Gordon Walters, RN
Nursing award recipient
brings PASSION to the job B Y
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ordon Walters loves his job. And even though he works 12-hour shifts in an intense work environment with critically ill patients, he would not have it any other way. The coronary care unit (CCU) nurse was named the 2005 recipient of the Brown Foundation Outstanding Nurse Award — the highest honor for excellence in nursing at The Methodist Hospital. Since its inception in 1994, the award has been made possible with
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contributions from The Brown Foundation, Inc., which has a longstanding history of supporting public charity, primarily in the state of Texas. An interdisciplinary selection committee forms each year at Methodist to review nominations, interview finalists and select a winner. The award includes $15,000 in unrestricted funds for continuing education, professional development and other expenses. This was Walters’ fourth nomination for the award.
“When you say that you are a nurse at The Methodist Hospital – that turns people’s heads.”
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