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VOLUME 7 | NUMBER 9 | May 21 2015
An electronic newsletter for our employees and friends
The Right Care Right Here
Awards Mark 17 Years of Clinical Excellence
First row, seated, left to right: Tom Kavanagh, Kasey Whelan, Karen Demars and Donald Willems. Second row, left to right:
Dr. Richard Milsten, Myra Burns, Deidra Ausby, Jessica Helmer, Dr. Wayne Hockmeyer, Sally Hays, Jerren Faucheux and
daughter, Jessica Tabuga, Gerri Smith and Jeff Susi. Jon-Alan Ames was not present.
Ten IRMC employees received Clinical
Excellence Awards at ceremonies May 8
during National Nurses Week. The 17th
annual awards were made possible by an
endowment to the Indian River Medical
Center Foundation from The Laraja
Foundation, Inc. of Montclair, N.J., and
Vero Beach. The awards acknowledge
“professional commitment, teamwork, clinical
expertise and positive communication skills.”
IRMC President/CEO Jeff Susi; IRMC
board members Dr. Wayne Hockmeyer and
Gerri Smith; Dr. Richard Milsten of the
IRMC Foundation board; and special guests
were on hand to congratulate winners and
give out certificates, awards and checks. Lynn
Hubbard, VP/Patient Care and chief nursing
officer, announced this year’s award recipients.
“We would like to thank the large
Cindy Baker
Charlene Bibbs
Ryan Bolick
Rene Bompartito
Stephanie Brandes
Lea Ann Brown
Eleanor Candido
Heidi Empey
Shane Foley
Monique Franco
Judy Griffith
Barry Hurley
Milan Johnson
Leslie Lafountain
Phyllis Landry
Heather Lowther
number of family members and loved ones
for attending, making the event even more
special to the winners,” said Myra Burns,
administrator of the awards, and Development
officer, Foundation.
Winners are Jon-Alan Ames, Pharmacist; Deidra Ausby, office coordinator, Food
and Nutrition; Karen Demars, RN, Surgery;
Jerren Faucheux, RN, BSN, SICU/MICU
education coordinator; Sally Hays, Hand and
Occupational therapist; Jessica Helmer, RN,
Behavioral Health Center; Tom Kavanagh,
RN, Oncology; Jessica Tabuga, RN, ICC;
Kasey Whelan, RN, Surgical/Post-OP; and
Donald Willems, RN, ICC.
Each of the following nominees is to be
congratulated for his or her outstanding effort
and dedication to our patients at Indian River
Medical Center:
David Lurry
Laurel Maddox
Michelle McDonald
Jenny McGuire
Outpatient Endoscopy
Department
Karyn Patton
Bob Piper
Outpatient Rehabilitation
Department
Beth Shoaff
Wendy Taylor
Lauren Thomas
Katie Van Gelder
Emily Zambito
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Available at www.irmc.cc, under ‘Staff Tools’
Did You Notice?
Did you notice the new look and feel
to www.IRMC.cc? IRMC launched its new
website for the community last week.
And did you know the “EVENTS”
section is a great place to tell the community
what’s going on? From support groups to
education seminars, and more. If there are
events—from
one-time events
such as blood
drives, to repeating
events such as
maternity tours—
we want to tell
the public. One
great feature
is all the
events are easy
to share on social media
and to add to calendars as invites.
Send the following items to
[email protected] and they can be posted
on the new IRMC website. Please include:
• Event name
•Topic
•Date
•Time
•Cost
•Location
• Contact name and email address
• A short description
Town Hall Meeting Just
A Click Away
If you missed one of the employee
Town Halls earlier this month, no worries—
we recorded a session. Just click the link in
red on the home page of the Intranet to
watch the video. Winners of the free PTO
days will be drawn soon and questions from
the Town Hall meetings will be posted on
the Intranet.
Remember: Wash Your Hands!
ACS’s Relay for Life a Celebration of Life
Forty IRMC team members and
volunteers helped make the American Cancer
Society’s Relay for Life on the Beaches a great
success earlier this month. The team—more
than double last year’s size—met its
fundraising goal and made quite a splash
with its “Under the C” team tent. So much so
that the Scully Welsh Cancer Center won first
place for our booth!
Many thanks go to all of you who
supported the relay this year. Through your
Aprill Baker
Michelle Bollinger
Scott Duncan
Rick and Frances
Herndon
Colleen King
Kim Leach-Wright
Steve Massey
Michelle Matheson
Vicky McLain
Lori McCormick
commitment and generosity we raised over
$3,679 through our Bake Sale and Burger Day
for the American Cancer Society.
Hospital Week 2015 Scores!
Hospital Week 2015 was eventful this
year, with employees enjoying an ice cream
social, special thank you meals, a complimentary IRMC folding chair, a walk-a-thon
competition and employee/physician softball
game.
Congrats go to the physicians who
won this year’s softball game and to all
14 departments that participated in the
walk-a-thon. First place went to Food and
Nutrition Services (pictured) with 811,721
steps. Second place went to Engineering with
510,374 steps
and third place
went to Partners
Special Thanks to
the IRMC Team for
helping make this
years’ May Pops
such a success!
in Women’s Health with 468,113 steps.
Honorable mention went to William Ludwig
in the Cath Lab who logged 96,460 steps on
his own.
Thank you to the Pride Team Committee
for making the week unforgettable!
Evelyn McCosker
Kaitlynn McDonald
Daiana Miller
Dr. Wanda K. North
Julie Orben
Ed Quigley
Richard Roozen
Danielle Sapienza
Teri Tedesco
Linda Williamson
Every year come May, the Foundation looks to
the IRMC team of employees and Auxilians to help fill
more than 150 volunteer positions that are needed
to make the May Pops fundraising event a success.
Volunteers assist with everything from mailings and
set-up prior to the event to manning the admission
gates, serving as greeters, concierge attendants, ice
cream servers, courtesy transportation shuttle, media
escorts, trash removal services during the event, and
breakdown and clean-up after the event and so much
more. The IRMC Team stepped up once again this
year — we couldn’t have done it without you! Many
thanks from the Foundation!
From left:
Daiana Miller,
Jennifer Vinson,
Aprill Baker
and Linda
Williamson.
From left: Lori McCormick, Michelle Bollinger and
Wanda Kay North.