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Rapid City, SD – Glenda Vice has been named the recipient of the 2009 George S. Mickelson Award for Nursing Excellence at Rapid City Regional Hospital (RCRH.) Vice works as a Clinical Resource Nurse in the Intensive Care Unit. She has been employed at the hospital
for 30 years.
Vice is recognized for her performance, professional contributions, commitment to self-improvement and commitment to providing excellent care to patients. She is described as a “champion for hospital initiatives; always willing to take time out of her busy day to spend as much time as she can with the patients and families.”
RCRH managers nominate nurses to receive this honor. All nurses, except nursing administrators and managers, are eligible to receive the award. The award was established in honor of Gov. George S. Mickelson and seven other distinguished South Dakotans who died in a plane crash April 19, 1993. Following Mickelson’s death, Rapid City Regional Hospital asked the governor’s wife, Linda, for permission to establish a nursing award in her husband’s honor to which she agreed. Each year thereafter, a hospital committee has selected a Rapid City Regional Hospital nurse to receive the George S. Mickelson Award for Nursing Excellence.
Vice was honored at an employee celebration May 14. Also honored during the event were employees who have served five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years with Rapid City Regional Hospital.
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NEWS MEDIA - For more information or to arrange an interview, please call Emily Brick, of the Regional Health PR/Marketing Dept., at (605) 719-5642.
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