Women s Clinic Logo We need Your Opinion! VOTE TODAY! If you would like to help plan the 2013 Breast Cancer Walk, please talk to Savannah.

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1 M A R C H Women s Clinic Logo We need Your Opinion! VOTE TODAY! W WOMEN S CLINIC Empowering women with confidence W WOMEN S with confidence CLINIC Empowering women is in the process of starting a Women s Clinic. A Women s Clinic will be hosted one day a month, where women can get their wellness check-up. This includes lab work, annual exam and mammography screening. We need your help with choosing a logo for the Women s Clinic. You can vote on your favorite logo on the employee intranet. If you have any suggestions please contact Savannah. *More information about the Women s Clinic will be available soon! If you would like to help plan the 2013 Breast Cancer Walk, please talk to Savannah. Empowering women with confidence W WOMEN S CLINIC Empowering women with confidence W WOMEN S CLINIC

2 Page 2 Happy Birthday B i r t h d a y s & A n n i v e r s a r i e s! Anniversaries Diane G. March 3rd Derin B. 1 yr. Candy C. 3 yrs. Glenda W. March 3rd Diane G. 1 yr. Kyle T. 6 yrs. Tracie M. March 5th Tammy R. 1 yr. Alison J. 6 yrs. Cynthia S. March 8th Nancy R. 2 yrs. Janet S. 10 yrs. Socorro March 10th Bryan G. 2 yrs. Earline C. 13 yrs. Alison J. March 14th Whitnei W. 3 yrs. Mary C. 33 yrs. Tess D. March 17th Kezia B. March 29th Bari D. March 30th Cristi R. March 31st C e l e b r a t i n g B i r t h d a y s o n T u e s d a y, M a r c h 1 2 t h Employee Meetings coming in April Beginning in April, there will be an employee meeting each quarter. Employees can come talk to Don, Robin and Kandi about questions they may have. These meetings will be in the classroom and will be a come and go session. More information will be available at a closer date. Dear Dr. Perez, Thank you so much for listening to [him] and going forward so fast. If it had not been for you [he] would have been very bad off by now. You saved [his] life. Thanks for being there for him and your fast response that you did. We will never forget what you did. God Bless & Thanks Again, [PHC Patient and Wife]

3 March 2013 Page 3 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Daylight Savings Time Managers meeting St. Patrick's Day Go Red Gala First Day of Spring Untied Employee Committee meeting at noon Board of Directors meeting Good Friday Quest for the Bunny Eggs Easter Sunday Teddy Bear Clinic end of April Annual Poster Fair Training April 9th and 10th Starting in April there will be employee meetings

4 Page 4 New Employees! Name: Dianna Department: Medical Records Title: Health Information Manager Favorite Color: Blue Favorite Snack: Cashews and Diet Mountain Dew Hobbies or Interests: Quilting and Scrapbooking Once known as the Fast Fun and Friendly Taskforce (FFF). It is now called the United Employee Committee (UEC). The UEC meets once a month to plan up-coming employee events. Due to the weather in February, the Go Red Event was moved to Monday, March 18th. If you would like to sign up for the event, please call Health and Human Services at ext. 39 Hospital Week is coming up in May! The hospital BBQ will be on Friday, May 10th Please check your and the employee intranet as more information and FREE Polo Shirt Signup will soon be announced!

5 Page 5 Great Catch Ideas January 2013 Idea: Implementing power injectable venous access devise and provide training for imaging to access devices Follow-up: Great Catch! Cristi will be educating staff on how to access these ports. Idea: Using an alternative extension tubing that can be used by both imaging and nursing; facility wide. Follow up: Great Catch! We ordered these tubes and we will put them to use! Your help is needed to collect positive stories This year, Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital is achieving 65 years of service! To celebrate providing health care to Kit Carson County and surrounding areas, KCCMH is collecting 65 positive short stories or comments about their facilities. If you would like to help us celebrate their 65 years of service by contributing to this project please your stories to Savannah at shornung@kcchsd.org. These can be positive short stories from working here or as a patient. If you would like to share a favorite memory we would love have it for the collection. Employees celebrated Mardi Gras on Tuesday, February 12th. Mardi Gras Queens: Dianna and Cecilia

6 Page 6 Teddy Clinic We will meet in the front lobby of Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital April 12, 17, 22, 23, 25, 26 and 29 Kit Carson County Health Service District If you would like to help with the Teddy Bear Clinic, please let Savannah in Public Relations know. Teddy Bear Clinic Dates -Friday, April 12th 9:30 a.m. Bethune (11 kids) -Thursday, April 25th 9 a.m. Wee Blew In (17 kids) -Wednesday, April 17th 10:30 a.m. Hi-Plains (3 kids) -Friday, April 26th 9 a.m. Wee Blew In (13 kids) -Monday, April 22nd 10:30 a.m. Stratton (12 kids) -Monday, April 29th 10 a.m. Flagler (17 kids) -Tuesday, April 23rd 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Burlington (26 kids each session)

7 Page 7 Upcoming Employee Events April: Support your favorite Baseball Team! Celebrating Opening day on April 5th! May: 6th thru 10th Hospital Week Monday: Cookies and Brownies Tuesday: Chips and Salsa Wednesday: Pick up your Shirts Thursday: Muffins for breakfast Friday: BBQ from 11:30 to 1 pm June: Department Salsa Crawl Contest *If you would like to help with any of these events please contact Savannah at ext If you department becomes too busy with patients during an employee event, please send someone from your department to get the snacks or inform Savannah prior to the event so the United Employee Committee can make sure you can participate. We want everyone to feel included but we also know patients come first!

8 K U D O S L e t t i n g s o m e o n e k n o w h o w m u c h t h e y a r e a p p r e c i a t e d A big THANK YOU to Tonia and Dr. Pham for helping me out in the ER!!! Great people like you make my job easier!!! Thank You Dr. Pham for coming in on a moments notice!!!! You showed excellent dedication!! :) Thanks again, Sara ER Savannah H. for covering a patient who needed a sitter and a listening ear. This made a huge difference in the day of this patient!- Kandi I would like to say a huge Thank You to Dr. Pham! She helped us out when we were in a jam in the ER last weekend. She is a wonderful asset for our District and community. TSalmans RN I would like to recognize the Surgery Nurses for doing such a thorough job on their screening processes prior to patients surgery. They have proven time and time again that this process makes a difference for us here. Wonderful job!! TSalmans RN "Thank you Savannah for all your help on Monday February 11 the nurses and I really think you are a rock star" LaDonna I would like to give a huge Kudos to Abbey and Bobbi Jo for their help in a code blue. They were awesome. We all worked together and got the job done! Thank you so much! - Julie A big thank you to Christina C. in Imaging for always cheerfully accepting "one more patient" to your already-full ultrasound schedule. We appreciate you! -- North Perch, PHC I would like to thank Glenda, LaDonna, and Cynthia for helping me with an admission. They all went the extra mile and it was greatly appreciated! Thanks, Andrea