St. Francis nurse has heart for detail, nurses that make it happen
Stephanie Cowan, director of the 45-bed ICU at St. Francis Hospital-Memphis, recently received the 2019 Clinical Nurse of Distinction award from the Tennessee Hospital Association. Cowan quit college once and took a job as an in-home sitter. “It gave me my passion for nursing,” she said. (Greg Campbell/ Special to the Daily Memphian)
Stephanie Cowan received Clinical Nurse of Distinction Award from the Tennessee Hospital Association at its gala in Nashville this fall.
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Derick Ziegler St. Francis Hospital-Memphis Stephanie Cowan Susan Arney Tennessee Hospital AssociationJane Roberts
Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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