MVHS Honors Employees with Distinction and Scholarship Awards

Caregiver of Distinction Award Winners

Nurse of Distinction Award Winners

During National Nurses Week, the Mohawk Valley Health System honored 23 employees with Nurse and Caregiver of Distinction awards and scholarship awards, which were presented on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at its Nurses Week celebration dinner.

The following employees were honored:

Nurse of Distinction Award

• Lynn Crowley, RN
  Charge Nurse, Ambulatory Surgery, St. Luke’s Campus
• Katherine Dellerba, RN
  Registered Nurse, Neuro/Peds Unit, St. Elizabeth Campus
• Shannon Holtslag, RN
  Nursing Education Instructor, St. Elizabeth College of Nursing

Caregiver of Distinction Award

• Luisa Batista
  Care Attendant, Critical Care Unit, St. Luke’s Campus
• Crystal Brown
  Nurse Technician, 3C, St. Elizabeth Campus
• Russell Milano
  Ward Clerk, Pediatrics, St. Elizabeth Campus
• Leslie Paulson
  Department Secretary, Radiation Medicine, Faxton Campus
• Christina Rios
  Nurse Technician, 4C/Special Care Unit, St. Elizabeth Campus
• Gina Welch
  Unit Secretary, Maternity, St. Luke’s Campus

Scholarship Awards

Bice Nursing Scholarship

• Tara Millson, BSN, RN
  Infection Prevention

Dolores Martellotto Nursing Scholarship

• Emily Scholefield
  Nurse Technician, St. Elizabeth Campus

Faxton Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Scholarship

• Christina Elacqua, RN
  6th Floor, St. Luke’s Campus

Irene Defazio Advanced Nursing Scholarship

Bachelor’s Level

• Brittany Bonanza
  Nurse Technician, St. Elizabeth Campus

Master’s Level

• Liane Chlus, BSN, RN
  Quality Management

Lucy M. Kellogg Relief Society Scholarship

• Brandi Sullivan, BSN, RN
  Nurse Clinician, Education Services
• Gabrielle LaDue
  Nurse Technician, St. Elizabeth Campus

Marjorie Lockwood Scholarship

• Brianna Button, BSN, RN
  MVHS Medical Group East Utica Office

M. A. Guiney Nursing Scholarship

• Dana Roes
  Nurse Technician, Intensive Care Unit, St. Elizabeth Campus
• Andrei Brutsky
  Processing Tech, Central Sterile, St. Elizabeth Campus

Shirley Tibbitts Pye Memorial Scholarship

• Minerva Vasquez
  EKG Technician, St. Elizabeth Campus
• Autumn Van Etten
  Nurse Technician, St. Elizabeth Campus

Medical Executive Nursing Scholarship

• Sarah Button
  Unit Secretary, 6th Floor, St. Luke’s Campus
• Anna Garrison
  Care Attendant, AC 2, St. Luke’s Campus

Photos attached: During National Nurses Week, the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) honored 23 employees with Nurse and Caregiver of Distinction awards and scholarship awards, which were presented on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at its Nurses Week celebration dinner.

Photo #1 (left to right): Lissette Grimaldi, MS, RN, assistant vice president of Nursing for MVHS with Caregiver of Distinction award winners Gina Welch, Christina Rios, Leslie Paulson, Russell Milano, Crystal Brown and Luisa Batista.

Photo #2 (left to right): Lissette Grimaldi, MS, RN, assistant vice president of Nursing for MVHS with Nurse of Distinction award winners Shannon Holtslag, RN, Katherine Dellerba, RN, and Lynn Crowley, RN. 

Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare and St. Elizabeth Medical Center are affiliates under the Mohawk Valley Health System.