Network - Oakmont
Kim Ratliff | Wesley Enhanced Living Main Line - Media
Allison Sigman | WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
WINNER: Claudia Thomas-Nembhard | Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Jefferson Health - Philadelphia
Nursing Education - Academia
Julie Jordan | Penn State Hershey Medical Center - Hershey
WINNER: Elizabeth Schlenk | University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Nursing Education - Staff Development
Sonya Hash | Chester County Hospital - Penn Medicine West Chester
Loraine Hopkins-Pepe | Jefferson Einstein Healthcare - Philadelphia
Priscilla Nunez | Jefferson Health Einstein - Philadelphia
WINNER: Kim Shank | WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital - Gettysburg
Nursing Research
WINNER: Patricia Miller | UPMC Harrisburg
Marci Nilsen | University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing; UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; University of Pittsburgh Center for Bioethics and Health Law; University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine - Pittsburgh
Deborah Swavely | Reading Hospital - Tower Health
Patient Choice Award Individual
WINNER: Alexis Rhodes | Geisinger Medical Center Surgical ICU AGP5 - Danville
Patient Choice Award Team
WINNER: Trauma Neuro ICU 5 Lime | Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital - Lancaster
See our Awards Gala page for details
The following nurses were selected for recognition in one of eleven categories. The Patient Choice Award winners are chosen from nominations submitted by patients and/or patients' family members.
Download the finalist announcement and the winners announcement to share or print.
Advanced Practice RN
WINNER: Stacy Greblick | Penn Medicine Lancaster General
Micah Kidd | Reading Hospital Tower Health
Elzbieta Kowalski | Fox Chase Cancer Center
Chantal Toth | Reading Hospital Tower Health
Clinical Practice LPN
Donna Engle | Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center - Hershey
WINNER: Emily Koontz | WellSpan Health/WellSpan Medical Group - Chambersburg
George Whiting | Country Meadows Retirement Communities - Hershey
Clinical Practice RN
Stanley Gauthier | Jefferson Methodist Hospital, Jefferson Health - Philadelphia
Christina Manney | Geisinger Medical Center - Danville
WINNER: Nicole Schreffler | Geisinger Medical Center - Danville
Community Nursing
Jeneane Fitzmaurice | Guardian Nurses Healthcare Advocates
Dawn Hoover | WellSpan VNA Home Care and Hospice - Lebanon
WINNER: Regina Schaeffer | St. Luke's University Health Network
Doctor of Nursing Practice
WINNER: Patricia Fogelman | Mount Nittany Health - State College
Beatrice Leyden | Jefferson Health - Philadelphia
Jennifer Sheinberg | Penn Medicine Lancaster General - Lancaster
Nursing Administration - Executive
Tina Citro | WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
Kate FitzPatrick | Jefferson Health - Philadelphia
Anna Liza Rodriguez | Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia
WINNER: Donna Sabol | St. Luke's University Health Network - Bethlehem
Nursing Administration - Leader/Manager
Taylor McMahon | The Willows, Presbyterian SeniorCare Network - Oakmont
Kim Ratliff | Wesley Enhanced Living Main Line - Media
Allison Sigman | WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
WINNER: Claudia Thomas-Nembhard | Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Jefferson Health - Philadelphia
Nursing Education - Academia
Julie Jordan | Penn State Hershey Medical Center - Hershey
WINNER: Elizabeth Schlenk | University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Nursing Education - Staff Development
Sonya Hash | Chester County Hospital - Penn Medicine West Chester
Loraine Hopkins-Pepe | Jefferson Einstein Healthcare - Philadelphia
Priscilla Nunez | Jefferson Health Einstein - Philadelphia
WINNER: Kim Shank | WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital - Gettysburg
Nursing Research
WINNER: Patricia Miller | UPMC Harrisburg
Marci Nilsen | University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing; UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; University of Pittsburgh Center for Bioethics and Health Law; University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine - Pittsburgh
Deborah Swavely | Reading Hospital - Tower Health
Patient Choice Award Individual
WINNER: Alexis Rhodes | Geisinger Medical Center Surgical ICU AGP5 - Danville
Patient Choice Award Team
WINNER: Trauma Neuro ICU 5 Lime | Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital - Lancaster
The Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania is a philanthropic organization whose purpose is to create, cultivate and support environments where professional nursing achievements are valued. Nightingale’s volunteer board and committees utilize gifts, donations, and annual gala proceeds to recognize excellence in a wide variety of nursing career paths and financially contributes to the continuing nursing education at all levels in the Commonwealth.