All Our Nurses

Trenisha Bonds

SCNRI Recipient: 2022
Employed: Beaufort Memorial
Position: Progressive Care Unit

“This scholarship has meant the world to me because it’s helped me further my education because I eventually want to become a nurse practitioner.”

Alexandria Coleman

SCNRI Recipient: 2022
Employed: Beaufort Memorial
Position: Postpartum Nurse

Sharonda Jenkins

SCNRI Recipient: 2022
Employed: Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services
Position: Adult Medicine

“I graduated from Technical College of the Lowcountry. I work for Beaufort Jasper Hampton Comprehensive Health. My specialty is Adult Medicine.”

Anna Kallmeyer

SCNRI Recipient: 2022
Employed: Beaufort Memorial
Position: Pediatric and Adult Medsurg Nurse.

“I went to school at USCB. I’m working at Beaufort Memorial on the 3rd floor as a pediatric and adult medsurg nurse. “

Melanie Kelly

SCNRI Recipient: 2021
Employed: Hilton Head Hospital
Position: Charge Nurse

“I graduated from USCB in 2021 with my BSN. Started working as a RN at Hilton Head hospital also in 2021, but worked there as a CNA full time since 2018 while in nursing school. I’m currently working PRN (perdium) at Hilton Head hospital on ACU and also work full time at Beaufort memorial hospital on 4T. “

Lauren Londono

SCNRI Recipient: 2022
Employed: Beaufort Memorial
Position: Operating Room RN

“This scholarship has allowed me to grow in the transition from the classroom to the hospital, and now I’m excited to say that I’m able to continue my education and start my master’s in nursing education here.”

Kimberly Lunceford

SCNRI Recipient: 2022
Employed: Beaufort Memorial
Position: RN

“I am thrilled to be able to continue my education and obtain my BSN with the South Carolina Nurse Retention Scholarship. I hope to one day be a guide and a resource for new nurses, just as others have been to me.”

Krystal Maldonado

SCNRI Recipient: 2022
Employed: Hilton Head Dermatology
Position: RN

“This scholarship means a lot because it allows me to stay here and work in Beaufort County. I actually just bought my first home here. I’m very excited to keep working here and keep supporting the community.”

Mary Montana

SCNRI Recipient: 2021
Employed: Beaufort Memorial
Position: Perioperative Anesthesia Care Unit

Glaychia Reber

SCNRI Recipient: 2022
Employed: Beaufort Memorial
Position: Emergency Room RN

Erika Thalacker

SCNRI Recipient: 2022
Employed: Beaufort Pediatrics
Position: Pediatric Nurse

Nana Akua Ackaah

SCNRI Recipient: 2023
Employed: Beaufort Memorial
Position: Operating Room RN

Kimberly Alicea

SCNRI Recipient: 2023
Employed: Hilton Head Regional Medical Center
Position: Operating Room RN

“The South Carolina Nurse Retention Initiative was one of the primary reasons why I was able to remain in Beaufort County after graduating from nursing school. It is a wonderful program and it has helped me in many ways: to provide childcare for my two children, to help me afford housing in this area, and even to help me pay back my student loans.”

Cullen Estep

SCNRI Recipient: 2023
Employed: Beaufort Memorial
Position: Operating Room RN

Cherise Shaw Gardner

SCNRI Recipient: 2023
Employed: Beaufort Memorial
Position: Staff Nurse

Hanna James

SCNRI Recipient: 2023
Employed: Beaufort Memorial
Position: RN

Christian Lorenzo

SCNRI Recipient: 2023
Employed: Beaufort Memorial
Position: Progressive Care Unit RN

Bailey Moore

SCNRI Recipient: 2023
Employed: Friends of Caroline Hospicel
Position: RN

Samantha Parlagreco

SCNRI Recipient: 2023
Employed: Hilton Head Regional Healthcare
Position: Labor and Delivery RN

Rosalyn Paulino

SCNRI Recipient: 2023
Employed: Sea Island Pediatrics
Position: RN

Dean Smith

SCNRI Recipient: 2023
Employed: Hilton Head Hospital
Position: Surgery Unit RN

“My wife and I are both nurses at Hilton Head Hospital and we’re expecting our second child in October. I just can’t say enough good things about this program; it helps alleviate some of the financial responsibilities of being a parent and also with the growing cost of living in this area.”

Keeping Nurses in Beaufort and Jasper Counties