Editors: :: Janet Harris, RN, MSN
:: Ann Marie Love
Unit News
Rapid Admissions Unit/ 2 West
This unit opened on June 4 with four beds and have currently increased to 10 beds. Our services will also expand to Monday through Friday, with hours of operation of 9am- 9pm beginning August 6, 2007.
We are staffed with one PCT, one US, one IST, and six great RNs, most of whom came from different areas within this facility. We are very excited to have this unit and we are looking forward to continuing to provide the best care and service to our patients and our neighboring staff and colleagues.
Antimicrobial - PICC
Antimicrobial- PICC service continues to grow with the opportunity to be a specialty area where the RNs are certified and trained to place PICC (peripherally inserted central catheters) lines with the use of ultrasound guidance at the patient's bedside.
We are also excited to now have our fourth PICC nurse who began with us on July 16, Angela Noble, who transferred to our team from the Pediatric's Department. Angela joins the PICC team along with Shenetta Goldman,Petrina Smith, and Carolyn Thomas.
We would like to encourage all staff to continue to utilize the Vascular Access Department (PICC) so that we can continue to provide a valuable and dedicated service to our patients and our fellow staff/co-workers. Always remember: Early assessment is the key to manage patients who needs a safe and effective line to be placed.
Tanyonisha "Nikki" Harvey, RN, BSN
Nurse Manager II
Antimicrobial-PICC/Rapid Admissions Unit
Batson/Ambulatory Surgery Unit
Congratulations to Vicki Cook who passed the CAPA exam and is now a Certified Ambulatory PeriAnesthesia Nurse. The Perioperative Services Department would like to congratulate her on this accomplishment.
Pam Bodo, RN, CPAN
Nurse Educator
Pre/PostOperative Areas
PCCU Team
The Pediatric Critical Care Unit would like to congratulate Jodee Newell, RN, on the birth of her son!
We would also like to welcome several new staff members: Tiffany Laury, RN; Elizabeth Sanders, SNA; Katie Spell, SNA; and Amanda Waddell, SNA. We are so excited to have them join our PCCU team!
Congratulations to Amber Riley,RNI; Blake Jones, Unit Educator; and Lesley Keyes, RNII; for being a recipient of the Batson Above and Beyond Employee of the Quarter Award for the second quarter of 2007. Thanks for all your hard work!
We are also proud of Chris Collado, Unit Educator, for his acceptance into the UMC School of Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner Track.
The Batson Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) would like to send a special congratulations to Nikki Bishop, RN, on the birth of her daughter!
- Kim Douglas, BSN RN
Nurse Manager Batson ASU/PACU
Batson ASU Changes
Batson Ambulatory Surgery Unit (ASU) opened November 2004 with a bang! In an nutshell, the Batson ASU prepares pediatric patients preoperatively and postoperatively for the outpatient surgery experience.
We are expanding this role and are now proud to announce the opening four of our Batson ASU beds for 23-hour observation surgery patients! We have hired 3 excellent nurses to join our team to help us with this exciting new unit which will be called Batson Short Stay Procedure Area (SSPA). It will function similar to the Adult SSPA in that we will be opened 24 hours Monday through Friday and will discharge patients by 10:00am daily including Saturday mornings.
We welcome Amy Lowery, RN; Rashida Jenkins, RN; and Sharon Durr, RN! We are excited to have these ladies join our team!
We also want to give special to Vicki Cook, RN, who has recently passed the American Society of Perianesthesia Nurses certification exam! We are very proud of Vicki for achieving this goal!
We would also like to welcome Jessica Watkins, RN, who is joining our Batson ASU team.
- Kim Douglas, BSN RN
Nurse Manager Batson ASU/PACU
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Congratulations to Nurse Manager Michelle. Schweinfurth, RN, BSN. She passed the CCRN exam in September.
BMT
Congratulations to Kim Clyde, Misty Cagle, and Yolanda Bennett. They received Oncology Certification in July.
The BMT Unit will have a huge team walking at the "Light the Night" Walk on October 4 at Trustmark Stadium. This yearly event raises money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The BMT staff is raising money and walking for all the patients we have had with blood cancers. Anyone is welcome to join our team (or donate money!). We will be selling t-shirts. Our theme this year is "The future's so bright, we gotta wear shades!"
- Michelle Burns, RN, BSN, OCN
Nurse Educator
New Faces and Exciting Times on 2-South
Several months ago, there was a patient on 2-South who had an impressive group of family support present at all times. Over the course of his hospitalization, it was discovered that his sister was a nursing student. During his stay, this student expressed an interest in working on 2-South because of the friendly staff and good nursing care given to her brother. Our staff, led by one of the charge nurses, Sue Harvey, did a great job of answering her questions and recruiting. When she graduated in May, Jamila Spinks relocated from Meridian and we welcomed her as one of our Nurse Grads on 2-South.
2-South congratulates all of our Nurse Interns: Nichole Anderson, Jamila Spinks, and Talia Patterson. They all have successfully completed their board exams and are beginning to function as new Registered Nurses.
And a BIG welcome to: Nichole, Jamila, and Talia as well as Krista Roberts, RN; Earl Lee, LPN I; Stacy Feathers, RN; Nicole Jones, NA; and Yvonne Frost, NA; who have all recently joined our team as a new UMC employees working with us on 2-South.
Wow… by the time this is published, the 2-South staff will likely be caring for renal transplant number 60 since Dr. Hawxby arrived in March! We all have grown in knowledge and skill with this exciting patient population and look forward to honing those skills and becoming more proficient in the specialty. Thanks to each member of the 2-South team for your hard work and dedication to quality patient care.
- Debbie Glenn, RNC
Nurse Manager
Greetings from L&D and OB Receiving:
We want to welcome our newest team members - Meghan Hardy Gray and Sally Proffitt. Meghan graduated, passed boards, and married all right before joining the L&D team. Sally is an August graduate of the first class of the BSN Accelerated Degree Program at UMC SON and we are happy to have her joining the L&D team. We are excited to have our SNEs continuing with us as SNAs - Brittani Hodges and Anna Susan Wadlington.
We want to congratulate our new "RNs" and thank them for choosing UMC/L&D/OBR to begin their new careers.
Kudos to Nikki Pittman on her appointment as an Instructor in the SON. She has worked very hard on her Master's and we are proud for her.
Kim Rowzee, RNC, already an AWHONN Certified Instructor for the Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Course, is now certified to teach the Advanced Fetal Monitoring Course, and we are looking forward to her sharing this additional expertise with us.
As always, we want to thank each and every staff member that goes the extra mile each month to be at work and be on time for their scheduled shifts. In July alone there were over 40 in this group.
Hats off to the entire 5C, Pediatric Surgery Team! Since January 2007, the overall quality of nursing care has increased by 20 points. In January 2007, quality of nursing care was at an all-time low. Now, 5C is above unit average and trailing closely behind the QDM Norm; (Shy by 5 points!) I am honored to work with such a great group of people.
Thank you for all your hard work. It really shows. Shine! Show them who you really are! Way to go 5C!”
- Jolene Smith, RN, CCRN, CPN
5C Nurse Manager
3Circle
Congratulations to Carol Williams, RN, for receiving her certification in psychiatric nursing.
Keith Jones, MHT, received the Batson Above and Beyond Employee of the Quarter Award for second quarter, 2007. Congratulations!
- Lisa Witt, RN
Nurse Manager
Meet the Orthopedic Team of Coordinated Care
This issue, we would like to introduce to you the Orthopedic Team of the Coordinated Care Department and share some professional and personal information about each of them.
From left to right: Tracelia “Tracy” Doss, Social Worker, brings 14 years of professional experience to UMC. She has been at UMC for four years.
Michael Hughes, RN, has been a registered nurse for 15 years. He has been at UMC in the Coordinated Care department for one year. Michael has experience as an ACLS instructor, hemodialysis and critical care.
Nan Jenkins, RN, has been a nurse for 32 years. She has one year of service in Coordinated Care at UMC. Nan spent 25 years as an orthopedic nurse working in the O.R. and coordinating patient care. She is enjoys sewing and is most proud of her accomplishment of raising two daughters.
These three professionals bring a combined total of 61 years of professional experience to UMC’s Coordinated Care Department. They have provided a combined total of six years of service to the department.
Thanks to all three of you for your hard work and dedication!
-Kim Watkins, RN
Case Manager
PED
Congratulations to Courtney Lyle and Lee Fairchilds are new grads turned RN's.
Twenty out of 23 RN's have completed FEMA training to become NIMS compliant. This lengthy training demonstrates our commitment to disaster preparedness.
The pediatric ED welcomes two experienced full-time RN's: Skye Stoker from Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital in Orlando, FL and Briana Thompson Smith from Arizona Children's Hospital Pediatric ED, Phoenix AZ.
RN Educator Paul Boackle and Nurse Manager Jennifer Stephen were chosen to serve as ENA state delegates at September's ENA National Convention in Salt Lake City.
Congratulations to Kecia Kinabrew, RN and Amy Wallace, RN. They were "Batson Above and Beyond" winners from the PED unit.
Denise Adams, RN and Will Holyfield, RN are new ENA members.
- Jennifer Stephen, RN BSN
Nurse Manager
Office of Nursing Excellence
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