Donna Westmoreland
2013-2014 Winner | Master’s Degree
A student at Frontier Nursing University, in Hyden, Kentucky, Donna Westmoreland, was awarded the Lucy Perry Scholarship. Ms. Westmoreland’s goal is to become a family nurse practitioner. She began her nursing career in critical care but moved on to home care for a more family friendly schedule to accommodate the needs of her two lively boys. She found she loved the independent practice setting of home care where she could monitor patients’ improvements over time and provide patient and family education. Her long-term goal is to teach undergraduate and graduate level nursing.
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Paula V. Nersesian
(2016-2017 Winner)
Upon graduation, Dr. Nersesian joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Then, after living in the Washington, DC area for 33 years, she moved to Maine and joined the faculty of the University of S... read more.
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