Paula McCurdy (left) with WERDCC Assistant Warden, Marilyn Buss.
Photo courtesy of WERDCC
In all the
recent rush and hubbub on the news, an employee of the year might have gone
unnoticed except by coworkers and close family. COVID has put a damper on many
benefits and awards banquets this year which would often include such awards.
The quiet
passing of being chosen as Employee of the Year might have been okay with Paula
McCurdy as she continued her work.
But that
quiet professionalism in the face of a global pandemic that hit Women’s Eastern
Reception, Diagnostic, and Correctional Center earned Paula the award not only
EBSCO Information Services Announces EBSCO Nurse of the Year Award Winners ~ Winners Each Receive a $1,000 Scholarship for Continuing Education ~
IPSWICH, Mass. January 25, 2021 EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced its recipients of the EBSCO Nurse of the Year Award, Lori Chikoyak, Infection Prevention Nurse/Interim Employee Health Nurse at Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC) in Bethel, Alaska, and Kerri Phillips-Smith, Breast Care Nurse/Clinical Nurse Specialist - Stomal Therapy & Wound Care, at Ramsay Health in Australia.
This award honors exemplary nurses and/or midwives with a $1,000 scholarship to be used for the continuing education opportunity of their choosing. EBSCO customers worldwide nominated nurses and/or midwives from their institutions who demonstrate the World Health Assembly’s Year of the Nurse and Midwife key directives to achieve health care for all and act as change leaders influencing improvements in health care.
The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine requires two doses separated by a minimum of 28 days. St. Anthony staff who received the first shots Tuesday will receive their second immunization on Jan. 19. Common side effects include pain and swelling at the injection site and could include fever, chills, lethargy and headache. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports side effects could be flu-like, but should subside in a few days. Even if you have had side effects, the second immunization should be completed for the vaccine to be effective. It may take up to two weeks after the second inoculation to be protected from COVID exposure. They advise patients contact their healthcare provider if the redness or tenderness increases after 24 hours or if the other side effects do not subside in a few days. Area healthcare facilities will be notifying patients when they are eligible to receive the vaccine.
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Making history on Tuesday by receiving the first COVID-19 vaccines at Community Hospital are Anthony Rodewald, Director of Pharmacy and vaccine coordinator, and Sharon Conroy, RN, Infectious Control and Employee Health Nurse.
Community Hospital photo
McCOOK, Neb. Community Hospital was excited to begin inoculating the first doses of hope of COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare staff on Tuesday. The allotment of vaccine arrived from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services just after lunch. Staff began receiving inoculations one and a half hours later.
This is truly a memorable and exciting day, said Sharon Conroy, RN, Infectious Control and Employee Health Nurse. We are making history and are hoping this is the beginning of the end of COVID-19, she added.
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