{"id":2144,"date":"2025-07-17T11:54:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/psychiatry\/?p=2144"},"modified":"2025-07-17T14:08:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T19:08:50","slug":"hicsa-nurse-wins-positive-image-in-nursing-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/psychiatry\/2025\/07\/17\/hicsa-nurse-wins-positive-image-in-nursing-award\/","title":{"rendered":"HICSA nurse wins Positive Image in Nursing award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/psychiatry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/07\/Davitt-Award-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/psychiatry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/07\/Davitt-Award-2025.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/psychiatry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/07\/Davitt-Award-2025-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Left to Right) Kerri Whitaker, Barb Harrison, Erich Braun, and 2025 Positive Image in Nursing winner Lori Davitt, RN, on May 3, 2025 at Scott Conference Center in Omaha.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Lori Davitt, RN, was honored by her peers with the Positive Image in Nursing Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Davitt received the award during a \u201cCelebrate Nursing\u201d event on May 3, 2025, at the Scott Conference Center in Omaha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was really surprised I got the award because I just come to work and do my job,\u201d Davitt said. \u201cSo, when I was told that I was going to get the award, I was really surprised. I would like to believe I received it because I have a good work ethic, and I try to have a lack of negativity toward my job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Davitt has been a nurse since 1985 and joined the Geriatric Division of the Department of Psychiatry almost seven years ago. She said she loves coming to work each day at the Home Instead Center for Successful Aging (HICSA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI love working with this team. I love working with our patients,\u201d she said. \u201cI started in long-term care and started working with the elderly when I came to Nebraska Medicine. I couldn\u2019t imagine working with any other age.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nebraska Nurses Association (NNA) awards the Positive Image of Nursing Award annually to recognize registered nurses who demonstrate a commitment and dedication to the nursing profession. Department of Psychiatry Geriatric Division Director Steven Wengel, MD, said Davitt is the perfect recipient for the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI asked my fellow geriatric psychiatrists to give me a single word or two that best describes Lori\u2019s work with our patients. I also asked them to send me their chosen words directly, not sharing them with the group. &nbsp;Interestingly, but not surprisingly, each of us used the word \u2018dedicated\u2019!&nbsp; When I looked up that word, the dictionary tells us that to be dedicated is to be \u2018devoted to a task or purpose,\u2019 with extraordinary loyalty and integrity. That\u2019s it \u2013 that\u2019s Lori to a T.&nbsp; Laser-focused on helping our patients and helping us help them. Thank you, Lori, and&nbsp;congratulations&nbsp;on this well-deserved award!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lori Davitt, RN, was honored by her peers with the Positive Image in Nursing Award. 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