LEWISTON – Carmen Hetherington of Harpswell, a nurse educator and emergency nurse at Central Maine Medical Center, has been awarded the Emergency Nurse Educator Award by the Maine Emergency Nurses Association.

The organization’s annual award recognizes her “significant contributions to education and/or training that enhances the ability of emergency care providers to serve their communities.”

A practicing registered nurse for some 25 years, Hetherington has worked primarily in the emergency medical services arena, where she has served as both a direct care provider and educator. She is presently a member of the Emergency Department nursing staffs at both CMMC and Parkview Adventist Medical Center in Brunswick. She is also EMS education resource for Tri-County Emergency Medical Services, which serves the Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties region. She has worked in several capacities in the Central Maine Medical Center Emergency Department in Lewiston, including clinical coordinator, staff development specialist, and assistant nurse manager.

She is a longtime member of the Maine Emergency Nurses Association and is chairman of the organization’s Pediatric Committee. She represents MENA and TCEMS on the EMS for Children task force, an organization that promotes injury prevention and health promotion for children. She is also involved in Emergency Nurses Cancel Alcohol-Related Emergencies, a program dedicated to reducing the incidence of death and injury among young people who drive while intoxicated.