EFFINGHAM— Effingham Mayor Mike Schutzbach (seated center) recently signed a proclamation designating May 6-12, 2023 as Nurses Week, to honor local nurses and their positive impact on our lives.
Joining the Mayor as he signed the proclamation were HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital leaders Chad Markham, president and CEO (far left), and Bobbi Kinkelaar, chief nursing officer (standing right of Mayor Schutzbach), along with nursing professionals from various departments at St. Anthony’s.
The proclamation shared that the 4.2 million registered nurses in the United States constitute the nation’s largest health care profession. Professional nurses have demonstrated to be an indispensable component of the safety and quality of care of hospitalized patients, particularly over the last couple years. According to the American Nurses Association, the demand for nursing services will be greater than ever because of the aging of the American population, the continuing expansion of life-sustaining technologies, and the explosive growth of home health care services. The cost-effective, safe, and high-quality health care services provided by nursing professionals will be an increasingly important component of the U.S. health care delivery system in the future.
For more information about HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital, visit St. Anthony’s website at stanthonyshospital.org.
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Hospital Sisters Health System’s (HSHS) mission is to reveal and embody Christ’s healing love for all people through our high-quality Franciscan health care ministry. HSHS provides state-of-the-art health care to our patients and is dedicated to serving all people, especially the most vulnerable, at each of our physician practices and 15 local hospitals in two states – Illinois (Breese, Decatur, Effingham, Greenville, Highland, Litchfield, O’Fallon, Shelbyville and Springfield) and Wisconsin (Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Oconto Falls, Sheboygan and two in Green Bay). HSHS is sponsored by Hospital Sisters Ministries, and Hospital Sisters of St. Francis is the founding institute. For more information about HSHS, visit www.hshs.org. For more information about Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, visit www.hospitalsisters.org.