MARYBETH MONAGHEN/ARDS FOUNDATION/NA/RHAMC
GRADUATE ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING SCHOLARSHIP

The ARDS Foundation is pleased to announce that this year's recipient of the Marybeth Monahgne/ARDS Foundation/NA/RHAMC Graduate Advance Practice Nursing Scholarship is Erin Mickelson. Erin is currently pursuing her Adult Nursing Practitioner degree from George Washington University, and plans to graduate with her degree in May 2012.  She currently works in the MICU at Northwestern Medical Center in Chicago, IL.  It is Erin's hope that she "Will work as an Advanced Practice nurse in an intensive care unit that treats a socially and culturally diverse population in a facility that treats a variety of illnesses and levels of acuity".  We wish Erin the best of luck.

Paula presenting the scholarship to Erin	Marybeth's Family with Erin

The ARDS Foundation is pleased to announce that Two Scholarships were awarded for the 2009 academic year. The recipients are Richard Baker and Margaret Corr.

Richard is currently attending the Franciscan Skemp Healthcare School of Nurse Anesthesia, where he is pursuing an advanced practice nursing degree, and “Currently, he believes that the anesthetist's goal in treating ARDS is prevention, and initiation specific therapies that support the oxygenation and ventilation of the lungs until the patient can recover from the insult responsible for initiating it.”

Margaret is currently attending the University of Illinois-Chicago, pursuing an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Degree where she hopes “as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, she will be able to provide care in a wide variety of acute and critical care settings. She looks forward to participating in patient care as well as in clinical and/ or scientific research. She is confident that research will be an integral part of her career.”

Marybeth Monaghen Nursing Scholarships presented to Margaret Corr and Richard Baker. Presenting the scholarship Marybeth's family: Paula Blonski, Joan Monaghen, Sue Cessna, and Jim Monaghen and members of the nursing assembly and the Respiratory Health Association.

Maggie is joined by her fiance and her mom and dad

Richard is joined by his wife Lisa.

The Marybeth Monaghen/ARDS Foundation/NA/RHAMC Graduate Advanced Practice Nursing Scholarship is named in honor of Marybeth Monaghen who passed away because of ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) in August 1998. She was a registered nurse, a daughter, a sister and a friend. This scholarship is to support the advanced educational pursuits of nursing practitioners that care for and treat patients with respiratory disease.

We wish Margaret and Richard all the best in their pursuits that will one day help patients with ARDS and other lung ailments.

Thanks.

Paula