Service Stars of the Month

When an elderly gentleman with diabetes passed out in the elevator at 1251 S. Cedar Crest, a secretary from one of the offices knew where to get help: down the hall at Valley Family Medical Center.

Service Stars

Wendy Hessler, L.P.N., Jane Krasulak, L.P.N., and Cheryl Blanco, L.P.N.

Three L.P.N.s sprang into action while the office staff called 9-1-1. Wendy Hessler and Cheryl Blanco rushed to the patient’s side and checked his glucose level and blood pressure. When he started to have a seizure, they made sure he didn’t injure himself. They also kept an eye on his wife, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, and contacted the couple’s daughter, who came to care for her mother.

Meanwhile, Jane Krasulak stayed in the bustling office and took care of six patients, including an infant that needed multiple immunizations.
“Our office prides itself on being team-based,” says practice manager Donna Weiss-Shara. “These nurses worked together to help a stranger while still caring for their patients.”

Shannon Muth, technical partner, operating room, LVH–Cedar Crest
Nominated by Nora Lawton, R.N., operating room, LVH–Cedar Crest

Priscilla Albenzi, R.N., interventional radiology, LVH–Muhlenberg
Nominated by Michele Landis, nursing float pool

Barbara Sutliff, R.N., neuroscience intensive care unit, LVH–Cedar Crest
Nominated by Tim Kelly, R.N., nursing float pool

Amy Koons, R.N., transitional open heart unit (TOHU), LVH–Cedar Crest
Nominated by Mary Sue Rother, R.N., TOHU, LVH–Cedar Crest

Debbie Keller, registrar, emergency department (ED), LVH–Muhlenberg
Nominated by ED registration staff, LVH–Muhlenberg

Diane Chapin, R.N., transitional open-heart unit/open-heart unit (TOHU/OHU), LVH–Cedar Crest
Nominated by Erika Mamoon, TOHU LVH–Cedar Crest

Sandra Byers, technical partner, 6C, LVH–Cedar Crest
Nominated by Bree Edris and Heather Fenstemaker, 6C, LVH–Cedar Crest

Thya Riley, file clerk, OB/GYN Associates of the Lehigh Valley, Pond Road
Nominated by Mary Pickering, OB/GYN Associates of the Lehigh Valley, Pond Road

Beverly Baker, medical assistant, LV Surgical Oncology
Nominated by Paul Mosca, M.D., LV Surgical Oncology

Kathie Galicki, technical partner, Kathy Dunton, technical partner,
June Kelly, R.N., 3A interventional progressive coronary unit (IPCU), LVH–Cedar Crest
Nominated by Amanda Stevenson, IPCU

Geraldine Jones, L.P.N., Hamburg Family Practice
Nominated by Wendy DeGroot, Hamburg Family Center

Bonnie Williams and Richard Strauss, technical partners, neuroscience intensive care unit (NSICU), LVH–Cedar Crest
Nominated by Barbara Sutliff, NSICU

Joseph Shambo, imaging specialist, clinical engineering
Nominated by Denise Kuntz, cardiac cath lab

To nominate a star, go to e-mail’s bulletin board at Forms_rewards. Right click to “use form.”

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