Twenty-four
St. Bernards Medical Center nurses and two St. Bernards patient care
technicians were recognized Tuesday for their outstanding service. Twenty-one
were named Living the Mission Nurses, and the others were recognized as Nurse
of the Year, Preceptor of the Year, Patient Care Technicians of the Year and
Manager of the Year.
The
Nurse of the Year is Shannon Green of Jonesboro, an R.N. who works in the
Emergency Department and has been on staff for 12 years. Preceptor of the Year
is Julie Dunevant of Paragould, an L.P.N. who works on 2 East and has been on
staff 16 years.
Manager
of the Year is Jan Davis of Jonesboro of Jonesboro, an R.N. who works on 2
North and has been on staff six years. Patient Care Techs of the Year are
Nicole House of Jonesboro who works in the Emergency Department and has been on
staff three years and Sherrell Johnson of Jonesboro who works on 3 North and
has been on staff for one year.
The
Living the Mission Award is given annually to nurses nominated by their peers
as being healthcare providers who demonstrate exceptional commitment to nursing
and outstanding patient care – and who truly live the mission of St. Bernards –
providing Christ-like healing to the community through education, treatment and
health services.
Nurses
recognized received personalized lab jackets with their names and “Living the
Mission Nurse” embroidered on them as well desk plaques. Award recipients and
their families were honored at a dinner at St. Bernards Auditorium.
Honorees
for 2012 include 14 from Jonesboro, three from Paragould, two from Bono and one
each from Bay, Brookland, Cash, Lake City, Manila, Marmaduke and Walnut Ridge.
Living the Mission Nurses from Jonesboro include Tara Babin,
R.N., who works in surgery and has been on staff 11 years; Mike Bornhoft,
L.P.N. II, who works in dialysis, 32 years; Niki Crocker, R.N., who works in
education, nine years; Christy Davis, R.N., Emergency Department, four years;
Shannon Green, R.N., Emergency Department, 12 years; Tonya Holden, R.N., who
works on 2 East, 17 years; Cathy Humphrey, R.N., who works on 5 East, 19
years; Joyce McCann, R.N., who works on
3 North, 21 years; Kristen Murray, R.N., who works in the Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit, four years; Brenda Vinson, L.P.N., who works in the Transitional
Care Facility, 22 years; and Sherry Freeze, R.N., who works in Hospice, three
years.
Other Craighead County Living the Mission Nurses include
Letha Carr, R.N., of Lake City, who works at St. Bernards Behavioral Health and
has been on staff seven years; ; Lori Denton, A.N.P., of Bono, Senior Health
Clinic, nine years; Natalie Inboden, R.N., of Bono, 3 East, three years; Rhonda
Ingram, R.N., of Brookland, Quality, 10 years; David Lavender, R.N., of Bay, 2
North, two years; and Barbara Thomas, L.P.N., of Cash, 1 Main, six years.
Living the Mission Care Technicians include Sherrell
Johnson, 2 East, one year; and Nicole House, Emergency Department, three years.
Living the Mission Nurses from Greene County include three
from Paragould and one from Marmaduke. Paragould residents are Barbara Cooley,
R.N., Staff Support, three years; Brandon Davis, L.P.N., 1 East, one year; and
Julie Dunevant, L.P.N., 2 East, 16 years. The other is Paula Gardner, R.N., of
Marmaduke who works in Intensive Care.
Other Living the Mission Nurses are Amber Snyder, R.N., of
Walnut Ridge, 4 East, three years; and Pennie Hutton, R.N., of Manila, Home
Health, 23 years.
St. Bernards Medical Center is a 438-bed hospital which
offers comprehensive healthcare services and serves as a regional referral
center for Northeast Arkansas and Southeast Missouri. For more than a century,
St. Bernards has served the area with dedicated and experienced healthcare
professionals, advanced technology and the largest medical staff in the region.