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| Volume 5 | Issue 11 | March 15, 2016 |
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Has your child volunteered at our facilities? High school seniors may apply for the Amber Nease Scholarship award, given each year to an employee's child or grandchild for exceptional community service.
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It's Patient Safety Awareness Week. At Bon Secours, it's something we take seriously every day.
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Lace up your running shoes and join us this weekend at the Westchester Shamrock 5k. Bon Secours St. Francis Watkins Centre sponsors the annual event.
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Your Next Career Steps:
Consider the Possibilities
 Carpe Diem! It means "seize the day," and it's a good mantra for your mid-year review. The reviews are going on through April 8.
Jennifer Pitts, program lead, Talent Readiness, says that while employees are generally good about their check-in goals, they often don't spend enough time thinking about their professional development goals.
But that's important. Bon Secours leaders want you to discuss your goals, and they can suggest some activities that can help you achieve them.
"Ask yourself how to move the needle from what you currently can do to what you'd like to be able to do in the future," Pitts advises. "It's about taking the time to focus on it. Eventually in the long run, it will help."
Finding the time to consider your future can be hard enough in today's busy health care environment, she acknowledges, but it's important to slow down occasionally. "It's hard to be engaged and move forward in your work if you don't take time to take a breather and make time for yourself."
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Our annual Gallup Employee Engagement survey will be held April 18-May 1.
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 Drive to THRIVE:
Commitment Week 2016
 New Year's resolutions forgotten? Feeling stressed?
Take a breath.
Refocus on ways to
achieve your best physically, financially, spiritually, socially,
and emotionally. Rediscover your Drive to THRIVE this Commitment Week, March 21-28.
When you feel your best, you can engage more fully with your family and your community as well as at work. During Commitment Week, commit to take steps to improve your overall well-being:
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Grab Your Best Friend(s) at Work --- and sign up as a team to compete in the Bon Secours Commitment Challenge, which runs March 21 -- April 18. The more you log in and log activity on BonSecoursWellness.com, the more points your team receives. There is no limit to the number of best friends you can sign up as your team. Click here for more details.
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Plan to participate in the Commitment Cup Challenge --- Even if you don't sign up as a team, all employees individually can earn points on BonSecoursWellness.com. The Commitment Cup trophy will again be awarded to the local system with the highest average points per employees from March 21 -- April 18.
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Fill out a Commitment Card. Click here to download a card. What will you do to thrive?
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Watch for local Commitment Week activities at your facility. Bon Secours offers many resources to support your health and well-being. That includes earning Wellness Incentives. All employees covered by a Bon Secours Medical Plan can earn up to $900 in a Health Reimbursement Account when they complete three Wellness Incentives by Aug. 31. Learn more at AskHR in the Benefits section.
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 Helping the Homeless
Students from the Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing recently braved a cold warehouse to organize supplies for CARITAS, an organization that seeks to address and end homelessness. Thank you for volunteering!
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You Picked Us! Bon Secours Richmond Again a Top Workplace
Once again, the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Workplace Dynamics named Bon Secours Richmond as a finalist in the third annual Top Workplaces program, which is based on surveys about the workplace completed by employees.
Top winners will be announced at the Sterling Workplace Awards program on May 5. Read more in this article from the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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Spring Break Is Almost Here
 March 28-April 1 is spring break for most Richmond-area school kids. Are you ready? Bon Secours Richmond Family Centers offer fun, safe ways for your school-age children to enjoy time with their peers in a theme-based, supervised environment. Contact the center nearest you now to reserve your spot. | St. Mary's Family Center, 804-285-0444 | | Memorial Regional Family Center, 804-559-0647 | | St. Francis Family Center, 804-594-4990 |
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DePaul Medical Center Adds
Robotic Surgical System
DePaul Medical Center recently acquired the
da Vinci® Xi Surgical System, to complement the
da Vinci® Si robotic surgical system already in use there.
This next-generation robotic surgical system can be used across a wide spectrum of minimally invasive surgical procedures and is optimal for highly complex surgeries in which instruments must be able to reach up and down and across large areas of the body, such as the abdomen or chest.
Seventeen surgical specialists affiliated with DePaul Medical Center are trained to perform robotic-assisted surgeries using the da Vinci Xi robotic surgical system. Bon Secours is using the da Vinci Xi surgical system to perform a number of procedures including gynecological, colorectal, urologic and general surgeries. Read more.
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Providing Good Help to Runners
Runners in this weekend's Shamrock Marathon in Virginia Beach are in good hands. Dr. Ernesto Luciano-Perez, an orthopaedic surgeon and medical director of sports medicine, Bon Secours Virginia Orthopaedic Specialists, will serve as medical director of the marathon, half-marathon and 8K races, an annual event that draws nearly 25,000 participants.
2016 marks the sixth year Dr. Luciano and his team have volunteered at the race. "We have a great team of physicians working with us, which makes the operations of the medical tent essentially effortless," he said. "I think we've hit our stride in great part due to the tireless effort of Cynthia Goode, Justin Ferrell, and Dr. Jason McHugh."
 Dr. Luciano is proud that so many Bon Secours employees --- more than 100 --- volunteer during the race weekend. "We have volunteers from nursing, athletic training, physical therapy and many others who get involved in the operations of the race." That kind of involvement, he said, contributes to the success of the race each year.
During the races, Dr. Luciano and a team of physicians, nurses and volunteers from Bon Secours In Motion will staff the medical tent, a triage tent, and a blister tent on the beach along the race course.
"It's very rewarding to be part of such a high-energy type of event," he said. "People are very appreciative of the time and effort we put in, both the runners and the event staff. It's a lot of fun, and we look forward to being involved year after year."
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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 more about topics including:
Read Richmond news releases and learn more about stories including:
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