Through our awards programs, we recognize nurses and care partners who exemplify excellence and provide high-quality, compassionate care to our members and patients.
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.
Clinical Adult Services
Mhagsy Celestino-Pingul, MSN, RN
Staff Nurse III
Antioch Medical Center
Friend of Nursing – Interprofessional Colleagues
Vivek Venkatakrishnan, MD, FACP
Internal Medicine
Antioch Delta Fair Medical Offices
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.
Melissa Pinheiro, MPH, BSN, RN, CIC
Mary Salas, MSN, RN, APRN-AGCNS-BC
DAISY Nurse Award
The DAISY Nurse Award for front-line staff recognizes the compassion and care nurses provide to patients and families.
Robert Anderson, BSN, RN, CEN
Kevin Courtight, RN
Michele Govaer, RN
Melissa Guiterrez, RN
Linda Lahham, RN
Broderick Morgan, RN, BSN
Broderick Morgan, RN, BSN
Erin Ortega, BSN, RN
Lora Sells, RN
Cherrie Tsuda, RN
Rosie Yciano, RN
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.
Emergency Department
PETAL Award
(Allied Health Friends of Nursing) — The PETAL Award is for interdisciplinary non-nurses. 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.
Merissa Gates