Issue 4 | September 1, 2015 - University of Colorado Hospital
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Issue 4 | September 1, 2015 - University of Colorado Hospital
Volume 9 | Issue 4 | September 1, 2015 | Page 1 Campus Diary Go for the Goal! Getting to know: Magnet Program Director Michelle (Mimi) Ryan Welcomes Who’s new on campus Christina Aangeenbrug, RN Outpatient Infusion Center Scott Abrams, RN Digestive Health Center Marcelino Acevedo, Financial Counselor Patient Financial Services Edward Adade, Nursing Assistant Surgery Brooke Apodaca, Advanced Care Partner Medicine Specialties Magnet Program Director Michelle (Mimi) Ryan couldn’t resist the opportunity to work with UCH Chief Nursing Officer Carolyn Sanders, RN, PhD, again. First of all, do you go by Mimi or Michelle? My formal name is Michelle but I go by Mimi. When I first started here in 1995 at the old hospital at 6 West, we had about four or five Michelles working the night shift. A friend of mine heard my husband call me Mimi and then she started calling me Mimi and then everyone started calling me Mimi. Jordan Applehans, Advanced Care Partner Women's Care Center Brittany Armentrout, RN Med/Surg Progressive Care Dacia Arnold, Unit Clerk Med/Surg Progressive Care Chrystal Ascencio Estrada, MRI Technologist Radiology MR Scan Meaghan Askea, RN Traveler Resource Pool So you worked at UCH before? I started here in 1993 as a CNA in the float pool while I was going to nursing school. In 1995 I was hired as a new graduate nurse on 6 West. I left [UCH] in 2007 and went to Denver Health for the last eight years. I just came back on July 13. Jared Atkins, Patient Access Representative Oncology Urologic What brought you back here? Carolyn Sanders [chief nursing officer] was pretty much my boss my whole career here. So when the Magnet Program director position came open, and – I was doing the same position at Denver Health, but over here I’d work for Carolyn again. It was a great opportunity. Rebecca Barrett, Physical Therapist Outpatient PT What do you do as a Magnet Program director? At Denver Health, they were just on the journey but here, at UCH, they’ve achieved Magnet four times. Here a lot of Austin Belcher, Advanced Care Partner SICU Cornelia Bahr, Medical Assistant Lone Tree Health Center Melissa Barbash, Behavioral Health Counselor CeDAR Residential Care Gina Becker, RN Medical Office Reproductive Endocrinology Linette Begger, Insurance Verification Specialist Patient Financial Services Subscribe: The Insider is delivered free via email every other Wednesday. To subscribe: [email protected] Comment: We want your input, feedback, notices of stories we’ve missed. To comment: [email protected] Continued Volume 9 | Issue 4 | September 1, 2015 | Page 2 Campus Diary continued my role is educating and supporting excellence, outcomes, benchmarking and innovations, and involving staff nurses. I’m also dedicated to improving the patient experience and improving our outcomes using research and evidenced-based practice to improve my practice and then to disseminate that to others. Another part of my role is making sure that we are recording projects and initiatives that we are doing that we can document for our fifth designation in three years. I work with teams like the Magnet Steering Committee and Magnet Mentors to achieve our goals and then teach staff what our goals are so they can participate as well. How did you get into this field? I started off as a new grad nurse and not very long after I was asked to become a charge nurse and then as a charge nurse I decided I wanted to be a hospital manager. I was a hospital manager and charge nurse for about five years, then I became a manager in outpatient in ambulatory. Then I moved to Denver Health and became manager of their progressive care unit, and also managed the inpatient jail and dialysis there. Then I took a job as a magnet program director and also the new graduate nurse residency program there as well. Probably since about 1999 I’ve been more in leadership roles. What do you like to do in your spare time? Spend time with my family. I have two sons; Jake is 18 and Max is 16. Jake just graduated from high school so I’ve been getting him ready for college. They both go to Denver School of the Arts so we’re a very artistic family and we spend a lot of time going to music shows and art shows. I go hiking at least once a week and I try to walk two miles every day. I’m also an avid reader. We like to travel as a family. A big new thing for us is cooking and all of us are trying our hand at that right now. If you could have one super power what would it be? Well, I’m always wearing rose-colored glasses; seeing things on the brighter side of everything … so my super power would be to take any bad situation and make it into something positive. Welcomes Cont. Stephanie Blankenship, RN Traveler Resource Pool Amy Bliven, Advanced Care Partner Medicine Specialties Laurie Blumberg-Romero, Director System Research Services Research Administration Erika Bohn, Advanced Care Partner BMT Tamara Branch, Patient Contact Center Representative AS Call Center Michael Bridgewater, Radiography Technologist Diagnostic Radiology Katelyn Broome, Advanced Care Partner BMT Ugene Burris, Behavioral Health Technician CeDAR Residential Care Amanda Burton, Advanced Care Partner Surgery Elizabeth Bustos, Patient Access Representative Breast Center Savannah Calhoun, Supervisor Clinic Office Operations Gastrointestinal Clinic Kate Careaga, Nursing Assistant Neuro ICU Kevin Carlin, RN SICU Raquel Caro, Medical Interpreter Interpretive Services Christine Carranza, Sterile Processing Technician Sterile Processing - ACAM Janea Carrier, Nursing Assistant THRU Unit Kaneesha Carter, Medical Assistant EP Outpatient Raul Cayetano, Perioperative Services Assistant OR - AIP Continued Volume 9 | Issue 4 | September 1, 2015 | Page 3 Campus Diary continued What was the last great book you read, or movie you saw? Last movie I saw that was totally inspiring was the Amy Winehouse documentary [“Amy”]. Any fun summer vacation plans? My children were both working this summer. I’m originally from Iowa and there is this beautiful lake there. My husband and I went on our own for our very first trip away from our kids and spent five days on this lake with my sister and her family, boating and water skiing and camping. Family Unit Husband, Patrick, is an artist and designer and just opened a new gallery/design business. Son, Jake, 18, is a recent high school grad. Son, Max, 16, is going into his junior year of high school. ............................................................. Summer Reading List In the last UCH Insider we featured four employees who love to read and asked them what they read, or plan to read, this summer. But, obviously, there are plenty more book lovers out there. Shaun Carter from Engineering Services sent me his summer reading list. It’s quite impressive. “So far this summer season I’ve read the following great books. I would recommend them all to different people, based on genre and subject,” Carter wrote. “Foundation,” by Isaac Asimov “selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee,” by Megan Boyle “Pimp: The Story of My Life,” by Iceberg Slim “Off to Be the Wizard (Magic 2.0 Book 1),” by Scott Meyer “Never Let Me Go,” by Kazuo Ishiguro “This Is How You Lose Her,” by Junot Diaz “Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy,” (only the first book so far) “The Boy Who Loved Batman: A Memoir,” by Michael Usian “The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating,” by Elisabeth Tova Bailey “Ubik,” by Philip K. Dick “The Martian: A Novel,” by Andy Weir Welcomes Cont. Marinda Chhay-Baldi, Advanced Care Partner Internal Medicine Aris Cole, Referral Specialist Transplant Center Kristina Comer, Clinical Dietitian Food & Nutrition Svcs. Maria Cordova, Nursing Assistant PACU - AIP Ramona Cordova, Patient Access Representative Cancer Center Teguo Daniel, END Technologist Neurodiagnostics Lewis Daugherty, Ancillary Health Tech Ancillary Health Techs James Davis, Advanced Care Partner Oncology Patricia Delgado, Sterile Processing Technician Sterile Processing - AIP Cary Denietolis, RN Traveler Resource Pool Janet Dichter, RN Medical Office Neurology Tony Dicus, Respiratory Therapist Respiratory Care Heather Dines, Development Officer CeDAR Administration Simone Domme, Advanced Care Partner Cardiac Vascular Holding Breann Donaghue, Patient Access Representative Employee Health & Wellness Tyler Douté, Cook Food & Nutrition Svcs. - CeDAR Aaron Dowdy, Telemetry Technician Telemetry April Drossos, Case Manager Hepatology Practice Continued Volume 9 | Issue 4 | September 1, 2015 | Page 4 Campus Diary continued “The Three-Body Problem,” by Cixin Liu Welcomes Cont. Kendra Dudden, RN CeDAR Residential Care Krista Edmonds-Radford, Cashier Food Services Garden View Café Jennifer Emenim, Advanced Care Partner Med/Surg Progressive Care James Escalera, Medical Assistant AS Float Pool Thomas Ewald, Pharmacy Technician Pharmacy IP Thomas Fahn, Behavioral Health Specialist CeDAR Residential Care Carter also listed these graphic novels: “Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story,” Frederik Peeters “Tank Girl Bk.1 (re-mastered edition),” Alan C. Martin and Jamie Hewlett “Batman Hush,” Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee “Mind MGMT Volume 1: The Manager,” by Matt Kindt “God is Dead Volume 1 TPB,” by Jonathon Hickman, Mike Costa and Di Amorim “Wytches Volume 1,” Scott Snyder and Jock “The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 1,” by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie “Saga Volumes 1-3,” by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples Kate Fifield, Program Support Assistant Sterile Processing - AIP ............................................................. Brian Forte, RN OR - AIP Hello, J.Lo Getting to know: Angelica Zorrilla, referral specialist for the Transplant Center Carolyn Findlay, RN Women's Care Center Cammera Fishe, Patient Access Representative Chronic Pain Clinic Nathaniel Florance, Advanced Care Partner CT ICU Aubrey Fondy, Advanced Care Partner Surgery Stephanie Foster, Medical Lab Scientist Clinical Lab Valerie Franz, Ophthalmic Technician I Ophthalmology What do you do as a Transplant Center referral specialist? I try to get all tests, procedures, and any appointments to be approved before the patient’s appointment. Luke Friese, Advanced Care Partner Cardiac ICU How did you get into this field? I started working as a medical assistant and slowly worked my way up the chain of command. Leslie Gerbracht, Sterile Processing Technician Sterile Processing - AIP Joyce Gallegos, Clinical Pharmacist Pharmacy IP Karen Glide, Medical Assistant Breast Center - Lone Tree Continued Volume 9 | Issue 4 | September 1, 2015 | Page 5 Campus Diary continued What did you do prior to working at UCHealth? I was working for Kaiser in the referral department. What made you move over here? I was a temp there and so I came over here because they offered me a full-time position. Welcomes Cont. Miranda Green, RN Traveler Resource Pool Surabhi Gupta, Patient Access Representative Emergency Dept. Nancy Gutierrez, Mammography Technologist Radiology Mammography John Hardman, Behavioral Health Specialist CeDAR Residential Care Dirk Hartog, Physical Therapist Inpatient PT Caroline Heins, RN Radiology CAT Scan Sean Hensley, Advanced Care Partner Burn/Trauma Unit Kristie Hentzen, RN PACU - AIP Alexandria Herndon, Food Service Technician Food & Nutrition Svcs. - AIP Referral Specialist Angelica Zorrilla has slowly worked her way up. What do you like to do in your spare time? I like spending time with my two boys and my family. We like to go to parks and see different parts of Colorado. If you could have one super power what would it be? To fly, so I wouldn’t be stuck in traffic. What celebrity do people tell you that you look like? No one ever told me I look like someone … except I’ve been told that I have J.Lo’s butt. What was the last great book you read, or movie you saw? “Dreams for My Father,” by Barack Obama Any fun summer vacation plans? Went to Miami to visit the in-laws last month. I’m originally from Florida and we go there once a year. Lindsey Higerd, Advanced Care Partner Women's Care Center Sheila Hoelscher, Charge Nurse Outpatient III Breast Center Melanie Hoffman, RN Pre-OP - AIP Jim Honerkamp, Financial Analyst Emergency Med Admin. Dexter Hopes, Patient Access Representative Employee Health & Wellness Victoria Isaacs, Chaplain Resident Spiritual Care Services Jennifer Jaffe, RN Internal Medicine Mette Janzen, Advanced Care Partner ACE Unit Kaitlin Jaros, Advanced Care Partner Oncology Continued Volume 9 | Issue 4 | September 1, 2015 | Page 6 Campus Diary continued Wasn’t it hot? It was hot, especially after living here for three years and then going back. The humidity is very high and it feels really hot. Family Unit Husband, George, does IT for a law firm. Son, Adam, is 3. Son, Jayden, is 1. ............................................................. China Doll Administrative Assistant to Revenue Cycle, China Gentile, has not one but two unusual names. And she couldn’t be happier. Here’s the story of how she received one of her unique monikers. Welcomes Cont. Gregory Johnson, RN SICU Jessica Johnson, Transplant Coordinator Transplant/Hepatology Admin Stacey Johnson, Assoc Nurse Manager Acute Dialysis Jason Kain, Respiratory Therapist Respiratory Care Christine Kazmeroff, RN Medical Office Neurology Laura Keimig, RN Birth Center Angie Kim, Pharmacy Technician Inpatient Pharmacy Rosslyn King, Chaplain Resident Spiritual Care Services Gabriel Kohan, Cook Food & Nutrition Svcs. - AIP Chelsea Koos, RN Digestive Health Center Jessamyn Koster, RN PACU - AIP Jessica Kramer, RN Traveler Resource Pool China Gentile, administrative assistant to Revenue Cycle, has a name you don’t hear every day, except maybe on the news. Where did you get your name? Well, I have to be honest. There really isn’t much of a story. I just thought I should give you a heads up that it’s a boring story. I’m sure it’s not boring. As long as it’s not that your mom was a hippy, like all the other unusual name interviews I’ve conducted, it will be interesting. What’s the story? My grandmother visited China while my mother was pregnant with me and she also was seeing China in the news a lot during Jennifer Kruger, RN Medical Office Pre-Procedure Services Jacob Kutsira, Chaplain Resident Spiritual Care Services Christenza Lager, Advanced Care Partner Orthopaedics Kimberly Landis, Advanced Care Partner Oncology Laura Lauterbach, Advanced Care Partner SICU Aisha Ledet, Advanced Care Partner Med/Surg Progressive Care Continued Volume 9 | Issue 4 | September 1, 2015 | Page 7 Campus Diary continued the time. It was 1986/early 1987. So [my mother] just got it in her head that it would be a good name. Welcomes Cont. Julia Lehmann, Advanced Care Partner Emergency Dept. Kristy Levorson, RN Traveler Resource Pool Did you get teased as a child? No. Everyone has always told me that they love the name. Brian Littlejohn, Perioperative Services Assistant OR - AIP Do you like having an unusual name? I love it. I’m very memorable. Anne Litwinski, Advanced Care Partner Birth Center Do you have children? I do not. When/if you do, will you give them unusual names? Yes. Alexie Lobban, Advanced Care Partner Surgery Michael Martin, Advanced Care Partner SICU Kimberly Mcclure, RN Traveler Resource Pool Do people ask you if that’s your real name? Yes. John Mcmichael, Perioperative Services Assistant OR - ACAM What about your last name, Gentile? That’s a pretty unusual name as well. Do you get any comments about that one? Yes. I get a lot of comments and weird jokes about Jews and Gentiles. Ashley Meadow, Advanced Care Partner Neurosciences ............................................................. Caffeine Free? Last month I was a little concerned about the future financial health of Dazbog. I was working out of the 17th Avenue storefront for a couple of days, an hour or two at a time, and I had this strange sensation that something was missing. It took me a little while to figure it out. Sarah Kabat, director of International and Executive Health Services, had not popped in – at all. Not once. It was pretty much never that Kabat didn’t strut into the shop – cell phone-affixed to her ear or chatting with a co-worker or just by herself for what I assumed was her regular caffeine fix – whenever I was there, regardless of the day or time. Was she off caffeine? On some kind of health kick? Really busy at work? I knew something was up. I eventually found out – when she popped in the following week -- that the coffee shop had nothing Hillary Miller, Administrative Assistant OR Administration Suzana Mireles, RN Maternal Fetal Medicine Mary Moore, Advanced Care Partner Med/Surg Progressive Care Xochitl Moreno, Advanced Care Partner Cardiac Vascular Holding Wade Moriston, RN Acute Dialysis Kelly Morrow, RN Traveler Resource Pool Danielle Musacchia, EEG Technician Neurodiagnostics Karina Nava, Respiratory Therapist Respiratory Care Kelsey Nida, RN OR - AIP Continued Volume 9 | Issue 4 | September 1, 2015 | Page 8 Campus Diary continued to fear. She had simply been on a weeklong family vacation in Olympia, Wash. and Victoria, B.C. Welcomes Cont. Ashley Nofziger, RN Traveler Resource Pool Cailey Noone, Administrative Assistant Nursing Administration Candis Novis, Advanced Care Partner Orthopaedics Dyann Okane, RN Birth Center Hannah Osieczanek, Advanced Care Partner SICU Audrey Pankratz, Clinical Coord. Nursing Outpatient EP Outpatient Shelly Patrick, Advanced Care Partner Pulmonary Where in the world was Sarah Kabat, the always-caffeinated director of International and Executive Health Services? Good news for Dazbog, and for me, since I always enjoy my Sarah Kabat fix. ............................................................. If the Shoe Fits … I have no idea what this shoe is doing perched on that windowsill in the northwest exit/entrance to the hospital. But [UCH Insider Editor] Tyler Smith sent it to me, with an equal amount of cluelessness. I felt compelled to write a caption. Mine: UCH Warning: Be on the lookout for a Goth-like Cinderella! But I’d love to hear your thoughts as well. Please send a photo caption and we’ll publish it in next month’s “Campus Diary,” plus we’ll throw in a $5 Dazbog gift card. Steven Peck, Mgr. Clinic Operations AS Administration Elizabeth Perkins-Pride, RN Traveler Resource Pool Ni Pham, Insurance Verification Specialist Patient Financial Services Felina Pilcher, Behavioral Health Technician CeDAR Residential Care Adin Puris, Patient Access Representative Radiology Admin. Emily Quigley, RN Traveler Resource Pool Marisol Quintana, Medical Assistant ENT/Otolaryngology Jennifer Quirk, Physical Therapist Inpatient PT Felicity Rasmussen, EEG Technician Neurodiagnostics Nickea Reagor, Behavioral Health Technician CeDAR Residential Care Waiting for the other shoe to drop … Laura Reinhardt, Patient Contact Center Representative AS Call Center Continued Volume 9 | Issue 4 | September 1, 2015 | Page 9 Campus Diary continued ............................................................. See anything weird, wonderful, amusing and/or interesting around UCH Anschutz Campus? Please let us know at [email protected]. Or send ideas directly to Diary dynamo Joelle Klein (pictured) at [email protected]. Klein is a Denver-based freelance writer who specializes in health and wellness issues. When she’s not searching for quirky UCH campus incidents or interviewing fascinating new employees, she’s reading, enjoying the outdoors or spending quality time with her family. Welcomes Cont. Michelle Ribar, Nursing Assistant Neuro ICU Ariel Riggio, Advanced Care Partner Birth Center Darlyn Rocha, Medical Assistant General Gynecology Chantelle Rogers, Certified Optician Ophthalmology Kassandra Rojas, Medical Assistant UFM AF Williams Christina Rosales, Unit Clerk NICU Monica Rosales-Nocon, RN Medical Office Neurology Michael Rosenbaum, Surgical Technologist UCHA Eye Surgery Center Emily Schneller, Radiography Technologist Diagnostic Radiology Allison Self, RN Emergency Dept. Caroline Selting, Ancillary Health Tech Ancillary Health Techs Diana Sierrariosmeza, Patient Access Representative Hospital Based Sub-Specialty Stacy Sjogren, RN Burn/Trauma Unit Melissa Skinner, Medical Assistant Gastrointestinal Clinic Brittany Smith, Nursing Assistant PACU - AIP Carli Smith, Emergency Dept.. Technician Emergency Dept. Leigh Anne Smith, RN Traveler Resource Pool Kristin Stanga, Advanced Care Partner Emergency Dept. Volume 9 | Issue 4 | September 1, 2015 | Page 10 Welcomes Cont. Claire Stevens, Nursing Assistant Surgery Laurie Stimley, Medical Assistant UFM AF Williams Katy Stithem, RN Cancer Center Infusion Tara Streeter, RN Med/Surg Progressive Care Whittney Sueda, RN Women's Care Center Nikki Sutak, Advanced Care Partner ACE Unit Zeyneb Tekuye, Food Service Technician Food & Nutrition Svcs. - AIP Monique Terrasas, Advanced Care Partner Medical ICU Eria Tharchen, RN Birth Center Stephen Thiele, RN SICU Robin Trahan, RN Neuro ICU Carina Ullman, Advanced Care Partner Internal Medicine Daven Valdez, Rehabilitation Therapy Tech Inpatient PT Austin Vaughan, Advanced Care Partner Burn/Trauma Unit Philip Vesga, Sterile Processing Technician Sterile Processing - AIP Mishelle Vislisel, EEG Technologist Neurodiagnostics Sherry Wang, Ancillary Health Tech Ancillary Health Techs Molly Warbington, Advanced Care Partner Transplant/Medicine Helen Watson, Respiratory Therapist Respiratory Care Ryan Weiner, Behavioral Health Technician CeDAR Residential Care Jennifer Weinrauch, RN Outpatient Infusion Center Kathleen Welch, RN Medical Office Derm MOH Surgery Nicole Wellnitz, Certified Optician Ophthalmology Cailin Whitty, Advanced Care Partner Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit Catherine Williams, Advanced Care Partner Neuro ICU Anna Williams, Advanced Care Partner CT ICU Tatiana Wishinsky, RN Medical Office Cancer Center Bryan Woita, Nursing Assistant Med/Surg Progressive Care Aspen Wright, Advanced Care Partner Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit Sarah Wright, Nursing Assistant Surgery Anthony Wright, Biomedical Equipment Technician Biomed Mekides Yemame, Advanced Care Partner Pulmonary