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News Releases Hospital Care Givers
Awarded for Excellence
Three honored
for commitment and dedication to healthcare
The Woodlands,
Texas, May 25, 2004 — Memorial
Hermann The Woodlands Hospital awarded the prestigious Memorial Hermann
Healthcare Excellence Awards
to three top-notch leaders in patient care. These honorees demonstrated
excellence in at least one of the following areas: patient advocacy,
clinical expertise, collaborative relationships, commitment to
quality, leadership, education and community involvement.
Wendy Mead,
RN,
received the Memorial Hermann Healthcare Excellence Award in the
category for Direct Patient Care. Bringing clinical
expertise in heart services from her previous post at Memorial
Hermann Hospital
in the Texas Medical Center, Mead, has been director of cardiopulmonary
at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital since 2002 and has
been pivotal in the planning and development of the hospital’s
cardiac catheterization and interventional radiology lab. Because
of Mead’s
dedication, a strong lab staff is even stronger and relationships
with cardiologists have been reinforced as well. Last fall the
cath lab
began performing interventional cardiac catheterization procedures
without surgical back-up on site, providing heart patients with
immediate treatment.
Tourgee
McDowell,
an administrative assistant in the emergency center, was honored
in the Professional/Support category. As
a software trainer,
McDowell’s thorough knowledge of clinical software programs
enables staff members and physicians to navigate through the
advancing technology.
McDowell willingly puts in long hours when necessary to complete
staff training and also offers her expertise at health fairs
and community
events. Additionally, she serves as a “buddy” to
new employees, welcoming them and familiarizing them with the
hospital. Sibylle
Waugh, RN, received the Memorial Hermann Healthcare Excellence Award in
the category of Nursing. Waugh, who is assigned to
the emergency center, earned additional responsibility by serving
as the shift
charge nurse. She also represents the emergency center on the
hospital’s
Staff Nurse Council and devotes time to orienting new employees
to the department. On top of that, Waugh is also a mentor to
other nurses.
She is an active volunteer with United Way and the hospital’s
Partners In Caring committee.
Memorial Hermann
Healthcare Excellence Award honorees are nominated by their peers,
then selected by a hospital panel to be recognized
during National Hospital Week.
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