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COMMUNITY BRIEFS

NURSES AT THE HEART OF HEALING
Nurses help fulfill Community Healthcare System's
mission to serve by providing quality, compassionate care to our patients. Community Hospital
in Munster, St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago and
St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart salute this dedication
with a presentation of awards during National Nurses Week.
The following are just a few of the extraordinary people who
practice the art of healing at our hospitals.
At Community Hospital, Lori Cloud, a patient care
technician for 3 Ortho, is the recipient of the 2019 Patient
Caregiver Excellence Award. Karen Schneider, a nurse
on 5 West, received the 2019 Nursing Excellence Award.

hospital for seven years. Patient care technician Nicole Parodi
was nominated by her co-workers to receive the 2019 Caregiver
Excellence Award.

ST. CATHERINE HOSPITAL AWARDS
Nurse Katie
Cruz and patient
care technician
Nicole Parodi
of St. Catherine
Hospital were
recipients of the
2019 Excellence
Awards.

COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AWARDS
Community
Hospital staff
recognized
Karen Schneider,
nurse on
Oncology floor
5 West, and Lori
Cloud, patient
care technician
on 3 Ortho,
with Excellence
Awards for 2019.

"Our nurses place the care of our patients first and foremost
before anything else we do," says Lou Molina, Community Hospital
CEO. "We appreciate their outstanding efforts."
Cloud and Schneider were nominated by their peers at the
hospital for going above and beyond in their respective patient
care areas and in the community.
The Excellence in Nursing Award winner at St. Catherine Hospital
is Katie Cruz, a charge nurse on 6 West. Cruz has worked at the
WEBSITE

Who's Your Favorite?
If you have a favorite nurse or caregiver of your own
who deserves recognition, visit COMHS.org and
click the "Send a Star to our Staff " button.

"Katie and Nicole are very deserving of their awards,"
says Leo Correa, St. Catherine Hospital CEO. "We are
happy to have them as part of our family, and our patients
are happy, too."

ST. MARY MEDICAL CENTER AWARDS
At St. Mary
Medical Center,
the 2019
Nursing Pillar
SUPERSTAR
Award was
presented to
Kelli Hale, and
the IMPACT
Award was
presented
to Vince
Fabugais.

At St. Mary Medical Center, outstanding nurses are recognized with Nursing Pillar Awards in the categories of service,
people, growth, quality and finance. Chosen overall as the
SUPERSTAR is Kelli Hale, nurse in the Intensive Care Unit.
Vince Fabugais, nurse on 3 East, was selected to receive the
IMPACT Award for providing outstanding patient care.
"Every day our nurses care for our patients with compassion
and dignity," says Janice Ryba, St. Mary Medical Center CEO.
"They are committed to positive clinical outcomes and an
extraordinary patient experience." ■

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