Waverly – Melinda Pitt of Waverly Well being Heart has been awarded the 2025 nursing buddy award.
Pitt, who served as Voluntary Providers Supervisor since 2013, was nominated by Cynthia Cmelik-Reams, scientific techniques analyst.
CMELIK-REAMS praised Pitt, saying: “Melinda goes past supporting nursing employees and contributing on to the care of our sufferers by means of their distinctive administration of the volunteer program.”
Pitt’s work is to make sure that volunteers are nicely skilled and out there to assist, permitting nursing employees to focus on affected person care. Waverly Well being Heart says that this coordination improves affected person satisfaction and nursing effectivity.
The nursing buddy award is awarded yearly to acknowledge employees not from the evening or volunteers who considerably help nurses and enhance nursing observe.