ST. BERNARDS EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER

September 22, 2020 Volume 15, Issue 20

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Join our Employee Devotionals every

Monday at 9 am at http://bit.ly/stbzoom

September 24 Virtual Employee

Drop-Ins 12:00 pm-1:00 pm

See page 3 for details

September 25 & 29 Annual Employee Health Screening 6:30 am-10:00 am Community Room See page 4 for details

October 1-31 Virtual Pink Warrior

Walk & Run Register at

http://bit.ly/stbpinkwarrior

October 1 & 15 Employee Virtual Healing Group

11:00 am See page 8 for details

October 13-14 Uniform Sale

7:00 am-4:00 pm Community Room

October 15 Uniform Sale

7:00 am-2:00 pm Community Room

October 18 Butterfly Release

2:00 pm Imaging Center Order Butterflies at

http://bit.ly/butterflystb

Courtney Barrow, PSRC Tori Beach, 4 East Amber Beck, Oncology Robert Booth, PSRC Shliyah Brown, Stockroom Jay Clark, ICU Chase Clay, Admissions Becca Collins, 1 Main Stuart Crosskno, 3 East Alandria Cummings, Coffee Shop Kevin Drew, Laundry

Nikki Pearson, SBBH Nahrain Quhshi, 3 East Courtney Roach, H&W Destiny Robinson 1 Main Marquitta Smith, PSRC Talisa Wagganer, 4 East Sonia Wheaton, Admissions Katherine White, CT Scan Amber Wolfe, COC Shelley Woods, Oncology

Sterling Edson, Lab Kristin Eno, Admissions Adriana Fowler, NS Kaylee Hellenthal, Lab Christina Horn, Safety Brenda Hortenberry, Lab Kristin Lyscas, ICU Sabrina Morrisett, PSRC Shelby Moseley, PSRC Wesley Parrish, 4 East Andrew Pate, CT Scan

For 2020, St. Bernards is striving to hit a 4-STAR rating on all categories regarding the patient’s overall experience with the HCAHPS Patient Survey.

Overall Rating: 3-Star

GOAL

Hospitals can be a confusing setting for patients and their families. St. Bernards is no exception to this with the many changes and additions our medical center has seen throughout the years. While we have signage in place to help guide our visitors, the best way we can help ease their anxiety is by helping them find their way.

As employees of St. Bernards, we are expected to assist guests who appear to be lost when walk-ing down the halls by escorting them to their des-

tination. If we are not able to escort at that time, then we should hand them off to another employee that is able to assist.

Everything makes a difference to our patients and guests. You never know what someone's situation is and, by escorting, we can help alleviate some of that stress of being in the hospital.

IMPORTANCE OF ESCORTING Called to S.E.R.V.E.

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Annual Employee Safety Training Due by Sept. 30

The Annual Em-ployee Safety Training content has been assigned to all employees hired on or before March 1, 2020, in NetLearning.

Please complete this no later than September 30. Questions? Please contact Education at 870-207-4909.

FREE EAP Sessions Increase

Did you know that we have temporar-ily increased the number of free EAP sessions provid-ed to employees from 6 to 9?

If you find yourself overwhelmed and stressed or simply need tips to help a family member ex-periencing stress, EAP is here to help! Schedule a virtual appointment today by calling 870-930-9090.

Don’t Miss our Last Virtual Employee Drop-In on Sept. 24 Join us for our last Virtual Employee Drop In via Zoom this month with Administrator, Mi-chael Givens; VP of Medical Affairs, Dr. Kasey Holder; VP of Human Resources, Lori Smith and VP of Nursing, Angie Smith.

We will be hosting this employee Q&A ses-sions where we will answer any questions you have. Submit your questions live or before-hand at http://bit.ly/stbquestions.

Drop in anytime from 12 pm-1 pm on Septem-ber 24 by going to http://bit.ly/stbzoom or dial in with your phone at 1-312-626-6799 us-ing Meeting ID: 813 9934 4592 and Passcode: 1234.

To build a strong community, we need everyone’s help. If you would like to give to United Way through our Annual Employee Donation Drive, simply go to http://bit.ly/stbunitedway. Every gift, no matter the size, counts!

Donors can choose to give through payroll deduction by selecting the amount they would like to give each pay period. Giving through payroll deduction allows you to give a little bit at a time while joining with others at St. Bernards who do the same. By joining together, St. Bernards employees help meet the many needs of those in our community such as feeding those who are hungry, helping kids have successful futures and much more.

Those who donate will be entered to win a pair of Apple Air Pods!

Already a United Way Donor? If you are already a United Way contributor and wish to leave your giving the same, you do not need to do any-thing.

If you would like to make changes to your giving, you can complete the link shared above and changes will take effect in January 2021.

Give Back with United Way ’s Donation Drive

WIN ME!

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Department & Title: 1 East, RN, BSN

How long employed: 1 year

Favorite Food: Breakfast for Dinner

Favorite Restaurant: Patty’s Settlement in Paducah, Kentucky

Ability I Wish I Had: To be on time

Favorite Sports Team: Kentucky Wildcats

Favorite Hobbies: Running and reading

Favorite TV Show: Home Town on HGTV

Favorite Book: Anything mystery related

Favorite Place Traveled: Breckenridge, Colorado

My Dream Vacation: Anywhere in Europe

Biggest Fear: Roaches

Best Advice Received: “Things do not have to be perfect to be wonderful.”

If I could interview one person in history it would be: Marilyn Monroe

One Word to Sum Me Up: Energetic

If you refer someone for the “Job of the Week” and the candi-date is hired within a month, we will reward you with $250! St. Bernards employees must refer an external applicant to receive the $250, and the St. Bernards employee’s name must be on the application as the referral source. The $250 will be awarded once the new hire has been with St. Bernards for 90 days. If the applicant lists multiple internal references, the bonus will be shared between the referral sources.

ICU, LPN Full time, 36 hours, 7 pm-7 am

 

Don’t forget to Take the Wellness Profile: The Wellness Profile in Motivational Alliance is now available to take from through Sept. 30. If you’ve forgotten your password, you will receive an e-mail in GroupWise by clicking “Forgot Password” in Motivation Alliance.

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Environmental Services Melissa Mashburn is always up and at it to clean the Emergency Department. She helps if someone needs it also tries to keep our hallways clean and the restrooms smelling fresh and clean. She really does care and we want to thank you here in the ED. The Emergency Department Team

Physical Therapy I was unable to get a discharged patient into car due to an old stroke they suffered from. After 30 minutes of try-ing, I called Physical Therapy for help. Fisher Wood came down to help! He along with Tim McNatt were able to get this patient in their car. I really appreciate Physical Therapy and all they do for their patients and the extra they do for staff. Diane Andrews, 2 Main

Telemetry As we were working to get 2 West ready to take observation patients several of the nurses were unsure how to work the telemetry monitors. Amanda Bell was extremely helpful and willing to come show the nurses how to work the systems for patients. She went out of her way numerous times, and took the time to help us, even though she didn't have to. She ensured the nursing staff felt comfortable to provide the safest care for these patients, while always doing it with a positive attitude and a smile on her face. That's really going above and beyond. Great teamwork spirit. She deserves 10 bravos. Cindy Daffron, 1 Main

My oldest daughter, Brynn, was diagnosed with cancer when she was 3 1/2 years old. The chemo stopped the cancer, but it caused significant brain damage. My husband and I were doing intensive ther-apy with her 7 days a week to try to help her regain some of her function. It was more than the two of us could handle. People from our community stepped up to help us. Neighbors, friends, church family and com-plete strangers were at our house three times a day seven days a week. Most of them helped with therapy, some watched our oth-er kids, and some helped with housework or cooking. The outpouring of love and help was a gift from God. We eventually moved away from that community.

When I was ready to re enter the workforce, I wanted to do something that would allow me to pay it forward. I couldn’t go back and re-pay those who had helped my family during a very difficult time, but I could try to help others. Nursing was the field that best fit my goal of helping others. I’ve never regretted becoming a nurse. In fact, sometimes I wish I could have done it sooner. There are angels among us everyday. Some days they’re here to help us. Some days they use us to help others. These days, the angels are in overdrive and so are we. I know every-one is exhausted and just plain over this COVID mess, but someday we’ll look back and realize how much of a blessing each and every one of us has been to others. Every day that you show up to work, you’re someone’s blessing.

Tracie Kerns 1 Main

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We understand that COVID-19 has been a stressful time for all of us. Therefore, we have started new Virtual Healing Groups for our em-ployees to take advantage.

This will be a safe place to share worries and concerns you are expe-riencing and learn tips to better care for yourself and your family. These sessions will be led by one of our Therapists, Jennifer Tubbs, from the St. Bernards Counseling Center.

Sessions will be held via Zoom on October 1 or October 15 at 11:00 am. Register today by calling 870-351-6831 or 870-530-0756. We are looking forward to hosting these groups in October!

Register for our Employee Virtual Healing Group

Fun Things to Do with Family During COVID We recently made a cause and effect chain re-action course around our house. We used domi-noes, PCP pipe, marbles and other household items. We then set it off causing a little bell to ring at the end. My kids had a lot of fun coming up with creative ideas and constructing the course.

Shala Riney, Denials Management

One night we held a glow-in-the-dark paint party with our daughter. We bought glow-in-the-dark paint and canvas at Hobby Lobby and then set up a black light to help make it glow. My daugh-ter had an absolute blast doing this and we had fun paintings to keep afterwards.

Tiffany Horton, Employee Engagement

We did lots of tie-dye this summer and even did some reverse tie-dye using bleach.

Jill McBride, NICU

Make a jewelry necklace with a clip to use for masks. My granddaughter and I used beads, necklace string and clips from Hobby Lobby.

Zepha McMullen, Employee Wellness

Create a slip-and-slide with tarps and a water hose going down a hill. You can use shaving cream on the tarp to make it fun with foam and make the kids smell awesome.

Angela Benson, Employee Wellness

My boys and I took heavy whipped cream and placed it in a jar with a tight lid. We shook it vigor-ously for 10 minutes until it formed a solid ball—we made butter! We had a blast doing this and en-joyed getting to make toast with own delicious home-made butter. It was the best better we had eaten in years!

Cressa Lopez, EVS

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Pension Annual Open Enrollment Benefits Corner Medical Center

Pension Open Enrollment is here! If you were hired for the medical center before April 1, 2011 without a break in service, now is the time to enroll if you aren’t currently participating!

To enroll go to http://bit.ly/stbpension to access the enrollment form. Once you are in our BenefitHUB, click on Retirement and then click Pension to complete the form. Please submit your form to HR@sbrmc.org by Sept. 30th.

SmartDollar, a financial wellness benefit provided by St. Ber-nards, wants to help you build healthy money habits. They’re giving away cash prizes to boost your Baby Steps—7 steps to help you crush your money goals!

At the beginning of each week in September, log in to view the cash giveaway of the week. It could be anything from $500 to $5,000! See below to learn how to enter:

1. Create your SmartDollar account any time before Septem-ber 30, 2020. To have a chance at winning all the prizes, make sure you create your account before the contest kickoff on September 1, 2020. Go to smartdollar.com/enroll/sbrmc3319 to get started.

2. Log in to SmartDollar each day and complete an activity or budget regularly with EveryDollar to be entered into the weekly cash giveaway. The giveaway period will run from September 1 to Septem-ber 30, 2020.

3. Every day you earn SmartDollar Points, you’ll receive an extra entry for the weekly prize—up to $5,000 cash! The more you use SmartDollar, the higher your chances to win! A winner will be drawn at the end of each week and will be announced at the end of the contest.

Don’t Miss Out on SmartDollar’s $5,000 Giveaway—Ends on September 30