This esteemed award is granted each year during Nurses Week in honor of Cheryl McGaffic, Barbara Monroe, and Robin Rogers, three of our nursing colleagues who lost their lives in October 2002. The award promotes the growth and support of professional nurses in our community, and it recognizes a member of the Tucson nursing community who demonstrates significant leadership sill, and ability in being a role model, coach, motivator, advocate, teacher, and visionary. Only previous Fabulous 50 Nurses are eligible
Illuminating the path: Mentors make all the difference
The first Most Inspirational Mentor of the Year was Peggy MacMacken, at the time the Chief Nursing Officer at Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital. She says of nursing, “You have to find the joy in every day. I have bad days. Believe me, I’ve had doozies. But all I have to do is walk down a hall and visit with a patient and remember why we do what we do.” Words of a true mentor. As the mother of nursing, Florence Nightingale says, “Live your life while you have it, life is a splendid gift, there is nothing small in it.”
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