Union City, Tenn.–Baptist Memorial Health Care announced the winners of its Advanced Practice Provider Awards on September 22, 2023, and named Ashley House Advanced Practice Practitioner of the Year for Clinics and Brittnie Weatherford Bird Advanced Practice Practitioner of the Year for Hospitals.
The Advanced Practice Provider Awards are presented annually to advanced practice providers, such as nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists or physician assistants, who demonstrate excellence in collaboration and have made noteworthy contributions to providing high-quality patient care and furthering Baptist’s mission of healing, preaching and teaching.
“Baptist would not be able to provide high-quality care if it weren’t for our dedicated team members who go above and beyond the call of duty to serve patients,” said Amanda Comer, system director, advanced practice providers. “We’re pleased to recognize Ashley and Brittnie for their outstanding contributions to patient care and Baptist on a daily basis.”
House is a clinical nurse specialist with NEA Baptist Internal Medicine. As a CNS, she is an advanced practice registered nurse trained in advanced physiology, pharmacology and physical assessment. During her 15 years with NEA Baptist, she has helped diagnose and treat acute chronic illness with an emphasis on specialist care for at-risk patients or populations. She also helped form the NEA Baptist APP council where she mentors new APPs and has formed a successful onboarding process that she presented at national and regional APP meetings.
Bird is a certified registered nurse anesthetist at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. She has been with Baptist Union City for six years and has played a vital role in the success of surgeries and management of complex patients. She recently demonstrated her commitment to patients by volunteering to help with wound care during a recent tornado.
Baptist Memorial Health Care is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems and the largest provider of Medicaid in the region. Baptist offers a full continuum of care to communities throughout the Mid-South and consistently ranks among the top integrated health care networks in the country. The health care system comprises 22 affiliate hospitals in West Tennessee, North and Central Mississippi and East Arkansas; a freestanding emergency department; more than 5,400 affiliated physicians; Baptist Medical Group, a multispecialty physician group with more than 900 providers; home, hospice and psychiatric care; minor medical centers and clinics; a network of surgery, rehabilitation and other outpatient centers; and an education system highlighted by Baptist Health Sciences University (formerly Baptist College of Health Sciences). Baptist employs more than 20,000 people, and in fiscal year 2022 contributed more than $455 million in community benefit and uncompensated care to the communities it serves. For more information, please visit www.baptistonline.org or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok or LinkedIn.com.
Photo: Brittnie Weatherford Bird.