Amy Wergin R.N., a 1985 BSN graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (UW-Green Bay), recently received the UW-Green Bay Distinguished Nursing Alumni Award. The award recognizes excellence, service, scholarly achievement, professionalism and leadership in the profession of nursing. Wergin currently serves as Health Officer with Manitowoc County Health Department and is Chair of the Wisconsin Public Health Association – Public Health Nursing Section.
Wergin has served as a Public Health Nursing Manager for 28 years in Manitowoc County. She has been instrumental in establishing a community clinic and dental clinic for low income and uninsured clients; a program to decrease binge drinking among youth; tobacco control efforts; and programs to decrease obesity through nutrition education and community fitness activities. Wergin also has been active with initiatives for environmental health and for women, infants and children.
On the statewide level with the Wisconsin Public Health Association, she has lead teams developing health data collection and reporting systems including those for maternal-child health and for disease surveillance widely used by health care providers. Wergin is well known for her skills in data management and use of technology. She also has served as a past officer in the Wisconsin Nurses Association at the district level and the Wisconsin Conference of Local Public Health Officials.
Surrounded by colleagues and family, Wergin was presented with the Distinguished Nursing Alumni Award at a recognition gathering at the Manitowoc Health Department on July 7 by UW-Green Bay Nursing representatives Lecturer Rebecca Hovarter, Associate Professor Dr. Christine Vandenhouten and Manager of Student Outreach and Alumni Relations, Jan Malchow.