The Nurses Making a Difference campaign is conducted every-other year by the Center for Nursing. Criteria used to select the honorees include active involvement in activities that advance the nursing profession and activities that enhance the health and well-being of their communities.
Susan Friedrichsen, RN
Sue Friedrichsen works as a staff RN at Howard County Medical Center in Central City, Nebraska. She has worked all areas of this... more
Mark Harvey, RN, APRN-NP
Mark Harvey’s nursing background includes critical care, faculty member and primary care nurse practitioner. He is pursuing a... more
Ashley Kennedy, EdD, RN
Ashley Kennedy is a faculty member at Bryan College of Health Sciences. She has served in many nursing roles including staff nurse... more
Nancy Haberstich, MS, RN
Nancy is a nurse on a mission to prevent infections! A registered nurse for 46 years, she has been working in infection prevention/... more
Heather Hardesty, RN
Heather Hardesty is an emergency nurse at Nebraska Medicine in Bellevue and a flight nurse for Midwest Med Air. She has served as a... more
Rhonda Meyer, BSN, RN, EMT-P
Rhonda is a RN supervisor on the cardiac unit where she is an expert in cardiovascular nursing. Utilizing this expertise as a nurse... more
Mary Kisicki, BSN, RN
Mary is an emergency department registered nurse at CHI Health Bergan Mercy. She has been instrumental in the development and... more
Colette Kroeten, MSN, RN
Professor Colette Kroeten has demonstrated exemplary teaching effectiveness while at the College of Saint Mary. She has contributed... more
