6 HEALTH COMPASS EARLY SUMMER 2023 Each year, CMH celebrates the caregiver and provider winners of the Spirit of Care Awards. Winners are chosen annually from nominations, written by their peers, that are based on the care they consistently show at CMH. All nominees and the winners are recognized during National Hospital Week, the second week in May. This year’s Spirit of Care Award winners are Jesse Kirkendall, security officer, and Robert Sperry, PMHNP (psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner). Spirit of Care Award winners are honored with a permanent display on the wall near the hospital cafeteria. They are also given the opportunity to attend the Planetree International Conference on Person-Centered Care. Congratulations to the award winners and this year’s 20-plus nominees! Spirit of Care Award winners exemplify person-centered care Robert Sperry, psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner In Sperry’s nomination, a caregiver wrote: “Patients often need to talk to him in-between their scheduled appointments due to crisis, and he never hesitates or makes a fuss about the patients needing a little extra. He has no problem dropping whatever he’s doing if the call is urgent and needs to be dealt with. “Along with the amazing things that he does, he never hesitates to grab the chart and happily go grab the patient from the waiting room if a medical assistant is unavailable. He has been a true blessing in disguise for all of us here at CMH.” Sperry has worked in CMH-OHSU Health Primary Care clinics for just over one year. He has nearly 30 years of professional health care experience, previously working for Providence Seaside Hospital’s outpatient clinic. Jesse Kirkendall, security officer Kirkendall has worked for CMH’s security team for two years. In his nomination, a fellow caregiver wrote this: “Jesse consistently goes above and beyond his duties as a security officer. Many stories could be told of how he lives the Promise of Excellence. One time, he went out of his way to catch a dog in the parking lot that had jumped out of a car. “He cared for the dog until the owner could be found. During a snowstorm, he went out of his way to shovel snow off the sidewalks and put ice melt down. Another time, he and another caregiver went outside in the pouring rain to change a tire for a patient’s family member.”
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