2021 Women of Achievement

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WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT

THE NORTH PLATTE TELEGRAPH

SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2021

About speaker Shae Caldwell Shae Caldwell was the 2020 Woman of Achievement in busi- ness. She and her husband, Jeff, co- own Whitetail Screen Print and Whitetail Cycle Sport at 507 N. Jeffers St. The Caldwells own the Whitetail building as well as the 1931 Paramount Theatre Building, which sits near the 1929 Fox Theatre and Hotel Pawnee at East Fifth Street and Bailey Avenue. In September 2020, she and Jeff bought Parkade Plaza, the strip in downtown North Platte. Shae was instrumental in the development of Blackledge Park, dedicated in 2019 at Sixth and Jeffers streets. She is a member of the North Platte Trails Network and involved with the North Platte Public Schools Foundation; North Platte Parks, Recreation and Wellness Foundation, North Platte Chamber Hostesses; North Platte Area Chamber Economic Development Committee and the North Platte Downtown Association. In 2019, Shae received the North Platte Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

2021 Women of Achievement Finalists MEDICAL

Jenny Lantis and Jasmine Hahn

Lantis has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and is certified in infec- tion prevention and control. Her prior experience includes dialysis clinic management and nursing care. She earned a Six Sigma black belt from Villanova University. She has re- ceived the March of Dimes Nurse of the Year award and made significant contributions to the hospital’s Quest for Excellence Nebraska Hospital Association award for antimicrobi- al stewardship. She is president of the Greater Omaha Association of Professionals in Infection Control chapter and has presented at several Nebraska conferences. She has volun- teered with local school and church groups. Hahn is a bachelor’s prepared regis- tered nurse whose experience at GPH and elsewhere includes utilization re- view, case management, dialysis clinic management, home dialysis nursing, nursing service coordinator, charge nurse and clinical staff educator.

ship for a mask reprocessing center that served not only the hospital but the surrounding community, includ- ing law enforcement, EMTs, physician clinics and hospitals as far away as Broken Bow. They have guided infection control processes, managed COVID-19 testing, managed leaves fromwork for indi- viduals who tested positive, helped manage protocols and distribution of trial medications, and guided distribu- tion of the vaccine. They also provided COVID-19 planning and preparedness consultations to local schools and busi- nesses. “These are just a few of the many contributions of this two-per- son team,” wrote hospital CEOMel McNea. “Jenny and Jasmine have selfless- ly made themselves available around the clock, seven days a week, to med- ical staff, employees, patients and their families to assist with whatever is needed to manage this pandemic,” Petersen wrote.

Nurses Jenny Lantis and Jasmine Hahn were nominated as a team for their efforts at Great Plains Health amid the pandemic. “One could not have done without the other,” wrote Jan Wright, staff de- velopment/leadership coordinator for GPH. Lantis is the hospital’s infection prevention/control coordinator, and Hahn is the employee health nurse. The two have been instrumental in de- veloping and organizing health care practices and procedures during the pandemic. “Jenny and Jasmine displayed ex- ceptional leadership and astounding agility navigating GPH through the rapidly changing information and ex- pectations of this pandemic,” wrote Chief Quality Officer Barb Petersen. They worked from the start to ensure proper personal protective equip- ment was being secured and deployed despite nationwide shortages. Both provided expert guidance and leader-

We salute this year’s Women of Achievement nominees with a special congratulations to our very own GPHealth nominees.

Jenny Lantis, BSN, RN, CIC | Jasmine Hahn, BSN, RN | Renee Engler, MD

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