KATIE RUSSELL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Baylor University
Abigail Naifeh is a practicing registered nurse at Children’s Medical Center in the Emergency Department, and she is currently pursuing a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.
Abigail fell in love with nursing and pediatrics in 2015 when she began as an intern at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. She then went to college and worked as a nurse tech at The University of Tennessee Medical Center while receiving her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Abigail’s strengths as a nurse rewarded her early in her career as she got to join the elite and highly skilled group of trauma and triage trained nurses. Abigail’s leadership selected her for Employee of the Month in 2022.
Abigail is a leader and trainer in her department’s ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous insertion program. Beginning in 2022, she became trained in placing ultrasound-guided peripheral lines and completed an evidence-based project where she won the “People’s Choice” award. Abigail now helps run the ultrasound-guided intravenous (IV) program at her facility. Abigail is currently in Dallas, TX, and holds an active credential as a Registered Nurse and an active certification as a Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurse.
