Honoring Healing Hands & Hearts

Gerber Memorial celebrates, thanks nursing team on Nurses Week
 
Fremont, Mich., May 12, 2022 – Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial celebrated National Nurses Week, May 6-12, with treats and thank yous in many different forms. The celebration included root beer floats delivered to nurses and luminaries with inspiring words.

​Chaplain Ed Arndt rounded in different areas to deliver a Blessing of the Hands, which Arndt said celebrates the work nurses do with their hearts and their hands as healers. As he delivered the blessing, Arndt read: “May your hands, your mind and your heart be blessed to bring comfort where there is pain, courage where there is fear, hope where there is despair – all with the healing touch of love. As you bring healing, may you also be healed. May it be so.”

Registered nurse Holly Spaulding of Hesperia has been a nurse at Gerber Memorial for 32 years.
 “The best part of being a nurse are my coworkers, our friendships, and to know that I’m surrounded by a great team that works well together and is committed to our mission of caring for our patients,” she said. “Being a nurse is rewarding because you come into work every day knowing you’re going to make a difference in someone’s life. For anyone who’s considering a career, nursing is truly rewarding because of the positive impact you can make.”

Spaulding said Gerber’s nursing team has grown closer over the past two years during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 “We were there for each other during the pandemic, using our skills and our compassion, we pulled together as a team and that made us more resilient as a team and as individuals,” she said.
​More than 139 registered nurses and licensed practical nurses work at Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial, together with nearly 100 nurse techs and medical assistants.