MCG Health System nurses were honored at the 2005 CSRA Spirit of Nursing Showcase, sponsored by the District 10 Georgia Nurses Association. The annual event honors nurses throughout the CSRA.

Kimberly Basso, RN, of MCG Health System was named CSRA Nurse Manager of the Year. Basso has been with MCG Health System since 1989 and is Nurse Manager of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and the Pediatric Transport Team. She also coordinates the Pediatric Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters Team.

Pamela Cook, RN, Assistant Professor of Undergraduate Studies in the MCG School of Nursing and senior staff nurse, was named Nurse Educator of the Year and Amber Brown, a senior in the School of Nursing, was awarded Student Nurse of the Year.

Twenty registered nurses at MCG Health System were also honored with the Reflection of Nursing Spirit and Commitment Award. They are: Michelle Bruno, Angie Cofer, Katy Derrick, Joanne Doiron, Pam Gardner, Tina Harden, Tammy Harris, Wanda Lewis, Saundra McCorkle, Bethany McLeroy, Ann Neal, Dolat Patel, Carol Pardue, Lynda Roach, Sharon Roberts Parker, Rena Pearson-Shaver, Beneka Scott, Lorraine Stephens, Georgia Tucker and Annette Williams.

MCG Health System is composed of three separate organizations -- MCG Health, Inc. and the clinical services offered by the faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia and the members of the Physicians Practice Group. The physicians of MCG Health System are community physicians, faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia, and employees of the Physicians Practice Group, not employees of MCG Health Inc. MCG Health, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation operating the MCG Medical Center, MCG Children’s Medical Center, the MCG Sports Medicine Center, MCG Ambulatory Care Center, the Georgia Radiation Therapy Center and related clinical facilities and services. MCG Health, Inc. was formed to support the research and education mission of the Medical College of Georgia and to build the economic growth of the CSRA, the state of Georgia and the Southeast by providing an environment for faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia and the Physicians Practice Group and community physicians to deliver the highest level of primary and specialty health care. For more information, please visit www.MCGHealth.org.