Julia Hopson named Greene County Outstanding Team Member
Julia Hopson, a registered nurse in Laughlin Memorial Hospital’s (soon to be Greeneville Community Hospital East) radiation oncology department, has been recognized as the first Greene County Outstanding Team Member, a new bimonthly award honoring exceptional work.
Julia is a consummate professional who serves in multiple roles, including the oncology-certified nurse representative and clinical research coordinator for the Laughlin Memorial cancer program. She recently was recognized during the radiation oncology department’s Commission on Cancer survey for exceeding requirements toward the standard for survivorship care plans. Julia also is one of the few nurses to obtain additional certification in radiation oncology. She has worked at Laughlin for more than 35 years. Congratulations, Julia!
Linda Austin honored as Indian Path DAISY Award recipient
KINGSPORT, Tenn. – Linda Austin, RN, 5th floor/PCU at Indian Path Community Hospital, is the latest recipient of the hospital’s DAISY Award. Nurses are selected for this award by providing exceptional care and going above and beyond for their patients and families. Linda was chosen by the Patient Advisory Council from among 12 nominees.
The family who nominated Linda shared that she helped the patient and family get through a difficult time. The patient was at the end of life and Linda continued to communicate not just with the family but also directly with the patient in conversations. Her compassion and great care was very much appreciated.
The other nurse nominees recognized this quarter are Beth Larkins, RN; Rosa (Janie) Mullins, RN; Mary Farne, RN; Kathryn Netherland, RN; Katherine Blair, RN; Daniel Hanson, RN; Tammy Wild, RN; Abby Vincent, RN; Kimberly Kiser, RN; and Kyle Caldwell, LPN.
As the award recipient, Linda received a certificate commending her for being an “Extraordinary Nurse,” a DAISY Foundation tote bag, a beautiful hand-carved sculpture called “A Healer’s Touch” and fresh Cinnabons to share with her department.
The next DAISY Award will be presented in May.
Serena Potter named as Sycamore Shoals’ first DAISY winner
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. – Serena Potter was selected as Sycamore Shoals Hospital’s first DAISY Award winner.
These are some of the comments written in support of Serena:
“She goes out of her way to help others and help her patients with the best possible outcomes. She works in the school system as a school nurse through the week and here at Sycamore Shoals every weekend. When we had the largest snow on record for this year, she is so dedicated to her job that she bundled up and walked to work so she would be here on time and ready to help with patients and to relieve her co-workers so they could go home. Serena always has a positive attitude and will always will help others. She shows this attitude day in and day out.”
“Serena is dedicated to her family while still trying to further her career. She demonstrates a sincere calling on both fronts to use her God-given talents to touch others’ lives. Always a ready smile and a warm hug; any patient would be most fortunate to have Serena as a nurse who serves others with love and compassion.”
There were more than 30 nominations submitted for the award, and the DAISY committee narrowed down the submissions to six nominees for the spring quarter:
- Marcia Hardin
- Joy Ketterman
- Serena Potter
- Rebecca Reaves
- Megan Vaught
- Linda Ware
Congratulations to Serena and all of the DAISY Award nominees. We are very proud of each of you and the wonderful nursing care that you give to our patients every day! Many thanks to Robbie Wilson and Cherish Stonebraker for doing an outstanding job with facilitating the DAISY Committee and for all of the wonderful committee members.
Our next award will be held in September and will include nominations from Unicoi County Hospital and Johnson County Community Hospital to create a Southeast Market DAISY Award. Nominations are now open; fill out a nomination form or email your nomination to daisyssh@msha.com.
If you would like to learn more about The DAISY Award and the DAISY Foundation check out www.daisyfoundation.org/daisy-award.
Lonesome Pine, Norton, JMH hold workshop on resident evaluation
ABINGDON, Va. – Seventeen members of the teaching faculty from Lonesome Pine, Norton Community and Johnston Memorial hospitals recently gathered at JMH for a two-hour faculty development workshop on resident assessment. The intention was to help faculty develop a uniform approach to resident evaluation.
The workshop was led by Dr. Karen Elmore, core faculty in Internal Medicine at JMH, and Dr. Camelia Chirculescu, program director of Internal Medicine. In October, Dr. Elmore traveled to Chicago to attend a six-day conference on this subject hosted by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Saturday’s event focused on understanding how residency education has changed from a curriculum-based model to an outcomes-based model. This new model is called competency-based education.
Faculty also laid the groundwork for creating more standardized expectations of resident learners, which is then reflected in the evaluation process. While it’s affirming for residents to receive feedback that they were a pleasure to have on service and receive aspirational level 5 ratings, it isn’t feedback that helps them progress toward clinical competence.
Competency-based education focuses on formative assessment, where residents are evaluated in an ongoing and systematic way, and summative assessment, which assesses performance against the achievement of clinical milestones.
Several faculty members commented that it was a great discussion and they hope to see more programs like it. One said it will help her better assess the individual resident’s knowledge base and challenge their deficiencies.
The event was sponsored by the Southwest Virginia Graduate Medical Education Consortium, whose mission is to improve access to high-quality primary care in the region.