All Nominated and Winning Nurses During National Nurses Week
What a week it was! A week of celebrating and honoring all of the dedicated, compassionate, committed, and caring nurses in the area. Here s a look back at ALL of the nominated nurses and those that won trips in our first-ever, From the Front Lines to the Shorelines contest.
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As you know, last week on WBKR we partnered with Henderson Chevrolet Buick GMC and the Holiday Inn Resort Panama City Beach to honor all of the amazing nurses in the area, based on your nominations. With our new contest, From the Front Lines to the Shore Lines five lucky nurses won trips to the Holiday Inn Resort in Panama Beach, Florida.
Officials with Baptist Health and Deaconess announced Tuesday their intentions to jointly operate the Madisonville hospital and medical group. The joint venture
Baptist Health Madisonville starts 2nd round of COVID-19 vaccinations
Baptist Health Madisonville starts 2nd round of COVID-19 vaccinations By 14 News Staff and Tanner Holbrook | January 7, 2021 at 11:59 AM CST - Updated January 7 at 7:27 PM
MADISONVILLE, Ky. (WFIE) - Baptist Health Madisonville, one of the first Kentucky hospitals to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, started its second round of vaccinations Thursday.
Health officials say that over 100 healthcare workers were scheduled to get their second shot on Thursday.
14 News got the chance to be inside their clinic as several got those shots.
Cameron Edwards, Baptist Health Foundation’s Business Development manager, was at the clinic getting his second dose.
Health officials encourage community to keep up holiday lights for healthcare heroes
Health officials encourage community to keep up holiday lights for healthcare heroes By 14 News Staff | December 28, 2020 at 11:57 AM CST - Updated December 29 at 8:40 AM
Madisonville, Ky. (WFIE) - Baptist Health Madisonville is asking Western Kentucky to keep holiday lights on display through January 31 as a way to encourage and inspire healthcare workers and first responders who continue fighting on the front lines of the pandemic.
“There is no denying that our staff is weary from the physical and emotional toll of what they see every day,” said Robert Ramey, Baptist Health Madisonville president. “The new vaccine is offering hope, but the reality is that we have months to go in this pandemic. This very small gesture of keeping your Christmas lights up is a way to show our community’s support for Baptist Health Madisonville staff.”
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More Kentucky hospitals than the last time got a grade of A on a nonprofit group s rating of patient safety in hospitals, but for the fifth grading period in a row, most of the 45 Kentucky hospitals got Cs. Â
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The Leapfrog Group, based in Washington, D.C., rates more than 2,600 hospitals. Most of Kentucky s 126 hospitals were not rated, but those that are have a majority of the hospital beds in the state.
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The group does not grade small hospitals with critical access status because they don t have to report quality measures to the federal government, nor does it grade specialty hospitals, government hospitals, or hospitals for which there aren t enough publicly reported data.Â