HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Happenings!

Babies are always being delivered, emergencies and traumas are responded to swiftly, treatments are continuously administered, and much-needed surgeries and procedures are always being performed. Although we had to shift our focus at times, our colleagues’ response to our region’s health care needs never wavered.
As we reflect on this year’s Nurses and Hospital Week theme, “Prepared to Care,” we think about the extent and length our health care workers go to simply care. They give their all. Their losses are as real as yours and ours – we cannot forget the lives lost or the trauma endured from this pandemic, but what we can do is join in prayer for the healing of all.
As we move forward, take a moment to show gratitude to a nurse or health care worker this week during National Nurses and Hospital Week, May 6-13. They may be standing next to you in church, in the grocery store checkout line or living next door. Do not hesitate to boldly thank them.
It will mean more than you know.

Allison Paul, DNP, RN, NEA-BC                                              Regina Peterson, DNP, RN
Interim President and CEO, and Chief Nursing Officer              Chief Nursing Officer
HSHS St. John’s Hospital                                                         HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. O’Fallon

Jill Crum, MSN, RN                                                                 Bobbi Kinkelaar, MSN, RN
Chief Nursing Officer                                                               Chief Nursing Officer
HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital, Decatur                                           HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital, Effingham
                                                                                                HSHS St. Francis Hospital, Litchfield

Amanda Ennen, DNP, RN                                                         Teresa Cornelius, MSN, RN
Interim President and CEO, and Chief Nursing Officer               Chief Nursing Officer
HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital Breese                                           HSHS Holy Family Hospital, Greenville
                                                                                                HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital Highland
Karla Dixon, MSN, RN
Clinical Director
HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital, Shelbyville


HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Happenings! Babies are always being delivered, emergencies and traumas are responded to swiftly, treatments are continuously administered, and much-needed surgeries and procedures are always being performed. Although we had to shift our focus at times, our colleagues’ response to our region’s health care needs never wavered. As we reflect on this year’s Nurses and Hospital Week theme, “Prepared to Care,” we think about the extent and length our health care workers go to simply care. They give their all. Their losses are as real as yours and ours – we cannot forget the lives lost or the trauma endured from this pandemic, but what we can do is join in prayer for the healing of all. As we move forward, take a moment to show gratitude to a nurse or health care worker this week during National Nurses and Hospital Week, May 6-13. They may be standing next to you in church, in the grocery store checkout line or living next door. Do not hesitate to boldly thank them. It will mean more than you know. Allison Paul, DNP, RN, NEA-BC Regina Peterson, DNP, RN Interim President and CEO, and Chief Nursing Officer Chief Nursing Officer HSHS St. John’s Hospital HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. O’Fallon Jill Crum, MSN, RN Bobbi Kinkelaar, MSN, RN Chief Nursing Officer Chief Nursing Officer HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital, Decatur HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital, Effingham HSHS St. Francis Hospital, Litchfield Amanda Ennen, DNP, RN Teresa Cornelius, MSN, RN Interim President and CEO, and Chief Nursing Officer Chief Nursing Officer HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital Breese HSHS Holy Family Hospital, Greenville HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital Highland Karla Dixon, MSN, RN Clinical Director HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital, Shelbyville
Chamber Connection - 2 columns - copy of May 6, 2022