Top 'o the Magnet Celebration
From left, Mother Baby Unit RNs Judy Doty, Amy Anderson, Kim Chicoine , Kristy Nagel, Julie Gonzalez-Morton and Janet Cairney and the kick-off event for Magnet Re-designation.
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 Merrilynn Anderson, RN, and Terri Cimmarrusti, RN, Medical-Pulmonary Unit; and Robin Usher, RN, Case Manager.
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 RNs from Outpatient Surgery Center Romanne Kebede, Roula Hattouni, Cory Celeste and Barbara Johnson.
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To introduce the new Magnet model and build excitement for the continuous Magnet journey at St. Joseph Hospital, the Nursing Leadership Team and Nursing Council members celebrated a Re-designation Event on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2009.
Magnet designation is the highest honor a nursing program can attain. A Magnet hospital is one where nursing delivers excellent patient outcomes and have a high level of job satisfaction. Magnet nursing leaders value staff nurses' input in shaping research-based nursing practice, and encourage them to advance their nursing practice.
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From left, Doris Fischer, Diane Upton, CNO Katie Skelton, Mary “Darby” Servais, Heidi Daniel, Denise Dlugos all received the 2009 Alice Paone Scholarship. Mrs. Alice Paone, RN, dedicated 23 years of her life to the service of the patients and the medical staff of
St. Joseph Hospital. This scholarship encourages professional advancement in nursing.
2009 Scholarships Awarded to Exceptional Nurses, Staff
Each summer, St. Joseph Hospital presents Foundation-sponsored scholarships for staff, attained through a competitive application process. These scholarships are based mainly on memorial gifts and continue to provide educational opportunities as a living legacy of those honored. Congratulations to the 2009 scholarship award recipients:
Sister Frances Dunn Scholarship
Guadalupe Susana Zelaya – Community Services
Alice Paone Scholarship
Heidi Daniel – Surgical Services
Denise Dlugos – Behavioral Health Services
Doris Fischer – Labor & Delivery
Mary Darby Servais – Labor & Delivery
Diane Upton – Labor & Delivery
Madeline Colette Seeds Advanced Practice Scholarship
Pujah Shah – Medical/Surgical Unit |
 Pujah Shah,RN, Congratulated by
Foundation Vice President Julie Holt. |
Sister Frances Dunn entered the community of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange in 1931 and is remembered for her humanity and kindness. She began her ministry as a teacher, and then served as an X-ray technician. She eventually found her true calling in leadership as Chief Administrator of four hospitals and serving a four-year term as General Superior of the sisters of St. Joseph. Today the original hospital structure where Administration resides bears her name – the Sister Frances Dunn Building. She is also remembered through this scholarship for employees seeking certificates, degrees or licensure in healthcare-related careers.
Scholarship recipient Guadalupe Susana Zelaya has worked at St. Joseph Hospital for the past three years as a Health Promoter for Puenta a la Salud and La Amistad clinics, educating patients through El Club de Salud. El Club provides clinic patients with the opportunity to engage in a variety of activities that support their desire to make important health behavior changes. Susana is attending Ashford University to obtain her bachelor’s degree in Health Care Administration and eventually a master’s degree in Public Health.
Alice Paone, RN, dedicated 23 years of her life to the service of the patients and medical staff of St. Joseph Hospital. She made many contributions to the growth, development and quality improvement of hospital services. This scholarship provides an avenue for the promotion of professional advancement in nursing, as well as a mechanism for the recruitment and retention of highly qualified nursing staff.
Heidi Daniel has worked as an RN at St. Joseph Hospital since 1990. She began in the Med-Surg Unit, moving to ICU, then PACU, and today is the Manager of Minimally Invasive Surgeries and the Bariatric Surgery Program. Recently, she was instrumental in St. Joseph Hospital achieving accreditation from the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery as a Bariatric Center of Excellence. Heidi is pursuing her bachelor’s degree in Nursing at CSU Fullerton.
Denise Dlugos joined St. Joseph Hospital as Unit Secretary in the Inpatient Behavioral Health just over a year ago. She was previously a massage therapist, but believes that nursing is her true calling. This fall she entered the RN Program at Santa Ana College.
Doris Fischer has been employed at St. Joseph Hospital for the past 13 years as a Labor & Delivery nurse. She is active in the Nursing Informatics Special Interest group and the Magnet Source of Evidence data collection team. She acts as a relive charge nurse, preceptor for new hires and an NRP instructor. Doris will be completing her bachelor’s in Nursing this year from the University of Phoenix.
Mary (Darby) Servais has worked as a St. Joseph Hospital L & D nurse since 2002. She is a Clinical Nurse III and certified in Inpatient Obstetrics. Darby serves on the Bioethics and SBAR committees. She has been nominated by her peers for the Nurse Yearling Award in 2003 and the Nancy Beradino Award this past year. Currently, she is enrolled in the Bachelor of Nursing Program at the University of Phoenix.
Madeline Colette Seeds was a much beloved nurse in St. Joseph Hospital’s Blood Donor Center for many years. The scholarship is intended to support advanced academic achievement of the RN.
Puja Shah came to St. Joseph Hospital just two years ago as an RN on the Med-Surg Unit. She is a member of the Diabetic Resource Team and the Clinical Practice Council. Puja is enrolled in the Graduate Nursing Program at Loma Linda University, with the goal of becoming a Family Nurse Practitioner.
Circle of Excellence recipients are chosen by a panel of volunteer reviewers and rated on the basis of how well the nominees achieved the following criteria:
- Relentlessly promotes patient-driven excellence
- Models skilled communication, true collaboration, effective decision making and meaningful recognition
- Transforms thinking, structures and processes to address challenges and remove barriers to advance patient-driven excellence
- Furthers AACN’s mission and key initiatives at influential forums
- Enriches own and other organizations by influencing and mentoring others in achieving excellence
- Achieves visible results that validate impact of individual leadership contribution to organizational excellence
2009 Values in Action Award Recipient for Dignity
2009 Values in Action Award Recipient for Service
2008 Values in Action Award Recipient for Service
07-08 Poster Presentations.pdf