Emergency Nurses Week celebrated Oct. 9-15

Paducah Mayor Bill Paxton presents emergency nurses in Paducah with a proclamation declaring the week of Oct. 9-15 as Emergency Nurses Week and Wednesday, Oct. 12, as Emergency Nurses Day. The proclamation reads, in part, that the date has been set aside “to show our appreciation and to celebrate the dedication and professionalism of emergency nurses in Paducah.” Representing Western Baptist Hospital were Emergency department nurses Shelley Urquhart, R.N., (far left), Frankie Gallian, R.N., Marty Clark, R.N., Chest Pain Center coordinator Tammy Brown, R.N., Bonnie Schrock, vice president of patient services; and Emergency department director Beth Winters, R.N. Representing Lourdes hospital were Emergency department director Donna Croft, R.N., (next to Mayor Paxton), and nurses Savannah Travis, R.N., and Becky Inman, R.N.


