CANANDAIGUA – The M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center, UR Medicine Thompson Health’s skilled-nursing facility in Canandaigua, honored members of its nursing staff in December with annual awards.
Vice President of Long-Term Care Amy Daly and Director of Nursing Diane Hayton presented awards the following:
- Julie Brooks, LPN, of Canandaigua, as Nurse of Distinction for Collaboration. Brooks works on a unit called The Pines.
- Sue Shively, RN, of Canandaigua, as Nurse of Distinction for Clinical Reasoning. Shively works on the facility’s Skilled Transitional Unit (STU).
- Darlene Johnson, of Canandaigua, as Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) of Distinction for Caring Practices. Johnson works on The Pines unit.
- Jennifer Lawrence, of Rushville, as Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) of Distinction for Collaboration. Lawrence is a Rehabilitation Services aide at the facility.
Nominees for the awards were honored by Daly and Hayton as well.
The M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center, which is adjacent to Thompson Hospital, marked its 50th anniversary in 2021. The facility has 178 beds, offering post-hospital services, dementia care and other long-term care services.