Excellence Awards
Meet our PSEA winner of the year.
The PSEA (President’s Service Excellence Award) program was design to recognized employees who not only perform exemplary in their work areas but also extend outstanding customer service to patients, co-workers and visitors. To qualify as PSEA winner of the year, the honoree must have been chosen as PSEA of the Quarter. Then from the four quarterly winners, in February one is announced as PSEA of the Year. In 2008, the four quarterly finalists were: Carroll Byrd, Susan Norman, Deborah Potts, and Bobbie Sugg. Bobbie Sugg was selected as PSEA for 2008. As President’s Service Excellence Award winner of the year, she is entitled to a free vacation anywhere in the United States.
Bobbie Sugg, registured nurse, started working at Lenoir Memorial Hospital on July 18, 1983. Sugg is a graduate of James Sprunt Community College ADN program. She has been employed at Lenoir Memorial since her graduation and for 20 years has been devoted to the Gastroenterology (GI) Unit. Sugg is an excellent resource person for the GI Unit and exhibits the qualities of a truly dedicated professional employee. She eagerly trains new employees tactfully telling them how to perform the job of a GI Nurse. The patients compliment her frequently for a job well done proving that she demonstrates the qualities of excellent customer service. The physicians find her awesome as well. Dr. Kroeger called her to personally thank her for the “amazing job” she performed recently. Together they returned for a three hour on call foreign body removal. To this date, we’ve never had a procedure to last that long. Dr. Kroeger further stated he was glad she was the one who came back to assist, he felt he could not have done it without her. Dr. Dickson comes to visit her even if he doesn’t have a procedure scheduled. Dr. Ibegbu states if you want to know anything, just ask Bobbie. Dr. Saracino & she enjoy catching up on their kids’ activities.
Sugg has an outstanding personality that makes everyone around her laugh. You never know what she will do or say next. She has been described as “The Magnet”, because everyone is drawn to her. Her magnetic force helps to put the patients at ease when she enters the room & in return rewards her with frequent patient compliments. Sugg will always laugh at a patient’s joke, who is recovering from sedation, even if they have already told her the joke several times during recovery. She describes herself as “… easy to get along with. I can strike a conversation with anyone that comes up on the unit.” The staff states—-“she knows everybody.” To sum it up—“to know her is to love her.”
Carolina Regional Arthritis & Rheumatology, PA
Lenoir Memorial welcomes Carolina Regional Arthritis & Rheumatology, PA to the local medical community -
Geeta Katwa, M.D. FACP, has served as a Clinical Associate Professor for the last 10 years at the Brody School of Medicine in Greenville, NC. Her vast clinical experience includes the diagnosis and treatment of diseases dealing with the muscles, tendons, and joints including: Gout • Fibromyalgia • Polymyalgia • rheumatica • Osteoarthritis • Lupus • Scleroderma • Myopathy • Vasculitis • Osteoporosis • Rheumatoid • arthritis
Office hours: Monday through Friday • 8 am - 5 pm • Call today for an appointment. 252-686-0932
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Safe Kids invites you to “be our guest”
Safe Kids/Safe Communities serves Lenoir, Greene, and Jones Counties. Bi-monthly meetings are held at Lenoir Memorial Hospital the lead organization for the coalition. Safe Kids’ mission is to reduce the number of children killed or injured from preventable injuries. If anyone is interested in attending a Safe Kids/Safe Communities meeting, please contact Velvet Tyndall at 252-522-7471 or Joy Brock 252-747-8183.
LEARN MORENutrition Counseling
What do Dietitians do?
Lenoir Memorial Hospital offers one-on-one nutrition counseling services with a registered dietitian who will work with you to create a custom-tailored plan to meet your personal needs, desires and goals.Our professional nutrition experts can develop an individualized eating plan that will help you reach your personal health goals and meet required nutrition adaptations necessary in some complex medical conditions.
Dietitians are Clinical Experts
Outpatient nutrition counseling on a variety of subjects such as diabetes, weight loss, and high cholesterol is available one-on-one to our community.
LEARN MOREWellness Lending Library
Need an interesting presentation for your ladies group, civic organization, or church group? We can help you fill Through special grant funding, thirty-minute videos and user-friendly discussion guides are available for groups to borrow to facilitate dialogue among participants. Each video is 15-20 minutes long. Call 252-522-7014 to reserve a video at no fee.those chairs!
LEARN MOREREACH for Good Nutrition
A series on the importance of good nutrition for all age groups to achieve healthier life-styles. Healthier eating habits lead to reduced occurrences of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and many other health conditions. Call 252-5227287 for additional information.
LEARN MOREHeart Failure Support Group
Join us for "The top ten things every person with heart failure needs to know" on the third Tuesday of each month. This support group is for individuals and family members dealing with the difficulties of heart failure. The group will focus on support and education. The facilitator is Darlene Houston RN 252-522-7000 ext. 3576.
LEARN MOREInfant CPR
Parents, grandparents and other infant care-givers will benefit from attending one of these free instructional classes. Call 252-522-7014 to sign-up.
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