04
Oct
Archives for Heidi Prescott-Wieneke
04
Oct
Beacon CEO Kreg Gruber: “This can’t continue without consequences”
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 very sick and those who...
30
Sep
Mom shares emotional account of watching her hospitalized toddler struggle with RSV
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 a normal day. He and...
27
Sep
Memorial ICU assistant follows her heart and the “call to serve” amid nursing shortage during pandemic
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 day I see how hard nurses work and it is an honor to work next...
24
Sep
COVID survivors, like cancer survivors, are “forever changed, physically, mentally and emotionally”
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 into hospice this morning." He is...
24
Sep
Elkhart General unit assistant wants to be a nurse “more than I ever have” after working during pandemic
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 my journey in healthcare at just 16 years old. Through the years, I have run...
21
Sep
Nursing student who started in Environmental Services pursues dream during pandemic at Memorial Hospital ICU
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 of others, so I know this is what I am meant to do with...
13
Sep
Reading to babies takes center stage at Beacon Children’s Hospital during national NICU Read-a-Thon
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 the halls and hear families reading aloud to their babies, it makes me smile because...
07
Sep
Elkhart General native remembers hospital workers with kind gesture 50 years later
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 wanted 50 to be different. "I...
01
Sep