Hialeah, FL – Lourdes Camps, director of critical care and telemetry at Hialeah Hospital, was given the President’s Award for exemplary service, which recognizes a managerial employee for outstanding leadership.

“Lourdes has always dedicated herself completely to her job,” said Grisel Fernandez-Bravo, chief nursing officer for Hialeah Hospital.  “The employees she oversees learn from her example and, as a team, they help make our hospital a better place.”

Camps joined Hialeah Hospital in 1986, as a critical care nurse and assistant head nurse in the hemodialysis unit.  She currently oversees 13 ICU beds, 8 CCU beds and a 26-bed step-down unit.

An accomplished nurse, Camps earned a Master of Science in Health Service Administration from Nova Southeastern University in 2000, a Bachelor of Health Administration from Florida International University in 1998, as well as a nursing diploma from Jackson Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, where she was an honor graduate in 1985.  

The hospital, located at 651 East 25 Street in Hialeah, offers a wide array of medical programs, most notably the Weight Loss Surgery Program, Sleep Disorders Program, the Endovascular Center of Miami-Dade and the Motherhood Center.

Tenet South Florida hospitals are Cleveland Clinic Hospital, Coral Gables Hospital, Delray Medical Center, Florida Medical Center, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Hialeah Hospital, Hollywood Medical Center, North Ridge Medical Center, North Shore Medical Center, Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, Palmetto General Hospital, Parkway Regional Medical Center, Pinecrest Rehabilitation Hospital, St. Mary’s Medical Center and West Boca Medical Center.  Tenet South Florida can be found on the World Wide Web at www.tenetsouthflorida.com.

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