Beth Perkins

Upper Valley Medical Center

Beth Perkins has been a Registered Nurse for 15 years and has worked 12 of those years at Upper Valley Medical Center. She is currently a staff nurse in the Emergency Department. Her coworkers describe Beth as the department's cheerleader because she always stays positive despite negative and uncertain circumstances. She volunteers to work additional hours to ensure her patients' comfort and satisfaction. Patients and their families frequently send thank-you cards, and one patient brought her flowers because Beth had helped him "not be so scared" prior to his surgery. Because she made such a positive impression, one patient nominated Beth as the Citizen of the Day for a local newspaper—years after she had cared for him. As a preceptor for nursing students, Beth strives to provide a calm and reassuring learning environment so that students have the opportunity to experience and learn as much as possible. In the unit, she serves as the Shared Governance Chairperson and has served on the hospital-wide Shared Governance Transition Team. Beth earned her Associate Degree in Nursing from the Kettering College of Medical Arts. She is an Emergency Medical Technician, a Certified Emergency Nurse, and an Instructor of Advanced Cardiac Life Support.

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