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Celebrating our Fresno Medical Center nurses

Through our awards programs, we recognize nurses and care partners who exemplify excellence and provide high-quality, compassionate care to our members and patients.

Northern California Extraordinary Nurse Award

The Northern California Extraordinary Nurse Award Program recognizes and honors 34 individuals each year who exemplify professionalism, compassion, teamwork, excellence, integrity, and patient- and family-centric care in their practice.

Adrienne Barraza

Perioperative Services

Adrienne Barraza, MSN, FNP-C
Staff Nurse III, Recovery

Katrina Hernandez

Continuum Nurse Leaders of the Year

Katrina Hernandez, MSPM, BSN
Service Director, Coordination of Care

Trina Reilly

Care Coordination

Trina Reilly, MBA, BSN
Patient Care Coord Case Manager III

Navneet Maan

Friend of Nursing – Interprofessional Colleagues

Navneet Maan, MPH
Area Portfolio Leader

The DAISY Nurse Leader Award

The DAISY Nurse Leader Award shines a light on nurse leaders — directors, managers, assistant managers, and educators — who don’t generally have direct patient care as part of their work and create an environment where compassionate, skillful care thrives.

Armack Abigail, BSN, RN
Jessica Battenburg, BSN, RN, CNOR, NPD-BC

Renae Long, RN, RNC-OB, C-EFM
DeAnna Ybarra, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC

The DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nurses

The DAISY Award® recognizes the compassion and care nurses provide to patients and families.

Fe May Rose Aguilar, BSN, RN
Tiffany Alvara, BSN, RN, RNC-NIC
Kate Garske, MSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC
Amy Grewal, BSN, RN, Gero-BC, MEDSURG-BC
Lucky (Lakhdeep) Lehal, RN
Edgar Meza Flores, BSN, RN

Brian Nguyen, BSN, RN
Brian Pritchard, RN
Eileen Santos, BSN, RN
Julie Vang, ASN, RN
Sarah Yanez, ASN, RN

The DAISY Team Award

The DAISY Team Award honors collaboration by 2 or more people led by a nurse who identifies and meets patient and/or patient family needs by going above and beyond the traditional role of the nurse.

CCU

PeriOp/PACU

PETAL Award

The Performing Exceptional Tasks and Affirming Lives (PETAL) Award honors our partners in care. It recognizes the hard work of caregivers in non-nursing roles, from housekeeping and dietary services, who partner with nurses to deliver excellent, compassionate care for our members and the community.

Jerry Pollard, PCT
Casandra Rangel, ED Clerical Staff

Emma Torres, Housekeeping