Extraordinary Health Professionals of Nursing School Honored
Five members of the Trinitas family recently received the Humanism in Healthcare Award for 2006 given by the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey.

Rita Foegan, RN, an advanced Practice Nurse in the outpatient Substance Abuse Department, was recognized for her kind and compassionate care to an ever-challenging target population. Rita provides care to those most in need among the homeless, addicted, and substance abuse populations who also have chronic mental illness, regardless of their age, gender, ethnic background or religion.

Annie Magbitang, RN, staff nurse in the Intensive Care Unit, helps bridge the gap in a care setting where technology can often create separations between patients and their caregivers. As a critical care nurse, she works to positively influencing a patient's recovery by working with gentleness and care with patients and their families in the ICU.

Janine Graf-Kirk, MA, RN of the Trinitas School of Nursing, has spent more than 30 years in medical-surgical nursing, psychiatric-mental health nursing, and nursing education. As a senior level faculty member, she is committed to ensuring that graduating students have acquired the competencies vital to the practice of safe and professional nursing care.

A student at the Trinitas School of Nursing, Marie O'Donnell is a paramedic who became interested in nursing so that she could provide comprehensive care to clients and their families. Her compassion and empathy, excellent communications skills, strengths in patient advocacy, and commitment to community service combine to make her a deserving winner.

Irina Rud, a senior at Trinitas School of Nursing, has distinguished herself among her fellow students as an extraordinary patient advocate. As a future nurse who identifies with those who are foreign born, Irina has impressed faculty members of Trinitas School of Nursing who are confident she will bring compassion and professional to her nursing career.