Edward Foundation awards $62,000 in nursing scholarships

The Edward Foundation has awarded $62,000 in nursing scholarships to 23 Edward Hospital employees who are pursuing a degree or advanced degree in nursing. The employees were recognized at a luncheon hosted by Meghan Moreno, Executive Director, Edward Foundation; Scott Berger, MD, Edward Foundation Board Chairman and Patti Ludwig-Beymer, PhD, RN, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Edward Hospital.

The Foundation awarded $10,000 Peter Veit Scholarships to Diane Patino, a registered nurse (RN) in Edward’s Ambulatory Surgical Care Center and Kerri-Ann Thornton, RN, Clinical Resource Team. Veit, who passed away in 2014 at age 86, created the scholarship fund in his name with a $120,000 gift to the Foundation following the care he received from the Edward nursing staff.

A $2,000 Agnes A. Book Memorial Nursing Scholarship was awarded to Marylou Einbecker, RN, a nurse in Edward’s Surgery Department. The annual scholarship comes from a fund established by the Book family in memory of their mother, who was a nurse at Edward for more than 20 years.

The Foundation awarded $2,000 nursing scholarships to 20 Edward employees:

• Jamie Aichele, RN, Ortho/Spine
• Leigh Ann Ankeney, RN, Post Anesthesia Care Unit
• Karri Baranak, RN, Edward Medical Group
• Tina Bobo, RN, Nursing Administration
• Lisa Brussano, RN, Labor & Delivery
• Victoria Freier, RN, Linden Oaks Behavioral Health
• Amy Granato, RN, Endoscopy
• Bridget Hlad, RN, Labor & Delivery
• Juliette Jaderberg, RN, Medical Surgical
• Courtney Kornsey, RN, Nursing Administration
• Julia Manikatova, RN, Surgical Care Unit
• Marissa Marshall, RN, Cardiovascular Surgery
• Siobhan McNamara-Gayduk, Respiratory Therapy
• Vanessa Paprockas, RN, Emergency Dept.
• Korrine Potter, RN, Emergency Dept.
• Roji Puthenthara Ouseph, RN, Cardiac Catheterization Lab
• Kristin Riek Bucek, RN, Labor & Delivery
• Laurann Stevens, RN, Cardiac Telemetry Unit 8
• Loree Thompson, RN, Cardiac/Neuro ICU
• Maya Yoder, PCT, Medical Oncology

The Edward Foundation was established in 1990 and has raised more than $43 million in its mission to support Edward Hospital’s community healthcare initiatives, invest in the most advanced diagnostic and treatment technology, recruit world-class medical professionals and deliver the highest quality care to almost 1.7 million patients within the area it serves. To make a donation to or for more information about the Foundation, call (630) 527-3954 or visit www.edwardfoundation.org.