Ethics Refresher training is conducted annually for Methodist Healthcare employees and other covered persons. This course restates the importance of and commitment to our Ethics and Compliance Program and includes education pertaining to the Corporate Integrity Agreement. 

To Register for a Class:

Step 1: Select “Education & Research” from SANursing home page

Sep 2: Select “Calendar of Events”

Step 3: Choose the month and date of your class from the Calendar

Step 4: Select “Event Details”

Step 5: Scroll to the bottom of the page and select “Register Now” and follow the instructions to register

Schedule of Classes:

June 2nd, 2008  7:30 AM-8:30 AM     4:00 PM-5:00 PM

June 3rd, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM     1:30 PM-2:30 PM

June 4th, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM  

June 9th, 2008 1:30 PM-2:30 PM

June 10th, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM

June 11th, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM     4:00 PM-5:00 PM

June 12th, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM

June 13th, 2008 1:30 PM-2:30 PM

June 16th, 2008 7:30 PM-8:30 PM

June 17th, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM

June 18th, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM     4:00 PM-5:00 PM

June 19th, 2008 1:30 PM-2:30 PM

June 20th, 2008 1:30 PM-2:30 PM  

June 23rd, 2008 1:30 PM-2:30 PM

June 24th, 2008 7:30 PM-8:30 PM  

June 25th, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM     4:00 PM-5:00 PM

June 26th, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM

June 27th, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM

June 30th, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM     1:30 PM-2:30 PM

July 1st, 2008 4:00 PM-5:00 PM     7:30 PM-8:30 PM

July 2nd, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM    10:00 AM-11:00 AM    1:30 PM-2:30 PM

July 3rd, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM     1:30 PM-2:30 PM

July 7th, 2008 1:30 PM-2:30 PM

July 8th, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM     7:30 PM-8:30 PM

July 9th, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM     4:00 PM-5:00 PM

July 10th, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM     4:00 PM-5:00 PM

July 11th, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM     4:00 PM-5:00 PM

July 14th, 2008 1:30 PM-2:30 PM

July 15th, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM

July 16th, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM     4:00 PM-5:00 PM    

July 17th, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM    1:30 PM-2:30 PM    4:00 PM-5:00 PM    7:30 PM-8:30 PM

July 18th, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM    1:30 PM-2:30 PM    4:00 PM-5:00 PM   7:30 PM-8:30 PM

July 21st, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM     1:30 PM-2:30 PM

July 22nd, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM     1:30 PM-2:30 PM

July 23rd, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

July 24th, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM

July 25th, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM     1:30 PM-2:30 PM     4:00 PM-5:00 PM     7:30 PM-8:30 PM

July 28th, 2008 1:30 PM-2:30 AM

July 29th, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM     1:30 PM-2:30 AM

July 30th, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM   1:30 PM-2:30 PM    7:30 PM-8:30 PM

July 31st, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM     1:30 PM-2:30 PM     4:00 PM-5:00 PM

August 1st, 2008 7:30 AM-8:30 AM     1:30 PM-2:30 PM     4:00 PM-5:00 PM     7:30 PM-8:30 PM

September 3rd, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

September 10th, 2008 10:00 PM-11:00 AM

September 17th, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

September 24th, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

October 1st, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

October 8th, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

October 15th, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

October 22nd, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

October 29th, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

November 5th, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

November 12th, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

November 19th, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

November 26th, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

December 3rd, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

December 10th, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

December 17th, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

December 24th, 2008 10:00 AM-11:00 AM  

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 Nurses’ Week Essay Contest. There were a total of 27 entries and we want to acknowledge all of the entries throughout MHS. The panel of judges found it very challenging to determine the top entries because all nurses that participated in this contest did an excellent job portraying our theme this year – “Nursing: Making a Difference Every Day”. To read the winning essays click on the available links below. Thank you to everyone who participated.

Michele Patterson, Past SNLB Chair
Cynthia Coleman, SNLB Chair
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1^st place ~ Mary Elizabeth Smail, RN, L&D, MMH,
Click here to read the 1st place winning essay

2^nd place ~ Shari McDonald, RN, Staffing Office, MH,
Click here to read the 2nd place winning essay

3rd place & Most Creative~ Bettina Almendarez, RN, NICU, MMH

** Submitted a video showing the extraordinary care provided in the NICU at Metropolitan Methodist Hospital - scroll down to view video

Honorable Mention ~ Jolene Mullinax, RN, NICU, MCH
Click here to read the honorable mention winning essay

Thank you to everyone else who submitted an essay:

*Annie Tracy, RN, Telemetry, MMH
*Anquinette Thomas, LVN, Telemetry, MMH
*Belinda Urdiales, RN, ED, MMH
*Diana Mireles Bigham, RN, Mother/Baby, MH
*Elaine Staton, RN, Behavioral Health, MSTH
*Elvira Chavez, RN, PEDI OR, MCH
*Gloria Scarcliff, RN, OR Holding, MMH
*Heather Addor, RN, NICU, MH
*Heather Garza, LVN, Medical, NEMH
*Jeanne Salgado, RN, NICU, MH
*Zane Perrin, UC, Surgery, MH
*Lara Neitsch, RN, Medical Monitored, NEMH
*Lena Johnson, RN, Day Surgery, MMH
*Linda Payne, RN, Education, MHS
*Lorraine Infantino, RN, Special Procedures, MMH
*Mark Lopez, RN, PICU, MCH
*Martha Zick, RN, NICU, MCH
*Mary Toombs, RN, Recovery, MMH
*Trudy Evans, RN, PICU, MH
*Valerie Huerta, RN, 5 N Surgery, MMH
*Vida Solomon, RN, NICU, MCH
*Yolanda Abaii, RN, NICU, MCH

Please click on the attached link to read the latest Update ME Newsletter for Methodist Ambulatory Surgery Centers.

 click here to read page 1 of the MASC Newsletter

 click here to read page 2 of the MASC Newsletter

Please click on the attached link to read the latest Update ME Newsletter for Methodist Stone Oak Hospital.                click here

Please click on the attached link to read the latest Update ME Newsletter for Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital.   

click here to read the MSTH Newsletter

Looking for a way to earn some clinical ladder points?  Volunteer at any one of the Job Fairs below.

  
Allied Health Job Fair
Thursday, May 22, 2008
5pm - 8pm at Cha Cha’s Mexican Restaurant

Monster Job Fair
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
10am - 4pm at Omni Hotel Colonnade

Express News Medical Job Fair
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
10am - 4pm at Norris Conference Center

AWHONN Job Fair
Saturday, September 13 - Sunday, September 14, 2008
times to be determined - in Corpus Christi

Texas State University Health Careers Job Fair
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
times to be determined - at Texas State University

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Sandy Malchoff at (210) 757-2921 or sandra.malchoff@mhshealth.com.

San Antonio Facility Performs Transplant First as Couples

from Killeen and Ingleside, Texas Exchange Kidney Donors

The doctors at Texas Transplant Institute and the kidney transplant team at Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital made transplant history by performing the first donor exchange kidney transplant simultaneously in the same facility in Texas. 

“This is a first for Texas, a first for our facility, and we are one of only a handful of facilities nationwide to have performed this procedure,” said Francis Wright, M.D., solid organ transplant program director and transplant surgeon.  Four operating rooms and more than 30 medical staff members were involved in the surgery. 

The exchange program is a new and innovative way to obtain donor organs, and it has the potential to significantly increase kidney transplants. Texas Transplant Institute is one of only a small number of programs in the U.S. that offer the donor exchange testing and transplant surgery. The program matches living donors who wish to give their kidney to a loved one but cannot because of blood or tissue incompatibility.  The donors are exchanged, providing two kidney patients with a living donation and a second chance at life. 

The first donor exchange kidney transplant couples are Ronnie Huegler, Sr., 47, and his wife, Karen, 46 from Ingleside, Texas and Alicia White, 35, and her husband, Steve, 36, from Temple, Texas.  Mrs. Hueglar donated a kidney to Mrs. White, and Mr. White donated a kidney to Mr. Huegler.  The procedures were performed on March 19, 2008 however, due to transplant protocols, the couples met for the first time today. 

Mr. Huegler has end-stage renal disease resulting from type 2 diabetes. He has been awaiting a kidney since December 2004.  Mrs. White has end-stage renal disease from an unknown cause and has been on dialysis since September 2006. 

According to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), 75,878 people throughout the country currently are on the waiting list for a kidney.  In Texas, 6,225 people are awaiting kidneys and 2,722 of them are in San Antonio and

Factors that influenced Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital to offer the program include their waiting list of about 1,500 people, providing a large patient pool for finding pairs, and community support in this area of the country from family and friends willing to donate kidneys to loved ones.  “With this community support making donated kidneys available, our patient pool and the benefits of living donation, we knew that we had to find a way to use healthy donors,” said Adam Bingaman, M.D., PhD, director of the Texas Transplant Institute Donor Exchange Program and a transplant surgeon. 

The Texas Transplant Institute kidney transplant program is the largest program in Texas and ranks among the nation’s top 20 for patient volume.  Since 1984 over 2,600 kidney transplants have been performed and they include more than 1,000 living donor transplants. 

Persons interested in the paired kidney transplant exchange program, should call the Live Donor Hot Line at (210) 575-4483 or (800) 888-0402 toll free.

Below are the “headlines” of the April MCH & Women’s Services Staff Nurse Leadership Council Meetings. For further details, questions or comments, please contact your unit representative (see MCH & Women’s Services SNLC Membership Roster).

People
* SANursing.com is a Methodist Healthcare website.  Information on the new Nursing Clinical Excellence Program (aka Clinical Ladder) can be found here, as well as lots of other news/updates for staff.  Staff are encouraged to check it regularly for updates.  If they have any information to add/share on the website, they can contact Christina M. Smith.

* Nurses’ Week and Hospital week will be jointly celebrated this year.  Look for flyers with details on all the fun events (essay contest, dessert receptions, hat decorating contest and more!).

Quality
* A subcommittee of the SNLC is working on developing a standardized flow sheet for every unit.  Pyxis supply name will match what the item is called, not what Central Supply calls it.  Like supplies will also be grouped together in the Pyxis machine. 

Growth
* Remodeling is occuring on 2 Central.  The rooms are getting a “face life” and the unit is getting a new nurses’ station. 

* Remodeling is also occuring in the Children’s PACU.

* The Children’s ED ground breaking ceremony is scheduled for May 3, 2008 at 10:30 a.m.  All are invited.