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Pediatric nurses’ association presents awards
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The Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses presented several awards at its annual conference and exhibit, held earlier this year in Palm Springs, Calif.
Jami Gattuso, MSN, RN, CPON, received the Dr. Casey Hooke Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes excellence in service and leadership to the association.
Gattuso — a nursing research specialist in the division of nursing research at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital — served as the association’s president from 2013 to 2015.
“It is her humble leadership and genuine encouragement that inspires others to lead,” Casey Hooke, PhD APRN CNS CPON, past president of the association, said in a press release. “She champions the belief that everyone has something to contribute and generates sustainable excitement for improving the lives of our patients and families.”
Dianne Fochtman, PhD , RN, CPNP, CHPPN, CPON, received the Dr. Nancy E. Kline Mentoring Award, presented to the association member who demonstrates excellence in mentoring.
Fochtman — a pediatric nurse practitioner at Hospice Hawaii — was a charter member of the association and served as its fourth president.
“Dianne's influence has been felt far and wide,” Kathy Ruccione, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, CPON, an association past president, said in a press release. “Countless nurses have learned from her teaching, role modeling, and her writings. She is part of the living legacy of [the association] and pediatric hematology/oncology nursing, and truly deserving of the Dr. Nancy E. Kline Mentoring Award."
Amy Haskamp, MSN, CNS, RN, CPON, received the Dr. Patricia Greene Leadership Award, which recognizes excellence in service to and leadership of the association in a given year.
Haskamp served as chair of the association’s steering council and the 2016 annual conference program planning committee.
“Amy accomplished the near-impossible feat of simultaneously chairing the [association’s] steering council and the conference program planning committee last year,” Ruccione said. “She was highly effective in both roles, contributing significantly to the success of [the association’s] projects and our annual conference. She was highly effective in both roles, contributing significantly to the success of [the association’s] projects and our annual conference.”