Lucas named Employee of the Year

Special to the
Journal Record

HAMILTON - Dadra Lucas, registered nurse in the Emergency Department at North Mississippi Medical Center-Hamilton, has been selected by her peers as the most recent Employee of the Year.
Lucas joined the hospital staff in 1993 after working as a licensed practical nurse at a doctor’s office. She worked on the Medical-Surgical Unit, Intensive Care Unit and as relief supervisor before transferring to the Emergency Department. She is a graduate of Marion County High School and received her LPN training at Northwest Technical School. She earned an associate degree in nursing from Northwest Shoals Community College in Phil Campbell. She is certified in Trauma Nurse Core Curriculum, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support and CPR.