Lovellette named Healthcare Hero
By JOSEPH SLACIAN
Monday, November 10, 2008 8:52 AM EST
More than 26 years of service to the healthcare industry has landed Lynnette “Charlie” Lovellette the title of 2008 Healthcare Hero.
She received the honor on Saturday night during the Wabash County Hospital Foundation's Gala. Foundation Gala Co-Chair Teresa Galley presented the award to Lovellette during the event held at the Honeywell Center.
Lovellette first became interested in health care as a high school junior while working at Wabash County Hospital as a nurse's aide. After completing high school, she received training to become a licensed practical nurse.
As a critical cardiac nurse at Wabash County Hospital, Charlie began her life-long passion to educate others on preventative care and teaching for higher quality cardiac healthcare, Galley said.
“She loved listening to patients and had a strong desire to help them become more knowledgeable about their health,” Galley said. “She saw the need and thus began her life-long devotion to teaching preventative healthcare and higher quality cardiac healthcare.
Lovellette became a certified CPR and first aid instructor, a certified Red Cross basic aid instructor, and an instructor of EKG and arrhythmia readings.
By the mid-'90s, Charlie was also doing all the arrhythmia and EKG classes at the hospital,” Galley continued. After receiving her first ACLS certification with high scores, Charlie became a certified ACLS instructor and ACLS county coordinator.”
As coordinator, she teaches ACLS classes to nurses, county paramedics and staff physicians.
In 1999, she formed a small business, Health Education LLC, to help teach more people in the community, as well as to help cover costs and supplies for her education programs.
The business was originally operated by Sonia Strevy, a former WCH nurse.
“Through the years, Charlie has taught hundreds of people in our community, from healthcare professionals to elementary school students and teachers, on a wide variety of healthcare related classes, including infant, child and adult CPR, Red Cross first aid, blood born pathogen control, prenatal care, stress reduction, heart disease, strokes, and the county's only active adult smoking cessation classes,” Galley said.
“In other words, you can find Charlie teaching lots of people in lots of places. She also teaches CPR at Indiana Wesleyan University for radiology and nursing students, instructs First Aid to personnel in local industries, annually provides free blood pressure checks at the 4-H Fair, and sponsors Smart Sitters programs for 12 to 16 year olds.”
Lovellette also actively works to obtain and provide instruction of automatic external defibrillators in Wabash County schools and law enforcement vehicles, churches and businesses.
In addition, she serves on Wabash County's Child Abuse Prevention Council and the Tobacco Coalition.
“Without a doubt, Charlie has had and continues to have a tremendous impact on many lives,” Galley said.
Lovellette and her husband, Robb, have two sons, Joe, 19 and Brad, a daughter-in-law, Stacie, and one grandson, Lucus, 2.
The Lovellettes live in LaFontaine.
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