Hats off to Dental Staff and Health Workers!

2. Hats off to all of the Dental Staff! • They were able to support the placement of 20 Dental Hygiene Students in their 3rd year  from Canadore during a 5 week period. They also were able to provide groups on Northern and Sunshine. • Claudette Lamothe

3. In regards to people achieving our best; Leslie successfully obtained her Certification in Infection Control. Leslie we are so proud of you, thank you for your ongoing commitment to Infection Prevention & Control!! • Patty Byers

4. Hats off to Jackie Gallant for her nomination for the Outstanding Service in Women’s Wellness Award… • On behalf of NEWHA I personally thank you for all the effort, passion and commitment you bring to your work. You certainly have made a positive impact on women’s wellness in our community. • Kathleen Jodouin Chair of NEWHA

5. Kudos to the Mobile Crisis Team’s hard work and to their recent article in the Northern Ontario Medical Journal • Left to right are John St. Jacques, RN, Constable Erin Honeysett, Marion Rupp-Koch, RN, Sandy Deschenes, manager, Crisis Intervention Program, North Bay Regional Health Centre, and Inspector Robert Jerome.

6. Just want to express a big thank you for the work that Karin Dreany did for us leading the rowdy band of finance folks thru the process mapping!  She patiently tried to understand our jargon and was able to identify several opportunities that we can work on to get us to our goal turn around time! • Thanks very much!  Couldn’t have done it without you! • Cheryl Cowden

7. Kudos to Rose Gelinas, RD Registered Dietitian Nephrology Services • Rose Gelinas, in collaboration with the Canadian Association of Nephrology Dietitians, has co-authored a cookbook specific to the needs of people living with chronic kidney disease. Kidney Friendly Cooking is a resource that offers a wide variety of lower potassium, phosphorus and sodium recipes. This non-profit initiative serves to support people living with chronic kidney disease in our community. • Kidney Friendly Cooking is available through Dietitians of Canada.

8. I want to share with you the fantastic experience • I had with a “token of appreciation”.   • I gave one of the tokens to Laurie Laronde and explained to her that these tokens are intended to be a “pay it forward” and that we are to give them to someone for a job well done, to be passed on by the receiver to someone s/he appreciates. • I thanked Laurie her for her tireless work championing and supporting staff safety; ensuring we meet our regulatory requirements and being instrumental in setting a culture of safety that as an organization we are developing a reputation as safety leaders.   • Just yesterday one of our supervisors conveyed that a representative of HSN that she was speaking with shared that they heard we are “very strict about safety”.  This is a great reputation to have as it truly shows how much we care about our people.  Laurie plays such a huge role in setting this tone. • Danielle Baker

9. Hats off to some of our Long Service Recipients in Sudbury  • Carolyn Hepting, coordinator Oak and Nickel Lodge (5 years), Lise St. Marseille, Director Geriatric Mental Health & Complex Care,  Robin Reed, Ward Clerk Oak Lodge (5 years), Paul Heinrich, CEO, Karen Renout, Manager, Wordplay, Monica Bretzlaff, Regional Manager NEBSO, Erin Kennedy, Manager Oak and Nickel Lodge, Aline Belanger, Program Assistant, Wordplay (5 years), Not pictured: Kelly Charbonneau, PRC, NEBSO (15 years).

10. Congrats to Brenda Rawn and Janet McLean- they have just completed training that we hope will improve OH&S ability to meet the ergonomic and physical demands analysis needs of NBRHC, The ergonomic training also had a focus on conducting risk assessments to help identify ergonomic hazards so that control measures can be explored.

11. Kudos to Karen Sykes and Scott Aitken for developing a plan to integrate the use of care items (geri-chair, scratch mits, ear plugs to simulate hearing impairment, goggles to simulate vision impairment etc.) into their teaching to make the concept of approach to personal care and the agitation that can stem from it more realistic for our staff participating in the course.   • Great job Karen and Scott! - Carolyn Hepting • I am writing to tell you how much I love working with Cindy [MacWilliams].  She is our contact at Nip U for student placements at the hospital.  She is very efficient, quick to email me back and really goes out of her way to make sure I am aware of what is happening  with respect to student placements - especially as we try to finalize the specialty area in yr 4.  She is very professional, and collaborative.  • Tammie McParland,RN,MN, PhD student assistant Professor Nipissing University

12. Bring on the stories and help showcase Our People Achieving Their Best! *Don’t forget to send along a picture! Have you recently finished a diploma or degree? Seen a team member do something heroic in our community? Won an award? Represented us on a provincial or national committee? Shared an idea that positively affected your patients’ world? Those are but a few examples of what we want to know about. Kevin Elsey Achievement Specialist kevin.elsey@nbrhc.on.ca Ext: 2690