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Quote of the Day
"Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly."
John F. Kennedy
- Sam Wright PA-C
- Roberta Bostian AGACNP-C
- Tim Schuijt FNP-C
- Stephanie Orr FNP-C
- Monique Catron FNP-C
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If you’ve been to the Cornerstone Café recently you’ve probably noticed that our baking
team has been showing off their talents and skills and delighting us all with a variety of
tasty treats. Come see what Melissa, Lis and Merelou has baked up for us… new items
added daily… and for those looking for gluten-free options, that No Sugar Added
Cheesecake has a nut-based crust!
Upcoming Changes in Cafe' Pricing
We are approaching the two year anniversary of the COVID-19 invasion on our community and facility.
We have maintained our pre-COVID prices, thinking that the wild price increases and difficult product
availability would return to normal at some point—but two years in, we are still finding it difficult to
locate product, and as you’ve noticed in the grocery stores, prices have not come back down, and in fact,
continue to rise. Many of the items on our current café menu are being sold at prices that do not even
cover the cost of purchasing the food (that’s right, we’ve actually been paying you to come eat our food),
so unfortunately we will be needing to increase prices. The newer items that have been recently introduced
such as the Burger of the Day and our breakfast specials are appropriately priced and will not be changing,
but please be aware that during the month of March you will see changes in the prices of some old favorite
items that we’ve been selling at two years’ ago prices.
NICU Nitric Oxide
Thanks to Jake Maughan and Jeff Goldman the NICU is up and running with Nitric Oxide!!!!
Employee Blood Drive
NEXT BLOOD DRIVE!
Tuesday, March 29th, 2022
1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the IFCH boardroom
Maintenance to the Rescue
A couple of weeks ago we started hearing squirrels in the ceiling at Pocatello ENT. We called Derek and Brennen in maintenance. They came in with a couple of traps to put in the ceiling space. The next afternoon we heard the squirrel caught in the trap. Again a call was made to Derek. Within a couple of hours, Derek and Brennen showed up. They took the trap down and took the squirrel far away from our building to release it back into nature. A second squirrel was caught and once again Derek and Brennen drove from Idaho Falls to Pocatello to take care of the squirrel. Unfortunately the second squirrel was able to escape the trap before they could get to Pocatello. Derek and Brennen are definitely our Heroes.
I would like to nominate Stetson Saxon, Riley Hammon, and Clint Young from Maintenance for helping Medical Records with a time sensitive project. They took time out of their busy schedule to help medical records every Tuesday and some Thursdays, all day, to move 6000 boxes full of Medical Records from all departments to various locations. We had to move them from the storage unit over by the airport to American way, Community Care, Hospitals, and outside clinic. While they helped they were efficient, kind, and did zero complaining about lifting, loading, unloading and going up and down multiple stairs. They could have just helped us with taking the boxes where they needed to go, but they helped with every aspect of the project. Medical Records couldn’t have completed this project without their help.
I would like to nominate Nate Esplin for the commitment to excellence Q4. This past fall, Nate got a call from Shane Wilker who runs the Shannon Wilker Foundation. He had a patient that was needing some extra help at her home, but Shane was unable to go see the patient because he was out of town. Nate went after hours on a weekend to go check on this patient, took her a minky blanket and tried to help determine how Shane’s foundation could best help the patient. Nate is always looking for ways to connect and help our patients. He certainly is an excellent employee and co-worker.
I would like to nominate Kari Oldham, the laboratory Microbiology Lead. She has been amazing throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, she takes fantastic care of her patients thorough her work. She promotes teamwork and is always willing to jump in and help in all other areas of the lab. Our department would be lost without her!
I would like to nominate the day shift house keeper Anita Yanez for the Ace award. In our emergency room we are swamped on a 24/7 basis. We have numerous Covid positive, flu and RSV patients. After EVERY one of these patients are discharged a terminal clean is required which involves washing the walls, the equipment, bed, floor, monitors etc. It is exhausting and hard work. Anita does these terminal cleanings multiple times in all the rooms her entire shift. Anita is cheerful EVERY time. She is quick to answer our pages, drops anything she is doing and comes running to help--and still had her regular required things to do. She has an adorable sense of humor and takes our merciless teasing. She goes above and beyond every shift she works. She jumps in to help us strip and clean rooms between regular patients. I just can't brag about her enough. She is loved by all of us and she is humble and does not like attention or compliments--that is why we tease her -to show her we love her. I have never seen a harder worker!!
I would highly recommend recognizing someone who is always behind the scenes but is such a vital asset to our organization. Brittany Russell is constantly helping her staff and working on creating a better environment for all of those at MVH and IFCH. As a supervisor she truly takes pride in her people and her work and that shows. She puts in countless hours around the clock to provide feedback and direction to ensure that we are able to provide top of the line healthcare. Brittany is over 20 plus departments all of which know and respect her. She is knowledgeable in all avenues of her job and is a true leader in this organization. She has been with MVH for over 10 plus years and before that was with Community Care. She is loyal, kind, and honest. All traits of who a genuinely true and caring leader has.
I would like to nominate my supervisor Kristi Garcia. She has passion and dedication to this hospital that she constantly shows. She did an internship for school with our Social Worker that she participated in before work, then would clock in for a full shift, and then clock out to go to school some days putting in 14+ hours. She helped organize a coat drive, is a volunteer with the hospital volunteer program, and she helped me develop a certified translator program. She is the first person to get involved and eagerly participates in anything the hospital is doing, and she has done all of this while battling cancer. Not only is she there for my staff to answer questions and help them with work, she takes an active role in their personal lives helping when she can. She has found babysitters for staff so they can come to work, she has housed staff that had nowhere else to go, and she supports them in their struggles. She is constant in everything she does and deserve recognition for her diligence.
Commitment to Excellence Nominations
Radiation Safety Restructure
Hello from the office of Radiation Safety. You may have noticed that the Radiation Safety courses for Mountain View Hospital have been restructured for 2022. Previously we reserved this education for the staff of the departments that worked directly with radiation, however, during our last regulatory inspection the question was posed, “Would a general staff member of a non-radiation department be able to recognize a package in a hallway with a radiation sticker on it?”
Because Mountain View Hospital performs a variety of radiation patient procedures and possesses several categories of radioactive materials that are delivered through courier services (FedEx/UPS), the Radiation Safety Officer put together this safety education program in order to create a basic understanding for the general hospital staff in all departments.
The first course is a general radiation safety course that covers a broad sweep of concepts from a brief description of “What is radiation?” to “Which patient procedures will make the patient radioactive?” The second course is very short and includes a couple of mandatory pieces of information that could not be added to the first, such as “Who is the Mountain View Hospital Radiation Safety Officer?”
There will be no need to pull out a calculator in order to calculate radioactive decay times or dose delivered, but there will be several topics covered that may be very new to some: the difference between an “external” radiation source and when the patient is the radiation source, the difference between unsealed “liquid” sources and sealed “encapsulated” sources, the importance of time/distance/shielding in reducing your overall radiation exposure, and the hospital’s stipulated goal of keeping staff members exposures “As Low As Reasonably Achievable.”
I hope that you find the courses informative, and above all I hope they help to promote a culture of radiation safety for our staff and our patients.
David Theel, Radiation Safety Officer
| 03/01 | DENISE | PALMA-TORRES | Blackfoot Medical Imaging |
| 03/01 | KAYLEY | JOHANSON | Pharmacy |
| 03/01 | MEGAN | RENCHER | Urology Associates of Idaho Fa |
| 03/01 | TERI | SMITH | PIC Pocatello |
| 03/01 | JAYLENE | BARTH | CC Rigby Lab & Imaging |
| 03/02 | CARLOS | RUBIO VACA | Pharmacy |
| 03/02 | JORDAN | TRIVELY | Pharmacy |
| 03/02 | NATHAN | MIYASAKI | Physical Plant |
| 03/02 | MARIELA | ALVAREZ | Business Office |
| 03/02 | CHLOE | JUIEL | Business Office |
| 03/03 | PAUL | POMEROY | Pharmacy |
| 03/03 | JADONNA | DORSEY | Pharmacy |
| 03/03 | JOHN | HOLMES | Pharmacy |
| 03/03 | TREANA | JONES | Labor & Delivery |
| 03/03 | JARED | YOUNG | Physical Plant |
| 03/04 | GLENDA | AESCHBACHER | Radiation Oncology |
| 03/04 | SAGE | STIMPSON | Pain Specialists of ID-Pocatel |
| 03/04 | SHIRLEY | BURKE | Peri-Op |
| 03/04 | JORDAN | CHRISTENSEN | Labor & Delivery |
| 03/04 | BRINLIE | YANCEY | Labor & Delivery |
| 03/05 | CATHERINE | STEWART | Teton Cancer Institute |
| 03/05 | JANELL | PORTER | Radiology |
| 03/05 | ASHLEY | HOMER | Lab |
| 03/05 | CHERRIE | RAMJOUE | Blackfoot Medical Laboratory |
| 03/05 | ALYSSA | ORR | Pain Specialists of ID |
| 03/05 | KENEDI | LORDS | Pain Specialists of ID |
| 03/05 | KAITLYN | SARGENT | Peri-Op |
| 03/05 | COURTNEY | STEED | Health Information Management |
| 03/05 | TYRONNE | WHITMAN | Information Systems |
| 03/05 | MICHAEL | KUNKEL | Finance |
| 03/06 | ROSA | RUIZ | Prescription Center Retail |
| 03/06 | JILL M. | HUFFMAN | Eastern ID Spine Center (Vlach |
| 03/06 | CAROL | FOX | Peri-Op |
| 03/06 | REGINA | DEVISSER | Business Office |
| 03/06 | ARIANNE | FERGUSON | Information Systems |
| 03/06 | KATIE | JUDY | Physician Management Services |
| 03/06 | KELSEY | HARDING | Physician Management Services |
| 03/07 | MEGAN | ABEGGLEN | Wound Care |
| 03/07 | ROD | CLEVERLEY | Hyperbarics |
| 03/07 | NED | HILLYARD | Quality Resources |
| 03/07 | COLTON | BELNAP | Pain Specialists of ID-Pocatel |
| 03/07 | KATHY | WAGGONER | Blackfoot Pain Clinic |
| 03/07 | KELLY | GRANDELL | Hinckley ENT |
| 03/07 | SHAD | CRAPO | Community Care-Rigby |
| 03/07 | AMANDA | STEWART | MedSurg |
| 03/08 | MISTY | WELKER | Teton Cancer Institute |
| 03/08 | GORDON | DIXON | Wound Care |
| 03/09 | MARSHA | LEE | Speech Therapy |
| 03/09 | SAMUEL | THRUSH | Lab |
| 03/09 | KYREE | BRANSON | Business Office |
| 03/10 | ROBIN | CHALLENDER | Pharmacy |
| 03/10 | ANGELA | BUNK | Quality Resources |
| 03/10 | ROSEMARY | BROOKSHIER | Grand Teton |
| 03/10 | STEPHEN | SCHOONEN | MedSurg |
| 03/10 | CHARLES | CROSTHWAIT | Information Systems |
| 03/11 | ANGELA | JONES | Physical Therapy |
| 03/11 | BONNIE | SEYFERT | Eastern Idaho Foot Clinic |
| 03/11 | TRENT E | SHAW | Community Care-Rexburg |
| 03/11 | ALISA | KUHARSKE | Business Office |
| 03/11 | CARLOS | VILLEGAS | Business Office |
| 03/12 | KATRINA | LARSON | Teton Cancer Institute |
| 03/12 | SHERIDAN | BREEN | Pain Specialists of ID-Pocatel |
| 03/12 | KENADIE | LODER | PIC Pocatello |
| 03/12 | DEREK | MOORE | Physical Plant |
| 03/12 | CASSIE | SMOUSE | Administration |
| 03/13 | KIRA | LARA | Lab |
| 03/13 | CAMILLE | DURRANT | Grand Teton |
| 03/14 | SARALEE | WADSWORTH | Surgery |
| 03/14 | JOSHUA | SMITH | Finance |
| 03/15 | CHRISTINE | STEVENS | Teton Cancer Institute |
| 03/15 | AMY | WAETJE | Prescription Center Infusions |
| 03/15 | JAMIE | BACA | BMC/Johanson Surgery |
| 03/15 | BECKY | CHRISTENSEN | PIC Pocatello |
| 03/15 | TREENA | MCMURTREY | Creekside Surgery Center |
| 03/15 | CODY | JARDINE | Business Office |
| 03/15 | MARIAH | EILANDER | Business Office |
| 03/15 | SOREN | BODILY | Physician Management Services |
| 03/16 | ADAM | SIMMONS | Pharmacy |
| 03/16 | HUGO | RUBIO | Pharmacy |
| 03/16 | HALEY | VINING | Eastern ID Spine Center (Vlach |
| 03/16 | DEBRA | MAYS | Physician Management Services |
| 03/17 | ALISHA | FIGUEROA | Blackfoot Medical Laboratory |
| 03/17 | MCKINZIE A. | HUNTSMAN | Pain Specialists of ID |
| 03/17 | SHERA | BREWINGTON | Pain Specialists of ID |
| 03/17 | GARRETT | KREBS | MedSurg |
| 03/17 | DENNIS | WASHINGTON | Housekeeping |
| 03/18 | ANGELA | TANNER | Teton Cancer Institute |
| 03/18 | MELISSA | KELLY | Prescription Center Infusions |
| 03/18 | MELISSA | CAMPBELL | Quality Resources |
| 03/18 | RONNEL | STACEY | Channing Redicare Clinic |
| 03/18 | MINDY J. | LEWIS | Pain Specialists of ID-Proc Ct |
| 03/18 | AMY | BREWER | Community Care-Rexburg |
| 03/18 | BAILEY | WILLS | Community Care-West Side |
| 03/18 | ALYSSA | PASSEY | Business Office |
| 03/19 | LORI LEE | BYINGTON | Premier Speech Therapy |
| 03/19 | KARLEY | FORSGREN | Labor & Delivery |
| 03/19 | KAILI | ORCHARD | Business Office |
| 03/19 | ALLI | SPENCER | Business Office |
| 03/20 | MARSELLE | MITCHELL | Pulmonary Function Test |
| 03/20 | TYLER | DOWNEY | Pharmacy |
| 03/20 | SEVANA | SPOKLIE | Pain Specialists of ID-Pocatel |
| 03/20 | JESSICA | AGUINAGA | Eastern ID Spine Center (Vlach |
| 03/20 | JILL | HARRISON | Labor & Delivery |
| 03/20 | SHARLENE | BITTER | Labor & Delivery |
| 03/20 | ELISA | GRATIOT | Physician Management Services |
| 03/21 | CASEY | SHARP | Lab |
| 03/21 | EMMIE | HENDERSON | Lab |
| 03/21 | DARCY | ANDERSON | BMC/Johanson Surgery |
| 03/21 | BECKY | COOK | Pocatello ENT |
| 03/21 | DANNY | DAVIS | Information Systems |
| 03/21 | KELBEE | MARSH | Finance |
| 03/22 | KELLY | ERICKSON | Prescription Center Infusions |
| 03/22 | PATRICIA A. | THOMAS | Pain Specialists of ID |
| 03/22 | NICOLE | STORK | PIC Chubbuck |
| 03/22 | KATELYN | RIDGWAY | PIC Chubbuck |
| 03/22 | WESLEY | FIFE | Surgery |
| 03/22 | LOGAN | FURNISS | Physical Plant |
| 03/22 | NANCY | CAUDILLO RAMIREZ | Housekeeping |
| 03/22 | JESSIE | LABRA | Business Office |
| 03/23 | MARISELA | NAVARRO | Teton Cancer Institute |
| 03/23 | KIMBERLY | BREWINGTON | Pain Specialists of ID |
| 03/23 | ANGIE | SARGENT | Peri-Op |
| 03/23 | KORTNI | STEWART | Surgery |
| 03/23 | GABRIELA | TENIENTE | Housekeeping |
| 03/23 | REABECCA | CLITSO | Health Information Management |
| 03/23 | MATTHEW | TODD | Administration |
| 03/23 | ASHLYN | JORDIN | Administration |
| 03/24 | SARA | BARRAS | Radiology |
| 03/25 | CASEY | MCGINNIS | NICU |
| 03/25 | JAMIE | CONYERS | Surgery |
| 03/25 | ANITA | JOHNSON | Business Office |
| 03/26 | KENDRA | SHIGIHARA | Lab |
| 03/26 | MICHAEL | WAHLQUIST | Lab |
| 03/26 | DENIKA | HILL | Lab |
| 03/26 | JASMINE | STOCKWELL | Quality Resources |
| 03/26 | REBECCA | RICE | Point of Care |
| 03/26 | HOWARD | WILLIS | Community Care-Channing |
| 03/26 | JANAE | CARTNEY | Labor & Delivery |
| 03/27 | LINDSEY | JOSLIN | Radiation Oncology |
| 03/27 | ANGELA | MCFARLAND | Hinckley ENT |
| 03/27 | SAMANTHA | WELLS | PIC Pocatello |
| 03/27 | SAM | WRIGHT | Community Care-West Side |
| 03/27 | LINDSEY | SOUCIE | Surgery |
| 03/28 | ERVIN | HANSEN | Quality Resources |
| 03/28 | SHELBY | HOLLOBAUGH | Labor & Delivery |
| 03/28 | SHAUNA | TAM | Surgery |
| 03/28 | KRYSTYN | WALLACE | Grand Teton |
| 03/29 | NIC | BROOKS | Radiology |
| 03/29 | JULIE | WEST | Prescription Center Infusions |
| 03/29 | JULIE | LILYA | Pain Specialists of ID-Pocatel |
| 03/29 | CAMILLE | MURDOCK | Community Care-Rexburg |
| 03/29 | JOSEPH | DRAK | Peri-Op |
| 03/29 | JERRI | WOODHOUSE | Administration |
| 03/30 | KRISTEN | KARRAKER | Eastern ID Neurological |
| 03/30 | JANET | KOPLIN | Pharmacy |
| 03/30 | BRANDEE | MATHIS | Community Care-Rexburg |
| 03/30 | MELISSA | DURTSCHI | Labor & Delivery |
| 03/30 | PAMELA | SILZLY | Creekside Surgery Center |
| 03/30 | KRISTY | MILTON | Eagle Rock ASC |
| 03/30 | LINDSEY | CARTER | Business Office |
| 03/31 | TROY | HANSON | IF Clinic |
| 03/31 | KEITH | YAMABE | Pharmacy |
| 03/31 | STEPHNE | SMALL | Mountain View Infusion Service |
| 03/31 | CHRISTINA | NERIO OSAI | Pain Specialists of ID |
| 03/31 | CASEY | JOHNSON | Eastern ID Spine Center (Vlach |
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