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Breanne Bradley, R.N., named Saint Luke's Hospital's August DAISY Award winner
Breanne Bradley, R.N., received the DAISY Award in recognition for her compassionate and caring nursing skills as an R.N. in Labor & Delivery. The DAISY Award was established by the DAISY Foundation in memory of J. Patrick Barnes who died at age 33 of ITP, an auto-immune disease.
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Have you created your ePulse profile?
Saint Luke's Health System's new intranet - ePulse - is now accessible to all employees
More than 7,100 SLHS employees have logged into ePulse since we went live Sept. 19. Many of you have created your profiles, but many more of you are still in the "Welcome" department because you haven't updated your information.
This means your directory listing is incomplete and you may not be seeing all of the news that's relevant to you.
Here's how to update your profile in four simple steps:
- Under your name at the top of the page, click MY PROFILE.
- Click EDIT.
- Scroll down to see your LOCATION & DEPARTMENTS. Choose your primary location and department and then choose others that are of interest to you.
- Scroll down to hit SAVE.
Take a few more minutes to check your title, upload a photo, and include some information about your work and professional experience to share with colleagues. You'll find some great examples by browsing the search on the PEOPLE tab.
For step-by-step instructions, check out the ePulse Users' Guide.
Please keep sending your ideas and questions to ePulse@saint-lukes.org. We're collecting your suggestions to make ePulse even more useful for you.
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Saint Luke's Week Oct. 14 - 18
Saint Luke's Week annually celebrates the spiritual foundation of Saint Luke's Health System. As part of that celebration, from Oct. 14 - 18, we want to take time to recognize employees who add value to their work environment and demonstrate the virtues of spirituality, integrity to their work, and compassion in the healing ministry of Saint Luke's Health System.
Blessing of the Hands
A service of Blessing of Hands in the Hospital Chapel at 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., as well as every day during 1 p.m. Prayers. Chaplains will schedule the Blessing of Hands on nursing units. We will be happy to schedule the Blessing of Hands with other departments as requested.
Stop by the chapel during lunch hours to enter a giveaway for a gift certificate to the hospital Auxiliary Gift Shop! See poster outside of the chapel for more information on worship services and Blessing of the Hands schedules.
Angel for an Angel
We offer you an opportunity to nominate a co-worker who you believe exhibits compassionate characteristics in the workplace. Any employee may nominate another employee for recognition as an Angel for an Angel by completing the nomination form and returning it to the Spiritual Wellness Department at your entity. Click here to print out a nomination form. Nominations will be accepted until Friday, Oct. 11. A celebration event will be held at the nominee's entity during Saint Luke's Week to honor the award recipients.
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Saint Luke's Plastic Surgery Specialists Open House
A blemish here, a blemish there. Find out how you can make your imperfections perfections at the Saint Luke's Plastic Surgery Specialists Open House.
You'll learn about new 3-D imaging technology that lets you see the potential results before you even undergo a procedure. Saint Luke's is one of a just a handful of area providers offering this technology.
Oct. 16
4 - 6 p.m.
Saint Luke's Plastic Surgery Specialists
4320 Wornall Road
Medical Plaza 1, Suite 530
Kansas City, MO 64111
Refreshments will be served.
Call 816-932-0288 or click here to learn more.
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National Housekeeping Week
Thank you to everyone who went above and beyond recognizing our EVS team during National Housekeeping Week. From all the breakfast and lunch parties, cakes, cookie trays, goodie bags, gifts, and thank you cards, EVS staff was truly beaming. Saint Luke's is lucky to have such a dedicated EVS team, whose members are much more like close friends and family to our hospital staff.
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Gaddis shares expertise at International Emergency Medicine event
Gary Gaddis, M.D., served as the research abstracts co-chair for the American Academy of Emergency Medicine at the 7th Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress in Marseille, France, Sept. 8 - 11, 2013.
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Sleep Tech Appreciation Week is Oct. 7 - 11
The Sleep Disorders Center staff performs diagnostic and therapeutic sleep testing at seven Saint Luke's facilities performing more than 3,500 tests per year. The majority of sleep professionals sacrifice their own good night's sleep to assure our patients enjoy a good night's sleep.
Please thank the sleep staff for all they do for our patients!
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Saint Luke's Physician Specialty-Midwest Pulmonary nows offers HAST
Midwest Pulmonary is now offering High Altitude Simulating Testing (HAST). Stop by to have your heart rate and oxygen monitored - it will only take 30 minutes.
Click here for more information, or contact Janie Senciboy at 816-767-7685 or jsenciboy@saint-lukes.org.
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2014 SLH Summer Student Scholars Program
The Student Scholars Program is designed to provide an opportunity for 12 college undergraduates interested in a career in medicine to spend six weeks in a clinical or research area of emphasis at SLH. The hope is to someday see some of these students become members of the SLH medical staff.
The SLH-funded program will begin the week of June 9, 2014. Orientation will be held on June 6, 2014. Application deadline is Jan. 3, 2014. Applicants accepted to the program will be notified by March 3, 2014.
For more information or for an application, please contact Jeanne Kimball in Medical Education at jkimball@saint-lukes.org.
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Corporate Health Solutions and EAP join to form LIFEWISE™
For more than 30 years, Saint Luke's Health System has offered health and wellness services to area employers through two separate services: Saint Luke's Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Saint Luke's Corporate Health Solutions. Now these two services have come together as Saint Luke's LIFEWISE™.
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Nutrition Services meal card replacement
Beginning Oct. 15, paper meal cards will no longer be accepted in the cafeteria. Don't forget to redeem yellow cards prior to Oct. 15.
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Novel oral anticoagulants - caution to patients on heparin
In the past few years, new oral anticoagulants have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for various indications. These oral anticoagulants, dabigatran (Pradaxa), rivaroxaban (Xarelto), and apixaban (Eliquis), offer new treatment options for clinicians and may have some advantages over our oldest oral anticoagulant, warfarin.
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United Way Campaign Week is Oct. 7 - 11
Saint Luke's Health System will hold its annual United Way Campaign Oct. 7 - 11.
Look for further details on ePulse.
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Kidney Walk on Saturday, Oct. 12
Join the National Kidney Foundation and Kansas City Mayor Sly James on Saturday, Oct. 12, at the University of Missouri - Kansas City for the 2013 Kidney Walk, sponsored by Saint Luke's Health System.
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Experiencing stress?
Improve your health by learning how to manage stress at this free program. Guest speaker Bill Tidd, M.A., CEAP, will help you turn your "threats" into "challenges."
Wednesday, Oct. 16
6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Saint Luke's Muriel I. Kauffman Women's Heart Center Conference Room
To reserve your seat or get more information please call 816-932-5100.
Brought to you by:
Saint Luke's Muriel I. Kauffman Women's Heart Center and Charles & Barbara Duboc Cardio Health & Wellness Center
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Kick the Habit for Life with the Smokeout Program
You can succeed with help from your friends at Saint Luke's Charles & Barbara Duboc Cardio Health & Wellness Center. Our five-class smoking cessation program is modeled after Quit Smart and led by a certified health and wellness coach who specializes in smoking cessation.
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Call for applications - 2014 Nursing Research Clinical Scholar Program
All full-time and part-time nurses with at least one year of experience at SLH (at the time of application) are eligible to apply for the Nursing Research Clinical Scholar Program.
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Living Well and Depression
October is national Depression Awareness Month, and Saint Luke's LIFEWISE™ EAP invites you to explore the benefits of a healthier lifestyle as a means of managing your overall health and wellbeing. The good news is that making this type of commitment can also reduce the symptoms associated with chronic diseases, including depression.
To learn more, visit the EAP website by clicking here.
User Name: SLHS
Password: EAP
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Advancing the practice of cardiology
Each year in October, we take time to recognize the importance of transitions of care - a major provision within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This year's theme is "Case Management Broadening the Continuum of Care."
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Congratulations
Brian Harris!
Brian Harris, a work leader for Nutrition Services, participated in the 2013 Senior Games in Topeka, Kan. He secured four gold medals: long jump, triple jump, high jump, and standing long jump. Harris' triple jump effort made him the new state record holder in that event and No. 1 in the world for his age group. He is ranked No. 2 nationally in the long jump and high jump. Harris' recent success has made him eligible for the National Master Championships in North Carolina next July and secured him a spot in the world championships in Lyon, France, in 2015.
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Get discount tickets, low rates at Credit Union
If you are a Credit Union member and are going to the Renaissance Festival between now and Oct. 14, come by the Credit Union. Tickets are for sale at a discounted price!
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2013 SLH Holiday Cookbook
We would like you to contribute a recipe to the 2013 SLH Holiday Cookbook! This year's theme is New Seasons of EPIC Joy.
Click here to submit a recipe. There is still plenty of time, but we'd like to start collecting recipes as soon as possible!
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