Symonds recognized as Emerging Nurse Leader
Published 1:26 pm Thursday, October 31, 2019
- TANNER SYMONDS, the recipient of the 2019 Emerging Nurse Leader Award, is pictured with Paula Ledford, at left, director of the Emergency Department and trauma coordinator at Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital, and Ina Glass, at right, administrator at Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital and vice president of Ephraim McDowell Health.
STANFORD — Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital is proud to announce that Tanner Symonds, BSN, RN, is the 2019 recipient of the Emerging Nurse Leader Award.
The Kentucky Organization of Nurse Leaders (KONL) chooses one nurse a year from each district in the state for an Emerging Nurse Leader Award. Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital is in the Cumberland District which covers most counties from Boyle to the Virginia line.
Tanner works in the Emergency Department and is a house supervisor. He started working at the hospital as a co-op student in high school. He is currently working on his Master’s Degree and desires to do more in advancing nursing practice in Kentucky.
