NURSING EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2025

Nursing Excellence Awards is an opportunity to reflect and recognize actively engaged professional RN’s, LVN’s and clinical care colleagues exemplifying practice to merit recognition from peers and other professional colleagues at UCSF Health.  This includes all campuses (Parnassus, Mission Bay, Mt. Zion, Oakland, St. Mary’s and St. Francis, Langley Porter).

 

Direct questions to [email protected]

 

 

Process

  • Submit a nomination form via the Nursing Excellence Nomination Portal for each nominee
  • A single nominee can receive more than one nomination
  • Each nominee will be scored based on the award criteria
  • 800-character limit for each criteria entry
  • Do not include identifying information (i.e., name, pronouns, unit/clinic names, specific councils, etc.)

Timeline

Nomination Window: Jan 29 – Feb 18, 2025

Voting Window: Feb 26 – Mar 19, 2025

Winner Notification: Mar 26 – Apr 16, 2025

Nursing Excellence Awards Ceremony (in-person):
May 09, 2025
1:00PM - 3:00PM

2001 The Embarcadero, 1st Floor, San Francisco

Eligibility

(some categories will have more eligibility guidelines)

  • A career employee (appointment of ≥ 50%)
  • Worked for a minimum of 2 years at UCSF Health
  • Have a performance evaluation of at least a satisfactory rating
  • Have not been a recipient of the same award category in the past

 

- SELECT SECTION FOR LIST OF WINNERS AND NOMINEES -


NURSING EXCELLENCE AWARD RECIPIENTS

DISTINGUISHED NURSING AWARD

WINNER

Iris Kauf, BSN, RN
CNIII, Vascular Access, Oakland

 

AMBULATORY NURSING

WINNER

Enda Trinh, MS, RN
Nurse Coordinator, Population Health, Brisbane

CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING - SHEILA MANN AWARD

WINNER

Rebecca Johnson, BS, RN, CCRN
CNIII, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Mission Bay

 

CRITICAL CARE NURSING - CLIFFORD K. & AVOLA WILSON MEMORIAL AWARD

WINNER

Lisa Ley, MSN, RN, CCRN
CNIII, Intensive Care Unit, Parnassus

EMERGENCY NURSING AWARD

WINNER

Meggie Hui, BSN, RN, CEN
CNIII, Emergency Services, Mission Bay

 

INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLEAGUE AWARD

WINNER

Karina Marini-Lieben, MSW
Social Worker, Craniofacial Center, Mission Bay

MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING AWARD

WINNER

Hannah Gardner, BSN, RN
CNII, Pediatric Transitional Care Unit, Mission Bay

 

NEUROSCIENCE NURSING - HELEN B. RIPPLE AWARD

WINNER

Katherine DeSimone, RN
CNIII, Intensive Care Unit Neuro, Parnassus

NURSING LEADERSHIP AWARD

WINNER

Denise Shaw, MSN, RN
Unit Director, Pediatric Medical Surgical and Transitional Care, Mission Bay

 

 

NURSING PRACTICE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD

WINNER

Jeannie Chan, MSN, RN, NNP-BC, CNS
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Intensive Care Nursery, Mission Bay

ONCOLOGY NURSING - JEANNE YALON AWARD

WINNER

Annemarie Falbo, BSN, RN
CNII, Peds Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant, Mission Bay

CLINICAL CARE PARTNERS AWARD

WINNERS

Maria Salinas
HUSC, Neuro ICU, Parnassus

Jenny Banks
PCA, Peds Med Surg, Mission Bay

 

PRECEPTOR AWARD - ADULT SERVICES AWARD

WINNER

Jennifer Torres, BSN, RN, CCRN
CNIII, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Parnassus

PRECEPTOR AWARD - PEDIATRIC SERVICES AWARD

WINNER

Francis Alba, RN
CNII, Peds Acute BMT, Mission Bay

 


DAISY AWARDS

2024-2025 INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

2025 NURSE LEADER AWARD

2025 TEAM AWARD

2025 ETHICS AWARD

2025 HEALTH EQUITY AWARD

2025 NURSE EDUCATOR AWARD

 

OTHER WAYS TO RECOGNIZE

Thank a colleauge using the UCSF Health Recognize Platform

Nominate a colleauge for a UCSF Health PRIDE Experience Award

Post a message on social media using #UCSFNurses

Tag @ucsfhealth or @ucsfchildrens or @UCSFHospitals (Twitter)

Patients can email [email protected]

Nominate a nurse for a DAISY Award in the West Bay and East Bay

 

 

Click to view previous Winners and Nominees