PHILADELPHIA, March 11, 2025 – TruMerit (formerly CGFNS International*) and The DAISY Foundation have honored two nurses for their contributions to ethical international recruitment practices with the second annual TruMerit DAISY Award for Outstanding International Nurse Recruiter.
This year’s Honorees are Jocelyn Musni, the chief clinical officer at Alere Care Solutions in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Dr. Ijeoma Enweana, a nursing administrator and educator at Atrium Health in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Both Honorees are registered nurses and were recognized for their commitment to helping foreign-educated nurses cope with the challenges they face as they navigate their way to employment in the U.S. healthcare system. They were selected from among 30 nominees for this year’s award.
Musni, who was born in the Philippines and received her nursing education in the U.S., is noted for her dedication to shaping a fair and supportive pathway for foreign-educated nurses that enables them to thrive in the workplace and contribute to uplifting the healthcare systems they join. She has been credited for using her personal experience with migration to ensure nurses feel valued, prepared, and supported in their transition to the U.S. About half of immigrants seeking visas to work as nurses in the U.S. are from the Philippines.
Her employer, Alere, specializes in recruiting international healthcare staff for U.S. employers and is a Certified Ethical Recruiter through the CGFNS Alliance for Ethical International Recruitment Practices.
Enweana, with more than 15 years of nursing experience and a doctorate of nursing practice (DNP), is known for her leadership in nursing operations, staff mentorship, and nursing education, particularly in developing innovative training programs for international nurses within her organization and at staffing companies.
In her position at Atrium, she has played a pivotal role in developing a transition-to-practice program for immigrant nurses, significantly improving their adaptation to the U.S. healthcare system and increasing retention rates by 90%. Her nomination received strong support from nurse immigrants she had helped along the way.
The TruMerit DAISY Award for Outstanding International Nurse Recruiter is open to individual nurses actively engaged, either directly or indirectly, in international nurse recruitment efforts. With a focus on “nurses helping nurses,” the award honors those who have made an extraordinary impact on the lives of nurse migrants through their compassion, empathy, and embodying the principles of the recruitment code from TruMerit’s Alliance for Ethical International Recruitment Practices.
The Honorees will receive their awards from TruMerit President and CEO Dr. Peter Preziosi and Dr. Deb Zimmermann, CEO of The DAISY Foundation, at a March 17 event in New York City.
CGFNS International is now TruMerit. Learn more here.
About TruMerit
TruMerit is a worldwide leader in healthcare workforce development. Formerly known as CGNFS International, the organization has a nearly 50-year history supporting the career mobility of nurses and other healthcare workers – and those who license and hire them – by validating their education, skills, and experience as they seek authorization to practice in the United States and other countries. As TruMerit, this mission has been expanded to building workforce capacity that meets the needs of people in a rapidly evolving global health landscape. Through its Global Health Workforce Development Institute, the organization is advancing evidence-based research, thought leadership, and advocacy in support of healthcare workforce development solutions, including globally recognized practice standards and certifications that will enhance career pathways for healthcare workers.
About The DAISY Foundation
The DAISY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, by members of his family. Patrick died at the age of 33 in late 1999 from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), a little-known but not uncommon auto-immune disease. (DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System.) The care Patrick and his family received from Nurses while he was ill inspired the creation of The DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nurses, an evidenced-based means of providing Nurse recognition and thanking Nurses for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients and patient families. In addition to the DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nurses, the Foundation expresses gratitude to the nursing profession internationally in over 7,000 healthcare facilities and schools of nursing with recognition programs for nurses wherever they practice, in whatever role they serve, and throughout their careers – from nursing student through lifetime achievement, and through several lines of research grant and evidence-based practice projects funding. More information is available at https://DAISYfoundation.org.
