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UMC Welcomes New Nurses
Welcome aboard to our new graduates, new nurses and nurse externs! This is such an exciting time of year as new staff joins us. I have met some of you already and I look forward to meeting each and every one of you in the coming weeks. We are so very glad to have you here with us as we strive to become the “best of the best.”
We are listening and responding to the needs of our staff; so, please be sure to keep us informed about issues or concerns that you face in your work environment. The CNOs and I are here to represent each of you and to knock down barriers or to help improve processes so that you can take better care of our patients. We are all about service to others. Please help us make our patients feel like this is the ONLY place to be.
This is the time of year to celebrate!
We just celebrated National Nurses’ Week with massages, manicures, financial advice and even a “Look around Mississippi” with Walt Grayson. Kudos to the Nursing Excellence Committee members who planned such an outstanding celebration. Those representatives were Amber Arnold, Tommie Bays, Lynn Burnham, Constance Butts, Victoria Gholar, Tina Higgins, Keith Hodges, Patricia Hughes, Jolynn King, Ann Marie Love, Eloise Lopez, Devin Mosely, Dori Polito, Pat Roby, Amy Wild and Amy Williams.
In addition, nurses were recognized for excellence in their individual areas of practice. The 2007 nominees for Nursing Excellence were Paul Boackle, Pediatric ER; Kimberly Clyde, Bone Marrow Transplant; Cynthia Cooper, PICU; Deborah Smitherman, Case Management; Lisa Witt, 3C; and Barbara Wright, Case Management.
Three of the nominees were selected as award winners for 2007. The winners were Paul Boackle, Cynthia Cooper and Barbara Wright. Commemorative pins were awarded as well as gift cards. In addition the awardees’ names have been added to the Nursing Excellence plaque that will hang in the lobby of the new adult hospital.
Special thanks go to the many groups and individuals who made donations to the Excellence in Nursing Fund in support of this important program. Contributors were:
- University Pediatric Associates, PLLC
- Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- University Ophthalmology Associates
- University Surgery Associates
- University Neurology Group
- University Psychiatric Associates
- Dr. Helen Turner
- Dr. James Keeton
- Dr. Mart McMullan
- UMC School of Nursing and University Nursing Associates PLLC
- University Emergency Physicians PLLC
- University Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Robert A. McGuire, MD
New Chief Learning Officer
I also want to welcome aboard Olivia Martin M.Ed. as the new Chief Learning Officer for the University of Mississippi Health Care. Olivia brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to this new position. Among many other initiatives Olivia will be coordinating the LAMP Program – Leading through Applied Management Principles- with Rebecca Askew from the School of Nursing. This is a great investment in the ongoing professional development of our management team. Classes begin the first week in June and will continue over the next 18 months.
Please know that your thoughts and ideas matter to us. Feel free to use the Virtual Suggestion Box on line, email me any time JYHarris@hospadmin.umsmed.edu or call 984-4114. I look forward to hearing from you.
- Janet Harris, RN, MSN
System Chief Nurse Executive
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