News – Sheridan Media
Sheridan Memorial Hospital Has announced that Lynnet Bede, Nurse Manager for the Watt Dialysis Center, has been recognized as the Dialysis Clinic, Inc’s (DCI’s) 2022 Employee of the Year.
According to SMH, The Watt Dialysis Center is one of hundreds of DCI clinic partnerships around the country; Bede’s national award highlights the important work of the Sheridan team. Bede has been a nurse for 29 years and a dialysis nurse for 26 years. She has led the Watt Dialysis Center’s team since 1996.
The hospital reports that DCI nominators recognized Bede as a “kind and selfless person, who cares for everyone she comes into contact with.”
During the COVID pandemic, Bede led her team in sending care kits to DCI units all over the country with messages of encouragement, even sending brownies to the corporate office, recognizing that the pandemic disrupted everything and everyone. Bede said the care package project grew quickly.
“I don’t know how many clinics we sent kits to. It didn’t take long to realize that every clinic should have received one,” she said.
According to SMH, Bede is a servant leader who sets a strong example for her colleagues. When duty calls she can fill the role of a Charge Nurse, a Floor Nurse, a Patient Care Tech, a Chief Tech and an Admin Assistant. She embodies the idea of accountability as she takes responsibility for every aspect of care.
DCI’s nomination noted that Bede takes extra steps and time to make sure that no patient goes without care, writing– “On a number of occasions Bede has opened the clinic and personally staffed the space to accommodate a treatment on a Saturday because there was a pressing need for just one patient.”
The hospital reports that here in the Cowboy State, the seasons bring waves of travel patients who Bede bends over backwards to accommodate.
SMH stated the hospital is proud of Bede and grateful for her leadership and compassion for the patients and staff of the Watt Dialysis Center that is located in the area just beneath the SMH Emergency Department.
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Last modified: December 21, 2022