Recognitions

Compassion!

Courage!

Catherine Hagan-Aylor, MSN, RN, CBCN Carilion Breast Care Center - Breast Care Specialist Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation

Congratulations to Catherine for being invited by the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC) to be a writer for the Certified Breast Care Nurses exam! Quote from the Carilion WOW Wall…. “Catherine has long been an advocate for our breast cancer patients and this opportunity allows her to play a part in educating the next generation of Certified Breast Care Nurses”.

Alicia McAllister-Daniels, MSN, RN, CPN, NE-BC Senior Director Carilion Childrens American Red Cross 2022 Medical Hero Recipient

“Congratulations to Alicia McAllister-Daniels, Senior Director in Carilion

Childrens for receiving a 2022 Medical Hero award from the American Red Cross. Alicia was the recipient of this award for her work to bring awareness to the mental health needs of healthcare workers. Alicia does this work in honor of her late husband, Alva Daniels, a dedicated respiratory therapist who took his life last year. Thank you Alicia for bravely sharing your story and raising awareness about this important topic.” ~ from the Wow wall post by Michelle Franklin

Compassion!

Phyllis Whitehead, PhD, APRN/CNS, ACHPN, PMGT-BC, FNAP, FAAN CRMH Clinical Ethicist/CNS Palliative Care/Moral Distress President, National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists

Phyllis has been elected the President of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists. She is a clinical ethicist and clinical nurse specialist at CRMH Palliative Care Service and Associate Professor at the Virginia Tech School of Medicine. She is certified in pain management and as an advanced practice hospice and palliative care nurse. Phyllis has done numerous presentations on pain and symptom management, opioid induced sedation, moral distress, and patients’ end of life preferences locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. She is also President of the Virginia Foundation of Nurses. She is a founding member and Board of Director member of the Virginia Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists.

Commitment!

Jenny Luhr, RN Carilion Infusion Center 2022 Sustainability Hero Award - Gold Level

“Jenny was recognized for this award for coordinating a specialized recycling process at Riverside 1. Jenny observed the significant waste occurring with medication shipping supplies at the Infusion Center - the shipments were being unpacked and shipping materials thrown in the trash. She identified that the company was sending a pre-paid shipping label with the delivery, which could be used to mail back the boxes, cooler, ice packs and timers to the company for recycling. With approximately 8-10 boxes received per week, each weighing anywhere between 7-18 pounds, this project will keep a lot of waste out of our landfills! Jenny is passionate about sustainability and wants to "keep the world around". Jenny has been the Infusion Center sustainability champion for a couple of years, and is always seeking new ways to protect our environment. Thank you, Jenny for this innovative idea! “ ~from Wow Wall Post - Marina Sotelo

Commitment!

Commitment!

CRMH OR Services - Preop and OR Collaboration Sustainability Hero Unit Award - Gold Level

Surgical preoperative areas started performing preoperative shaves utilizing disposables to contain hair rather than reusable linens, in an effort to reduce contaminated instruments in the OR from hair that entered the laundry system. Instead of buying disposable sheets to perform the hair clipping, the Preop and OR departments collaborated. It was discovered that the

OR staff was just throwing away blue disposable covers that covered sterile instruments. The two departments decided that instead of throwing the disposable covers away, they would collect these covers for the preop team to use during the clipping process to avoid hair getting on the linen on the stretchers. This project demonstrates commitment to sustainability by using innovative, collaborative solutions. Not only does this benefit the patient in terms of reducing contamination in sterile environments it prevents the unnecessary disposal of reusable linens and repurposes and recycles products used consistently in the OR which helps to support sustainability and reduce health care costs.

CNRVMC Surgical Unit Sustainability Hero Unit Award - Bronze Level

Alicia Lee CTL, RN, started a plastic film initiative to accumulate 500 lbs of plastic film (plastic bags) within 6 months. If the Surgical Care Unit achieves this goal, the plastic is then turned into a bench to be donated back to the hospital for visitors and staff to use on the hospital grounds. At this point, it's not 6 months yet from the start and the plastics accumulated so far amounts to over 250 lbs.! Though the bench might not be here yet, it's not the prize that's really meaningful- it's the collective goodwill of the unit to help the hospital environment and serve the people and patients of the community better! Also, this project is not just for one timeframe as the unit expects it will continue as a practice in the unit as it's non-intrusive, voluntary, can be replicated, and very beneficial! The plastic challenge is a simple yet superb initiative, therefore, it deserves a Sustainability Hero Award!

~ Wow Wall Post - Marina Sotelo

Commitment!

Logan Underwood, RN CNRVMC Emergency Department Awarded CNRV Nursing Scholarship - Carilion Foundation

“Congratulations to Logan for being selected as the recipient of the CNRV

Nursing Scholarship. This scholarship is made possible by donations from fellow staff and physicians of CNRV to the Carilion Foundation. Logan is an RN in the ED and is currently pursuing his RN-BSN nursing degree with a long-term goal of obtaining his MSN. He has an established commitment not only to his education but also to his community through being an EMT and training hew hire Communication

Officers to efficiently and accurately dispatch both Police and Fire/Rescue calls for service.” ~ Wow Wall Post - Desiree Beasley

Compassion!

Alania Utterback, RN CGCH Ripple Award

The Patient Experience Team at CGCH selects one colleague each month that makes a significant impact to the Patient Experience that is provided at our facility. Congratulations to Alania Utterback on being awarded the Ripple Award. She is an RN on the Medical Surgical Unit at Carilion Giles Memorial Hospital. She was nominated 5 times via feedback in Cornerstone within a one month time span! She has had multiple Great Catches reported, as well as displaying excellent teamwork skills. She is described as a role model for her peers and an advocate for her patients.

~ Wow Wall Post - Ashley Graham

Commitment!

CRMH Emergency Department Staff Commitment Recognition

To recognize the commitment and care the ED has provided in the face of many adversities and hardships, a physical token of appreciation in the form of a custom challenge coin for demonstrating Carilion’s core value of Commitment to our organization and our community was developed.

Challenge coins were distributed to staff of the ED. The coins were designed by ER nurse Travis Talley, BSN with help from Craig McCown NREMTP. These coins of recognition were handed out by

Paul Davenport, VP, Amanda Brendel, DNP, RN and Ashlie Ikenberry, MSN, RN to staff who were busy with patient care and not able to get off the floor to receive this wonderful token of appreciation!

(*To read more about the challenge coin, see the Wow Wall post on August 2, 2022 on Inside Carilion)