PENS was pleased to honor the following members in 2024:

2023 Awards

2022 Awards

2021 Awards

2020 Awards

Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing Recognition – Jan M. Foote, DNP, ARNP, CPNP, FAANP, AP-PEN

Excellence in Clinical Practice Award – Fran Waite, BS, RN, APN 

Poster Awards
This year we are pleased to have received a grant from the Human Growth Foundation sponsoring this portion of our program. Thank you for the support!
Informational Abstract: Khristan Heagle, RN, JD for Alternative, Non-Pharmacological Treatments for Adolescents Diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Could Vitamins, Minerals or Omega Oils Be Beneficial?
Nursing Research: La Tonya Ivy, MSN, BC-ADM, CDCES, CDTC for School Personnel’s Knowledge, Attitudes, and Management Practices about Diabetes Care in Shelby County, TN and Surrounding Counties in Arkansas and Mississippi
Novice: Jennifer Stefanich, MSN, APRN for Promoting Early Identification of 47,XXY Based On Emerging Early Intervention and Treatment Options

Conference Reimbursement Scholarships

Clinical Exemplar:
Gail Aikey, RN, BSN
Cheryl Green, RN, BSN
Kristen Jennings, RN, CDE
Barb Lightner, APRN, CNP, CDE
Mako Sather, CPNP
Rebecca Thompson, BSN, CDE, RN

Poster Abstracts:
Susan Beauregard, RN, BSN
Susan Davis, RN, MSN, PNP
Crystal Muth, RN, BSN, CPN
Shelley Nicholls, APRN, DNP, CDE
Kimberly Walsh, MS, RN

2019 Awards

Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing Recognition – Maryann Johnson, BSN, RN, PEN

Excellence in Education Award – Shaylyn McDaniel, RN, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Poster Awards
This year we are pleased to have received a grant from the Human Growth Foundation sponsoring this portion of our program. Thank you for the support!
Informational Abstract: Khristan Heagle, RN, JD for Alternative, Non-Pharmacological Treatments for Adolescents Diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Could Vitamins, Minerals or Omega Oils Be Beneficial?
Nursing Research: La Tonya Ivy, MSN, BC-ADM, CDCES, CDTC for School Personnel’s Knowledge, Attitudes, and Management Practices about Diabetes Care in Shelby County, TN and Surrounding Counties in Arkansas and Mississippi
Novice: Jennifer Stefanich, MSN, APRN for Promoting Early Identification of 47,XXY Based On Emerging Early Intervention and Treatment Options

Conference Reimbursement Scholarships

Clinical Exemplar:
Michelle Marowitz, CRNP, PNP-PC

Poster Abstracts:
Lauren Robb, BSN, RN

2018 Awards

Excellence in Advanced Practice Award – Mabel Tan, MSN, RN, AP-PEN

Poster Awards
This year we are pleased to have received a grant from the Human Growth Foundation sponsoring this portion of our program. Thank you for the support!
Informational Abstract: Elizabeth Joyal for CAH-X Syndrome: Expanding the Phenotype of Patients with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia to Include Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
Case Presentation Abstract: Linda Steinkrauss, MSN, RN, CPNP for Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes and Reactive Hypoglycemia Without Exogenous Insulin
Nursing Research: Jennifer Morone, MA-ATR, BS-RN for Sample Demographics and Cultural Responsiveness in Psychosocial and Behavioral Interventions with Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: A Systematic Review

Conference Reimbursement Scholarships

Clinical Exemplar:
Gail Aikey, RN, BSN
Leigh Pughe, CPNP, RN
Rebecca Thompson, BSN, RN, CDE

Poster Abstracts:
Jennifer Morone, MA-ATR, BSN
Colleen McGauley, BSN, RN
Mako Sather, MSN, RN, CPNP

Grants

Research
National Survey of Neonatal Growth Measurement Practices
Jan M. Foote, DNP, ARNP, CPNP, FAANP – Principal Investigator
Kirsten Hanrahan, DNP, ARNP, CPNP; Pamela Mulder, PhD, RN; Anne Nielsen, DNP, ARNP, CPNP; Yelena Perkhounkova, PhD; Maria Hein, MSW; Ann Marie McCarthy, PhD, RN, PNP, FNASN, FAAN – Co-Investigators

The Influence of Social Determinants of Health on Family and Self-management of Type 1 Diabetes in Black Single Parent Families
Jennifer Morone, MA-ATR, BS-RN – Principal Investigator

Multi-Center
Development of an Adrenal Crisis Prevention Mobile Health Application (ACPapp)
Louise Fleming, PhD, MSN-Ed, RN – Overall Study Principal Investigator
Meg Keil, PhD, PNP and Kevin R. Lewis DNP, ARNP, PPCNP-BC, CDE – Site Principal Investigators

2017 Awards

Excellence in Advanced Practice Award – Terri Lipman, PhD, CRNP, FAAN

Poster Awards
This year we are pleased to have received a grant from the Human Growth Foundation sponsoring this portion of our program. Thank you for the support!
Best Nursing Research Poster Award: Morgan Grabinoski, BSN for Screening for Depression in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Best Informational Poster Award: Amelia Vinson, RN and Lisa Guerra, RN for Lipid Screening in Youth
Best Case Presentation Poster Award: Michelle McLoughlin, MSN, CRNP, CPNP-AC for Classical Congenital Hyperplasia Diagnosed Outside of Newborn Period

Conference Reimbursement Scholarships

Clinical Exemplar:
Carolyn Haire, RN-BC

Poster Abstracts:
Susan Beauregard, RN, BSN
Morgan Grabinowski, RN, BSN
Mako Sather, MSN, RN, CPNP

2016 Awards

Excellence in Clinical Practice Award – Shaylyn McDaniel, RN

Excellence in Advanced Practice Award – Kathy Clark, RN, MSN, PNP-BC

Poster Awards

Novice Poster Award: Jennifer Abernathy, BSN and Ioanna Athanassaki, MD for Nurse-Monitored Calcium Protocol Halts Hypocalcemia in Total and Completion Thyroidectomy Patients.
Nursing Research Poster Award – First Place: Rebecca Crespi, MSN, CPNP, CDE, Kristina Derrick, MD, Msc, Jaclyn Pappas, RN, Gia Puopolo, RN, Catherine Greaves, RN, CDE, Rubina Heptulla, MD for Emergency Medical Identification in Adolescent Diabetes Patients:  Prevalence and Response to Educational Interventions
Nursing Research Poster Award – Second Place: Kris Welsh, MSN, RN, CPNP for Demystifying Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY)
Nursing Research Poster Award – Third Place: Mary Zwiler, BSN, RN-BC and Sally Armstrong, RN for Hemolyzed Specimens:  A Clinical Challenge in Endocrine Stimulation Testing

Conference Reimbursement Scholarships

Clinical Exemplar:

Nila Cardozo, BSN, RN

Judith Lowitz, RN, CPN, LMT

Janice Plain, LPN, CRC

Poster Abstracts:

Amy Drilling, RN, BSN

Ericka McCann, RN, MS, BSN

Rebecca Thompson, BSN, RN, CDE

Sandra Tomlinson, BSN, RN

Jane Torkelson, MS, RN

Kristine Welsh, MSN, CPNP

2015 Awards

Excellence in Advanced Practice Award – Meg Keil, PhD, CRNP

Poster Awards

Best Novice Poster Award: Derrick L. Goubeaux, DO and second author, Kevin Lewis, DNP, for The Unmasking of Diabetes Mellitus by Steroid-Induced Hyperglycemia.

Best Case Study Poster Award: Megan K. Lessig, CRNP, MSN for 22q11 Deletion Syndrome.

Best Nursing Research Poster Award: Bin Moore, RN, CNC1 for Final Height Outcome Following Growth Hormone: The Australian Experience.

Best Informational Poster Award: Rebecca Lynn Thompson, BSN, RN, CDE for Unique Features and Potential Issues of Growth Hormone Devices – Implications That May Affect Dose Delivery.

Conference Reimbursement Awards

Vicky Bills, RN, CDE

Christina Clark, RN

Dawn Hagerty, RN, BSN, CDE

Jennifer Meyer, BSN, RN

Mako Sather, CPNP

Kimberly Shoe, MSN, CPNP, CDE

Linda Steinkrauss, CPNP

2014 Awards

Excellence in Education Award — Amy Albrecht, MSN, CPNP

Excellence in Advanced Practice Award — Jan Foote,DNP, ARNP, CPNP

Winners of these two awards receive a one year-membership in PENS and an award certificate for display.

Poster Awards

This year we are pleased to have received a grant from the Human Growth Foundation sponsoring this portion of our program. Thank you for the support!

Nursing Research Poster Winner – Stephanie Woerner, RN, MSN, FNP-C, CDE, Poster #3 – Autonomy of Children with Type 1 Diabetes on Insulin Pump Therapy

Case Study Poster Winner – Amy Drilling and Jane Torkelson, RN, MS, Poster #4 – Complication of Untreated Congenital Hypothyroidism

Informational Poster Winner – Rebecca Thompson, BSN, RN, CDE, Poster #14 – Strategies for Improving Patient and Family Education in Diabetes Care

Novice Poster Winner – Kristine Welsh, Poster #11, A Low Fat Recipe for Insulin Resistance

2013 Awards

Excellence in Clinical Practice Award – Rebecca Crespi, BA, RN, MSN, CPNP, CDE

Excellence in Advanced Practice Award – Irena Hozjan, RN(EC), MN, NP-Pediatrics, BScN

Winners of these two awards receive a one year-membership in PENS and an award certificate for display.

Poster Awards:

1st Place Poster Award

Development of Online Modules for Intensive Insulin Dose Adjustment Education for Parents of Children with Type 1 Diabetes

Cristina Pepe, RN, BSN, CDE and Sharleen Herrmann, RN, BSN, CDE

2nd Place Poster Award

Identifying Depression in an Adolescent Diabetic Patient: A Case Study Depicting the Use of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Depression Screen

Maureen Dever, RN, MSN, CPNP-BC, CDE

3rd Place Poster Award

A Case of Pre-Adolescent Female with a Triad of Bone Diseases

Cynthia Gordner, MSN, RN

Novice Award

Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone (SIADH) Associated with Carbamazepine Use in a Patient with Central Diabetes Insipidus

Ronelda Gillis, RN and Lorianne Peach, MScN

Conference Reimbursement Awards:

Exemplar: Kelly Spicer, RN

Exemplar: Rebecca Pak, RN

Exemplar: Toni Eimicke, MS, RN, CPNP

Poster: Maureen Dever, MSN, CPNP-BC

Poster: Ronelda Gillis, RN

Poster: Patty Graves, RN, CPNP, CDE

Poster: Sharleen Herrmann, RN, BSN, CDE

Poster: Christin Morell, RN

Poster: Cristina Pepe, RN, BSN, CDE

Poster: Carol Van Ryzin, RN, CPNP

2012 Awards

The following members received awards for poster presentations in 2012:

1^st Place Research Award – Meg Keil, PhD, CRNP, National Inst. of Health, Maryland

1^stPlace Case Presentation Award – Cynthia Gordner, BS, RN, Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, Pennsylvania

2^nd Place Case Presentation Award – Enyo Dzata, MSN, CRNP, The Children’s Hospitalof Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2^ndPlace Research Award–Barbara Duffy, MSN,RN, CPNP, Monroe Carrell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Tennessee

3^rdPlace Research Award – Erin Booth, MS, RN, CDE, Pharmaceutical Specialties, Inc., Virginia

3^rd Place Case Presentation Award – Diane DiFazio, MSN, CRNP,The Children’s Hospitalof Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Novice Poster Presenter Award – Joan Luce, BSN, RN, CPN, York Hospital/Wellspan Health, Pennsylvania

In 2012 – PENS was pleased to send the following members to the ICE conference in Florence, Italy to present their posters:

Meg Keil, PhD, CRNP

Erin Booth, MS, RN, CDE

Joan Luce, BSN, RN, CPN

Terri Lipman, PhD, CRNP

Michele Pincham, MSN, RN

Each year, PENS awards several Conference Reimbursement Awards in two categories: Nurse Exemplar and Posters. The following inpiduals were selected for our 2012 awards:

Exemplars: Heather Shanholtz, RN;Jayme Cline;Araceli Emerick;Sharon Reif, RN;Sarah Dawson;Jeanne Parker, RN, CPN, CPON

Posters: Barbara Duffy, MSN,RN, CPNP;Mabel Tan, BSN, RN;Patty Graves, RN, CPNP, CDE;Nicole Kirouac, BN, RN;Enyo Dzata, MSN,CRNP