UAB Medicine congratulates the 2025 recipients of the Clinical Excellence in Nursing Award, the highest honor available for nursing staff.
Each year, professional nurses and nursing support staff are considered for this award based on nursing knowledge, technical skills, and clinical leadership. Winners are recognized during National Nurses Week, when the American Nurses Association celebrates Florence Nightingale’s birthday on May 12.
Ceremony details
The 2025 Clinical Excellence in Nursing Awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 8, 2025, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium. Click here to attend virtually.
UAB Medicine Chief Nursing Officer Terri Poe commends recipients of this prestigious award for their dedication to improving patient care. They continually live UAB Medicine’s Core Values through their displays of compassion, integrity, collaboration, and accountability.
Congratulations to our 2025 winners, who are listed below:
Nursing Support Excellence
- Charles Harvey, CRNA
- Marites M. Hill, DNP, RN, MSHQS, CIC, CNOR (E), SSBB – Nursing Professional Development Specialist
- Ashley Pruitt, MSN, RN, CNL – Nursing Professional Development Specialist
Assistant Nurse Manager/Team Lead Excellence
- Laura Braddock, BSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC – Assistant Nurse Manager
- Dorothy R. Farmer, BSN, RN – Assistant Nurse Manager
- Mary Clay Fuller, BSN, RN – Assistant Nurse Manager
- Jennifer Geeter, MSN, RN – Assistant Nurse Manager
- Crystal M. Helms, BSN, RN-NIC – Assistant Nurse Manager
- Reagan Isbell, BSN, RN – Assistant Nurse Manager
- Sheri Lee, BSN, CNOR – Assistant Nurse Manager
- Janine Martin, BSN, RN-BC – Team Lead
- Daniel McEntyre, BSN, RN, CCRN – Assistant Nurse Manager
- Christine Oden Teasley, BSN, RN – Assistant Nurse Manager
- Monica Rayford Perkins, DNP, MSN, RN – Assistant Nurse Manager
- Christopher Tardo, BSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC – Assistant Nurse Manager
- Rachel Heflin Wright, BSN, RN – Assistant Nurse Manager
Excellence in Nursing
- Jeana R. Alexander, BSN, RN, Clinical Care Coordinator
- Lona Anders Robertson, BSN, RN II
- Elizabeth Bailey, BSN, RN, BMTCN
- Leanne Booker, BSN, RN
- Miriam B. Brown, BSN, RN
- Casey Clark, BSN, RN
- Chandler Elliott, BSN, RN, CCRN, CPAN
- Rachel Glass, BSN, RN
- Siann Hayes, RN II
- Rachel W. Holden, BSN, RN
- Ashley Kimberly, LPN
- Corey Knowles, BSN, RN, CNOR, CRNFA
- Kera Leverette, BSN, RN, CCRN
- Heather McClellan, BSN, MSHQS, RN
- Aaron Miller, RN
- Emily Rochelle, MSN, RN
- Erika Scherer, BSN, RN
- Bianca Selders, BSN, RN
- La Fonda Thompson Cobble, BSN, RN II
Patient Care Excellence
- Kimberly Caldwell, PCT
- Lane Dudley, CMA – Caring Partner
- Alexis Good, US
- Ronald Prince, PCT
- Ariel Rivers, PCT
- Shemanita D. Stringer – Patient Services Coordinator I
- Jacqueline Thomas, CMA
Caring Partner Excellence
- Ashley LaShae’ Jenkins, M. Ex. Phys. – Exercise Physiology Tech
- Shelby Pinneo, RCS – Cardiac Sonographer II
- Laura Rogers, BSN, RN – Case Manager
Excellence in Leadership
- Coe Reynolds Cargile, BSN, RN – Nurse Manager
- Alyson Velira Duncan, DNP, RN, CNL, CCRN – Nurse Manager
- Jennifer Marie Thibault Ezzell, MSHQS, BSN, RN – Nurse Manager