Heritage Valley Announces Cameos of Caring Awards

Heritage Valley Health System has announced the 2013 Cameos of Caring Awardees.

Faith Beegle and Rhonda Brightwell will both be honored Nov. 2 at the 15th Caring Awards Gala at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. 

The Cameos of Caring Award honors exceptional bedside nurses who work in acute care hospitals.

Recipients must demonstrate a commitment to consistent, evidenced based clinical decision-making and excellence in nursing care; serve as an effective advocate for patients and their families; encourage and motivate others, and be recognized as a role model for the profession of nursing; practice nursing involving direct patient care; be a licensed RN and be a direct employee of the hospital. 

Beegle, RN, graduated from the Heritage Valley Sewickley School of Nursing in 2007 and is currently a registered nurse on the Progressive Care Unit at Heritage Valley Sewickley.

Beegle of Beaver Falls decided to pursue a nursing career while working in a busy pediatrician’s office. She was inspired by watching nurses care for the children and help ease stressful feelings of parents. She feels the most satisfying part of her career is watching patients improve and having the ability to make them smile in some of the most difficult situations. 

Brightwell, RN, graduated from the Ohio Valley General Hospital School of Nursing in 2004 and is a registered nurse on the Level 2 Medical Unit at Heritage Valley Beaver.

Becoming a nurse was one of her goals while growing up. After the birth of her third child, Brightwell of Chippewa Township decided to pursue a nursing career and put those qualities she loved about being a mother into her professional life. She feels the most satisfying part of being a nurse is the ability to leave work each day with the knowledge that someone is better off because she was at work that day. 

Additionally, Brightwell is an advocate for the nursing profession. “I love to teach, I try to be positive in difficult situations and serve as a role model for students and new nurses,” she said.