Athens Resident Receives Award for Nursing Excellence
Jacie MacMullan, a registered nurse and weekend charge nurse on St. Mary’s 3rd Floor Medical/Surgical Unit, has received St. Mary’s DAISY Award for Nursing Excellence. She was nominated by a patient struggling with several major health conditions that led to multiple hospital admissions at St. Mary’s and another hospital over a period of six weeks. “That was a very traumatic time for me,” the patient wrote in MacMullan’s nomination. “Jacie made me and my wife comfortable with the entire process
Five St. Mary’s Colleagues Awarded Nursing Scholarships
The St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of the Marilyn Brown Nursing Scholarship, which each year provides $2,500 gifts to five colleagues who have been accepted into a nursing program of study. Scholarship recipients can be nurses who are studying to advance their career or colleagues who are studying to become a nurse. The scholarship was established by Marilyn Brown, a grateful patient who was inspired to create the scholarship by the skill, tenderness and
St. Mary’s, Dr. Randy Lavender to Create New Orthopedics Practice
St. Mary’s Medical Group is teaming up with board-certified orthopedic surgeon Dr. Randy Lavender, Jr., to create St. Mary’s Orthopedic Specialists (SMOS), a new practice opening Dec. 8 to provide comprehensive care for joint injuries, hip and knee replacements and revisions, and other orthopedic needs. St. Mary’s Orthopedic Specialists will be located in The Exchange office park at 2470 Daniells Bridge Road, Building 300 – the same St. Mary’s facility that houses many outpatient services needed by
