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| Volume 4 | Issue 18 | May 5, 2015 |
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Thank you for participating in the 2015 Employee Engagement survey. Our Bon Secours Virginia participation rates increased over 2014, and your responses will help guide our health system. Look for results coming soon.
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Want a chance to win a year of health coverage? Just complete both parts of your Personal Health Assessment before Aug. 31. Learn more.
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We appreciate our security teams across Bon Secours Virginia. May 10-16 is National Peace Officers Week. Bon Secours salutes our security teams, who keep our facilities safe and provide good help to our employees, staff, patients and visitors. Thank you for your dedication and talents.
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Here's to You, Mom!
In celebration of Mother's Day, hear from two employees who have moms who also work at Bon Secours: Jake Broaddus in Richmond and Christina Johnson in Hampton Roads.
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Christina Johnson and her mother, Angela Russell,
Director of Managed Care and Reimbursement; and
Jake Broaddus and his mother, Rose Broaddus,
Total Rewards Operations Specialist.
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National Nurses Week is May 6-12
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National Nurses Week starts tomorrow. The 2015 theme, "Ethical Practice. Quality Care," recognizes the importance of ethics in nursing and acknowledges the strong commitment, compassion and care nurses display in their practice and profession. The theme is an important part of ANA's 2015 Year of Ethics outreach to promote and advocate for the rights, health and safety of nurses and patients.
Look for activities in our facilities, coordinated by Nursing Administration and Service Excellence leaders. Learn more.
| Did you Know? May 12, the final day of National Nurses Week, is the birthday of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910). The English nurse became known as the founder of professional nursing, especially due to her pioneering work during the Crimean War. Due to her habit of making rounds at night, Nightingale became known as "The Lady with the Lamp." |
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Barbara Sorbello,
RN, PhD, Dean of Nursing, Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing
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"National Nurses Week is celebrated each year between May 6 and May 12," said Barbara Sorbello, Dean of Nursing, Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing. This year's theme, "Ethical Practice. Quality Care," identifies essential components of professional nursing practice. Nurses deliver care in a manner that preserves and protects healthcare consumer dignity, autonomy, rights, values and beliefs. Nurses also serve as advocates to improve the quality, safety and effectiveness of care and health care outcomes. As we celebrate National Nurses Week, we celebrate and appreciate our nurses who go above and beyond to impact the lives we serve on a daily basis; those nurses who served in the past and upon whose shoulders we stand; and the nurses we are educating and preparing to enter professional practice and lead the profession in the future." |
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 No One-Size-Fits-All Way
to Lose Weight
Dr. Anthony Terracina, Director of Bariatrics at the Bon Secours Surgical Weight Loss Center at Mary Immaculate Hospital, knows that losing weight can be a challenge. There's no one-size-fits-all way to do it.
"A third of the U.S. population is obese, and that problem is not going away," he notes. "Obesity has overtaken smoking as the No. 1 preventable health problem."
For some people, eating healthier and increasing exercise can be enough to achieve a healthy weight. But others need more drastic measures. Read more about surgical weight loss at Bon Secours.
Read last week's article on non-surgical weight loss tips.
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Summit Celebrates Diversity
Efforts, Looks to Future
Bon Secours Health System held a two-day Diversity and Inclusion Summit last week in Maryland. The Summit, "20/20: Leveraging Diversity and Inclusion to Create our Future," drew more than 100 leaders from across the health system to discuss the organization's work, celebrate the many Diversity and Inclusion accomplishments to date and lay out the direction of the organization's commitment over the next five years.
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National Hospital Week
Begins Sunday
National Hospital Week runs May 10-16. This year's theme is "Where Miracles Happen Every Day." According to the American Hospital Association, National Hospital Week celebrates hospitals and the men and women who support the health of their communities through dedication and compassionate care. It also recognizes the miracles, both large and small, they help make happen on a day-to-day basis. Learn more.
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Clarification
In the April 28 issue of Good News, we included a link to a story from the Suffolk News-Herald. Some of the information in the story was incorrect. Bon Secours Hampton Roads has an option to buy land, but has not done so yet.
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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:
Read Richmond news releases and learn more about stories including:
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Let Us Hear From You
 Do you have a story idea for
Good News? We want your stories and photos. Please send to Dawn Trivette.
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