2024 Nightingale Award Winners
Congratulations 2024 Award Finalists and Winners!
Finalists were honored and winners were announced at our 35th Annual Awards Gala on Friday, October 25, 2024, which was held at the Harrisburg Hilton 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. The Jayne Felgen Legacy Award candidates are nominated by nurses as people who had a strong influence on the trajectory of their careers.
Download the finalist announcement and the winners announcement (available after the Gala) to share or print.
Advanced Practice RN
Brett Fadgen | UPMC & University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Caitlin Fanning | Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia
WINNER - Kelsey Miller | Reading Hospital Tower Health - West Reading
Myriam Poindijour | Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
Clinical Practice LPN
WINNER - Tammy Deaner | UPMC Harrisburg
Tina Good | WellSpan Health York Hospital
Amy Kann | WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
Clinical Practice RN
WINNER - Cheryl Bealer | Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center
Melanie Dyszel | Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital
Sabrina Mezyk | Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
Rebekah Youngdahl | Lehigh Valley Health Network
Community Nursing
Angela Huffman | Real Time Medical Systems
WINNER - Monica Nash | Guardian Nurses Healthcare Advocates
Lenore Sears Gay | We All Care Home Care
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Kaitlyn Gregory | Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia
WINNER - Lauren Murphy | Geisinger
Nursing Administration - Leader/Manager/Director
Bev Cardinale | WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
Taylor Criste | Allegheny General Hospital
Caitlin McIntosh | UPMC
WINNER - Diane Salter | WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
Nursing Administration - Nursing Informatics
WINNER - Athena Fernandes | Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital
Laura Gartner | Jefferson Hospital - Abington
Erin Langmead | WellSpan Health
Tina Suess | Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health
Nursing Administration - Senior Level/Executive
Chaudron Carter Short | Temple University Health System - Philadelphia
Aarin Deibler | Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital
WINNER - JoAnn Silcox | Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Jefferson Health - Philadelphia
Barbara Zuppa | Penn State Health - Lancaster Medical Center
Nursing Education - Academia
WINNER - Linda Carman Copel | Villanova University M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing
Laura Fennimore | University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Lisa Ruth-Sahd | Penn State Health - Lancaster Medical Center / St. Joseph's University
Nursing Education - Staff Development
Livia Altland | WellSpan Health
WINNER - Eleanor Delewski | Reading Hospital Tower Health
Caitlin Harley | Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia
Susan Meyers | Villanova University M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing
Nursing Research
WINNER - Susan Loeb | Penn State University College of Nursing
Jill Radtke Demirci | University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Patient Choice Award Individual
WINNER: Meghan LaClair | St. Luke's University Health - Upper Bucks Campus
Patient Choice Award Team
WINNER: 6 Medicine Specialties | Penn State Hershey Medical Center - Hershey
Jayne Felgen Legacy Award
WINNER: Rose and Joe Veneziale | Giggle Gifts - Andalusia
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. The Jayne Felgen Legacy Award candidates are nominated by nurses as people who had a strong influence on the trajectory of their careers.
Download the finalist announcement and the winners announcement (available after the Gala) to share or print.
Advanced Practice RN
Brett Fadgen | UPMC & University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Caitlin Fanning | Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia
WINNER - Kelsey Miller | Reading Hospital Tower Health - West Reading
Myriam Poindijour | Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
Clinical Practice LPN
WINNER - Tammy Deaner | UPMC Harrisburg
Tina Good | WellSpan Health York Hospital
Amy Kann | WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
Clinical Practice RN
WINNER - Cheryl Bealer | Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center
Melanie Dyszel | Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital
Sabrina Mezyk | Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
Rebekah Youngdahl | Lehigh Valley Health Network
Community Nursing
Angela Huffman | Real Time Medical Systems
WINNER - Monica Nash | Guardian Nurses Healthcare Advocates
Lenore Sears Gay | We All Care Home Care
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Kaitlyn Gregory | Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia
WINNER - Lauren Murphy | Geisinger
Nursing Administration - Leader/Manager/Director
Bev Cardinale | WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
Taylor Criste | Allegheny General Hospital
Caitlin McIntosh | UPMC
WINNER - Diane Salter | WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
Nursing Administration - Nursing Informatics
WINNER - Athena Fernandes | Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital
Laura Gartner | Jefferson Hospital - Abington
Erin Langmead | WellSpan Health
Tina Suess | Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health
Nursing Administration - Senior Level/Executive
Chaudron Carter Short | Temple University Health System - Philadelphia
Aarin Deibler | Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital
WINNER - JoAnn Silcox | Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Jefferson Health - Philadelphia
Barbara Zuppa | Penn State Health - Lancaster Medical Center
Nursing Education - Academia
WINNER - Linda Carman Copel | Villanova University M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing
Laura Fennimore | University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Lisa Ruth-Sahd | Penn State Health - Lancaster Medical Center / St. Joseph's University
Nursing Education - Staff Development
Livia Altland | WellSpan Health
WINNER - Eleanor Delewski | Reading Hospital Tower Health
Caitlin Harley | Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia
Susan Meyers | Villanova University M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing
Nursing Research
WINNER - Susan Loeb | Penn State University College of Nursing
Jill Radtke Demirci | University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Patient Choice Award Individual
WINNER: Meghan LaClair | St. Luke's University Health - Upper Bucks Campus
Patient Choice Award Team
WINNER: 6 Medicine Specialties | Penn State Hershey Medical Center - Hershey
Jayne Felgen Legacy Award
WINNER: Rose and Joe Veneziale | Giggle Gifts - Andalusia
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.
