DNP Alum Wins Regional Award

The School of Nursing congratulates Cecelia Ratay on being honored with the Shirley Negley-Kobert Award by the Nurse Practitioner Association of Southwestern PA (NPASP). Cecelia, who graduated from Pitt Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program in April 2016, was recognized with the award for her work on “Multidisciplinary Fever Management in Patients with Hemorrhagic and Ischemic Stroke.” Cecelia, a Senior Professional Staff Nurse at UPMC Presbyterian, was presented with the Shirley Negley-Kobert Award at the NPASP annual banquet on May 12, 2016.