April 2016

Most students preparing for college or the workforce only think of doctors and nurses when thinking about hospital career opportunities. But there are many career choices in health care, including a variety of clinical settings as well as clerical, professional, technical and support departments.

CAMC highlighted those trending jobs during its inaugural Health Care Career Showcase at the Civic Center April 9.

Several West Virginia schools offering the academic programs needed for many health care jobs displayed information.

CAMC hosts first of its kind career showcase eventStudents were guided through the showcase by a “road map.” This book explained everything needed to work in a particular field including education, minimum requirements, licensure and certification, and what schools offer the classes and programs needed for each job.

“This was a win, win, win for students, schools and hospitals,” said Anita Ferguson, CAMC workforce development and planning manager. “Students received valuable information about careers and education. CAMC connected and exposed area students with some of the most in-demand positions in health care today. Schools assisted students and helped them find appropriate programs that match their career interest.”

CAMC received its Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award at a ceremony April 3 in Baltimore. More than 100 employees, physicians and CAMC board members attended the ceremony. CAMC was one of only four recipients, the only health care winner, and the first and only organization in West Virginia to ever receive the honor.

Emily Lane, Barbara Hodge Susan Sharps, Carrie Morris Rhonda Evans, Tammy IdenDave Ramsey and Dr. Glenn Crotty accept the Baldrige Award

CAMC Health System receives national award

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SoulCAMC’s Mini-Medical School for the Public: Paving the Future of Cancer Care

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Blood work is offered from 7 a.m. to noon. Registration is required. FREE screenings at HealthFest include:

· Diabetes· Heart· Hearing· Osteoporosis· Peripheral artery disease· Stroke· Vision and glaucoma

Check out camc.org/HealthFest for detailed information on screenings.

FREE sports physicals for middle school and high school students will be offered from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Students must have a sports physical form signed by a parent/guardian.

Saturday, June 4, | 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Charleston Civic Center

Registration begins Monday, May 16 and ends Wednesday, June 1

Own a piece of the pathThe CAMC Cancer Center celebrates its anniversary in May. Later this year, a walking path will be built directly behind the building, and you can help build the path.

A donation of $200 will secure your personalized paver, but quantities are limited.

Reserve your paver online at bricksrus.com/order/camcfoundation or by contacting Jordan Pence, development coordinator at the CAMC Foundation, at (304) 388-9863.

WomenHeart ChampionsCalling all women living with heart disease! Every year, WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease, selects up to two female heart disease survivors from CAMC to attend the Science and Leadership Symposium at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.

This prestigious four-day training conference brings together dedicated female heart disease survivors to train them to be WomenHeart Champions: volunteer community educators, national spokespersons and advocates for women living with heart disease.

They speak to various audiences about the prevalence of heart disease in women and how it is so often underdiagnosed and mistreated.

If you or someone you know is interested in applying to become a WomenHeart Champion, contact Kelly Anderson or Denise Chiartas at (304) 388-9411. Applications are due by May 1.

Welcome new physiciansAnas Diab, MD, joins the department of medicine specializing in nephrology. He received his medical degree from Faculty of Medicine in Damascus. Diab completed an internal medicine residency at St. Barnabas Hospital/Cornell University Medical College and a nephrology fellowship at the University of Michigan. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine with a nephrology subspecialty.

Douglas S. Dockery, DPM, joins the department of orthopedics and rehabilitation specializing in podiatry. Dockery received his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine from Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine. He completed a podiatric surgery residency at Richmond Heights General Hospital. Dockery is certified by the American Board of Lower Extremity Surgery.

Hamnah T. Siddiqui, MD, joins the department of obstetrics and gynecology. Siddiqui received her medical degree at Albany Medical College. She completed an OB/GYN residency at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

How long have you worked at your job? Each year CAMC recognizes members of its workforce celebrating milestone anniversaries. This year four women are celebrating their 50th anniversaries at CAMC, six people are celebrating 45 years and 39 are celebrating 40 years.

Naomi Legg started at Charleston General Hospital’s School of Nursing in 1956. She was 17 years old. “I liked nursing from the first day,” Legg said. “I knew when I got out of school that I wanted to be a nurse.”

She worked as a nurse for a few years in Washington, DC before coming back to Charleston.

Legg worked as a staff nurse in physical therapy and was a manager for the orthopedics and trauma units.

“That was probably my favorite time,” Legg said. “I always liked orthopedics, and I like trauma.”

She currently works in preadmission testing.

In her 50 years she’s only worked at CAMC General Hospital.

At one point in her career Legg retired. But she came back to work the very next day.

“It’s been a long journey, but a good journey,” Legg said.

One of Legg’s friends is Diana Durst who also celebrates 50 years of service in 2016.

Durst now works per diem in preadmission testing at CAMC General Hospital.

She has worked as a nurse during her entire career at CAMC, working in the emergency room, trauma center, medical affairs and patient access center at General Hospital.

Durst has advice to new employees. “Come to work, be on time and be kind to the patients and your fellow employees.”

People keep asking Carrell Mitchell when she is going to retire. She does not want to.

“I’ve never wanted to leave CAMC,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell has worn many hats since she started working at CAMC in June 1966.

As a nurse she’s worked in the post cardiac care unit, as a nurse manager in the emergency room and currently in the circulatory dynamics lab.

Mitchell says she always strived to treat people as individuals, to roll up her sleeves and work with them. When she worked as a manager she didn’t ask employees to do something she herself wouldn’t do.

She even worked as a nursing assistant or another role on weekends to be with her employees and support them. She tried to help them advance in their careers and encouraged them to challenge themselves.

Her advice for nurses just starting their careers is to be ready for change.

“It will happen,” Mitchell said. “Change improves things. Hang in there. You might not see the light at the end of the tunnel, but have faith that things will work out.”

At 18, Mary Harmon started working at the Owens-Illinois bottle plant. When it closed, she started working as an aide in the kitchen at Charleston Memorial Hospital.

She’s been working there ever since.

“We made the ice cream and sherbet when I came here. It was homemade for the patients,” Harmon said of those early years.

After four years as an aide, she became a supervisor. Harmon has always worked in dietary at CAMC Memorial Hospital.

Now her job includes paperwork and reports, but the part she really enjoys isseeing patients.

“I love it,” Harmon said. “There couldn’t be anything better to do. I don’t care how old they are, how sick they are or how sleepy they are. I just talk to them and try to cheer them up, make them feel good before I leave their room.”

Harmon says everybody at the hospital is good to her and that’s why she comes to work every day.

“I’m going to stay as long as I live.”

CAMC celebrates its workforce

Naomi Legg

Carrell Mitchell

Mary Harmon

Time is running out to submit graduate pictures: Deadline: April 22Employees can text or email pictures of daughters/sons who are graduating from high school, college or another continuing education program to dale.witte@camc.org , or text to (304) 549-7177.

The graduates will be published in the May issue of Vital Signs. Include the name of the graduate, school, employee’s name/relationship, department and phone number.

New WebsiteWould you like to learn more about the MyHealth wellness program but you are not sure where to go? It is now all in one convenient location.

The MyHealth page on CAMnet contains the latest programs, videos, fitness class schedules and more. There is also a link to the incentive program through Highmark BCBS.

This page, along with the CAMnet calendar, will be the most reliable, up-to-date location for all things wellness. To find the page, visit CAMnet, click “MyCAMC,” and in the drop-down menu, click “MyHealth.”

Sarah Clendenin Cynthia Dempsey Asbury Danielle Martin Jonathon Gladys

Heart&SoulThe person who nominated Danielle Martin and Jonathon Gladys, nurses in the medical ICU at General Hospital, was impressed with their end-of-life care for a patient and her family.

Within two weeks of giving birth, a young mother was admitted to their unit.

The mother had suffered a traumatic brain injury. The patient’s family chose to make her comfortable and remove her from life support.

Before the woman passed, Martin and Gladys bought kits to create molds of the mother’s hands and braided and cut a lock of her hair to give to her children.

Congratulations to the others nominated in March: Dr. Zach AbuRahma, Dr. Rizwan Ali, Dr. Naveen Bade, Dr. Sravani Bantu, Dr. Muhammad Bhaty, David Bryant, Katie Burgess, Michelle Gordon, Kelly Harrison, Kara Hopper, Dr. Shane Monnett, Dr. Kuldeep Shah, Kim Spurlock, Cassidy Stanley, Dr. Ryan Waddell, Brenten Whipkey, Bettina Youngblood

The person who nominated Paula Monty and Sarah Clendenin, both CRNAs, and nurses Cynthia Dempsey Asbury and Christy Grant was so grateful for their actions at the end of their loved one’s life.

A woman was admitted to the hospital following a drug overdose.

It was determined that she was brain-dead. After careful consideration, the family decided to donate her organs. All eight vital organs had been matched with a recipient.

The family said goodbye to the patient in the ICU and placed a single white rose on her chest. It had been given to her by her two best friends.

The organ procurement took place in the early morning hours of Valentine’s Day, which is also National Donor Day.

Family members who submitted this nomination were appreciative that, before the procedure, the anesthesia and surgical teams prayed over the patient and told her how much her family loved her.

When the surgery was complete, the white rose was placed back on the patient’s chest.

The person who nominated this group said “their kindness and compassion will never be forgotten by my family.”

SAVE THE DATE - MAY 5, 2016CAMC’s Mini-Medical School for the Public: Paving the Future of Cancer Care

Thursday, May 5, 2016CAMC Cancer Center3415 MacCorkle Ave., SECharleston

Program lecture: 6:30 to 8 p.m.Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for freescreenings, tours of the center,exhibits and refreshments.

Testing…testing: We are in a “testing season” – testing started at the end of March and will continue in some form through the live date. This testing process is much broader and more expansive than we have done in the past.

Workflows: Solution teams are busy finalizing more than 600 workflows to represent our key processes.

Technology improvements: Work is underway for improvements in our infrastructure for paging, cellular coverage and the wireless network.

Training preparation: Change Champions will be working to complete a technology assessment for your department, if they haven’t already done so. You can also prepare by checking the course catalog and completing any associated web-based training modules.

Cerner update: Top things to know this monthCheck the Cerner Revolution site on CAMnet for full updates

To register, call (304) 388-9960, visit camcinstitute.org or email institute@camc.org. The first 50 registered will receive a voucher for bloodwork at this year’s HealthFest.

Save money on health care

Participants also can:

· Be evaluated for a colorectal screening· Participate in a lung cancer risk assessment· Discuss medications with a pharmacist· Get help preparing living wills and medical powers of attorney· Learn about nutrition, skin damage, lung care, BMI, healthy weight loss AND MUCH MORE

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Leadership:

Effective meetings 201, May 12, 8 a.m. to noon

Crucial accountability, May 12, 1 to 5 p.m.

Driving change, May 18, 8 a.m. to noon

FOL session for new leaders, May 26, 1 to 2:30 p.m.

All leadership classes are held in CAMC Institute training center rooms A/B.

Computer:

Access advanced, May 10, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Word advanced, May 11, 8 a.m. to noon

Outlook advanced, May 11, 1 to 5 p.m.

Excel advanced, May 12, 8 a.m. to noon

PowerPoint advanced, May 12, 1 to 5 p.m.

All computer classes are held in the CAMC University computer lab.

CAMC University May classesnursing news and notes

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The Family Resource Center welcomes Ashley Murphy, LCSW. MILESTONES

If you or someone you know wants to become a nurse but is worried about the time and resources required, CAMC’s Nurse Education Assistance Program can help.

The program will help cover your educational costs in exchange for a work commitment to the hospital. You’ll finish the program ready to start your career in the exciting, rewarding health care field. Employees also may be eligible for an adjusted work schedule while in school.

Online applications accepted through May 15.For more information, or to apply online, go to camc.org/NursingEd.

Interested in becoming a nurse?Do you know RUSO?Accounting will be conducting an open lab for managers Tuesday, April 26, from 8 to 10 a.m., in the 1 West training lab at CAMC General Hospital.

The open lab time is for managers or others to find out more about financial statement issues of interest, including reading and understanding your department’s statement of operations and issues regarding accounts payable.

There will not be a set agenda for this open lab time.

Please contact accounting and financial reporting customer service at (304) 388-3677 or email accounting@camc.org for information.

Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has appointed Ron Moore, chief nursing officer, to the West Virginia Center for Nursing Board of Directors.

Congratulations to the following nurses who recently advanced to Clinical III: Freda Barrett, ED, Women and Children’s Hospital; Nikki Boggs, SICU, Memorial Hospital; Amanda Jordan, OR, Women and Children’s Hospital; Shawn Morris, MICU, Memorial Hospital; Charissa Watts, 3 North, Memorial Hospital.

PCCU welcomes Cathy Jobst, RN; Cheryl Garcelon, RN; Missy Miller, RN; and David Hagerman, RN.

Memorial Hospital Patient Access Center welcomes Jennifer Keeney, RN.

General Hospital surgical services welcomes Wesley Massey, FNP, clinical management coordinator; Evon Thomas, STII; Kyle Brent, STI; Liesl Eichenmuller, CNII; and Rebecca Collins, CNII to surgery.

General Hospital surgical services welcomes Melanie Dinsmore, FNP, to pre-admission testing and Kim Blake, CNIII, to PACU.

General Hospital surgical services congratulates Patty Deluca, CNIII,

short stay surgery, on her successful advancement of the clinical ladder and congratulates Tavares Hamilton, NA, surgical services employee of the month.

Memorial Hospital 5 West and 5 Front welcomes Chelsea Cooper, RN; Melissa Hackney, RN; Sharon Long, LPN; Justin Gunnoe, LPN; Stormy Fought, LPN; Brittany Kessler, LPN; Samantha Preece, LPN; Diania Belcher, LPN; Jeanie Brown, NA; John Hall, NA; Sherri Young, NA; April Branham, NA; Hobie Cole, NA; Natasha Reed, HUC; Emily Stump, HUC; and Valerie Cobb, HUC.

Memorial Hospital SICU congratulates Samantha Murphy, RN, on achieving CCRN.

Women and Children’s Hospital ED congratulates Johana McKitrick for successfully completing her CPEN.

Memorial Hospital MICU congratulates Travis Ellis, Beth Ledford-Cobb and Yezenia Soto for advancing to a Clinical Nurse III.

Memorial Hospital MICU congratulates Amanda Carroll for achieving her CCRN.

Memorial Hospital 3 North welcomes Kevin Williamson, RN.

CAMC welcomes the class of December 2015 graduate nurses, who recently entered the nurse residency program.

Congratulations!

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