Madison Magazine Names School of Nursing Alumni Top Nurses of 2022

Karen Nissen-Boryczka, Top Nurses 2022 Leadership Award Winner and School of Nursing alumna
Karen Nissen-Boryczka, Top Nurses 2022 Leadership Award Winner and School of Nursing alumna. Photo by by Patrick Stutz courtesy of Madison Magazine.

Madison Magazine named five School of Nursing alumni its Top Nurses of 2022, out of a total of six award winners. Nominated by peers and patients, the bi-annual award celebrates exceptional care in the areas of practice, innovation, and leadership in the Madison area.

School of Nursing alumni Adam Schneider, a UW Organ and Tissue Donation nurse practitioner, and Kari Stampfli, Madison Metropolitan School District director of health services, received the Top Nurses 2022 Innovation Award. SoN alumni Karen Nissen-Boryczka, an Agrace nurse who heads a cardiac specialty program, and Jessi Kendall, UW Health diversity and cultural congruence resource nurse, received the Top Nurses 2022 Leadership Award. SoN alumna Barbara Aughey, a SSM Health Davis Duehr Dean Eye Care Center retina nurse, received the Top Nurses 2022 Practice Award.

Congratulations to our Top Nurses of 2022 award winners!