Baptist celebrated National Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Week, observed during the fourth week of September, with the presentation of Advanced Practice Provider Excellence Awards on Friday, Sept. 20. Gina Burge, a certified family nurse practitioner with Baptist Neurosciences in Jackson, Mississippi, won Outpatient APP of the Year, and Elizabeth Robinson, an adult care nurse practitioner with Baptist Medical Group Neurology in Memphis, earned Inpatient APP of the Year.
“Baptist provides high-quality care thanks to our dedicated team members who go above and beyond their duties to serve patients,” said Robert Ware, director of operations, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center. “We’re pleased to recognize Gina and Elizabeth for their outstanding contributions to patient care.”
Gina has been with Baptist since 2010. Colleagues who nominated her say she is a trusted and selfless team player who genuinely wants everyone around her to be happy, loved and heard. Gina holds seminars on migraines and advocates for her patients daily to get them the necessary medicine and treatments.
Elizabeth is an adult care nurse practitioner in Memphis. Team members say she consistently demonstrates exceptional leadership qualities by developing tools and processes to ensure medication safety after discharge. Robinson was critical in advocating, planning, designing and launching the Baptist Stroke Clinic for post-hospital discharge patients, which has helped the clinic significantly reduce 30-day readmission rates among stroke patients treated at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis.
The Advanced Practice Provider Excellence Awards are presented annually to APPs who demonstrate excellence in collaboration and have made noteworthy contributions to high-quality patient care, furthering Baptist’s mission of healing, preaching and teaching. To be eligible, a team member may be a nurse practitioner, certified nurse midwife, clinical nurse specialist, certified registered nurse anesthetist or physician assistant.
