Prestigious Jean Watson Award Presented to Nurse at Kendall Regional Medical Center

Kendall Regional Medical Center annually recognizes a nursing staff member who embodies the ideals of his or her profession. The 2006 recipient of the Jean Watson Caring Award is Maria Busto, R.N. Busto has been on staff at Kendall Regional since 1978. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing in Honduras. After moving to the United States, she first worked as a Pediatric Intensive Care nurse at Jackson Memorial Hospital and then later moved to Kendall Regional. She now works as an Adult Intensive Care nurse and is the Critical Care Night Unit Leader and Administrative Relief Nursing Supervisor.

(l-r) Victor Maya, CEO Kendall Regional Medical Center; Maria Busto; and JoAnne Plumlee, Chief Nursing Officer.

“Nurse Busto is well respected by the staff for her commitment and dedication to Nursing. She is clinically competent, compassionate and supportive of the staff and patients,” said JoAnne Plumlee, Kendall Regional’s Chief Nursing Officer.