ACHIEVEMENTS
Linda Stones is new director of our comprehensive rehabilitation services department.
Celia Weskamp, PharmD (left), and Kathleen Packard, PharmD, were recognized by the Creighton University School of Pharmacy for being exceptional teachers to students from that school.
Stones directs rehabilitation services
inpatient rehabilitation unit. This unit recently received three-year accreditation for rehabilitation services for adults, children and adolescents and has achieved specialty certification for caring for stroke, brain injury and amputation patients. Stones also will provide leadership to more than 100 therapists who work in the outpatient clinic at BryanLGH West, as well as therapists who work with BryanLGH patients in our inpatient medical surgical programs and neonatal intensive care unit. “I am very excited about joining the rehabilitation team at BryanLGH Medical Center,” she said. “We have a tremendously talented team that works in all areas of the hospital, from serving survivors of trauma, to pre-term infants in our neonatal intensive care unit. Our staff makes an impact on the lives of many individuals, and it is an honor to join this team.” n
BryanLGH Medical Center welcomes Linda Stones as director of rehabilitation services. Stones received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Nebraska Wesleyan University, a bachelor’s in nursing from Creighton University, a master’s in business from Johns Hopkins University and has completed course work toward a PhD in nursing. She has more than 20 years of experience in nursing management; for the last four years, Stones has served in nursing leadership roles at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital. She is responsible for overseeing BryanLGH’s comprehensive rehabilitation services, including its 30-bed
BryanLGH pharmacists recognized Two BryanLGH pharmacists have been recognized as exceptional educators by the Creighton University School of Pharmacy, Omaha, Neb. Celia Weskamp, PharmD, was named “Preceptor of the Year” in recognition of outstanding contributions to the educational development of future pharmacists by demonstrating high standards of professionalism, ethics and clinical practice. Kathleen Packard, PharmD,
was recognized as the 2011 “Teacher of the Year” — the highest recognition a senior class can bestow on a faculty member. The awards highlight the interest these co-workers exhibit in supporting our future professionals and clinicians; they are mentoring heroes who set a leadership example in our health care community. n
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