Congratulations . . .

Barbara Walker Honored
With Alice Raumin Award for Nursing Excellence 2005

October 27 is a day Barbara Walker, RN, will never forget. Surrounded by more than 250 co-workers, family members, volunteers, retirees and dignitaries, Barbara was completely caught off guard when it was announced she had been chosen as the 2005 Alice Raumin Award recipient.

Barbara began her 18-year career with the hospital as a volunteer. She graduated from the College of the Desert with a nursing degree while working at RCH. Barbara now works in the Hospice Department. She shares her love of the hospice with her husband, who happens to be a hospice chaplain.

The Alice Raumin nursing award recipient is selected from nominations from peers. These nominations are then considered carefully by a committee of nurse managers who take into consideration the characteristics this award was founded upon. These characteristics include: integrity, high professional standards, compassion, patient advocacy, loyalty to staff and the hospital, enthusiasm and energy.

"Barbara's co-workers, as well as her managers, state that she always performs her job with the utmost integrity while maintaining high professional standards," said Hospital President Jim Holmes. "I had the privilege of working with Alice Raumin, therefore, because of these type of comments, I believe Alice would agree, that Barbara is so deserving of this award."

One co-worker stated, "Attending to the dying and their families is a difficult job that can be both heart-breaking and emotionally overwhelming. Barbara does this on a daily basis, always advocating for her patients while assisting their families as they cope with the loss of a loved one."

Barbara has continually demonstrated that she is worthy of the Alice Raumin Award by giving herself unselfishly, working long and extended hours, serving multiple roles, including nurse, advisor, advocate and friend. She is a loyal co-worker and loyal to RCH and the community.

The Alice Raumin award was created in 1995. Alice was a nurse who began her career in 1963 as a night nurse and progressed into various management positions. She became Vice President of Nursing in 1976. She held that position for 18 years until her death on Christmas day in 1994.

Past recipients in order by date are: Jim Yazzie (ICU), Maureen Harsch (Med/Surg), Eileen Verosik (ED), Maude Umbach (Surgery), Fran Spoelstra (OB), Ana Campos (ICU), Lois Campbell (Behavioral Medicine), Bonnie Hallberg (Post Partum), Bobbie Husted (Case Management) and Holly Olson (Case Management).

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