This is National Nurses Week

(Seated, left to right): Home Health and Hospice nurse Tonya Towne and surgery nurse Donna Dietzenbach. (Standing, left to right): Same Day Service nurse Linda Hageman, Quality Management and Emergency Department nurse Dee Dlhy and Med-Surg nurse Jennifer Holthaus.

This is National Nurses Week.  Winneshiek Medical Center employs 122 nurses--about 30 percent of its workforce.

Winneshiek Medical Center Chief Nursing Officer Linda Klimesh says, "Winneshiek Medical Center nurses treat their profession as more than just a job – nursing is a way of life.  They know compassionate, quality care today will guide their patients on a path to life-long wellness."