BREMERTON — Nelson Monastrial of Harrison Medical Center was one of 14 Western Washington nurses honored recently by the March of Dimes Washington Chapter.

Monastrial was honored for Patient and Clinical Care at the chapter’s eighth annual Western Washington Nurse of the Year Awards, Dec. 8 at Meydenbauer Conference Center in Bellevue.

The awards were presented by Premera Blue Cross. KING5 News anchor and HealthLink reporter Jean Enersen was the mistress of ceremonies.Barbara Trehearne, a vice president at Group Health Cooperative, was chairwoman of the event.

Gold sponsors of the event were Group Health, PeaceHealth and Seattle Children’s.

Silver sponsors were Providence Regional Medical Center Everett, Swedish Medical Center, Virginia Mason Medical Center and UW Medicine.

Other sponsors were GLY Construction, Overlake Hospital Medical Center, Salal Credit Union and Washington State Nurses Association.