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Friday, 09 July 2010 00:00 |
TIFFIN—Representatives from hospitals across Ohio gathered to honor 75 health care heroes who were nominated for this year’s Albert E. Dyckes Health Care Worker of the Year Award, presented by the Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) June 15.
All Ohio hospitals were invited to nominate one person for the award, created in 1996 to honor a hospital employee who demonstrates leadership, reflects the values and ideals of Ohio’s health care facilities, goes above and beyond the call of duty, gives back to the community and has overcome odds to succeed.
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| Jackie Enger |
Mercy Tiffin Hospital nominated registered nurse Jackie Enger for this prestigious award.
Ms. Enger has worked at Mercy Home Care since 1993 as one of the charter nurses for the agency. She graduated from Mansfield General Hospital in 1984 with a diploma in nursing, and worked in a nursing home, physician offices and the hospital setting before finding her niche in home care.
“Jackie, one of our talented home care nurses, is a valuable asset to Mercy Tiffin Hospital,” said Dale Thornton, president and CEO of Mercy Tiffin Hospital. “She is committed to her home care patients, the hospital and to providing excellent patient care. Jackie embodies the hospital’s core values of compassion, excellence, human dignity, justice, sacredness of life and service. Jackie is a great role model for others.”
Ms. Enger enjoys spending time with her patients, because she knows the home care nurse visit is often the highlight of her patient’s day.
She teaches her patients and helps them feel better about the home care process. When she goes into patient homes, she shows her patients how to take care of themselves when she is gone and gives them the confidence they need to do this.
Ms. Enger believes that going beyond the call of duty is a part of her job. It is second nature to her to pick up medications or food for patients, take the garbage to the curb, pick up the newspaper if it is at the doorstep, or retrieve the mail from the mailbox. She has even fixed a patient’s furnace when there was no heat.
 “Jackie is a compassionate caregiver,” said Coleta Schmidlin, regional director of Mercy Home Care. “Jackie has a passion for patient care, and she truly loves her job. Her reward is seeing her patients get better or remain comfortable while under her care.”
The Ohio Hospital Association was established in 1915 and represents 169 hospitals and 18 health systems throughout Ohio.
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Last Updated on Friday, 09 July 2010 00:00 |
