Today's top story is National Nurses week celebrates nurses advocating, leading and caring May 6 through May 12, 2012.
Every year the American Nurses Association...the ANA...celebrates National Nurses Week starting with National Nurses Day on May 6th and culminating on May 12, Florence Nightingale's birthday.
This year as in the past Bon Secours is celebrating across the system with a variety of activities sponsored by BSHSI and organized locally.
Here at BSN Headline News we are celebrating all month long with stories on what it means to advocate, lead and care from the nurses perspective across the system.
Often described as an art and science, nursing is a profession that embraces dedicated people with varied interests, strengths and passions because of the many opportunities the profession offers.
Nurses at Bon Secours work in emergency rooms, operating rooms, and in the classroom just to name a few.
They are staff nurses, educators, researchers, practioners and a miriad of other roles too numberous to mention here.
But regardless of the role they play or where they work, they all serve with a passion for the profession and a strong commitment to patient safety.
In celebrating National Nurses Week, Bon Secours recognizes the many contributions nurses have to the ministry and hold them up as daily examples of being good help to those in need.
In this first story in our series on nursing and nurses, we had a chance to talk with one of our favorite nurses at BSHSI, Pam Hash. Here we talk a little bit about the many roles nurses play at Bon Secours.
Let's listen in.....
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Hash interview
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Be sure to watch BSN Headline News next week when we talk to Bon Secours nurses about what it means to advocate as a nurse.
Please join us in celebration of Bon Secours nurses everywhere who provide good help to those in need through advocating, leading and caring.
In other news, Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital goes live with ConnectCare on Sunday April 29, 2012.
By now most of you are familiar with ConnectCare and what it means for the future of Bon Secours.
and now Mary Immaculate Hospital is part of that growing group of facilities with one of the most advanced and innovative electronic health record systems in the United States.
According to Bon Secours Hampton Roads CEO Michael Kerner, "Advancing clinical innovation and providing an extraordinary experience of care are directly linked. The ConnectCare electronic health record (EHR) supports our mission to bring "Good Help" through innovation to the communities that we serve."
Bon Secours Connectcare links all patient medical information, including medical history, allergies, test results and medications, in one secure and confidential electronic record.
According to Patricia Robertson, CEO of Bon Seccours Mary Immaculate Hospital, "We are excited to implement ConnectCare at Mary Immaculate.
We have made a big investment in technology and training and look forward to positive patient experiences."
Indeed according to James Sammons, MD Vice President for Medical Affairs at Bon Secours Mary Immaculate hospital. "...more than anything, patient safety...if we did nothing else with ConnectCare it, would be worth every penny we are going to pay for it.
I see this as a tremendous benefit for our patients, our physicians, our system...everyone's going to benefit from this."
Please join us in congratulating, Bon Secours Mary Immacualte Hospital as the newest member of the ConnectCare Implementation family.
Finally, Bon Secours Health System takes the top award from Practice GreenHealth. On May 3, 2012 Practice GreenHealth announced that Bon Secours Health System was selected as winner of their 2012 "System for Change Award".
This environmental excellence award is given to health systems which have proven success in improving environmental performance and demonstrated dedication to a higher standard of sustainability.
Practice Greenhealth is a nonprofit membership organization founded on the principles of positive environmental stewardship and best practices by organizations in the healthcare community.
Practice GreenHealth's mission is...To collaborate and provide education, tools and information about the best environmental practices to help healthcare organizations supercharge their operational efficiency, increase regulatory compliance, and improve the health of their communities.
According to CEO Rich Statuto, "Bon Secours is extremely proud of all our facilities' achievements in ecological sustainability. For the third year running, our efforts for environmental excellence are raising the expectations for ecological stewardship while fulfilling the health system's commitment to be proactive in healing the earth.
