{"id":126478,"date":"2026-04-27T10:12:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/southwest-health-celebrates-nikki-youngs-excellence-in-nursing-award-nomination\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:12:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:12:50","slug":"southwest-health-celebrates-nikki-youngs-excellence-in-nursing-award-nomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/southwest-health-celebrates-nikki-youngs-excellence-in-nursing-award-nomination\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Health celebrates Nikki Young\u2019s Excellence in Nursing Award nomination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=20335893-f0ac-555d-8e02-ffd8474788b5&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=20335893-f0ac-555d-8e02-ffd8474788b5&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=20335893-f0ac-555d-8e02-ffd8474788b5&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=20335893-f0ac-555d-8e02-ffd8474788b5&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" alt=\"Southwest Health System\u2019s Nikki Young, center, was nominated for the Excellence in Nursing Award, which is presented by the Colorado Nurses Foundation. (Courtesy of Jaycee Hart)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Southwest Health System\u2019s Nikki Young, center, was nominated for the Excellence in Nursing Award, which is presented by the Colorado Nurses Foundation. (Courtesy of Jaycee Hart)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Southwest Health System recently announced the nomination of quality coordinator Nikki Young for the Excellence in Nursing Award from the Colorado Nurses Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The awards honor nurses across Colorado who demonstrate outstanding commitment, leadership and impact in their profession and communities. The foundation promotes nursing excellence while strengthening nurses\u2019 leadership roles and supporting a sustainable health care system in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Southwest Health said Young\u2019s nomination reflects her work in quality improvement and lasting contributions, adding that Young is \u201cknown for her compassion, professionalism and unwavering commitment to excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Gates, SHS chief nursing officer, said Young consistently pairs clinical expertise with empathy, strengthening both patient care and the nursing team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNikki embodies the very heart of our nursing profession,\u201d Gates said. \u201cThrough acts of kindness, unwavering integrity and tireless service, she has been a trusted resource for both patients and peers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Southwest Health System also congratulated all nurses recognized by the Excellence in Nursing Awards for their dedication, leadership and commitment to their mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Nurses Foundation honors nurses making an impact in the profession<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5736,5735],"tags":[21,28,61,60,29,210,538,6419],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-126478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-cortez","tag-headlines","tag-health","tag-montezuma-county","tag-newsletter","tag-southwest-health-system","tag-southwest-memorial-hospital","tag-tj-trueanthem"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126478"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=126478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}