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Women’s Clinic Logo—We need Your Opinion!

W WOMEN’S CLINIC

Empowering women

with confidence

KCCHSD

Empowering women with confidence

W WOMEN’S CLINIC

KCCHSD Empowering women with confidence

W WOMEN’S CLINIC

KCCHSD

Empowering women with confidence W WOMEN’S CLINIC

KCCHSD

KCCHSD is in the process of starting a Women’s Clinic. A Women’s Clinic will be hosted

one day a month, where women can get their wellness check-up. This includes lab work,

annual exam and mammography screening.

We need your help with choosing a logo for the Women’s Clinic. You can vote on your

favorite logo on the employee intranet. If you have any suggestions please contact Savannah.

*More information about the Women’s Clinic will be available soon!

If you would like to help plan the 2013 Breast Cancer Walk , please talk to Savannah.

VOTE TODAY!

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B i r t h d a y s & A n n i v e r s a r i e s ! Happy Birthday

Anniversaries

Derin B. 1 yr.

Diane G. 1 yr.

Tammy R. 1 yr.

Nancy R. 2 yrs.

Bryan G. 2 yrs.

Whitnei W. 3 yrs.

Candy C. 3 yrs.

Kyle T. 6 yrs.

Alison J. 6 yrs.

Janet S. 10 yrs.

Earline C. 13 yrs.

Mary C. 33 yrs.

Diane G. March 3rd

Glenda W. March 3rd

Tracie M. March 5th

Cynthia S. March 8th

Socorro March 10th

Alison J. March 14th

Tess D. March 17th

Kezia B. March 29th

Bari D. March 30th

Cristi R. March 31st

C e l e b r a t i n g B i r t h d a y s o n T u e s d a y , M a r c h 1 2 t h

Beginning in April, there will be an employee meeting each quarter. Employees can come talk to

Don, Robin and Kandi about questions they may have. These meetings will be in the classroom

and will be a come and go session. More information will be available at a closer date.

Employee Meetings– coming in April

Dear Dr. Perez,

Thank you so much for listening to [him] and going

forward so fast. If it had not been for you [he] would

have been very bad off by now. You saved [his]

life. Thanks for being there for him and your fast

response that you did. We will never forget what you

did.

God Bless & Thanks Again, [PHC Patient and Wife]

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10

Daylight Savings

Time

11 12 13

Managers

meeting

14 15 16

17

St. Patrick's Day

18

Go Red Gala

19 20

First Day of

Spring

Untied

Employee

Committee

meeting at

noon

21 22 23

24 25 26 27

Board of

Directors

meeting

28 29

Good Friday

Quest for the

Bunny Eggs

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31

Easter Sunday

Teddy Bear Clinic—end of April

Annual Poster Fair Training– April 9th and 10th

Starting in April there will be employee meetings

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New Employees!

Hospital Week is coming up in May!

The hospital BBQ will be on Friday, May 10th

Please check your email and the employee intranet

as more information and FREE KCCHSD Polo Shirt Signup will

soon be announced!

Name: Dianna

Department: Medical Records

Title: Health Information Manager

Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite Snack: Cashews and Diet Mountain Dew

Hobbies or Interests: Quilting and Scrapbooking

Once known as the Fast Fun and Friendly Taskforce (FFF). It is now called the

United Employee Committee (UEC). The UEC meets once a month to plan

up-coming employee events.

Due to the weather in February, the Go

Red Event was moved to Monday, March

18th. If you would like to sign up for

the event, please call Health and Hu-

man Services at 719-346-8732 ext. 39

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Idea: Implementing power injectable venous access devise and provide training for imaging to access devices

Follow-up: Great Catch! Cristi will be educating staff on how to access these ports.

Idea: Using an alternative extension tubing that can be used by both imaging and nursing; facility wide.

Follow up: Great Catch! We ordered these tubes and we will put them to use!

Great Catch Ideas– January 2013

Your help is needed to collect positive stories

This year, Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital is achieving 65 years of service! To

celebrate providing health care to Kit Carson County and surrounding areas, KCCMH is

collecting 65 positive short stories or comments about their facilities.

If you would like to help us celebrate their 65 years of service by contributing to

this project please email your stories to Savannah at shornung@kcchsd.org. These

can be positive short stories from working here or as a patient. If you would like to

share a favorite memory we would love have it for the collection.

Employees celebrated

Mardi Gras on Tuesday,

February 12th.

Mardi Gras Queens:

Dianna and Cecilia

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Teddy

www.kcchsd.org

Clinic

Kit Carson County Health Service District

KCCHSD

We will meet in the front lobby of

Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital

April—12, 17, 22,

23, 25, 26 and 29

If you would like to help with the Teddy Bear Clinic,

please let Savannah in Public Relations know.

-Friday, April 12th 9:30 a.m. Bethune (11 kids)

-Wednesday, April 17th 10:30 a.m. Hi-Plains (3 kids)

-Monday, April 22nd 10:30 a.m. Stratton (12 kids)

-Tuesday, April 23rd 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Burlington (26 kids each session)

-Thursday, April 25th 9 a.m. Wee Blew In (17 kids)

-Friday, April 26th 9 a.m. Wee Blew In (13 kids)

-Monday, April 29th 10 a.m. Flagler (17 kids)

Teddy Bear Clinic Dates

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Upcoming Employee Events

April: Support your favorite Baseball Team!

Celebrating Opening day on April 5th!

May: 6th thru 10th—Hospital Week

Monday: Cookies and Brownies

Tuesday: Chips and Salsa

Wednesday: Pick up your KCCHSD Shirts

Thursday: Muffins for breakfast

Friday: BBQ from 11:30 to 1 pm

June: Department Salsa Crawl Contest

*If you would like to help with any of these events please contact Savannah

at ext. 2503

If you department becomes too busy with patients during an employee event,

please send someone from your department to get the snacks or inform

Savannah prior to the event so the United Employee Committee can make

sure you can participate. We want everyone to feel included but we also

know patients come first!

K U D O ’ S L e t t i n g s o m e o n e k n o w h o w m u c h t h e y a r e a p p r e c i a t e d

A big THANK YOU to Tonia and Dr. Pham for helping me out in the ER!!! Great people like

you make my job easier!!!

Thank You Dr. Pham for coming in on a moments notice!!!! You showed excellent

dedication!! :)

Thanks again, Sara ER

Savannah H. for covering a patient who needed a sitter and a listening ear. This made a huge

difference in the day of this patient!- Kandi

I would like to say a huge Thank You to Dr. Pham! She helped us out when we were in a jam

in the ER last weekend. She is a wonderful asset for our District and community.

TSalmans RN

I would like to recognize the Surgery Nurses for doing such a thorough job on their screening

processes prior to patients surgery. They have proven time and time again that this process

makes a difference for us here. Wonderful job!!

TSalmans RN

"Thank you Savannah for all your help on Monday February 11 the nurses and I really think

you are a rock star" LaDonna

I would like to give a huge Kudos to Abbey and Bobbi Jo for their help in a code blue. They

were awesome. We all worked together and got the job done! Thank you so much! - Julie

A big thank you to Christina C. in Imaging for always cheerfully accepting "one more patient"

to your already-full ultrasound schedule. We appreciate you! -- North Perch, PHC

I would like to thank Glenda, LaDonna, and Cynthia for helping me with an admission. They

all went the extra mile and it was greatly appreciated! Thanks, Andrea