BRIDGTON – Heidi Mercer, RN, a core RN member of the surgical services nursing staff at Bridgton Hospital, is the 2008 recipient of the Winnie R. Moore, RN, Clinical Nursing Award. The medical staff of Bridgton Hospital determines the award.

Mercer was presented an engraved commemorative Revere pewter bowl and a monetary gift from the medical staff. In addition, Donna Joyce, RN, the 2007 award recipient and also Mercer’s manager, handed down a candle in a simple wood candleholder, representative of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, and the “Lady with the Lamp.”

Mercer will have her name added to the permanent plaque located on the Kendal and Anna Ham Inpatient Wing of the hospital.

She has been a registered nurse at Bridgton Hospital for 17 years. For 13 years, she was a medical/surgical nurse. The past four years she has been a surgical services nurse. She completed her perioperative course and is recognized as a core RN in surgical services.

She is a resident of Naples where she resides with her husband and son.