Employee Spotlight
Birthday Decorating Winners!
Congrats to Pathways and to the Lab for being named the winners of the birthday decorating contest.
Off-site location winner: Pathways
Kankakee Campus winner: Lab
Thank you to our other participants and to everyone who celebrated Riverside turning 60!
DAISY Award Winner: Mckenna
Congratulations to our newest DAISY Award Winner!
Mckenna has a very special way of connecting with each and every one of her patients. She loves to make everyone smile and is always willing to help with anything and everything you could throw at her. I have never met a nurse that was a bigger advocate for her patients. She has such a big heart and was truly made to be a nurse. Her compassion and skill are just a few of the qualities that make her such a great member of our Labor and Delivery Team. She recently had a very critically ill patient that was in need of an urgent cesarean section. This patient arrived without a support system and no prenatal care during her pregnancy. Mckenna stepped right in and made sure that she felt comforted and supported while also prioritizing her clinical needs. After her procedure, the patient had a life-threatening event and Mckenna most certainly had a hand at saving her life. Mckenna was quick to recognize that the patient was deteriorating rapidly. She did this while also managing another high acuity patient and helping her fellow coworkers. She was adamant that this patient needed a much higher level of care than we could provide in Labor and Delivery and acted quickly to get her the help that she needed and assist with her transfer to the ICU. In the following days while in the ICU, Mckenna frequently checked in on her. Mckenna made sure to be present prior to her discharge to ensure that the patient was equipped with the necessary resources and support she would need at home. Mckenna is committed to her patients and seeing that they are cared for even when they are no longer technically “”her patients””.
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Chime Time
Thanks to the Foundation Pathways found time to Chime for the holidays! A few of Pathways’ staff played the chimes for their outpatient groups during the holidays. They also taught their child/adolescent groups how to use the chimes. Kirt, Pathways’ educator, says the next stop will be Senior Living! Pictured from left to right: Kelsy Kerrigan, Amy Lowery, Rachel Niefeldt, Kirt Hendrick.
New Years 2024-Patient Appreciation
Starting the new year off with a PATIENT APPRECIATION. . It’s always the extra mile we take that makes a patient know we are not just workers but we are workers who care. Just a couple of weeks before christmas, a patient had gone to have her annual screening mammo completed. Her dr. submit orders for additional views to be done. When our patient called to schedule she was in such a ram shack of confusion, she needed to get in right away, something must be wrong, and she just couldn’t wait til the next available appt. Well, I was able to get her in earlier with the assist of Allison Heil in breast image. I received calls and calls from the Pav, regarding a patient who was looking for me, once I got the call, I was told there was a lady at the pav. that wanted to see me and only me…WOW… Of course my emotions was all over the place, I felt like I was an angel who looked over this patient, understood her worries, and frustrations. The comfort I gave her was simply my kind heart, kind spirit, and caring about the need of another woman (could of been me) who just needed to know she would be alright; ‘I’ll rather my doctor do what ever it takes to make sure I’m in good health”. Lot of times we find out about certain conditions and illness that could have been taken care of sooner if we would have follow our doctors instructions and the spirit of discernment that God gives us. On the note, this years motto for me “Patients Appreciations” just a little of Patient and Kindness makes your work environment so pleasant.
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