Volume 11, Issue 10                                                                                     May 9, 2003

Edes Selected as Volunteer of the Year

Our hospital is honoring Gorden Edes as the 2003 Volunteer of the Year.  Gordon's selection was one of the highlights of the Annual Volunteer Week luncheon help last week at the hospital.  Gordon was also one of three volunteers receiving 2000 hour service pins at the luncheon.  The other two were Helen Orr and Bettie Mulrony.   

Also pictured above are new volunteers Frank Filicetti and Valentin Arriaga who both received their first service awards.  Cindy Rasmussen above right and Daphne Stewart (above right in red blouse) received 1000 hour pins. 

Five volunteers received 100 hour award pins - Betty Brown, Borthy Koch, Donna Langworthy, Yesenia Montano & Marcy Torres. 

Click on any of the photos above for a larger image. 

National Nurses Week Celebrated 

Hospital Week Starts Monday

This is National Nurses Week in the USA and here at SCH we are honoring our nurses for all they do to care and advocate for patients. The Nursing Staff (RN's, LPN's, NT's, NAC's, Surgical Tech's & HUC's) are all receiving gift packs and the opportunity for pampering during the week. Debbie Mains, Director of Surgical Services, planned the week this year and did an outstanding job. Thanks Debbie for the work on Nurses Week. Please wish all the nursing staff listed above Happy Nurses Week.

Bethelle Wong our 4th Philippine nurse has had her Embassy Interview and now awaits her Visa in order to come to the USA and Sunnyside Hospital. She will come in the near future but no date is set as yet. Bethelle emails me that she is anxious but very excited to come. She will bring her husband with her.

National Hospital Week will be a busy and fun week around the hospital.  Flyers have been posted about the daily events. (Clicking on flyers will download a copy of the flyer in adobe acrobat.)  They include a breakfast buffet in classroom Monday from 6:30 to 8:30, a special potluck lunch on Thursday from 11:30 to 1:30 and ice cream treats the other three afternoons.   

You can also learn a little more about other departments by checking out the display board projects produced for hospital week.  They will be up throughout the week in public areas. 

    _{In This Corner    by Jon D. Smiley, C.E.O.}   

As we celebrate National Hospital Week and National Nurses Week I would like to extend my thanks to everyone in the facility.  By the time you read this I will be out of the office for a few days on leave.  I also want to say thanks to Dr. Hugh Shiels and those of you who were involved in my care earlier this week.  

Many changes are on the way in our hospital community and in the greater healthcare system.  Later this month we will welcome Dr. Joon Park to the Medical Staff.  Dr. Park is a specialist in internal medicine.  He will be working at the Valley Internal Medicine office near the hospital.  Dr. Park has practiced for several years in the Los Angeles area.  We believe the adjustment to a lifestyle with less traffic will be a pleasant one for Dr. Park, and we hope you will make him welcome.  He received his Washington license earlier this week and should be arriving in town shortly.

Dr. April Biggs is set to join Dr. Karen Easton in July.  Dr. Martin Dubek will join Dr. Al Fiedler about August 1st.  Our physician recruitment efforts are far from complete - but these three additions will be a big help to friends and neighbors in the Lower Valley seeking primary care.  The physician recruitment and retention committee is working on filling additional needs within the community.  We will keep you posted on changes as soon as there is more news.   

New Employees Welcomed at May Orientation   

Sally Sainsbury, Rad Tech, part-time, and Mary Hudak, Pharmacist were the May Class at New Employee Orientation.  Click on the photo above for a larger image.  It will take a minute or two to load depending on the speed of your internet connection. 

Concern About Infection Control?  Remember the Basics 

submitted by Sheila Robinson

SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is communicated by droplet & possibly airborne exposure. If someone is coughing around you, wear a mask, cover your nose & mouth with a tissue or avert your head. Hand the cougher a tissue. Wash your hands after touching surfaces that may be contaminated & before touching your own face. This breaks the line of transmission. 

The symptoms for SARS are the same for any cold except that there is a history of travel to an area known to have SARS
or contact with persons suspected of having the disease.  Anyone worried about making travel plans can check the Center for Disease Control website for advice. This site also has the latest information & advice for non-medical people as well as the medical people.

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