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Brandy Bentley, RN was named a recipient of the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. Watch as we surprised her with a special presentation alongside her family members! The DAISY Award is an international program to recognize and thank nurses for their compassionate care. Brandy was nominated by the wife of a patient on our 3 East unit, and selected by her peers as an outstanding candidate for...

Rehab is This Month's GERM Winner!

Watch as we surprise Emily Drzewicki, Nurse Educator, by naming her our Employee of the Month for March!

McLaren Bay Medical Foundation Chair Fran Cantoro sits down with Orlen Johnson Family Medical Education Scholarship recipient Danielle Jean, RN to discuss her path to working in healthcare, and how the scholarship has allowed her to continue forward in her career.

Emergency Department Manager Danielle Jean, RN and Matt Rybak, RN demonstrate how the LUCAS 3 Chest Compression Machine is used to quickly administer care to ED patients.

Watch above as we surprise Peg Walkowiak, Sr. Patient Access Rep, by naming her our Employee of the Month for February! A few notes from Peg's nomination: “Peg is always cheerful and is happy to help resolve any problem. She understands CERNER better than anyone I know. Peg will always help out after hours and weekends if an error needs corrected in CERNER and no one in the hospital knows how t...

Watch Dr. Jay Szekely and our surgery team celebrate the 100th Inspire Implant. The Inspire Implant is a long-term low-maintenance solution to treat obstructive sleep apnea. Congratulations, Dr. Szekely and the rest of the team!

Earlier this month, our CAPE team and HR department delivered January's GERM - Great Employee Relationships Matter basket to our Dietary team! When asked why they picked Dietary, the HR team said, "Every person in our department has had a situation where Dietary has gone above and beyond for either themselves or our patients." Each recipient chooses the next department they would like to recogn...

Hear from McLaren Bay Special Care CEO Jeff Robinson, McLaren Bay Special Care Board Chair Andreas Teich, and a former patient on how their time at the long-term acute care hospital has given them not just a quick fix, but a sense of family.

"I got on the stretcher, came here, and that's where it all began - where I started getting my life back...I wanted to give up on myself, but they never let me. And I'm glad they didn't." After being admitted to the ER in a fight for her life as a COVID-19 patient, Laurie Beardsley was sent to McLaren Bay Special Care for long-term rehabilitative care. Watch her story of a "second chance at lif...

We were privileged to be in attendance at MiCareerQuest Middle Michigan on September 29th! Our staff and managers held hands-on interactive career presentations for 10th graders from 11 different counties, alongside nearly 100 other employers from the Great Lakes Bay Region. Thank you to Great Lakes Bay Michigan Works for hosting and all who participated for #DoingWhatsBest!

Our speaker will be Jordyn Kippe, PA-C, McLaren Bay Neurology. Join Jordyn as she discusses the latest advances in the treatment of both Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke.

Recently, we surprised Ed Beaudin, a storekeeper in our supply chain management department, by naming him our Employee of the Year for 2023! A few notes from Ed’s nomination: “Ed has worked here for 43 years, with 90% of that time in the receiving dock. He can tell where a box has to be delivered just by looking at it. If there is a product missing in this hospital, Ed will find it. He always g...

At McLaren Bay Region, we take pride in the world-class care available to our patients made possible by every member of our staff. However, without the highly skilled work of our nurses and those who support them, we wouldn’t be able to care for our patients at the highest level. From all of us at McLaren Bay Region from the bottom of our hearts, we simply say, thank you. NursesWeek #DoingWhats...

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