Rithmiller receives award from state healthcare organization

  • Dawn Rithmiller of Bethesda Home, Webster assists an employee at the nurses’ station April 30. As the director of nursing for that organization, Rithmiller has been given the Leadership of Excellence award from the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations.
    Dawn Rithmiller of Bethesda Home, Webster assists an employee at the nurses’ station April 30. As the director of nursing for that organization, Rithmiller has been given the Leadership of Excellence award from the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations.

    Bethesda Home Director of Nursing Dawn Rithmiller received a phone call in early March alerting her she had won the Leadership Excellence award from South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) for her contributions to the post-acute care field.

    “I cried. I was very surprised,” Rithmiller said. According to the SDAHO this award recognizes individuals who demonstrate vision and strat…