Employee Spotlight Archive — Page 9 of 14

Healthcare worker in blue surgical scrubs, cap, and face mask, wearing a visible hospital identification badge, posed in a bright hospital corridor.
May 22, 2020

Portraits of COVID nurses, by COVID nurses

“I am so lucky to work every day with such an amazing group of people.”

By Wayne Wood
Five smiling adults pose closely together outdoors beside a building, with one man embracing a woman in front and three women gathered around them.
May 20, 2020

As an ICU doctor, Geoffrey Fleming cared for many children who were dying. Now facing death himself, he applies the wisdom he learned from those children.

“Sometimes as providers, all we have to do is be brave and ask ourselves, ‘Is this about me, or is this about the patient?’”

By Kelsey Herbers
Close-up portrait of a curly-haired healthcare worker wearing a white surgical mask and blue scrubs.
May 6, 2020

As Frank Rummo died of COVID-19, his family gathered to tell him they loved him — through an iPad and the touch of his nurse, Maddie Hayes.

“If his family had been there, they would have wanted to hold and touch his hand and rub his head, so that’s what I did”

By Nancy Humphrey
Person wearing protective medical clothing and a hooded helmet with a clear face shield, standing beside hospital equipment near a window.
May 5, 2020

Years ago Neil Stinson trained to care for Ebola patients. Now he is on the front lines of COVID.

“A bunch of us came from different ICU environments. We became a tight team, a great team, that came together very quickly.”

By Wayne Wood
Howard Price stands in a laboratory wearing a white coat and holds open a blue three-ring binder containing printed documents.
April 28, 2020

The priceless notebook of Mr. Price

A vital ingredient for COVID testing was unavailable anywhere. Then Howard Price remembered a recipe in an old notebook.

By Jill Clendening
Six healthcare workers wearing yellow protective gowns, face shields, masks, and gloves pose inside a temporary testing center tent, with medical supplies and equipment nearby.
April 19, 2020

Days after her house was damaged by a tornado, VUMC nurse Shakeya Bean volunteered to work at a COVID assessment site

It’s been an interesting few weeks

By Nancy Humphrey