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I think a servant means that you do for others and that we're here to serve others and not
ourselves. Cindy is the role model for a servant. She really reaches into people's hearts. She
looks at childbirth with families and the experience that they had as a monumental experience.
She understands, so she really capitalizes on serving that patient and making that day
the best day she can make it. When I think of the word "servant" I think of somebody
who is willing to give of themselves. They put themselves last. They will always put
somebody else's needs before their own, and this certainly is exemplified in Cindy's life
as I have seen her change her schedule many times to help out a patient, help to educate
them, help to do a one-on-one session with somebody. Being a part of a family and when
that baby is born, is not only miraculous for the family, but it's a privilege, as a
nurse, to be there and to witness that. Cindy never thinks of herself. She always puts anybody
and everybody above herself. She wants to do what's right for the company, what's right
for the employee. If I have the time and the energy to do something, and I have the ability
and the knowledge, then it's not doing anybody any good to keep it to myself. Cindy is a
great friend, she's always there for people that she works with, she's there for her community.
I've had Cindy give her personal phone number out to patients to help them with breastfeeding,
once they're discharged from the hospital. She's actually gone to their homes on multiple
occasions to make sure that they have successful breastfeeding attempts. She teaches classes
all times of the day and night. I've actually had her do an individual childbirth class
for one of my patients who was too ill to attend class. She actually went to her home
and taught the class to the patient and her husband. Pretty much, she just selflessly
gives of herself, even in her busy work schedule, she makes time for her family. And she picks
up some shifts at the family birth center, where I work, when I'm in dire straits. My
mom's always been a servant. She's always willing to go above and beyond whatever it
takes to help out in any way, shape or form. In the community, at home, she serves by teaching
Sunday School at church. She's always been a great mom in the family. She helps provide
whatever we need. We never went without and even during the hard times. She is a wonderful
servant. My mom just has always taught us to give 100% in everything we do, and if someone
needs our help and if we can, to help them, to go and help them. She's been a great role
model for all three of us. Every person that comes through the door is an individual and
they deserve to have our upmost best that we can give them. There are many times when
one of the aspects of Mountain States is that we're the loving care -- loving hands of health
care and I truly believe that. I think that when we touch a patient, whether it's with
our words, or physically, it is like they're our family, and I try to always remember that
when I'm going into a room to care for a patient or when I'm teaching a class, that if this
were my family, how would I want this person to be treated? To be spoken to? Or to be listened?
And sometimes, that's what they need more than anything else is somebody to listen.
I can't think of a person that's more deserving of giving a servant's heart award -- I can't
think of anyone that more selflessly gives of their personal time and their business
time and their emotions, to be successful, to help the people around them be successful
and to make sure the patients and customers that she serves have the best possible experience
they can.