Blog - Employee News

Natosha Ahlstrom has been an employee in the Environmental Services Department of HCMH since July 2008.  She comes to the hospital each and every day ready to work hard.  She takes great pride in her work and it shows by her drive and quality of work she does.

Natosha is a great representative of HCMH.

Randy Vinsand has been selected as the August 2010 Employee of the Month.  He has been an employee in Environmental Services since 2009. 

Randy comes to work each day ready to meet employees, patients and visitors with a welcome smile.  He helps coworkers with sincerity and represents service excellence and HCMH extremely well at all times.

Pam Ray is retiring after 25 years of employment with HCHM.  As with many rural hospital nursing executives, she has worn many hats during her time here.   She has worked in Surgery, as Director of Nursing and most recently in the area of Quality and Compliance. 

 Her expertise will be missed at HCMH and we wish her many years of happy retirement.

Ashley Kuker has been an employee of the Dietary Department of HCMH since 2009.  She is eager to please everyone that comes through the lunch line.  Ashley takes pride in her job and strives to keep everyone happy.  Her attention to detail is amazing.  She's great to work with and you can ask for her assistance anytime.

Amanda Stumpf has been an employee since 2008.  She is a Registered Nurse as well as a member of the EMS staff.  Not only is she excellent with patients, she is very compassionate with family members.  Amanda is always willing to help out in an emergency.

Ann Hemmelrick has been the Supervisor of Springavle Assisted Living since 2004.  She's very dedicated to the residents and to her staff.

She recently hosted "Make a Wish" events for the residents which allowed them to experience something new and special in their lives.

Allison North has been a Certified Nurses Aide in Long Term Care since April 2008.

Allison is always cheerful and helpful to the LTC residents and to her co-workers.  She treats the residents with care and respect.  She even brings in her children on her days off to brighten up the residents' day.

She is always willing to help out where ever needed and is an asset to HCMH

Samantha Eastman has been selected as the March 2010 Employee of the Month.  She has been an employee of HCMH since 2008 and works in Environmental Services.

Sammie goes above and beyond expectations in regards to her duties.  She takes great pride in her work and looks for ways to improve systems.

She has a "service excellence" way about her and it shows in her interactions with patients, visitors and co-worker.

Erin Hamilton was awarded the Employee of the Year recognition at the recent employee awards banquet.  Erin began as a switchboard operator and recently moved into the position of the Outpatient Specialty Clinic receptionist.  She works closely with the visiting specialty docs and their staff.  She also assists with the emergercy room in any way she can as well as other projects.

Other nonimnees for employee of the year were Karen Smith, Kenny Vorland, Allison North and Rose Baker.

The Maintenance Department was awarded Department of the Year.   They are to be commended for all the work they've done with our recent construction projects.   The staff has also had their hands full with our unusually harsh winter

Amy Rodenberg has been selected as the January 2010 Employee of the Month.   She has been an employee of HCMH since 2007.   She works in the Business Office in Collections and Patient Registration.

Amy is dedicated to making our patients number one with her caring and compassionate nature.

Kathy Hill has been an employee of HCMH since 1975.   She wears many hats in Long Term Care - she is the activities director and also an LPN

She's always willing to pitch in and help where needed.

 Kim Schipull has been an employee of HCMH since 2003.  She is a registered nurse with Home Care Connection. Kim has had a full schedule – working hard to get health care workers vaccinated for H1N1 along with continuing her normal duties. She is a support  to all of the staff in the office and has worked hard in the last years to make Home Care Connection a better place to work.

When it comes to protecting the health of yourself and your family, friends and others, you play an important role.  Containing germs by staying home when you're ill is important because it helps stop the spread of viruses and germs to other people.  Right now, to protect our patients in the hospital and the residents of Long Term Care, we are restricting school age visitors.  No one under the age of 18 will be allowed to visit but exceptions will be made in cases involving people who want to visit patients who are critcially ill. 

Working together, we can FIGHT THE FLU

As the 2009 H1N1 and seasonal influenza seasons progress this fall and winter, you may see more individuals, especially health care workers, wearing protective masks.

Although seeing a health care worker wearing a mask can be startling, it should actually provide you with a level of comfort.  It's a sign your health care providers are protecting themselves from the flu and in turn protecting their patients. 

Masks help decrease the spread of influenza in health care settings and you may be asked to wear one if you are coughing and sneezing.

Karen Smith has been an employee of HCMH since 2008 in Environmental Services.

She comes to work each day with a positive attitude and gives her all to make a difference.   She takes pride in her work.

She is also to be commended for going beyond the call fo duty to assist patients in the chemo clinics.

Her enthusiasm is a great asset to HCMH.