Burnout is a problem that affects many in the healthcare profession, from medical students to practicing physicians to other specialists and clinicians. Jason Marker, MD, Associate Director of the Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, recently received a tap on the shoulder from the American Academy...
Rayven Jarvis, a Certified Nursing Assistant at Elkhart General Hospital, talks about how her colleagues have helped one another through challenging times, and how she is more determined than ever to be a nurse. Rayven is a Beacon Health Foundation 2021 nursing scholarship recipient. Working through...
We are 18 months into this pandemic, and healthcare providers across our region continue to be there for every person who needs their care. In spite of having a vaccine that drastically reduces death and serious illness, we continue to care for people who are...
Michelle Walden talks candidly about her 3-year-old son, Elias (El-ias), and his hospitalization with RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus). Elias had spent 287 days in the Beacon Children's Hospital NICU in 2018. Last Friday started like any other day. My son, Elias, went to school and had...
[caption id="attachment_46358" align="alignleft" width="300"] Karri Weber works in the Memorial ICU.[/caption] Karri Weber is a unit assistant at the Memorial Hospital ICU and a 2021 Beacon Health Foundation nursing scholarship recipient. She believes "there is no greater honor to be someone's nurse." Find out why, below. Every...
Dr. Joseph Caruso, a family physician at Beacon Medical Group Schwartz-Weikamp in Mishawaka, offers his perspective on working with COVID patients during the pandemic. I knew the office visit would be difficult, but I was not prepared to hear my patient say, "I got my husband...
[caption id="attachment_46265" align="alignleft" width="215"] Stacey Griffin, Unit Assistant, Elkhart General ICC.[/caption] Stacey Griffin is a Unit Assistant in the Elkhart General Intensive Care Center. Below, Stacey describes why she is pursuing a career in nursing. She is a 2021 Beacon Health Foundation Nursing Scholarship winner. "I started...
[caption id="attachment_46248" align="alignleft" width="299"] Alicia Rogers, Unit Assistant, Memorial ICU.[/caption] Alicia Rogers is a Unit Assistant in the Memorial Hospital ICU. Below, Alicia describes why she is pursuing a career in nursing. She is a 2021 Beacon Health Foundation Nursing Scholarship winner. "I have always taken care...
[caption id="attachment_46223" align="alignleft" width="225"] Laura Meyer reads to her granddaughter, Hazel.[/caption] Laura Meyer loves so many things about being a Newborn Intensive Care Unit nurse and taking care of the hospital's tiniest patients. 'Bath night' and reading are two of her absolute favorites. "When I walk down...
Julie Parrott Karrer has no problem recalling how she felt on her milestone birthdays. The Elkhart native remembers the feeling a sense of despair when she was still single and turning 30. A wife and mother of five children, she cried when she turned 40. She decided she...
