Morse, RN, Named VCHS Employee of the Quarter
ORD, Neb. – Kate Morse, RN, has been named the Valley County Health System (VCHS) Employee of the Quarter for the second quarter of the 2016-2017 fiscal year. Morse, who leads the VCHS Infection Control/Employee Education Department, was nominated by her coworkers for exemplifying the VCHS values of integrity, compassion, ownership, respect and trust. VCHS CEO Nancy Glaubke presented Morse with the award on Jan. 31.
Morse’s nomination read:
"Kate has a heart of gold. She is a wonderful example of the fantastic employees we have here at VCHS.
Integrity - Kate shows integrity in everything she does. She lives and breathes infection control and is an advocate for the safety of our employees, patients and patient's families. You will always see Kate doing the right thing. She is willing to help out any department whether it would be infection control, OR or helping HR with employee new hire screens and work comp.
Compassion - Kate is very compassionate about what she does and she believes in quality healthcare. If you have ever listened to her talk about her job, you know that she loves what she does and wants to keep everyone she is in contact with healthy!
Ownership - Kate shows ownership in her work. Kate is always working hard to better VCHS with her knowledge and help our facility stay healthy and germ free. Every month she sends out a hand hygiene joke, poem or song to the monitors to let us know how important hand hygiene is. Kate is always taking the extra steps to help our facility be the best that it can be.
Respect - Respect is no challenge for Kate. Kate is much respected amongst coworkers and shows the utmost respect to her coworkers and patients in return.
Trust - Kate is very trustworthy. You never see Kate only giving 50 percent; she is always giving 110 percent. You can count on Kate to be here rain, snow or shine! You can always trust in Kate to get the job done and done well!”
Morse joins first quarter award recipient Stephanie Keefe of the VCHS Social Services Department for consideration for the Employee of the Year award to be given in early fall 2017.
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Pictured (l to r): VCHS CEO Nancy Glaubke; Infection Control Coordinator Kate Morse, RN; Chief Quality Officer Christina Pollard
