Baptist DeSoto announces 2023 Nurse Excellence Award recipients
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto is a 339-bed hospital that offers diagnostic, surgical and rehabilitation services, as well as open-heart surgery and a number of other cardiovascular services. The hospital recently completed a $19 million emergency department expansion and renovation project that added 20,000 square feet to the facility, and an 87,000-square-foot, $55 million physician office building that opened on the hospital campus in July 2022. The hospital was recognized by Premier Inc. with the 2021 Premier QUEST Hero Award, U.S. News & World Report as a high-performing hospital in 2020 for congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and the American Heart Association for cardiac and stroke care. For more information, please call 662-772-4000 or visit desoto.baptistonline.org.
SOUTHAVEN, Miss., June 14, 2023 – Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto honored eight nurses for nursing excellence during National Nurses Week.
Baptist DeSoto’s Nurse Excellence Award is an annual recognition led by the hospital’s chief nursing officer for the past 10 years. The 2023 honorees include the following:
• Nurse Excellence Overall: Kayce Barclay, outpatient services
• Friend of Nursing: Renee Storment, emergency department
• Nurse Educator: Courtney Gray, women’s pavilion
• Nurse Mentor: Eric Chavez, cath lab
• Nurse Manager: Cindy Eldred, emergency department
• Rising Star: Hanna Jerome, intensive care unit
• Sage Nurse: Janet Caldwell, women’s pavilion
• Nurse Excellence: Non Traditional: Brandon Boozer, gastrointestinal lab
“The Baptist DeSoto Nurse Excellence Award demonstrates the exceptional talent we have at Baptist DeSoto,” said Randy White, chief nursing officer for Baptist DeSoto. “I am grateful for our team of nurses and their commitment to providing outstanding patient care.”