Nash UNC Health Care

Year in Review

May 2019 – June 2020

May 2019:

Nash UNC

Physical

Therapists Tina

Campbell and

Yetunde Bandele

discussed

Parkinson's

Disease during

an interview on

WHIG-TV.

May 2019:

Business North

Carolina

highlighted Nash

UNC and CEO

Isley in a May

article.

May 2019:

The Caring Canines of

Nash Pet Therapy

Program was featured

on WHIG-TV. Amy

Winham, Director of

Service and

Operational

Excellence and

Tamera Dengler, Nash

UNC Volunteer,

discussed the pet

therapy program.

June

2019:

The UNC Cancer

Care at Nash

team held a

Cancer Survivors

Day celebration

last Friday that

honored current

and former

patients of the

Danny Talbott

Cancer Center!

June 2019:

UNC Cancer Care at

Nash was featured on

WHIG TV to discuss

various cancer clinical

trials offered at Nash.

June

2019:

Nash

welcomed

117 junior

volunteers for

the summer

2019

program!

June 2019:

Nash participated in the

United Way School Supply

Drive and served as a

community drop off

location.

June 2019:

Board Chair Jeffrey

Batts penned a letter

to the community to

address

organizational plans

and updates and felt

encouraged that Nash

and the community

were looking toward a

bright future.

June 2019:

American American

Heritage Girls

(AHG) Troop NC

0834 donated

stuffed animals to

the Nash UNC

Pediatric

Emergency

Department.

June 2019:

WHIG TV featured Nash

UNC Emergency

Department leadership

on the Here’s to Your

Good Health show.

June 2019:

Our Women's

Center and UNC

Cancer Care at

Nash teams were

part of Rocky

Mount Telegram's

Charm Night Out.

June 2019:

Cardiopulmonary

Rehab moved to

a new location on

the main Nash

UNC campus.

July 2019:

Nash County

Commissioner

Sue Leggett

was welcomed

to the Nash

UNC Health

Care Board of

Directors.

July 2019:

The Rocky

Mount Area

Youth Council

made care

packages for

our patients in

the Nash UNC

Pediatric

Emergency

Department.

July 2019:

Nash UNC Health

Care welcomed

Dr. Anne Shriner

as the new Chief

Medical Officer.

July 2019:

Nash UNC Health Care

earned four heart care

awards from the

American Heart

Association.

August 2019:

A CBS 17 news

segment featured

Nash Breast Care

Center Radiologist

Dr. Kelly McAlarney

and UNC Cancer

Care at Nash

Oncologist Dr. Jay

Manikkam as they

discussed the

importance of regular

mammograms.

August 2019:

CEO Lee Isley

discussed Nash

UNC’s strategic plan

on WHIG TV.

August 2019:

Nash UNC partnered

with The Harrison

Family YMC to

welcome Nash-

Rocky Mount Public

School Teachers

back to campus.

August

2019:

Nash UNC detailed

its plan to attract

and retain nurses

during the STEP

leadership summit.

August

2019:

The American

Heart Association

awarded Nash

UNC with the

Getting With the

Guidelines-Stroke

Gold Plus Quality

Achievement and

Target: Stroke

Honor Roll awards.

August

2019:

Nash UNC and

the Nash UNC

Health Care

Foundation

awarded nearly

$350,000 in

grants to

organizations

across the Twin

Counties.

August

2019:

The Nash UNC

Health Care

Auxiliary recently

awarded three

Nash UNC Health

Care junior

volunteers with

college

scholarships.

September

2019:

The Nash UNC Health

Care Clinical Pastoral

Education program was

granted full

accreditation by the

College of Pastoral

Supervision and

Psychotherapy and the

Commission for

Pastoral and

Psychotherapy Training.

September

2019:Nash UNC provided

a $150,000 grant to

Wesleyan College in

support of a new RN

to BSN program.

September

2019:

Community

volunteers started

offering live music in

the lobby of the

Danny Talbott

Cancer Center.

September

2019:

The Nash Women’s

Center Team and

Nash OBGYN

partnered together

to donate to My

Sister’s House.

September

2019:

Nash UNC

partnered with

Nash-Rocky Mount

Public Schools to

launch a new Sports

Medicine program

for student athletes.

September

2019:

Nash Community

College received a

$57,000 grant from

Nash UNC in

support of nursing

and health

education.

September

2019:

Nash Hospice and

Palliative Care

hosted a Care for

the Caring event for

people who are the

primary caregiver to

family members

with extensive

health needs.

September

2019:

UNC Cardiology at

Nash opened an

outpatient Heart

Failure and

Intravenous IV

Diuresis Clinic to

improve care and

access to services for

heart failure patients.

September

2019:

The annual Walk of

Remembrance event

was held for the

community and

hosted by the Nash

UNC Women’s

Center.

October

2019:

Students at

Northern Nash

High School

painted ceiling

tiles for the

Danny Talbott

Cancer Center.

October

2019:

Nash UNC hosted

a Breast Cancer

Lunch and Learn

educational event

for our community.

October

2019:

Nash UNC Health

Care was chosen

for The Community

Partner of the Year

Award from My

Sister's House.

November

2019:

Nash welcomed Dr.

Amy Stinson, the

newest addition to

the team at UNC

Ear, Nose & Throat

at Nash!

November

2019:

The Nash UNC Dietary

team won 2nd place in

the Beans and Brews

Chili Cook Off event.

November

2019:

Dr. Ashley

Strickland was

welcomed as the

newest member of

UNC Orthopedics

at Nash.

November

2019:

Nash UNC thanked

and honored

veterans during the

Veteran’s Day

recognition event.

November

2019:

Nash UNC

Surgical Services

staff hosted

“Behind the Red

Lines” for Nash-

rock Mount Public

Schools senior

health science

students.

November

2019:

Nash UNC

volunteer Mike

Beaudin was

named a Southern

Star by WNCT 9

On Your Side and

their community

partner Southern

Bank.

November

2019:

Nash UNC team

members

volunteered for a

variety of

community

events.

November

2019:

A signing day

event was held

for the Nash

UNC Nurse

Scholar program

participants.

November

2019:

The Nash UNC

Nursing Supportive

Services Council held

a food drive and

provided a full

Thanksgiving meal to

some families in need.

December

2019:

Nash UNC kicked

off the holiday

season by gathering

together for the

annual Lights of

Love, hosted by the

Nash UNC Health

Care Foundation.

December

2019:

Several Nash UNC

teams worked together

to build and deliver

beds to children in

need through the

organization Sleep in

Heavenly Peace.

Bedding was also

donated by several

Nash UNC team

members.

December

2019:

The Nash UNC

Plant Services

team worked to

light the iconic

Christmas tree

that sits atop the

main hospital

tower during the

holiday season.

December

2019:

The Dietary team

provided the annual

Nash UNC Holiday

meal for staff and

volunteers.

January

2020:

Nash UNC

celebrated the first

baby of the year

born at the Nash

UNC Women’s

Center and in the

Twin Counties.

January

2020:

The Nash UNC

Cancer Support

Group had art

therapy thanks to

Delphine Wiggins,

Nash UNC

oncology social

worker, and Shelly

Maloney, Northern

Nash High School

Art teacher.

January

2020:Nash UNC

named Dr. Mary

Strickland as

the new Vice

President of

Nursing.

February

2020:Nash UNC hosted the

annual Healthy Heart

Fair, a community

health and wellness

educational event.

February

2020:

Robbie Green was

welcomed as the

newest member of the

Nash UNC Health

Care Board of

Commissioners.

March 2020:

Infection Prevention

Manager, Connie

Clark, and Nash

County Health

Department's

Communicable

Disease Nurse, Jamie

Bragg, discussed

COVID-19 on WHIG-

TV.

March

2020:

Nash UNC

developed a

COVID-19 Task

Force to help

guide and lead

operations during

the onset of the

coronavirus

pandemic.

March

2020:

Visitor restrictions

were implemented

in response to the

COVID-19

pandemic.

March

2020:

Surgical services

were altered due

to the pandemic.

March

2020:

Nash UNC

hosted a Blood

Drive in

response to the

critical need for

blood during the

onset of the

COVID-19

pandemic.

March 2020:

The community rallied

around Nash UNC with

donations of masks,

gloves, hand sanitizer

and cleaning supplies.

This response helped

our PPE shortage in

March and April.

March

2020:

Nash UNC

observed National

Doctor’s Day by

thanking all of the

physicians and

providers who

make an impact

on our community.

March

2020:

Nash UNC was

featured in a

video by the

Holderness

Family called

“Gimme Six

Feet” that

stressed the

importance of

social distancing

in a fun way.

March

2020:

Nash UNC

announced

tighter

restrictions in

response to the

COVID situation.

April 2020:

Messages of hope

began to flood the

Nash UNC campus

as we continued to

provide exceptional

health care services

to our community

during the COVID-19

pandemic.

April 2020:Dexter David with

Wheeler & Woodlief

Funeral Home and

Cremation Services

organized a "First

Responders' Salute”

to Nash UNC Staff.

April 2020:

Nash UNC’s first

critical COVID patient

was successfully

discharged after over

two weeks of

treatment.

April

2020:

New signs were

installed on

campus to

encourage,

inspire and

thank our staff.

April 2020:

A campaign was

launched to educate

our community on

when to seek

emergency medical

care and what

precautions we are

taking during the

pandemic to keep

people safe.

April 2020:

Members of the

Caring Canines of

Nash team held a

window visit (due

to COVID) for our

patients at the

Danny Talbott

Cancer Center.

April 2020:

Nash UNC

developed a video

to explain the

processes in place

for checking in

and treating

COVID patients

separately from

other patients in

the Emergency

Department.

May 2020:

Nash UNC honored

nurses during National

Nurse’s Week.

May 2020:

Nash UNC celebrated

National Hospital Week

in a variety of ways,

including a video

dedicated to all Nash

UNC employees and the

role they have played in

providing care for our

community in the midst

of a pandemic.

May 2020:

We launched a campaign to

remind the public the variety

of precautions we are taking

to keep them safe as we all

deal with COVID.

May 2020:

Guided by

recommendations

from the CDC, UNC

Health and state

officials, Nash

resumed some

services under new

processes and

guidelines for

keeping our

community safe.

May 2020:

We celebrated the

discharge of a COVID

patient who received

treatment at Nash for

43 days.

June 2020:

Nash UNC Health

Care hosted a blood

drive to build its

bank of

convalescent plasma

used treat qualifying

COVID-19 patients,

through our

participation in the

national Expanded

Access Program, in

collaboration with

Mayo Clinic.

June 2020:

Nash UNC

implemented new

and improved UV

cleaning

technology for

COVID rooms and

other areas of the

hospital.

June 2020:

Nash UNC Health

Care partnered with

Boice-Willis Clinic and

Nash Surgical

Associates to open a

new, combined

general surgery

practice in Rocky

Mount on June 30.

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