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SUMMIT HEALTHCARE ANNOUNCES NEW CEO
The Summit Healthcare Governing Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Shawn D. Morrow has been selected as Chief Executive Officer to replace Ron McArthur who is retiring on August 6th.
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Shawn is a seasoned healthcare administrator with over 20 years’ experience leading tertiary, mid-size, and small hospitals. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Murray State University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Portuguese/Business Management from Brigham Young University. Shawn is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) and a GE Fellow in the Health Management Academy.
In accepting the CEO position, Shawn noted, “It is with tremendous excitement that I accept the offer of employment as the CEO of Summit Healthcare. I look forward to serving with the Board, Executive Leadership Team, Medical Staff, and each Caregiver to continue building on the strong legacy of health and healthcare that is associated with the Summit Healthcare brand. My family and I can't wait to relocate and integrate into the community. I appreciate the trust that comes with this position and feel honored at being added to your team.”
Shawn and his family enjoy golfing, fishing, basketball and small community living making them a natural fit for the White Mountains.
Shawn’s start date is August 2nd and he and Ron will be working together to ensure a smooth transition. Paul Watson concluded, “With Shawn’s depth of experiences, we are confident we have chosen the best leader to take Summit Healthcare to the next level as we continue to meet the healthcare needs of the White Mountain communities.”
About Summit Healthcare
Summit Healthcare is a not-for-profit health care organization with the primary mission to provide exceptional, compassionate care, close to home. For further information, please call 928-537-4375 or visit our website at www. SummitHealthcare.net.
Break away from that Cabin Fever Feeling!
With all that has been going on in this unprecedented time in our world today, we ended up finding ourselves stuck at home for undetermined amounts of time. Restaurants, bars, and even gyms had been forced to close at times, and we were told to stay at home, no longer able to socially mingle like we used to do. After any amount of time, we may begin to feel what is called cabin fever. That feeling of being coped up with nothing to do, and basically bored out of our minds. This can be a dangerous situation and can possibly lead to depression and other such detrimental conditions. What can be done? Well, exercise is one of the greatest ways to beat this dangerous cabin fever feeling with being stuck at home. Many of you might ask how can I work out and exercise from home, I do not have all the equipment the gyms have? I am here to tell you that there are many things around the house that can be used as your make-shift exercise equipment, even your own body weight! Many of you may already have such things as exercise bands, weight machines, a treadmill, an elliptical and the like, but for those of you who do not, let us take a look around the house. There are always all those canned items, those gallons of water we have all been storing up on, an old tractor tire, and many everyday household items everywhere in your house or around the yard. The only limit here is your own imagination as to what you could use, and of course a little common sense. All these items can be used as your so-called dumbbells, and items that can be used for your resistance training. Even your own body weight can be used, try pushups, planks, lunges, and even body weight squats to mention just a few things. Even just getting outside, if only in your own backyard and tossing a Frisbee or baseball around can do wonders for mood enhancement. Get outside with the kids or the dog, they will also thank you for it as well. There is nothing better than to get outdoors, spending time with the family, soaking in some Vitamin-D, and most importantly, it gets your body moving and active. Many personal trainers have now begun online virtual training programs. Sometimes it is as easy as one or two clicks on your computer, watching the trainer guide you through each exercise as if you were right there with him or her, and replicating it right in the privacy of your own home. This can be a great way to get that important workout in, retain accountability, and to beat the dangerous cabin fever feeling.
Johnny Ryder is a Doctoral Degree Candidate (PhD) in Holistic Life Counseling, He holds a Master of Education Degree, and is a certified health and physical education teacher in the State of Arizona. He is a Certified Master Level Personal Fitness Trainer, holding numerous individual specialized certifications. Johnny has well over thirty years’ experience in the health and fitness field as an educator, trainer, fitness competitor, published author, public speaker, and is the owner of Ryder Fitness-Personal Training Studios in Show Low. Visit Johnny at www.ryderfitness.com.
NPC Friends and Family awards additional $6,000 in scholarships to nursing students
Funding made possible by the Summit Healthcare Foundation and Beehive Homes of Snowflake
Like so many before her, Northland Pioneer College, second-year nursing student, Jamie Ortega of Lakeside was inspired to become a nurse by the nurses who cared for her loved ones. Both of Ortega’s parents have battled cancer. Through her scholarship essay, she gives a moving and timely reminder that nurses are both angels and heroes. “When my mother was diagnosed with cancer in the middle of COVID, and needed a bone marrow transplant, she was in the hospital for three weeks alone,” Ortega wrote. “No family was allowed to be with her, but she had a handful of amazing nurses who could be by her side when family could not. They bought her a bracelet that said, ‘fighter’…and had a farewell parade in the hallway for her when she was able to go home.” With the support of the Summit Healthcare Foundation, Ortega will finish her Associate Degree in Nursing in May 2022 and join the ranks of the angels and heroes she admires. Scholarships like those offered by Summit Healthcare Foundation and Beehive Homes of Snowflake are particularly important for NPC students, who face significant and unique challenges related to earning a college degree in a rural, remote area. The Beehive Homes scholarship goes to Raylee Johnson of Eagar. Johnson, who was inspired to join her mother in the nursing profession, supports herself through full-time employment. Her commute from Round Valley to Show Low for classes, and to the Indian Health Services hospital in Whiteriver for clinicals, adds up to over 400 miles traveled each week. A journey like this is not likely part of the experience for student nurses in more urban area, but it is not at all unusual for an NPC student. Johnson’s commitment is evident in her essay as she expresses, “When I was younger, I was able to watch my mother develop into a strong, independent woman while she was in nursing school. Just being out on my own has made me realize the strength it took my mother to pursue her career goal, all while dealing with ‘life’.” The Summit Healthcare Foundation scholarship was also awarded to first-year students Alysia Yosin, Amber-Rose Glauvitz, and Lillian Fish of Show Low, and to Shavan Flake of Snowflake. Each of these students worked diligently to complete the rigorous schedule of prerequisites in order to apply for acceptance into NPC’s nursing program. All of them did so while working and raising families. Their journeys have not followed a straight and narrow road, but they have never lost sight of their dreams. Their acceptance into the NPC nursing program was a big step in the culmination of those dreams, and NPC Friends and Family is grateful for the generosity of Beehive Homes and the Summit Healthcare Foundation in supporting these exceptional and worthy nurse candidates. Since Fall 2014, NPC Friends and Family has awarded over 350 scholarships to NPC students, making a tremendous difference in their pursuit of a post-secondary education. Over 95% of awardees have either completed an NPC degree or certificate program, or are still enrolled at the college. To learn more about NPC Friends and Family, and how you can help to transform a student’s life, contact Betsyann Wilson at 928-536-6245 or betsy.wilson@npc.edu. You can also make a tax-deductible donation at www.npcfriendsfamily.org.
Fight Hair Loss with Self Care
by Minnesota Jodi
Right now 90% of my clients are experiencing hair loss. There are many reasons for unexpected massive shedding of hair. A flu or major cold can cause hair loss, because all of your body’s resources go to protecting the organs. Medication can also cause temporary hair loss. Any time something new is introduced to the system, the system says what’s this? Is it medicine or poison? Protect the organs. Once the body gets used to the medication hair growth starts again. Now if you think about it, what’s going on right now? What’s something that many people are doing? Something that is introducing something new to the system and can cause a person to feel ill for a few days. Did you guess? Vaccination. Now the hair loss that comes from the vaccination isn’t as bad as the hair loss caused by the virus. I would say the amount of hair loss is about the same as people see in the spring and fall when the weather changes. It’s noticeable enough though that people have been asking me about it. If you’ve noticed hair loss and recently gotten the vaccine that may very well be the problem. Nothing to worry about, just a temporary setback. Now my former employee Yvonne said that she had started a group on Facebook for people with hair loss from Covid. Apparently some people have had hair loss so bad from being sick that they had to go out and buy wigs. That tracks for me because I’m pretty sure I had Covid in January 2020. I was out of work for 3 weeks. I could barely breathe and felt like kaka for months after. That’s a long time to be sick. I didn’t have a fever, but I know that a fever can really make hair loss happen. I don’t remember if I lost hair or not after being sick. I think at that time I didn’t care. I was more focused on what my body was doing. I’m also sure that being stuck inside for a year, not eating good, stressing out about what the future holds, has also contributed to our hair skin and nails being in a sad kind of state. The best thing to do about this type of hair loss is don’t stress about it. Stress doesn’t help. Treat yourself to something nice. Get some sunshine. Find a reason to laugh. Our hair tells us what’s happening in our bodies. If we are happy and healthy, our hair shows it. If we are sad or ill, that shows too. Give yourself love and self-care, it will start to show up in your hair.
Minnesota Jodi hails from Duluth Minnesota. She’s lived in the mountains for over ten years now. She owns North Star Salon LLC.
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Want to Stop The Chatter?
by Joan Courtney, C.Ht. Unstuck Living
The world has opened up again, and you’re moving ahead full throttle. With it comes the mind chatter: three shindigs on the same night, don’t forget the appetizers, go to the park with the kids. It can be overwhelming. And what you focus on the most, you attract into your life. That’s right. If you picture having a fun, fulfilling day, you probably will. If you wake up each morning dreading the day ahead, irritations and interruptions will clog your to-do list. While I understand this down to my bones, it isn’t always easy to keep those positive attractors on top of my mind, especially when unexpected aggravations get in the way. Sometimes, when I actually make time to sit and listen to the rush hour irritation going on in my head, I chuckle. What an errant and playful child the mind can be when left on its own. It goes like this: I have a laundry list of things to get done today. Then there’s that other task I needed to do yesterday. Then the phone will ring, or text, or email. Or a knock on the door will enter the scene. Suddenly I am inundated by so many demands that I forget my original plan. When I finally do sit down to set my sights on the day? That list seems so long. At this point, the overwhelm is so great I may turn to Facebook for relief. Or worse, graze when I’m not hungry, just to escape taking any action. The result: I’m stuck in frustration about how I will “find the time” to get it all in.
Tips to Stop the Chatter
I have found some creative ways to stop endless chatter. • Write down a to-do list. I’ve used this through the years, for the act of writing it down puts my mind at ease. I’m not trying to remember 14-25 different tasks at once. My body and mind relax as I let go. • Change the pace. If the chatter is nonstop, it’s time to change things up. If I’m sitting? The best thing is to gather up the Duff and go for a walk. Aimlessly wandering? Settle myself in a comfortable spot. Close my eyes and take a few deep breaths. Consider the smallest possible step to take toward completing the most challenging task. And do it. • Slow down my inner chit-chat. For example, if I feel stymied, I say to myself very slowly, IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII… FEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLL… SSSSSOOOOOOOOOOO...FRRUSSTRATTTTTEEED. Then say it again slowly, again and again, until my thoughts find an exit ramp to a quieter place. Once the mind has stopped whirring out of control, it’s easier to step back and make the right decision for a starting place for the day.
Can you relate? If you too find yourself in the grip of an endless sea of mind chatter that is getting faster and faster, remember that last simple tip. This 3-minute exercise is so quick and easy that I have placed it on my website for easy access. Just go to www. unstuck-living.com, and download my “Stop The Chatter”, Hypnosnax as my free gift to you.
If you can’t stop this negative nattering and want instant relief, call Joan Courtney, C.Ht. at (928) 367-8208 or email at www.unstuck-living.com. Bringing over 35 years of experience to her practice, Joan is a highly qualified NLP practitioner and certified clinical hypnotherapist. Many have found her friendly ways and precise techniques to be an easy road toward a better future.
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Up from the ashes: Above, over Memorial Day weekend reader and Pinetop residents Claire Klinger and her husband enjoyed a drive on the back roads near Big Lake. "Amid the dead trees from a forest fire, this flowering cactus caught our eye."
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