Outstanding nurses, midwives get honours at awards ceremony

Recipients of the GNA awards, from left, Michelle Lewis, Ruth Hinds, Dawn Dunn, and Rhonda Mingo, Shaunette Waterman, Cedina Forde and Renee Hutson flank Chief Nursing Officer Tarramattie Barker and GNA President Joan Stewart (fourth and fifth from left) as they display their tokens.

Two nurses at the Georgetown Public Hospital were among the recipients of prestigious awards in nursing and midwifery from the Guyana Nurses Association (GNA) at its recently held Annual Awards Ceremony.

Shaunette Waterman received the Gloria Noel Award 2013 for Quality Nursing Care and Nicole Major was given the Gail Teixeira Award 2013 for the Most Outstanding Midwife Practising at a Public Hospital, at a ceremony held on Saturday August 31, a press release from Nurses Association said. Both women are employed