Nenaber named National Clinical Nurse Specialist of Year

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COLORADO — Amanda Nenaber was named winner of the National Clinical Nurse Specialist of the Year Award by the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists.
She is a graduate of Huron High School and the daughter of Eileen and Brian Nenaber of Huron.
The National CNS of the Year Award recognizes a NACNS member for outstanding professional achievement in all aspects of CNS practice.

The NACNS cited Nenaber’s work addressing prescription compliance and adherence. In 2016, Nenaber was the heart failure program manager at the University of Colorado Hospital, where she expanded a regulatory requirement for the heart failure population.
Using expert change management skills and partnering with transitions of care pharmacist, the change has resulted in over 500,000 patients receiving more than 1 million prescriptions and information on why it was prescribed.
This initiative led to the University of Colorado Hospital being the first organization to include an indication of use at the time of prescribing within a specific electronic health record.
Nenaber is currently director of care transitions at the University of Colorado Hospital, as a content expert in transitional care redesign and population health.