Foundation Awards Blossman Scholarship
ST. TAMMANY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION AWARDS
BLOSSMAN SCHOLARSHIP TO SURGERY CENTER LEADER
COVINGTON – The St. Tammany Hospital Foundation has awarded the Spring 2015 Dorothy L. Blossman Nursing Scholarship to Lauren Horridge RN.
Horridge, department head of nursing with the Covington Surgery Center at St. Tammany Parish Hospital, received the $2,000 scholarship to continue working on her bachelor’s degree in nursing at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She is scheduled to graduate in May.
“The Foundation is pleased to award the Dorothy L. Blossman scholarship for advanced studies in the nursing field to Lauren,” said Charley Strickland, executive director of the St. Tammany Hospital Foundation. “Since 2009, Blossman has awarded 12 scholarships to nurses at St. Tammany Parish Hospital.”
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From left: Kerry Milton BSN RN MSHA, STPH chief nursing officer; Lauren Horridge RN, Covington Surgery Center at St. Tammany Parish Hospital department head of nursing; and Rock Kendrick, St. Tammany Hospital Foundation vice-chairman.