Volume 8 Issue 14 July 12, 2013

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UPHS NURSING CLINICAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS

“All 24 of today’s winners are multipliers,” said Victoria Rich, PhD, chief nurse executive, UPMC, as she addressed the winners – and their families – of this year’s UPHS Nursing Clinical Excellence Awards.

According to Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, leaders can be broken down into two categories: diminishers, who seem to drain capability and intelligence from their teams, and multipliers, who make those around them feel motivated and able to tackle challenges. “Diminishers hire intelligent people but they don’t give them permission to think. Multipliers think people are smart and they will figure it out on their own.”

Saturday, July 27, 2013PPMC invites you to enjoy the park and a delicious meal with your family, friends and co-workers on Saturday, July 27! The all-you-can-eat meal includes: hamburgers, all-beef hot dogs, fried chicken, pasta salad & baked beans, potato chips, ice cream & beverages!

Tickets are only $38.74 – Save $11.25 off the gate price – and includes admission to both parks and a catered meal from 12pm to 5 pm.

Parking vouchers also available for only $8!

Purchase your tickets at the PPMC Cashier’s booth on: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 9am - 12 noon and 1pm - 3pm

Visit www.dorneypark.com for more information. We hope to see you at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Day!

PPMC Day at Dorney Park

Jim Ballinghoff, interim chief nursing officer (right), with PPMC’s Nursing Clinical Excellence Award winners

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The Diversity Minute

Did you know…? Patients often draw upon spiritual/religious resources as they cope with illness and treatment. This may be of particular importance in circumstances of palliative care.

A growing body of research links spiritual

care with patient satisfaction, quality-of-life, and medical decision-making that can avoid extraordinary and costly interventions at the end of life [Cancer 117(23):5383-91]. Moreover, research indicates that patients tend to welcome a carefully worded inquiry about whether their spiritual/religious beliefs may affect their health care decisions. One of the most widely cited studies on this topic was conducted here at Penn [Arch Int Med 159(15):1803-6]. Nearly half of the patients queried in the study said their beliefs would influence their decisions if they were gravely ill, and two-thirds said that an inquiry from their provider would increase their trust in him/her. While it is difficult to predict what spiritual/religious needs any one patient may have, special attention should be paid to expressions of spiritual distress, requests to contact the patient’s own religious group for ritual and pastoral support, concerns about modesty, and apprehensions about food and medications that could violate dietary and other rules of a faith tradition.

For more information, call PPMC’s Pastoral Care Department at x9490.

-Submitted by Rev. John W. Ehman MDiv, Chief Chaplain, PPMC Pastoral Care

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“Multipliers create an atmosphere of innovation, productivity, and combined intelligence. In studies, multiplier executive leaders got two times as much productivity from their employees than diminisher leaders,” she said. “I thank you all for being multipliers.”

Noting that she will retire at the end of the year, Rich said that attending these events “has been the best part of my career. There is no better place than Penn Medicine.”

Congratulations to this year’s PPMC winners of Nursing Clinical Excellence Awards!

Lillian Brunner Clinical Judgment and Decision Making Award Alyson, Hinkle, BSN, RN

Rosalyn J. Watts Nurse-Patient/Family Relationship Award Richelle Richetts, MPH, BSN, RN

Dorothy Botdorf Award for Clinical Leadership Samantha Mulfino, BSN, RN, CCRN

Helen McClelland Award for Clinical Scholarship Tiffany Harris, BSN, RN

For a complete list of winners throughout the Health System, please see the e-Bulletin.

UPHS NURSING CLINICAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Congratulations to the April 2013 Presby STAR winners, who each received $100 and a certificate recognizing their Presby STAR status.

Deborah Morris, Environmental Services

Aileen Emperado, CCU

Lori Ribecchi, Pharmacy

Jennifer Weldon, Psych

Irvene Haskins, Wound Care

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