Kristin Rothwell Honored With A Finest Award For Her Piece on Nurse’s Involvement in the September 11th Rescue and Recovery Efforts
San Diego, CA - (February 25, 2002) - NurseZone (www.nursezone.com), the comprehensive online professional and personal resource for nurses, today announced that Kristin Rothwell, a NurseZone feature writer, was presented with a Silver Award at the Finest Awards ceremony, hosted by the Health Care Communicators of San Diego.
Rothwell won the Silver Award in the Writing for the Web category for her story titled "Working at Ground Zero: From a Nurse’s Perspective." In this piece, Rothwell recounted the actions of Megan Weiss, RN, a nurse in the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in the days following the September 11th events. Click here to read the full article on NurseZone.
"Winning the award is bittersweet," said Rothwell. "While I am honored for being chosen out of several candidates, I feel sorry for the lives that were lost on September 11th. However, I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to tell the story of at least one nurse's efforts at Ground Zero, though I know there were so many others who volunteered."
"We consider it an honor for Kristin to have received this award," said Wendy Newman, NurseZone site director. "Our staff works hard to serve the nursing community, and it’s great to see one of them recognized and rewarded by their industry peers."
The Finest Awards ceremony was held Jan. 29, 2002, at the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego. The awards recognize the best in health care communications created by or for San Diego health care organizations. Thirty-six awards were given in several categories, including writing, publications, advertising, Web development, communications campaigns, research and a miscellaneous "off-the-wall" category. For more information about the Finest Awards, visit the Health Care Communicators Web site at www.hccsd.org.
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