02/03/2026
🌟 Employee of the Year: Heather Carnell 🌟
Please join us in congratulating Heather Carnell, our Employee of the Year at Magnolia Regional Health Center! 💚
Heather serves as the intake nurse for Home Health and Hospice, and this recognition reflects her extraordinary dedication to patient advocacy and compassionate care.
Heather was awarded Employee of the Quarter during the first quarter of 2025, and after a very tough decision, she was selected as our Employee of the Year. Heather went above and beyond to help a patient who had been without power in his home during extremely cold weather. After losing his license, Social Security card, and other forms of identification in a previous house fire, the patient faced significant barriers to restoring electricity. Despite multiple roadblocks, Heather refused to give up.
She made numerous calls to the Social Security office, medical records, and the DMV, ultimately identifying a solution that allowed the patient to obtain a new form of identification. Working closely with the social worker and community resources, her efforts helped ensure the patient’s power was restored and set him on a path to securing permanent identification.
Heather’s persistence, compassion, and problem-solving truly embody our mission of caring for the whole person—not just the diagnosis. We are incredibly grateful for her dedication and proud to recognize her as our Employee of the Year.
We would also like to recognize and thank our other outstanding nominees—Tricia Tomlinson, Kelly Flurry, and Julia Steward—for their dedication, hard work, and the incredible impact they make for our patients and community every day. 🌟
👏 Congratulations to Heather and all of our nominees and thank you for making a difference every single day!