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WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT
THE NORTH PLATTE TELEGRAPH
SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2021
2021 Women of Achievement Finalists MEDICAL
Renee Engler
Court as a Nebraska Health Care Association certified nursing in- structor, often working late after her regular shifts and on weekends. With her guidance and lead- ership, the Linden Court team has achieved a five-star rating for quality care from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare, said Linden Court Administrator Nolan Gurnsey. “Throughout the years many sig- nificant employees have come and gone, but none come close to the su- periority of Lori Dye, R.N.,” said Susan Jameson, a charge nurse. cope with their injuries, physically and psychologically. “She is passionate about the safety and wellbeing of all women through- out our region and is dedicated to assuring no victim’s voice goes un- heard of is dismissed during their lifelong journey to recover,” Smith said. “She is clearly a pioneer in the Me Too movement.” Engler is involved in her church and with her twin sons’ school activ- ities.
County and Paxton volunteer EMS agencies, and she has edu- cated hundreds of providers as an advanced trauma life support in- structor throughout the region. Engler has been the medical di- rector for the sexual assault nurse examiners program for over 10 years. This program cares for the victims of physical and sexual as- saults, collects evidence to help bring perpetrators to justice, and arranges for ongoing communi- ty support services to help victims
She has worked at Great Plains Health since 2011, where she has been emergency department co- medical director, chief of the medical staff, vice chair of the clinical integration network and emergency medicine resident coor- dinator. She is past president of the Nebraska chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians and continues to serve on its board of directors. She also volunteers as medi- cal director for Wallace, Frontier
Lori Dye is Linden Court’s in- fection control nurse. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, she spent countless hours to ensure that both employees and residents were safe, and standards were met. “In early January 2020 I can still recall a conversation between Lori and I about the unique pneumonia in Wuhan that was spreading rap- idly,” Director of Nursing Jasmine Moore said. “During that conver- sation, Lori thought it would be best to begin formulating an emer- gency plan for this ‘COVID-19’ to keep the elderly residents at Linden Dr. Renee Engler has excelled in her field as a practicing board-certi- fied emergency medicine physician since 1999, not only as an accom- plished clinician impacting the lives of countless patients, but also in leadership and volunteer positions, according to nominator Dr. James Smith. “She has this past year been on the very front line in treating the ep- idemic of COVID patients without any concern for her own wellbeing,” he said.
Lori Dye
COVID-19 precautions or to help the staff with concerns regarding new policies and infection prevention. “To this day, it was because of Lori’s efforts and the strong positive team response to maintaining pre- cautions that many of our residents remain safe, healthy, and free from COVID-19,” Moore said. Dye is also the facility’s staff development nurse. She is an American Heart Association in- structor and conducts training in first aid, CPR, AED, and advanced cardiovascular care. In 2019, she initiated CNA classes at Linden
Court safe. As the months passed and COVID-19 progressed across the globe, Lori worked tirelessly to incorporate new evidence-based practice to uphold the standards of infection prevention within our skilled nursing facility.” No outside visitors were allowed during the pandemic, and Dye stressed to staff the importance of preventing exposure to the res- idents, as staff coming and going was their only vessel for infec- tion. Many weekends, late nights and overnights Lori would show up at Linden Court to assist with
Editor’s note: All finalists’ profiles are excerpted from the nomination forms.
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