October 16, 2009
Volume 17
Number 19
Scavenger Hunt
Winner ................2
Green
Initiatives ............2
Wreath
Auction ................3
Sheffield
Retires ................4
AEDs Donated ......4
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Wellness
Center ................4
A PUBLICATION FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER EMPLOYEES
CHECKUP
October is National
Walking Month
ctober is National Walking
Month and a great time to start
walking! The Surgeon General
recommends that you accumulate
10,000 steps a day or 30 minutes of
additional physical activity most days
of the week. This amount should be
enough to reduce your risk factors for
disease and help you lead a longer,
healthier life.
You can use a pedometer to count
your steps and motivate you to get
10,000 steps a day. Another option is
to walk or participate in some other
form of physical activity 30 continuous
minutes per day. It is as easy as putting
on a comfortable pair of shoes and
finding a safe place to walk.
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NMMC-Eupora
Five laps around the NMMC-Eupora
walking track equal one mile. Four
laps around either the Webster
Vocational Track or the White’s Creek
Lake Track equal a mile.
NMMC-Iuka
To log one mile at NMMC-Iuka,
start by walking out the employee
entrance by the time clock. Go out the
hospital drive and around
Independence Square (the neighborhood behind the hospital) twice and
back to the employee entrance.
NMMC-Tupelo
If you want to stay inside, walk from
the NMMC-Tupelo employee entrance
to McAllister’s Deli in the East Tower
and back and cover 1/3 of a mile.
Walk this route six times and you have
covered about two miles and at least
30 minutes.
Scale the East Tower parking garage
from top to bottom and cover about
one mile. Do it twice and you will
have covered about two miles and
again, at least 30 minutes. The north
parking garage will log in 1.25 miles
from top to bottom. Just make sure to
watch out for traffic.
Another option is the Live Well
Community Walking Track. Each loop
around the track is 1/2 mile. Do it four
times and you have your two miles or
30 minutes.
Another alternative for Wellness
Center members is the Wellness Center
track, which is 1/10 of a mile. Circle it
20 times and you have completed two
miles and at least 30 minutes.
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Clark Wins UW Scavenger Hunt
ngel Clark, RN, of Medical Imaging won the
grand prize of a 19-inch digital, flat screen
color television from North Mississippi Medical
Center’s United Way campaign committee. The committee held a scavenger hunt as part of the campaign
events this year.
After reading seven of the 10 clues, Clark finished
the hunt by discovering that the item she was looking
for was the scales beside the “Weight Watchers” link on
the Intranet.
Clark said she has always donated to United Way
and had just recently become a Fair Share giver.
NMMC’s 2009 United Way campaign theme is “Your
Gift is Needed…Now More Than Ever.”
“Our United Way campaign continues through Oct.
16 and the local agencies are counting on us more
than ever this year,” said George Hand, NMMC’s
United Way campaign chair. “We hope everyone will
consider being a Fair Share giver this year, or make
any contribution they feel fits their personal budget.
Ask your supervisor or come by Employment Services
to sign up. Every little bit we can give is going to really
help people in our area this year.”
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George Hand (left), NMMC’s United Way campaign
chair, and Rodger Brown (right), North Mississippi
Health Services vice president, present Angel Clark,
RN, with her grand prize.
Green Initiatives Work Tips
orth Mississippi Health Services’ Green Initiatives
group was formed to find ways to reduce our
environmental impact.
The first of the Green Initiatives group’s three-prong
plan of Reduce-Reuse-Recycle is Reduce. One of the
ways the group is looking to do that is by cutting
down on energy consumption. Employees can help
save energy and conserve resources at work by making
a few changes in their habits and persuading coworkers
to do the same.
Here are some tips for reducing your energy consumption at work.
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• In non-clinical areas
set PCs to sleep or
hibernate; shut
down PCs at the
end of the day.
• Don’t print
documents unless
necessary, eliminate
unnecessary automated printouts.
• Use blank screen instead of screen savers.
• Turn off equipment when not in use.
• Turn off lights in unoccupied areas. If you are
leaving your office for more than a few minutes,
turn off the lights.
• Use two-sided copying.
• Set your thermostat at a comfortable temperature.
For most areas, 72 degrees is appropriate. For
nights and weekends, reset the thermostat to 68 in
the winter and 78 in the summer.
• Segregate waste properly.
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• Use coffee mugs instead of disposable cups.
Employees can go to iwww.nmhs.net/gig for
energy conservation ideas and more information
about the Green Initiatives program.
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National Walking Month (continued from page 1
NMMC-Pontotoc
For a one-mile outdoor walk at NMMC-Pontotoc,
start at sidewalk just outside the nursing home
entrance. Walk south past Ambulance parking and
follow the one-way signage to Oak Grove Road. Turn
right and continue west to Main Street. Turn right again
and continue north on Main Street following the sidewalk in front of the hospital. Take the nursing home
route from Main Street and continue back to where
you started. Three laps equal approximately one mile.
For a one-mile indoor walk, start in the main lobby
and turn right toward Rehabilitation Services. Turn left
at the end of that hall, past the vending area. Take the
employee entrance hallway to the left and follow the
hall route back to the main lobby intersection. Turn
right at the intersection toward the north corridor.
Exit the north corridor and follow the covered walkway to the nursing home entrance. Turn around here
and follow the same route back to the main lobby.
Four laps equal approximately one mile.
NMMC-West Point
Eighteen laps around the Wellness Center’s indoor
walking track equal one mile, while two laps around
the outdoor track equal a mile.
Research has shown that exercising with a friend will
help you be more accountable. If you are interested in
joining or leading a walking group, please contact your
local Wellness Center.
Mayor’s Family Fitness Day
Saturday, October 31
HealthWorks!
219 South Industrial • Tupelo
8 a.m. Registration • 8:30 a.m. Kickoff
Walking to Tupelo Farmers Market
for activities & back (2.5 miles)
Door prizes upon return
Mayor’s Family Fitness Fair until 2 p.m.
Walk 26.2 miles (or 450 minutes) by
November 30 to qualify for more prizes.
Small Group & Large Group Awards
for departmental participation.
Call (662) 377-5437 or visit
www.nmhs.net/events.php
for more information.
Diabetes Treatment Center
Hosts Silent Wreath Auction
orth Mississippi Medical Center’s Diabetes Treatment
Center will host its third annual Silent Wreath Auction
Oct. 22-23. Bids will be accepted from 4 to 8 p.m. on
Oct. 22 and 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 23 in Room 7/8
of NMMC’s Education Center.
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Call 377-2500 if your department would like to participate by decorating a wreath. Decorated wreaths must be
returned to the Diabetes Treatment Center by Oct. 21.
Proceeds from the event will benefit Project Hope.
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October 16, 2009
Sheffield Retires From Pharmacy
NMHS Vice President Laura Brower (far left) and
Employee Pharmacy staff members surprised
Charlotte Sheffield (center) with a pewter tray in
celebration of her retirement after more than 30
years with NMMC. Sheffield, who lives in Mantachie,
began her NMMC career shortly after high school
graduation. She worked four years as a ward secretary for Pediatrics, Postpartum and the Nursery.
After a four-month break, she returned as an
employee of the NMMC Pharmacy in 1979. She
transferred to the Employee Pharmacy shortly after
it opened in 1995. She is a nationally certified Level
2 pharmacy technician.
Now that she’s retired, she plans to spend time
with her family, which includes her father, two
brothers and their wives, four nieces, two nephew
and a great-nephew. “I think they’ve booked me up
for quite a while,” Sheffield said. “I am going to
miss everyone here at the hospital. Everyone has
always been so friendly and so good to me. I have
just really enjoyed it here.”
AEDs Donated
Volunteers from the Weston Reed
Cardiovascular Conference recently
presented the first five automated
external defibrillators from proceeds
of the third annual Weston Reed
Cardiovascular Conference. AEDs
were distributed to Link Centre, Lee
County Library, HealthWorks!, Alpha
House and the Lyric Theater. The
North Mississippi Medical Center
Heart Institute donated 25 AEDs
through a grant from Cardiac
Science, and Skipper and Beth
Holliman donated the Alpha House AED. Through Oct. 31, the conference committee is accepting
applications for AEDs from any nonprofit organization in Lee County. To download the application, visit
westonreedcc.org. Sixty AEDs have been placed in parks, schools, law enforcement vehicles and public
gathering spots since the first conference in 2007. For more information, call (662) 841-5819.
Wellness Center
Celebrates 20th
Anniversary
Celebrating the North Mississippi Medical Center
Wellness Center’s 20th anniversary Sept. 18 are
employees and members (front row, from left)
Hank Boerner, Brenda Berryhill, Jeffrey Hayes,
Edwin Crenshaw, Sallye Wallace, Jerry Harwood,
Shirley Harwood, (back row, from left) Van
Thomas, Lori Dickerson and Terry Rutledge. On
that day, employees and members wore their
favorite Wellness Center T-shirt, and the facility
entrance showcased annual T-shirt designs. The
NMMC Wellness Center opened September 18,
1989, as one of the premier hospital-based wellness centers in the United States.
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