ENA Names Harriet Hawkins 2025 Judith C. Kelleher Award Recipient
ENA's annual achievement awards recognize exemplary emergency nursing professionals
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- It might sound cliché, but Harriet Hawkins, RN, CCRN, CPN, CPEN, FAEN, didn't know what to expect when she began her nursing career.
Although she experienced it all firsthand over the last 56 years – teaching pediatric trauma courses internationally, medical mission trips to far corners of the world and four decades with Chicago's pre-eminent pediatric hospital – Hawkins acknowledges she never expected any of it. Needless to say, an award recognizing a lifetime of committed work was also never on her radar.
On Wednesday, ENA announced Hawkins as the recipient of the 2025 Judith C. Kelleher Award, the association's most prestigious honor bearing the name of its co-founder.
For Hawkins, of Oak Park, Illinois, her global travels are juxtaposed with 42 years at Anne & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago in a wide variety of roles, including her current work as a resuscitation education nursing professional development specialist. Through it all, she never lost sight of her love for pediatric emergency care and its family-centered care approach. She gives back through charitable work in her own community, while continuing to support ENA as a member of the Illinois ENA Council Board of Directors.
"If I had to do it over, I would do it again. I would totally do it again," Hawkins said of her career as part of an ENA Podcast interview. "I'm so honored that these amazing people think of me like that. I'm just so happy and excited."
ENA President Ryan Oglesby, PhD, MHA, RN, CEN, CFRN, NEA-BC, marveled at Hawkins' contributions within the emergency nursing specialty and beyond it.
"Harriet's career journey represents the essence of what emergency nurses do. Over the course of five decades, she humbly sought new opportunities and, at each turn, she ended up making an immeasurable difference in the lives of countless people – her patients, her peers and communities around the world," Oglesby said.
On Wednesday, ENA also announced 13 other individual award recipients, as well as the annual Council Achievement Awards and this year's Team Awards.
"Every emergency nurse begins their day with an opportunity to change someone's life. This year's award recipients have shaped their careers in ways ensure they impact others in meaningful ways – providing the clinical support ED nurses need to deliver care, advocating for their patients and peers, and being valuable members of the communities where they live and work," Oglesby added.
The 2025 ENA award recipients and other honorees will be recognized during Emergency Nursing 2025 in New Orleans Sept. 17-20:
Behind the Scenes Award:Jan Turner, MSN, RN, CEN, of Georgia
Clinical Nurse Specialist Award:Dawn Zakzesky, MSN, RN, CNS-BC, CEN, of Wisconsin
Crisis Response Team Award:Children's Mercy Adele Hall Team, of MissouriFort Duncan Regional Medical Center ED Team, of Texas
Frank L. Cole Nurse Practitioner Award:Melanie Gibbons Hallman, DNP, CRNP, CNS, FAAN, FAANP, FAEN, of Alabama
Gail P. Lenehan Advocacy Award:Danita Mullins, MSN, RN, CEN, of Arkansas
Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives of the Year Award:Hershaw Davis, Jr., DNP, MBA, RN, of Maryland
Lifetime Achievement Award:Mary Leblond, MSN, RN, CEN, SANE, FAEN, of TexasGwyn Parris-Atwell, DNP, FNP-BC, CEN, FAEN, of New JerseySally Snow, BSN, RN, CPEN, FAEN, of Texas
Nurse Leader Award: Kristin Malvik, MSN-ED, RN, of Texas
Nurse Researcher Award:Jane Muir, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, of Pennsylvania
Nursing Competency in Aging Award:Megan Lundquist, BSN, RN, of Arkansas
Nursing Education Award:Karen Schill, DNP, APN, FNP-BC, ENP-C, CEN, CFRN, NREMT-P, of New Jersey
Pediatric Readiness Improvement Award:Sara Daykin, DNP, RN, CPEN, TCRN, FAEN, of New Mexico
Council/Chapter Government Affairs Award:California ENA Government Affairs CommitteeTexas ENA CouncilWisconsin ENA Council
Team Awards: Indiana ENA Forensics CommitteeJefferson East Emergency Department Education Team, of New JerseyTexas ENA Conference Planning Committee
In addition to the individual honors, 10 states – Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin – received 2025 Council Achievement Awards for their outstanding local efforts last year.
About the Emergency Nurses AssociationThe Emergency Nurses Association is the premier professional nursing association dedicated to defining the future of emergency nursing through advocacy, education, research, innovation, and leadership. Founded in 1970, ENA has proven to be an indispensable resource to the global emergency nursing community. With nearly 45,000 members worldwide, ENA advocates for patient safety, develops industry-leading practice standards and guidelines and guides emergency health care public policy. ENA members have expertise in triage, patient care, disaster preparedness, and all aspects of emergency care. Additional information is available at www.ena.org.
ENA Media Contact:Dan CampanaDirector of Communications847.460.4017dan.campana@ena.org
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