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For Immediate Release
February 22, 2006
Mercy Names 25 Pillars of Mercy
Oklahoma City — Mercy Health Center named 25
of its 2,600 co-workers as Pillars of Mercy—an award that reflects the
compassionate care Mercy Foundress Catherine McAuley exemplified almost
200 years ago.
“We wanted to recognize some of the people who live
the Mercy spirit day in and day out,” said Sherri Van Oosten, Mercy
Central manager and chairman of the rewards and recognition committee
that sponsored the award. “There’s no higher honor than this. We called
the award the Pillars of Mercy because pillars support the greatest
structures of the world. They stand alongside each other and hold up
enormous loads.”
Besides reflecting the spirit and values of
Catherine McAuley and the Sisters of Mercy, the recipients also exhibit
the nine Mercy service standards which include treating everyone as a
valued individual and possessing a positive attitude.
More than 130 co-workers were nominated by their
peers, and after reviewing and scoring the stories submitted about each
nominee, the committee named the following as Pillars of Mercy. Those
who reside in Oklahoma City include: Cheryl Allen, Physical Therapy;
Doris Greenwood, PBX; Line Libby, Patient Accounts; Gina McGee, Nursing;
Ron Morgan, Central Transportation; Kathryn Murphy, Lab Blood Bank;
Thanh Nguyen, Facilities; Debra Perdue, Intensive Care Unit; Sandy
Poling, Health Information Management; Karen Ramirez, Lab; Gaye
Reginald, Food & Nutrition; Racinda Ross, Cardiac Rehab; Richard
Wheeler, Pharmacy; Dawn Wilkerson, Respiratory; Riley Williams,
Oncology; Edmond recipients include: Cathy Dirickson, Emergency Room;
Amy Ethridge, Hospice; Linda Osmus, Home Health; Sabrinda Terry,
Registration; Saundra Thomas, Human Resources; Cashion; Kendra Sexton,
Mercy Health Northwest Expressway; Midwest City; Menah Williams, Rehab
Administration; Yukon; Renee Croom, After Hours; Amy Siefke, Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit; Laura Womack, Corporate Communications.
Award recipients will be recognized at a dinner this
month at the Mercy NeuroScience Institute.
Mercy Health Center, the only Magnet hospital in
Oklahoma and among only 3 percent of hospitals in the nation to be
awarded Magnet status, is a member of Mercy Health System of Oklahoma
and the Sisters of Mercy Health System. Magnet-designated facilities:
report higher patient satisfaction rates, deliver better patient
outcomes, provide more nursing care at the bedside of patients and
consistently outperform non-magnet organizations.
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