March Magnet Madness!

On March 31, approximately 120 St. Joseph Hospital nursing professionals gathered for a rousing redesignation kick off. The incredible achievements and inspirational best-practice stories that were shared made us even prouder to be a part of St. Joseph Hospital Nursing! It's no wonder that the average length of employment for an SJO nurse is 11 years - well above the state and national average.

Team leaders on the Magnet Redesignation journey, from left: Kathy Penzes, Executive Director of Women's Services; Carmen Ferrell, Executive Director, Critical Care and Telemetry Services; Alex Wiggins, Executive Director of Medical/Surgical Services; Patti Aube, Magnet Program Director and Executive Director of Nursing Professional Development & Research; Renee Mazeroll, Executive Director of Cardiac and Vascular Services; Magnet Maggie; Pat Brydges, Executive Director of Case Management/Social Services/Admitting Services/DSS/Beds; John Senteno, Executive Director of the Emergency Department and Chest Pain Center; and Soudi Bogert, Magnet Project Coordinator. In the coming months, these team leaders will be busily collecting and documenting evidence of Nursing Excellence at St. Joseph Hospital. Taking advantage of having so much Nursing brain power in one place, they asked the nurses to be thinking of and report on personal examples of best practices on the units, professional engagement and community involvement.