Nurses celebrate a Mardi Gras-themed Nurse Week in May
St. Joseph Hospital has adopted Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring to guide our caregivers in building and recognizing transpersonal caring moments with our patients. The Theory's 10 Caritas Processes such as Loving Kindness, Authentic Presence, & Healing Environment allow patients and caregivers to truly connect, building patient and nurse satisfaction levels! Magnet Maggie recently visited St. Joseph's Med-Tele unit to learn how our caregivers are adapting Watson's Theory into practice.
Those who follow this blog know how much Flat Maggie loves to travel, but even she has difficulty getting away from the office. Fortunately, their posters are now available for viewing at the ANCC 2010 National Magnet Conference Virtual Poster Session via Virtual World and will remain on view until the end of the October conference.
To access Virtual World please follow the steps below (note, the software required for entry into the Virtual World is not compatible with Mac).
| SlideWorld is a powerful resource for PowerPoint Slide Presentations. It is a web resource designed to facilitate the educational process of medical professionals. As you know, slide presentations have become one of the key ways of facilitating education and a way of communicating new scientific developments. Academic faculties and clinicians in practice from worldwide have contributed to the web portal. | |
* U.S.News & World Report named St. Joseph Hospital one of America’s top 50 hospitals for orthopedic care;
* St. Joseph Hospital was named one of 14 sites in the country by the National Cancer Institute to participate in the NCI Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP). St. Joseph Hospital was the only hospital on the West Coast selected;
*St. Joseph Hospital earned Magnet designation, the highest honor for nursing excellence;
* St. Joseph Hospital opened a 250,000-square-foot Patient Care Center and 85,000-square-foot Center for Cancer Prevention and Treatment at St. Joseph Hospital.
* Mr. Ainsworth provided ongoing leadership in obtaining health coverage for 45,000 children by initiating Orange County’s first California Kids program in collaboration with CHOC Children’s, Hoag, St. Jude Medical Center, Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center and St. Joseph Health System Foundation;
* Mr. Ainsworth helped increased medical access to Orange County’s medically underserved by acquiring and licensing four fully equipped mobile health clinics. These clinics provide primary care, dental and vision services at schools, churches, and community centers in central Orange County.
* Mr. Ainsworth helped enrolled 900 children per year in the Healthy Families and MediCal programs through La Amistad Clinic, Puente a la Salud’s mobile health van and the Orange Unified School District.
Congratulations, Mr. Ainsworth, on your many achievements, and best wishes on your retirement!
Touring the Labor & Delivery Unit was so exciting! And to think - 5,000 babies are born at St. Joseph Hospital every year! The staff are understandably proud to be designated a "Baby Friendly Hospital," which assures that new moms will have the information, confidence and skills to successfully breastfeed their babies, providing them with the best possible start.
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. 
What an amazing crew in ICU! Staff in the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) and the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) warmly welcomed me to their area. Among those I hung out with were, at top left, Cardiothoracic Nurse Practitioner Megan Liego, RN, MSN, ACNP, and a patient; above right, Critical Care Nurse Manager Gemma Seidl, RN, MSN, PHN, MPH, and Critical Care Outcomes /Magnet Project Coordinator Soudi Bogert, RN, BSN. I also had the chance to make rounds with the team!
Posts
All Comments
