INDIANAPOLIS – A team of nurses from the St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers swept top honors for the second year in a row at the annual Critical Care Competition.The team was among a field of eight other similar hospital teams from Indianapolis, and Marion, Shelby and Hendricks counties. It also marked the third time in four years St. Francis has won the competition.
The Sept. 14 contest was sponsored by the Central Indiana Chapter of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
“This is a Jeopardy-type of competition with categories ranging from basic life support to mass casualties scenarios, and everything in between,” said Trish Wray, critical care unit manager at the Heart Center.
The St. Francis team included registered nurses: Julie Andreis, Jennifer Brower, Joe Fenton, Lisa Rogers, Natalie Zink, and alternates Frank Plettner and Moncy Shirley.
The 2010 competition will be held at St. Francis.
St. Francis operates three full-service hospitals in Indianapolis, Beech Grove and Mooresville. More information about the hospitals is at www.stfrancishospitals.or
