2024 NNEC Scholarship Recipients


Ann Hamric Memorial Scholarships

for Graduate Students in Nursing and/or Bioethics

The National Nursing Ethics Conference is grateful for Ann Hamric’s many contributions to the nursing profession and ethics. Her impact on Ethics of Caring and the National Nursing Ethics Conference has been meaningful and significant, and her family followed in her footsteps of supporting scholarships to the NNEC by establishing these scholarships in her memory.

Jessica Rong
PhD student in Nursing Ethics at
Duquesne University
Laura Nold
DNP student in Leadership and Innovation at
Missouri Western State University
Liz Braun
PhD student in nursing ethics at
Duquesne University
Sunny Jeong
Pediatric Ethics Fellow at
Children’s Mercy-Kansas City.

Andrew Jameton Scholarship

Deborah Strohecker
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in
Portland, OR.

NNEC Scholarships

Carol Taylor Awards

Hannah Miles
Boston Medical Center and Mercy Ships
Feri Kiani
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Connie Ulrich Award

Kelley Lazor
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Ethics of Caring® NNEC Scholarships

Beth Eldridge
Providence St. Patrick’s Hospital, Missoula Montana
Caitlin Reaves
Children’s Health
Louise Comden
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Hamida Khanmohammed
LA County + USC Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
Steven Bocchese
Virtua Health, New Jersey

ANA Ethics Education Scholarship

The ANA Ethics Education Scholarship for Emerging Nurse Leaders

Erin Keith-Chancy  
Kansas University School of Nursing

Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation (HPNF) NNEC Scholarship

Erin Collin, M.N.E., RN, CHPN, RYT, Program Director, NEDA-Proficient End Of Life Doula, 2022 Cambia Health Foundation Sojourns Scholar. Co-founder and Program Director of The Peaceful Presence Project

The Cheryl Lew MD NNEC Scholarship for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Alana Altamirano, RN


Fitzgerald Foundation Stanford Children’s Health Scholarship

Esther Ammon, LCSW, APHSW-C
Akilah Burford, MSW
Valerie Hansen, BSN, RN
Glyna Lara, BSN, RNC-MNN


How You Can Contribute

All donations to Ethics of Caring, a nonprofit organization, are tax-deductible
to the extent allowed by law.

Contact Ethics of Caring
ethicsofcaringnnec@gmail.com
Donations for any existing or new scholarship accepted by check
to Ethics of Caring, PO Box 7847, Ventura, CA, 93006


Ann Hamric Memorial NNEC Scholarship Fund

The National Nursing Ethics Conference is grateful for Ann Hamric’s many contributions to the nursing profession and ethics. Her impact on Ethics of Caring and the National Nursing Ethics Conference has been meaningful and significant. Her family and colleagues have invited us to honor Ann through memorial donations to the Ann Hamric Memorial NNEC Scholarship Fund, extending her practice and legacy of providing scholarships to help create the next generation of nursing ethics leaders. To make a donation, visit: Ann Hamric Memorial NNEC Scholarship Fund


Andrew Jameton Scholarship

In 2023 the National Nursing Ethics Conference (NNEC) gave its Nursing Ethics Leadership Award posthumously to Dr. Andrew Jameton. While Dr. Jameton was not a nurse, his identification of moral distress and his writing about the phenomenon created a breakthrough and comprehension of the implications it had for health care, and nurses, in particular. In recognition of his groundbreaking work in understanding moral distress, scholarships in his name are available to cover registration for the 2024 NNEC. We are grateful to his family for donating the award to the scholarship fund and to colleagues and friends who have donated in his memory.