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26 UnityPoint Health® Nurses Honored as 100 Great Iowa Nurses

For Immediate Release: Monday, March 5, 2018

CONTACT: Kari Lammer, Marketing Communications Manager
563-589-2585   |   Kari.Lammer@unitypoint.org


Finley’s Jill Herrig Among Honorees

Dubuque, Iowa  – 26 UnityPoint Health® Iowa nurses have been selected as part of the 100 Great Iowa Nurses for 2018. The honorees selected work every day, across various care settings, to care for their patients, teams and communities and show them how much they matter. Jill Herrig, nurse at UnityPoint Health – Finley Hospital was among those recognized. A full list of UnityPoint Health nurse recipients can be found below.

In all, over 500 Iowa nurses were nominated for this honor. Those nominations came in from patients, colleagues and friends. Reviewers looked for those nominees who made meaningful, lasting contributions to their patients, colleagues and the nursing profession, and are viewed as mentors to other nursing professionals. Those selected are known for their courage, competence and commitment to the field of nursing.

The nurses will be honored at the 14th annual celebration of Iowa’s Great Nurses on May 6 at the Iowa Events Center’s Community Choice Credit Union, Des Moines, Iowa. The event is a prelude to National Nurses Week, May 6-12. 

This statewide program is made possible through the support of sponsors. The Iowa Nurses Association, Iowa Nurses Foundation and the University of Iowa College of Nursing collaborate on this project each year.

UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids
Diane Handler (Cedar Rapids) and Ann Overton (Hiawatha)

Unity Point Health – Des Moines​
Larie Barker (Indianola), Ann Benetti (Des Moines), Jenny Cataldo (Des Moines), Karen Lutter (Ankeny) and Shannon Mart (Des Moines)

UnityPoint Health – Fort Dodge
Julie Barkema (Fort Dodge)

UnityPoint Health – Quad Cities
Linda Anders (Moline)

UnityPoint Health – Waterloo
Heather Hemann (Reinbeck)

UnityPoint at Home
Penni Blackman (Ankeny), Vikki Bridgford (Le Mars), and Melissa Bruch (Sumner)

UnityPoint Health – Jones Regional Medical Center
Deanna Cook (Mechanicsville)

Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Rita Comstock (Cherokee), Lynn Ivarson (Cherokee), JoAnne Tapper (Cherokee), and Luann Wittrock (Cherokee)

Community Memorial Hospital
Lynne Niemann (Sumner) and Michael Tiedt (Readlyn)

Green County Medical Center
Jessica Brown (Grand Junction)

Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Katie Neleman (Kellogg)

Lucas County Health Center
Elizabeth Graves (Albia) and Joselle Beth Lawless (Albia)

Loring Hospital
Kay Martin (Sac City)

To see the entire list of winners, visit www.greatnurses.org.

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About UnityPoint Health
Employing over 30,000 team members, UnityPoint Health provides care to millions of patients across Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin in hospitals, clinics and home health settings. With annual revenues of $4.4 billion, UnityPoint Health maintains strong relationships with nearly 300 physician clinics, 38 hospitals in metropolitan and rural communities as well as home care services.