Gentle yoga classes available for beginners
A gentle yoga class with Jennifer Kiel, certified yoga instructor, will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays at St. Marks Church, 910 East Third Ave.
This class is ideally suited for seniors or people new to yoga. Drop-ins and beginners are welcome.
For more information, call 903-2202.
Nightingale Luminary award winners named
The Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center announced winners of the 2014 Nightingale Luminary Awards at a recent award ceremony. Registered nurses were honored in two categories: nurses working in clinical practice and nurses working in administration, education, research or nontraditional practice.
Clinical practice: Advocacy – Katrina Duran, Cortez, Montezuma County Public Health; Innovation – Lisa Gates, Cortez, Southwest Memorial Hospital; and Leadership – Diane Woomer, Marvel, La Plata Community Clinic.
Administration, education, research or nontraditional practice: Advocacy – Susan Turner, Bayfield, Southern Ute Tribal Health Center; and Leadership – Rebecca Oliver, Lewis, Southwest Memorial Hospital.
As part of the statewide Nightingale program, regional Luminary award recipients from Colorado will be honored at the state recognition event May 10 in Denver.
Other award nominees from the Four Corners included: Leah Stafford, Hospice of Montezuma; Rachel Liverett, Pagosa Springs Medical Center; Jamie Ritthaler, Southwest Memorial Hospital; Marianne Ball, San Juan Basin Health Department; Rita Fowler, San Juan Basin Health Department; Rebecca Joyce, Mercy Regional Medical Center; Holly Anderson, Durango Urgent Care; Jeanette Hart, Hospice of Montezuma; and Linda Young, Mercy Regional Medical Center.
Mercy laboratory awarded accreditation
Mercy Regional Medical Center’s medical laboratory has been awarded accreditation by the Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists based on the results of a recent on-site inspection.
The Laboratory Accreditation Program is recognized by the federal government as being equal to or more stringent than the government’s own inspection program.
During the accreditation process, inspectors examined the laboratory’s records and quality control of procedures for the preceding two years. Inspectors also examined laboratory staff qualifications, as well as the laboratory’s equipment, facilities, safety program and record, in addition to the overall management of the laboratory.
This stringent inspection program is designed to specifically ensure the highest standard of care for all laboratory patients.
Herald Staff
