We would like to congratulate Chester Willis, HealthTrust VAS Manager for the TriStar Market, on earning a scholarship to the Massey School of Business at Belmont University for a Healthcare MBA! HCA Healthcare awards six Healthcare MBA scholarships each year to members of the HCA family who are interested in expanding their healthcare careers. HealthTrust Workforce Solutions is a fully-owned subsidiary of HCA Healthcare.

Chester is a registered nurse who continues to exemplify excellence among healthcare professionals. In 2017, Chester was recognized as a HealthTrust Hero for his skill set, bedside manner, and genuine kindness for both his patients and his colleagues. We are proud to have nurses like Chester as members of our HealthTrust team.

Congratulations to our vascular access nurses for earning Most Valuable Team at Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Georgia! These HealthTrust nurses were recognized by facility leaders for their passion, clinical skill set and commitment to quality patient care.

Congratulations to Kimberly Tillery, RN, on earning a DAISY Award! Kimberly works in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) at Rose Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. Kimberly was nominated for the DAISY Award by the facility’s Chief Nursing Officer for being a strong advocate for her patients and for her quick thinking under pressure:

Congratulations to Francis "Sonny" Combs on earning a DAISY Award! Sonny is a nurse at the Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at TriStar Centennial Medical Center who truly touched the lives of a patient and his family. Sonny's DAISY Award nomination can be read in full below:

We are proud to present Raluca Khrino with the DAISY Award! Raluca exhibited extraordinary care and expertise in helping a patient at Plantation General Hospital. 

ICU nurse Ryan Van Gorp is our next clinical HealthTrust Hero! Ryan saw a patient in need and immediately stepped in to help the patient upon discharge from Centerpoint Medical Center in Missouri. Learn more about Ryan's story:

"Ryan was discharging a patient who was down on his luck and did not have a shirt. Ryan indicated if he could not find a warm shirt/sweater for his patient, he was going to give him his coat because it's too cold to be without right now.

Our latest clinical HealthTrust Hero leaves a lasting impression on every life he touches. Learn more about this StaRN graduate and HCA Bayshore nurse by reading his HealthTrust Hero nomination below.

Ornella Puente, RN, is our next clinical HealthTrust Hero!

Ornella earned her HealthTrust Hero status through her work in the ICU at Tampa Community Hospital in West Florida. While there, she has shown an undeniable commitment to helping her patients and their families during the most difficult of times.

Below is one example of her unyielding compassion to help those in need, as told her in HealthTrust Hero nomination:

Mary Federico, RN

Mary Frederico  works for Parallon Workforce Solutions at Menorah Medical Center in the Kansas City area. In honor of Nurses Week, the healthcare system shared a story in which late one evening this spring, a 90-year-old woman fell bringing a letter out to her mailbox and broke her hip. The woman was taken to the hospital, but couldn't recall any phone numbers to notify her family members, who were all in the process of flying into town to celebrate her 90th birthday. Mary volunteered to physically track down her granddaughter, based on information the woman provided about the area and vicinity in which she lived.

It is nurses like Mary that support our mission for excellence in nursing.

Congratulations Mary!