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Employee NewsletterOctober 2016 | Issue 2

The ‘Star of the Month’ forSeptember is Cathy Matthews

This month, the Star of the Month was awarded to Cathy Matthews. Cathy was nominated by her co-worker in the Lab, Traci Gress: “Cathy goes above and beyond her duties to make everything in the lab run as smoothly as possible. She has duties too numerous to mention in this small amount of space, but follows through which each of them with 110 percent.”

“She strives to listen to each and every concern of all lab employees and implement solutions to fix problems to the best of her ability and resources”, Gress continues. “We feel trustworthy of her and have positive reactions to anything we bring to her attention, good or bad. Thanks Cathy!”

Congratulations Cathy and thank you for demonstrating exemplar PRIDE behavior every day! Don’t forget to tell us about someone you feel goes above and beyond for their coworkers, complete a Star Award Nomination today!

Mark your calendar!JCH Benefits Fair November 3-4This will be your opportunity to enroll for 2017 benefits!

September 2016 ‘Star of the Month’ nominees

Don’t forget: Pumpkin Decorating Contestdeadline is October 24

Beth SteckelJen Bell

Patty CheathamDallas Day

Kelli WittmanKaren Schroeder

Tracy KistnerDanielle Bartolotti

Elizabeth DunhamKelly Kirkland

Michele CoughlinLisa Foster

Rebecca FrostJudy Nanney

Brooke WallaceVictoria Hargrave

Brandy CoxSarah BatesJulie Smith

Cathy MatthewsStacey Brannan

Kim CurranDiane DienbergJillAnn Beasley

Joyce GriswoldKathleen Brannan

Susan GuntrenWhitney MullinkJanice Lancaster

Carrie DriskillTom Smith

JCH welcomes new hires

ER celebrates Nurses Week

Ice CreamSocial Oct. 27

JCH thanks Snyder donors

October 23-29 is National Infection Prevention Week

JCH Ambulance Association Soup and Chili dinner Oct. 21

Kellee Bridges ..................................Med/SurgLaura Gendron ............................................ERJennifer Nolte ........................................... Lab

Soup ........................... $3Chili ............................ $3Hot Dog ...................... $2

Chili Dog ..................... $4Chips .......................... $1Drink .......................... $1

Last week was Emergency Room Nurses Week! Congratulations to all the nursing staff in ER: we greatly appreciate all that you do! The ER staff would like to thank Guy Spangler, ER Director for providing the nurses with lunch on Wednesday and Survival Flight for providing lunch on Thursday. The ER Staff greatly appreciates their thoughts and kindness!

The JCH Ambulance Association Soup and Chili dinner will be held Friday, October 21 from 11 to 1 p.m. at the Jersey Community Hospital Ambulance Garage. Join us!

An employee ice cream social will be held Thursday, October 27 from 2-3 p.m. in the JCH Cafeteria. The social will be sponsored by Jerseyville Banking Center.

Thank you to everyone who donated to Officer Blake Snyder Fund. JCH was able to donate $500 to the family.

Download the Vital ICE App (Enter Code 6402) to start listing your vital medicinal information for use to First Responders in emergencies.

Emergency Room Nurses Week cake

Practicing hand hygiene is a simple yet effective way to prevent infections. Cleaning your hands can prevent the spread of germs, including those that are resistant to antibiotics and are becoming difficult, if not impossible, to treat. On average, healthcare providers clean their hands less than half of the times they should. On any given day, about one in 25 hospital patients has at least one healthcare-associated infection. Happy Infection Prevention Week!

JCH Café menu10.24 Homemade Pizza, Cheese Sticks, Toasted Ravioli, Caesar Salad10.25 Fire Roasted Chicken, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Peas & Carrots, Corn10.26 Grilled Hamburgers, French Fries, Green Beans10.27 Three cheese Chicken Penne, Garlic Toast, California Blend Vegetables10.28 Reuben Sandwich, Potato Wedges, Chicken & Dumplings, Peas, Pickled Beets 10.31 French Dip Sandwich, Onion Petals, Mini Corn Dogs, Spinach11.01 Chicken Tenders, Mashed Potatoes & Milk Gravy, Corn, Asparagus11.02 Spaghetti, Garlic Toast, Green Beans11.03 Chick-eez/Steak-eez, Fries, Mixed Vegetables, Lima Beans11.04 Steak, Baked Potato, Broccoli, Cauliflower

There’san appfor that.

PRIDE thoughtBe happy, not because everything is good, but because you can see the good side of everything.

– Unknown