Achievements

Brittany West, RN, Bryan East Campus Emergency, received the Meritorious Service Medal after saving the life of a fellow service member this spring in California.

Sgt. West was stationed in San Diego as a refueler with the Nebraska Army National Guard. While she was running at Miramar Lake for personal training, she witnessed a soldier collapse.

West performed CPR until first responders arrived, and the patient was taken to a local hospital.

Taylor Arndt, Critical

Care RN, Neuroscience, was a bridesmaid at a Lincoln wedding in May 2021, when one of the guests, Neal Dethlefs of St. Paul, suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at the reception, Arndt performed CPR until a Lincoln Fire and Rescue team arrived.

It was the first time this critical care RN had used CPR outside of a hospital setting.

For her actions, the Lincoln Police Department recently presented Arndt with its Citizen’s Lifesaving Award.

Neal Dethlefs and his wife, Chris, have stayed in touch with Arndt and appeared in local media stories on the one-year anniversary of his incident.

Sgt. West receives the Meritorious Service Medal. Taylor Arndt meets with Neal and Chris Dethlefs.

Feit and Worley receive Nurses Week recognition

During National Nurses Week, Teri Feit, RNC-NIC, and Jeanine Worley, RN, were among the 10 nurses honored in the Journal Star “Heart of Health Care” recognition program. Feit is a nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on Bryan East Campus, and Worley is a Neuro Trauma Intensive Care Unit nurse on Bryan West Campus. Teri Feit Jeanine Worley

Engler earns top UNMC award Cabrera featured on 35 Under 35 list

Shannon Engler

Behavioral Health Services Senior Director

Shannon Engler

received this year’s J.G. Elliott Award from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. It recognizes community members who have provided truly extraordinary service, according to UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey Gold, MD.

Physician assistant Michael Cabrera is among Grand Island’s Top 35 Under 35 leaders in the community, according to the Grand Island Area Chamber of Commerce. He works for the Surgery Group of Grand Island, which is part of the Bryan Physician Network. Michael Cabrera

Julie Skrabal Timmery Kozisek

College of Health Sciences honors Skrabal and Kozisek

Julie Skrabal, EdD, RN, CNE, CNEcl, is the Bryan College of Health Sciences Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year, and Timmery Kozisek received the President’s Award.

Prof. Skrabal teaches in the graduate program, and Timmery is a recruitment coordinator for graduate and continuing education.

March of Dimes honors three

Two Bryan co-workers and a student received March of Dimes Heroes in Action Awards. Congratulations to Kate Kathe, assistant nurse manager for Mental Health Observation, ECT Clinic, Mental Health Emergency Department and Senior Mental Health; IT Project Manager Nicole Nielsen; and Bryan College of Health Sciences student Zoe Dravitski (who has since graduated). Awards recognize honorees for excellence in research, education, patient care, innovation and leadership.

Kate Kathe Nicole Nielsen Zoe Dravitski

Governor recognizes Jackson for foster parent advocacy

Environmental Services team leader Janelle Jackson was honored in May during a Foster Care Month proclamation at the Capitol.

Gov. Pete Ricketts recognized Jackson “as one of the many foster parents who step into the gap when a child’s biological parents are unable to offer care.”

Stroke and diabetes care lauded

The American Heart Association recognized Bryan’s stroke program and diabetes care.

For the second year in a row, Bryan received the Get With The Guidelines: Gold Plus Achievement Award — the AHA’s top recognition. Bryan Medical Center also achieved Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll and the Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite status.

Society honors Kelley’s lifetime achievements

Wanda Kelley, MSN, RN-BC,

manager of clinical integration and population health for Bryan Health Connect, received an “Outstanding Leadership Award” from the Nebraska Chapter of the Health Information and Management Systems Society. The group

Wanda Kelley recognized her efforts to promote Nursing Informatics Boot Camps and her leadership in several Chapter roles, including 10 years on its Board.