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Jamestown\u00a0 (JRMC) \u00a0\u2014 During the nation\u2019s pandemic, Jamestown Regional Medical Center nurses selected its infection control expert as the 2020 Nora Paulson award recipient.<\/p>\nJamestown\u00a0 (JRMC) \u00a0\u2014 During the nation\u2019s pandemic, Jamestown Regional Medical Center nurses selected its infection control expert as the 2020 Nora Paulson award recipient.<\/p>\n
Quality & Risk Manager Jenna Bredahl joined JRMC in 2000. She started as a nurses aide in the medical surgery department, now known as the Patient Care Unit. She assumed her current role in 2010.<\/p>\n
The role of a quality and risk manager is not always well known to those outside of the healthcare industry. Bredahl works proactively to keep patients and employees safe. Her job is to improve the quality of patient care. She does this through patient satisfaction surveys, accreditation requirements, staff education as well as policies and procedures.<\/p>\n
JRMC Chief Nursing Officer, Trisha Jungels says, \u201cWhen we think of hospitals, we don\u2019t always think about the quality and risk manager. However, that person is critical to a hospital\u2019s success, especially during a pandemic. Jenna has led us through preparations for the novel coronavirus as well as other pandemics like Ebola and swine flu. She is what makes JRMC legendary.\u201d<\/p>\n
Each year, JRMC nurses vote to select a recipient of the Nora Melvold Paulson Excellence in Leadership Award. The award recognizes a nurse who consistently embodies a commitment to excellence in nursing education and clinical care. JRMC usually announces the award during Nurses Week in May, however, in honor of the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale\u2019s birth, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated 2020 as the \u201cYear of the Nurse.\u201d Nightingale was a visionary nurse and leader that became an icon as the founder of modern nursing. As a social reformer, she established early quality measures for care and training.<\/p>\n
JRMC President & CEO, Mike Delfs says, \u00a0\u201cAs the organization\u2019s Infection Control Nurse Jenna has positively led our Incident Command Center Team through effective communication, process improvement and patience. She is a fitting recipient of this honor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bredahl\u2019s leadership provided the platform for a series of healthcare designations and awards including Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital, ND ASRH Quality Excellence Award, National Rural Health Association Top 20 Hospital and iVantage Top 100 Critical Access Hospital (CAH). Bredahl also helped develop the JRMC Patient and Family Advisory Council for Quality and Safety and is on the CAH Quality Network Executive Committee.<\/p>\n
Bredahl says, \u201cThis award is special because it\u2019s our colleagues who nominate and vote for the recipient. What I do is behind the scenes. I support out team in patient care. I\u2019m grateful people notice. It\u2019s also important to share that all of the 110 nurses here at JRMC are #DifferenceMakers. They do really hard work, especially in a pandemic. I am grateful for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jungels said JRMC nurses appreciate Bredahl for her follow through and how she investigates best practices.<\/p>\n
\u201cJenna is open-minded, empathetic, resilient and successful in making decisions and acting on them. She is a great listener and has perspective. During each day, dozens of JRMC teammates ask for her assistance with everything from patient experience data to policy and procedure development. She accommodates each of these requests with care and service.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brian and Nancy Spector established this award eight years ago through a named-expendable fund with the JRMC Foundation. The award honors the memory and legacy of Brian’s grandmother, Nora Paulson, RN. Much like Nightingale, Paulson dedicated her life to clinical excellence programs at Jamestown Hospital.<\/p>\n
Past recipients include:<\/p>\n
2013:<\/strong> Renae Lunde, RN<\/p>\n 2014:<\/strong> Allison Danzl, RN<\/p>\n 2015:<\/strong> Lili Ruby, RN<\/p>\n