Nurses celebrate their profession in May
BEING
APPRECIATED – PEF Division 198 Council Leader Donald Morgenstern presents a
plaque to Denise Dyer for her previous work as a steward at Downstate
Medical Center in Brooklyn. Dyer, a teaching and research center nurse,
recently returned to Downstate after serving in the U.S. Army as an
assistant chief nurse at the Combat Support Hospital at the Naval Air
Station in Jacksonville, FL. The presentation took place at a PEF division
breakfast in May in recognition of National Nurses Week. Approximately 340
nurses attended the event where they were treated to a buffet and gifts.
Morgenstern said the hospital also honored the nurses with a day of
pampering such as manicures and massages, and other events throughout the
week.
CENTRAL NEW YORK — PEF Divisions 189 and 304 jointly
honored nurses at a recognition luncheon held May 7 at the Verona Fire Hall.
Corina Florece-Ruiz, a PEF steward and teaching and
research center nurse, holds a traveling manicure — one of the gifts given
to the nurses at the PEF Division 198 appreciation breakfast.
— Photo by
Donald Morgenstern
PEF nurses Mercedes Zapatos, Mary Jane Torres, Juliet
Linton and Ana Castaneros pose for a photo at the breakfast. — Photo by
Donald Morgenstern
Division 189 members Joyce Albro, Marie Ouderkirk,
Kim Hirsch, Enee Lee, Fran Fiore, Jennifer Farrier and Robin Anderson listen
to OMRDD Director of Health Services Kathy Keating (not pictured), the guest
speaker at the luncheon.
At right, PEF Division 304 members gather for a photo. They are Donna Motyka,
Denise Reynolds, Jackie Babcock and, seated, Roxanne Spink. — Photos by
Cathy DeGennaro
