Member News Top National Palliative Nursing Honors to Three from Hospice of the Western Reserve The three honors were announced at the 2017 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Annual Assembly in Phoenix. DENISE DIMARE BOB PHILLIPS-PLONA MARY KAY TYLER The National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses has named Hospice of the Western Reserve's Denise DiMare of Richmond Hts. "Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse of the Year" and Bob PhillipsPlona of Westlake "Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Administrator of the Year." Mary Kay Tyler of Lyndhurst, vice president of quality for the nonprofit agency, was named a Fellow in Palliative Care Nursing. 50 NHPCO NewsLine | Summer 2017