As we celebrate National Nurses Month in May, some of New Hampshire’s finest nurses—including four employed by Dartmouth Health—were honored Thursday night at New Hampshire Magazine’s annual Excellence in Nursing Awards. Held in partnership with the New Hampshire Nurses Association, this event celebrates the unique talents, skills and contributions of Granite State nurses to the health and wellbeing of their communities.
Nominations were accepted in a total of 16 nursing specialties, from pediatrics and school nursing to leadership and education. The winners were selected by an independent committee of nursing leaders from adjoining states. Dartmouth Health’s winning nurses for 2023 are:
- Debra P. Hastings, PhD, RN, NPD-BC, director of Continuing Nursing Education for Dartmouth Health
- Ellen M. Belter, BSN, RN, clinical nurse supervisor for Outpatient Psychiatric Services at Dartmouth Health’s Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC)
- Tammy I. Lambert, MSN, RNC-NIC, intensive care nursery nurse manager for Dartmouth Health Children’s
- Kristie, R. Foster, BSN, RN, emergency department nurse manager and clinical manager for Dartmouth Health’s Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
“Debra, Kristie, Tammy and Ellen exemplify the outstanding caliber of nurses we pride ourselves on throughout the Dartmouth Health system,” said Susan A. Reeves, EdD, RN, chief nursing executive of Dartmouth Health and executive vice president of DHMC. “I am so proud of their achievements, and of the compassionate care our nurses deliver to our patients every single day. Our health system would not be the world-class care provider that it is without them and they deserve our appreciation 365 days a year.”
Learn more about the 2023 Excellence in Nursing Awards winners.
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and largest private employer, serves patients across New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,300 providers in nearly every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH. Its network of hospitals, outpatient centers, clinics and home care facilities, spans a broad geographical area. Year after year, DHMC is named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is consistently recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, northern New England’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers and one of less than than 60 total nationally; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital (Children’s Hospital at DHMC/CHaD) and more than 20 locations around the region; eight member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont, Hampstead, and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Dartmouth Health Home Care; Dartmouth Health Connected Care Center for Telehealth, serving patients as far away as Texas; and more than 30 primary and multi-specialty clinics across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its partnership with Dartmouth College, Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the White River Junction VA Medical Center, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials with international impact. Dartmouth Health and its more than 16,000 employees are committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in the communities it serves and to providing every patient with exceptional, state-of-the-art, personalized care. Learn more at dartmouth-health.org.