Sarah Bentley, BSN, RN-BC, recently received national certification in Gerontology Nursing through the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Bentley has been employed with Pardee for three years and provides exceptional in-patient and out-patient care for the medical/oncology unit. She serves as a charge nurse as well as precepts student nurses and newly hired nurses.  She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Gardner-Webb University, located in Boiling Springs, N.C.   Bentley is nationally certified in both medical/surgical nursing and gerontological nursing and she is chemotherapy certified. She is a member of the Magnet Task Force at Pardee and attended the 2011 National Magnet Conference in Baltimore, Md. Bentley was also recognized as Pardee Hospital’s Employee of the Year in 2011.

The American Nurses Credentialing Center is a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association and provides resources to nursing individuals and organizations to achieve excellence in their specialty nursing practices.

Julie Gephardt, BSN, RN, recently received national certification in Gerontological Nursing through the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Gephardt has been employed with Pardee since 2010, and serves as a staff nurse on the telemetry/step down floor where she takes care of critically ill patients who require 24 hour telemetry monitoring.  She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C.

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association (ANA), provides individuals and organizations throughout the nursing profession with the resources they need to achieve practice excellence. ANCC’s internationally renowned credentialing programs certify nurses in specialty practice areas; recognize healthcare organizations for promoting safe, positive work environments through the Magnet Recognition Program® and the Pathway to Excellence® Program; and accredit providers of continuing nursing education.