Volume 4 | Issue 14 | April 14, 2015

What's in This Issue:


1.	Are you bilingual? You may want to consider becoming a medical interpreter. Bon Secours offers assessment tests, and for those who qualify, training at no cost to employees. The 50-hour courses are held annually in Hampton Roads and Richmond. Email Bon Secours Virginia Cross Cultural Services for information.
2.	Running for Better Outcomes Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2015 Bon Secours 5k for Colon Cancer Awareness in March. The event raised more than $20,000 to help local colon cancer patients.
3.	It's National Autism Awareness Month. The CDC says it is the fastest-growing developmental disability in the United States Bon Secours is proud to include employees on the autism spectrum as part of our valued workforce, especially those who participate in Project SEARCH to learn job skills. Learn more.

Celebrating Diversity at Bon Secours

Project SEARCH interns, including these at Memorial Regional Medical Center, add to the richness and diversity of our health system. Front Row: Rachel DeLille, Asia Walker, Michael Yacavone, Savannah Chandler, and Adrianna LeMare. Back Row: Jacob Keiper, Preston Leech, Anastasia Hibbits.

April is Cultural Awareness Month at Bon Secours Virginia. It's a time to learn about all the various cultures in our community and about all the rich backgrounds and experiences of our employees. Throughout our health system, we open our minds and hearts.

Our diversity makes us stronger, and it enables us to provide better care to our patients. Take this month to talk to coworkers, learn their stories and share your own.

Interns Will Share Stories at Diversity Program
Throughout our health system, we're celebrating our differences. At Memorial Regional Medical Center and other Bon Secours facilities, that means employees are cheering on interns participating in Project SEARCH, a school-to-work transition program during the final year of high school that teaches employment skills to students with disabilities.

During an event on April 23 at MRMC, Project SEARCH interns will share their internship experiences in the hospital as well as future goals for employment. Learn more about interns' experiences this year.

Tell Us What You Think: Employee Engagement Survey Coming

It's quick. It's easy. And it's very important.

Bon Secours wants you to share your voice in the 2015 Employee Engagement Survey, which runs April 20-May 3. This survey is your opportunity to tell us what you think.

To take the survey, you will need an access code that Gallup, which conducts the survey for Bon Secours, has mailed to your home. If you lose your access code, you can call the survey line and follow the voice prompts to obtain it. Your responses are completely confidential. Health system leaders working closely with employees will develop action plans based on the survey findings.

Employee feedback through the five-minute survey makes a true difference in our ministry. It helps to advance our mission and vision as a health system - and to make Bon Secours a great place to work!

Community Hospice House
Takes Shape

Hospice-House

Dr. Will Anderson, medical director of Bon Secours Hospice, gave a recent tour of the soon-to-be-completed Bon Secours Community Hospice House in Richmond's Bon Air neighborhood. The Hospice House is grounded in Bon Secours Richmond's deep commitment to hospice care --- a founding element of the ministry of the Sisters of Bon Secours that began in 1824. The 16-room facility, scheduled to open later in 2015, will provide a high level of medical care and high quality of life for patients with terminal illness, while providing emotional and spiritual support to their families in a home-like environment.

Active Parenting: Raising Happy
and Successful Children

Bon Secours Family Focus will offer a six-week, research-based video and discussion workshop beginning May 5. Learn about communication, discipline, problem solving and encouraging positive behavior in children ages 5 to 12. The workshop is free. Learn more.

Contact Delores Greene-Price for information.

Learn Tips to Age Successfully

aging gracefully

Bon Secours Virginia is a sponsor of the Successful Aging Forum, May 27 in Hampton Roads and May 28 in Richmond. Singer and former member of The Supremes Mary Wilson will be featured speaker. Learn more and register.

Let Us Hear From You

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Who Will Speak for You?

All adults can benefit from thinking about what their medical choices would be if they were unable to speak for themselves. National Healthcare Decisions Day, April 16, provides an opportunity to raise awareness and to make a plan.

These decisions can be written down as an advance directive, which can take one of two forms: A "healthcare power of attorney" documents the person you select to be your voice. A "living will" documents the medical treatments you would or would not want at the end of life.

Visit NHDD.org for more information. Let your voice be heard.

Co-Parenting: In the Child's Best Interest

Join Bon Secours Family Focus for a custody and visitation parent education workshop to learn to meet the needs of children, improve communication and establish positive relationships. Courses will be held April 25, May 30 and June 27 at Mary Immaculate Hospital. Learn more

Contact Delores Greene-Price for information.

Going Back to School?
Get $$$$ to Help

Tuition reimbursement is a generous Bon Secours benefit to help you improve knowledge and skills relevant to your current position or help enhance your knowledge and competencies for career advancement within our health system.

Click here for a summary of the policy.

Did You Know?
In calendar year 2014, Bon Secours Virginia gave $5 million to employees
in tuition reimbursements for
taking college courses.

Employees should submit reimbursement forms and required documentation by emailing AskHR@bshsi.org or faxing it to 855-538-2007.

Questions? Contact the Bon Secours HR Operations Center at 855-336-7600 or 804-887-7600.

What's going on in our health system? Check out news releases for Hampton Roads, including important information about screenings, and read news coverage including:

Sign up now for Bon Secours nurse explorer camps this summer, Daily Press, April 1

Read Richmond news releases.

Family Focus Presents Interactive Play Group

Children ages birth through age 5 can meet new friends and parents can enjoy the Parent Caf� Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30-noon in Newport News. Learn more.

Contact Delores Greene-Price for information.

Virginia Credit Union
Offers Member Discounts

Being a member of Virginia Credit Union can save you money in a variety of ways, including discounts on entertainment, travel and financial services. Bon Secours employees are eligible to join. Just visit vacu.org or a branch, or call 804-323-6800 or 800-285-6609.

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