A Weekly Publication for the People of Queen’s | Volume 21 | Number 18 | April 30, 2012
EOM Jocelyn Guitang Causes Good Drama on T10
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March Employee of the Month Jocelyn
Guitang, LPN, QET 10 Postpartum/Nursery, credits Cindy Kamikawa, RN, VP of
Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer, as the
catalyst to her long career at Queen’s. Cindy was Jocelyn’s first supervisor on Pauahi 2 in 1985 when she was a nurse’s aide. “I
was already working on preparing for my
LPN boards,” Jocelyn recalled. “Cindy encouraged me and would talk to me about it
as she helped me with my work. Her act of
kindness led me to just keep going.”
Cindy’s support has remained steadfast through the years as both she and
Jocelyn grew professionally in their own
ways. Jocelyn recently had the opportunity to shadow Cindy in her executive
role for a leadership course that will lead
to the completion of her BSN degree. “I al4.
ways wanted to
get my BSN, but
when I became a
mom, I put it on
hold for a while.
I didn’t want to miss out on my own son’s
childhood. Now he is grown and we were
college students at the same time!”
Jocelyn has worked in Maternity Services for many years now. “I love taking
care of the beginning of life,” she said.
“I love helping the babies and the happy new parents.” Back in the “old days”
when maternity was located on ‘Iolani,
mothers and babies had separate nurses.
“Times have certainly changed,” Jocelyn
remarked. Today she serves as a “Joceof-all-trades,” pinch hitting wherever
she is needed most. She’s the circumcision nurse, surgical scrub tech, teaches
the baby bath class, and, with the recent retirement of the newborn hearing
screener, Jocelyn has added that duty to
her repertoire. The only LPN on the unit,
she has even been known to work in Labor and Delivery on the other side of
QET 10, leading the way for an upcoming
new, floor-wide cross-training program.
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1. Jocelyn elicits a kiss from husband Marlow,
who is an electrician and jack-of-all-trades in
General Maintenance. 2. A fan of Korean
TV dramas, Jocelyn watches one starring
herself made by coworkers. 3. Corene Sasaki, RN, QET 10 created much of the dramathemed decor for the EOM party. 4. The
drama queens of Queen’s.
At her Employee of the Month party,
coworkers surprised Jocelyn with a Korean drama theme, echoing one of her passions. “I can’t help it,” she laughed. “It re(Continued on page 2.)
Dimes for Babies
Nancy Valla, RN, Director of Inpatient
Services, reports on the success of the
March for Babies Walk held on Sunday,
April 22 in Kapi‘olani Park: “In December,
EOM Jocelyn Guitang
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ally draws you in, the way they frame the
shots and zoom in on the facial expressions.” She cheerfully joined her friends
in striking a few of those dramatic poses
for some Print Connection photos. Her fans
had also prepared a slide show of fun photos with the background song Smile by
Uncle Kracker. With lyrics like, “You’re
better than the best. I don’t know how I
lived without you…I’m lucky to just linger
in your light… Oh you make me smile,”
the song seemed to express everything
coworkers feel about Jocelyn.
“As the unit changes, Jocelyn is pulled
in many directions and is always cheerful and willing to support in any way,”
reads one nomination. Managers Nicole
Akana, RN, MSN and Tina Harvell, RN,
MSN, said in support of Jocelyn’s nomination: “The most common three words
her peers and managers use to describe
Jocelyn are: loyal, thorough, and flexible. Jocelyn continues to deliver high
quality, safe nursing care to all our patients in Labor and Delivery, Post Partum, and Newborn Nursery. She is quick
to lend a hand and never complains.”
Though school work is her main focus
outside of Queen’s these days, Jocelyn
continues to play the organ at her church
every Thursday and Sunday. “It’s like another full time job,” she admitted, when
adding up the hours put in to practice with
the children’s junior and senior choirs in
preparation for church services. “But it
kind of helps to hold me together.” She
also enjoys participating in league bowling and volleyball, also with her Waipahu
church group. “We’ve been the champion
team for a few years now,” she revealed.
After all these years (27 if you’re
counting!) Jocelyn says Queen’s is like
family. She said, “Getting to shadow
Cindy recently let me see the whole picture of the Queen’s organization. Not to
be trite, but it was awesome to see the
collaboration that goes into making it
work. I love working here.”
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we were happy to learn that Queen’s was
a Statewide Bronze Sponsor for the 2012
March for Babies. Since then, our team
captains, Silvia Jager Lo and Deb Trankel worked night and day to do Queen’s
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proud. We set a big goal of $5,000 and
100 registered walkers and exceeded both.
Our team captains, along with Jennifer
Mulholland, Rocky Lee, Nicole Akana,
Sharon Caneda and I had to get creative.
It was an incredible team effort from the
Women’s Health Center, Labor & Delivery,
Post Partum, Nursery, Sodexo, Harkness
Cafe, Cafe Aloha, the Gift Shop, Magnet
Carts and physicians. Money is still coming in! For those of you who were not able
to attend…, consider this: it was Sunday
morning, a team picture at 6:30 am, rain,
a five mile walk starting at 7:30 am…
and we had a blast! It was lots of work to
prepare for, but well worth it. We will do
anything for the babies! Glad it’s over, but
ready to do it again next year!”
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1. Jocelyn’s parents, Fely and Marcelino Raza, Sr., and husband Marlow. 2.
More coworker drama 3. No drama
with Maintenance.
AwardS
2012 Nursing
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ominees
CLINICAL PRACTICE
Sheila Alesna, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ED
Rodney Choy, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PACU
Karen Vea, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OR
Kanani Yojo, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QET 7 Ewa
EDUCATION
Deborah Bransford, bsn, cde . . . . . Diabetes Ed
Melissa Derry, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ED
Peter Gampon, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QET 5
Michelle Garson, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SDS
Lan Le, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QET 4 MICU
Stacey Onaga, rn cn iv . . . . . . . . . QET 8 Ewa
LEADERSHIP
Cindy Bruce, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QET 5 NSI
Danette Carter, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OR
Wendy Hunter, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PACU
Alison Koorenhof, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . QET 7 DH
Ann Barbie Regis, rn, cnor . . . . . . . . . . . . OR
Teresa Suan, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QET 8 Ewa
Sandra Talavera, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QET 4D
Bryce Yamamoto, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ED
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
Honorata Balinowski, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APEC
Cindy Bruce, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QET 5
Peter Gampon, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QET 5
Wes Ige, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ED
Ludy Lemus, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SDS
Deb Trankel, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QET 10 PP
RESEARCH / EVIDENCEBASED PRACTICE
Nikki Chun, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QET 4 MICU
OTs Celebrate
Occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants help people at
any stage in life to do the things they want
and need to do through the therapeutic
use of everyday activities (occupations).
Occupational therapy helps children with
disabilities, people recovering from injuries, and older adults who have suffered
from physical and cognitive changes. OTs
can perform comprehensive evaluations
Michelle Hadano, rn . . . . . . . . . . . . .QET 8 DH
Karen Ng, rn . . . . . . . . . . . Oncology Research
Grace Schonhardt, rn . . . . . . . . . . Diabetes Ed
THE QUEEN EMMA
NURSING LEADERSHIP AWARD
Kathleen Anzelon, APRN
CNS, Patient Care Consulting Services
Darlena Chadwick, RN, MSN
VP, Oncology/Neuro/Women’s Health/
Endoscopy/Professional Services/Pathology
Cheryl Fallon, RN
Nurse Manager, QET 4 MICU
Michelle Hadano, RN
Nurse Manager, QET 8 DH
Karla Ihara, RN
Nurse Manager, QET 7
Debra Ishihara-Wong, RN
Director, Oncology Services
Valerie Kauhane, RN
Program Coordinator, CWMP
Rose Lee, APRN
CNS, Patient Care Consulting Services,
Nurse Manager, Kekela
Karen Schultz, RN
VP, Patient Care/Surgery/Ortho/Rehab/
Behavior Health/CWMP
University of Phoenix School of Nursing
10:00am – 1:00pm, Harkness Kiosk
Tuesday, May 1
Retiree Luncheon
11:30am – 1:30pm, QCC 2nd flr lobby
Friday, May 4
Uniform Sales
7:00am – 3:00pm, Naea Courtyard Gazebo
Monday, May 7
Uniform Sales – Uniforms Hawai‘i
7:00am – 3:00pm, Naea Courtyard Gazebo
Tuesday, May 8
Uniform Sales – Uniforms Hawai‘i
7:00am – 3:00pm, Naea Courtyard Gazebo
Wednesday, May 9
Uniform Sales – Scrubs Boutique
7:00am – 3:00pm, Naea Courtyard Gazebo
UH-SONDH
11:00am – 1:00pm, Harkness Kiosk
Clinical Ladder Luncheon
11:30am – 1:30pm, QCC Auditorium
Ice Cream Delivery
1:00pm & 8:00pm
OTRs (Occupational Therapist Registered)
and COTAs (Certified Occupational Therapy
Asisstants) celebrated Occupational Therapy
Month throughout April. Front (l-r) Frances
Imamura, OTR, Wendy Johnston, OTR, Cherlynn Motoki, OTR, Pamela Anderson, COTA.
Back (l-r): Wendy Tsutsui, OTR, Kari Lynn
Hayashi, OTR, Melanie Ochmann, COTA,
Glenn Nishimura, COTA, Anna Moody, OTR.
of a patient’s home, school, or workplace
and recommend adaptive equipment.
Queen’s employs more than a dozen OTs
in Med-Surg, Behavioral Health, the Progressive Care Unit, and Outpatient Rehab.
Jill Slade, RN
Nurse Manager, QET 4C SICU
Alan Terada, RN
Manager, QEC/Outpatient Center
Sharon Yamauchi, RN
Nurse Manager, QET 6/3
Cathy Young, RN
VP, Cardiac/Geriatrics/Med Admin
Thursday, May 10
Books Are Fun Fair
Naea Courtyard Gazebo
HPU School of Nursing
10:00am – 2:00pm, Harkness Kiosk
Ice Cream Delivery
3:00am
Friday, May 11
Books Are Fun Fair
Nursing Excellence &
Queen Emma Nursing Leadership Awards
12:00 – 2:00 pm, Kamehameha Auditorium
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The following departments are scheduled for TB monitoring at Employee
Health in May: Admitting; Bed Control;
Billing Inquiry; Business Services Administration; Cashiers/Reconciliation; Clinical Decision Unit; Clinical Documentation
Integ Program; Emergency Room Administration; Emergency Department; Hospital Billing; Insurance Verification; Med/
Surg Occupational Therapy; Neuro Admin; Nursing Administration; Outpatient
Occupational Therapy; Outpatient Physical Therapy; Outpatient Speech Therapy; Patient Access Management; Patient
Care Consulting Services; Patient Financial Services; Payment Follow-up; Physical
Therapy; Pre-Registration; Professional
Billing; QMC HI Kai Rehab; RegistrationER; Scheduling Post Op; Scheduling/POS
Radiant; Speech Therapy; Transfer Call
Center; Trauma Services.
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Enrollment is now open for PILI@Work,
Partnerships for Improving Lifestyle Intervention, a weight loss and maintenance
program and study sponsored by QHS Native Hawaiian Health. Participants must
be employed by Queen’s or an affiliate;
at least 18 years old; interested in losing
weight, able to commit to a 12-month
weight loss maintenance program; and
able to do moderate exercise. Enrollment
ends May 2. Classes will be held at noon,
beginning Monday, May 7. Email Jane Taafaki-Sam at [email protected] to enroll
or for more information.
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Skin Cancer Screening Day will be held
on Wednesday, May 9, from 10:00 am to
12:00 pm at the Queen’s Cancer Center. Free screenings will be performed
by doctors from the Hawai‘i Dermatological Society. Registration will be held
the morning of the event in the Naea
Courtyard from 9:30 to 11:30 am. For
more information call 691-8984.
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Taking Charge of Money Matters will
Zumba: Mondays at 9am, $6/class at US
Taekwondo Ctr, 835 Keeaumoku St, 2nd
flr. Call Chris @ 349-1746 for more info.
Bird cage: Ideal for cockatiels, concures &
lovebirds. Easy assembly, comes w/stand, storage tray & removable drawer w/wire bottom
grill for easy cleaning. $40. Call 295-2793.
Family Fair: Ma‘e Ma‘e Elementary in
Nu‘uanu. Saturday, 5/4, 2:30-8:00 pm.
Fun for the whole family; Bouncers, rides,
games, ono food, silent auction, bargain
bins, book fair, and much more. Free Wyllie
St. parking at nearby churches.
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be the topic of the free I Can Cope session for cancer patients on Thursday,
May 10, from 9:30 to 11:30 am in the
Kamehameha Auditorium. Explore employment and financial issues that may
arise during or after a cancer experience. Call 691-7117 to register.
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Ezekiel Alcantra, born with a hole in
his heart two years ago, has recently under gone his third heart surgery in Los Angeles. His parents (Queen’s ‘ohana) are in
California with him. They have exhausted
all PTO and have not been able earn income for the past two months. A special
bank account “The Ezekiel Alcantra Heart
Fund” has been set up at Bank of Hawai‘i;
all contributions are greatly appreciated
and will be used to offset family expenses.
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