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  • McKenzie Health Extraordinary Nurse Recognized

    Lynn Welker-Fevold|Dec 20, 2023

    Watford City – Laura Olson, McKenzie Health, was recently honored with The DAISY Award® For Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation's programs to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform every day. One nomination submitted read: "Laura provides such good care for the residents in the nursing home. She has a happy demeanor day in and day out, is very knowledgeable and gets things done promptly." Additionally, the nomination cited Laura's compassion for o...

  • Good Shepherd Home Groundbreaking Ceremony For $1.3M Expansion & Upgrade Oct. 10

    Lynn Welker-Fevold|Oct 4, 2023

    Sept. 22, 2023 – A Good Shepherd Home groundbreaking ceremony will be held in Watford City, Oct. 10, at 10 a.m. CT, to celebrate the site that will soon be transformed into expanded chapel space, a beautiful courtyard, and state-of-the art greenhouse for long-term care residents to enjoy. Icon Architects are working to create spaces that are modern, warm, inviting, and accessible. Construction engineers will begin work this fall and bring the project to completion in June 2024, wrapping up with greenhouse construction. Randy Quale, Benefit F...

  • Good Shepherd Home Groundbreaking Ceremony For $1.3M Expansion & Upgrade Oct. 10

    Lynn Welker-Fevold|Sep 27, 2023

    Sept. 22, 2023 – A Good Shepherd Home groundbreaking ceremony will be held in Watford City, Oct. 10, at 10 a.m. CT, to celebrate the site that will soon be transformed into expanded chapel space, a beautiful courtyard, and state-of-the art greenhouse for long-term care residents to enjoy. Icon Architects are working to create spaces that are modern, warm, inviting, and accessible. Construction engineers will begin work this fall and bring the project to completion in June 2024, wrapping up with greenhouse construction. Randy Quale, Benefit F...

  • Lavik, General Surgeon, To Join McKenzie Health

    Lynn Welker-Fevold|Sep 20, 2023

    Watford City-Dr. Gillian Lavik, general surgeon, will be joining our surgical team on Oct. 2! A native of Rugby, ND, Lavik has a deep appreciation for rural healthcare. She graduated from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences in 2010, completing pre-medical education at Macalester College in Minnesota. Her internship and residency were completed at Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, NY, an affiliate of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons....

  • Extraordinary Nurses Recognized At McKenzie Health

    Lynn Welker-Fevold|Aug 23, 2023

    Aug. 18 - (Watford City, ND) - Nurses at McKenzie Health will soon be honored with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses®. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day. The DAISY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, by members of his family. Patrick died at the age of 33 in late 1999 from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), a little known but not uncommon au...

  • Former Anova Location Purchased By McKenzie Health – Now McKenzie Health Center

    Lynn Welker-Fevold|Jun 14, 2023

    Watford City - In April 2023, the McKenzie Health Board of Directors voted to purchase the former ANOVA Family Clinic. The location is close to McKenzie Health’s main campus and is fully outfitted, allowing the organization to seamlessly increase its capacity to serve patients. As the result of growth over the last 15 months or so, McKenzie Health identified a need for the additional space in order to fulfill its mission of providing for the community’s medical needs, right here, close to home. The McKenzie Health Center will officially ope...

  • $1.3M Expansion & Upgrade To Good Shepherd Home Chapel, Courtyard & Greenhouse

    Lynn Welker-Fevold|May 24, 2023

    Watford City, ND - May 22 - Approximately 190 individuals and businesses contributed to a $1.3 million capital campaign to expand and renovate the Good Shepherd Home’s Chapel, create an adjacent courtyard, and implement a greenhouse. Lynn Welker-Fevold, chief development officer, said, “Fundraising efforts for this initiative were kicked-off in September 2021 and came full circle in February 2023 thank you to the generosity of so many who are passionate about positive, quality of life activities as they pertain to long term care.” Welke...