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From a field of hundreds of nominees, 44 nurses have
been selected as finalists for NURSEWEEK's 2003 California
Nursing Excellence Awards.
The finalists will be honored April 25 at a reception
and dinner in Los Angeles/Universal City, when the top
award-winners in eight categories will be announced.
The awards recognize nurses and their contributions
to health care. This event began in 1999 as NURSEWEEK's
effort to place a human face and story on the contributions
nurses make in California. In the event's five-year
history, 230 nurses have been put in the spotlight.
The awards ceremonies, covering NURSEWEEK's six circulation
regions and scheduled to take place later in the year
in Chicago, Las Vegas and Houston, are an occasion to
celebrate nurses with "can-do" attitudes.
"If we could bottle the enthusiasm for nursing
evident at the Nursing Excellence Awards and sell it
to nursing schools and high school guidance counselors,
there would be no nursing shortage," NURSEWEEK
event coordinator Tammy Pennington said.
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