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Oncology Nurse Practitioner Earns the Beebe Medical Center

12/29/10

""Isabel Benson, an oncology nurse practitioner at Tunnell Cancer Center, has earned Beebe Medical Center's You Make a Difference employee Award for January 2011.

Benson goes above and beyond to assist and care for our patients and their families. Her focus is always to help them during the most difficult time of their lives.

She always is ready to fill in when there is a shortage of oncologists, and makes sure that the patients are receiving the highest level of care, as well as the guidance they need during transition to hospice or palliative care. Isabel is known for her warmth and positive energy.

Benson's recent efforts toward collecting donations at the Tunnell Cancer Center on behalf of flood victims in Pakistan were immeasurable. She also has helped those in the local community. This fall, when a patient won a bicycle in a raffle at the Historic Lewes Farmers Market and had no means of getting it home, Isabel made sure that the bicycle was delivered to the patient's home within hours.

She is an outstanding role model and leader within the Beebe Medical Center organization.

Beebe Medical Center's You Make a Difference employee recognition program, which was established in 2002, gives employees the opportunity to recognize their colleagues for outstanding service. The program is similar to an employee of the month program, but 18 employees can be selected annually. Each nomination, which may be submitted by fellow employees or management, must meet criteria developed by the committee. The You Make a Difference Review Board evaluates eligible nominations each month. Winners are announced in a surprise ceremony in which the committee meets in their department and presents the award. Employees selected for the award receive:

§ Parking space with sign/plaque for a month
§ $100 gift certificate to business of choice within Sussex County
§ Letter of congratulations and personal visit from Jeffrey Fried, Beebe president
§ Photo for wall plaque on hall outside of cafeteria
§ Special pin for badge
§ Letter to team member's director and department recognition

Caption: Isabel Benson earned the Beebe Medical Center You Make a Difference Award for January.
photo credit: Kevin Fleming
Beebe Medical Center is a not-for-profit community medical center with a charitable mission to encourage healthy living, prevent illness, and restore optimal health with the people residing, working, or visiting in the communities we serve. For more information, please visit us online at www.beebemed.org


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