In
this issue
MHA
members receive March of Dimes Nurse of the Year awards
Some 14 nurses from MHA member hospitals were honored Sept. 28
with March of Dimes Nurse of the Year awards. The awards honor nursing
excellence and pay tribute to hundreds of nurses who are at the front lines of
care and have had a tremendous impact on patients and their families. MHA
congratulates:
- Distinguished Nurse of the
Year: Tammy Sinkfield-Morey, Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare, St.
Paul
- Advanced Practice: Stacy
Jepsen, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis
- Care Management: Kristin Woody,
HealthPartners Inc., Minneapolis
- Community Health Nursing: Kris
Scott, Allina Health, Minneapolis
- Education and Research: Melinda
Jennings, St. Cloud Hospital
- Innovative and Nontraditional
Nursing: Teri Verner, HealthEast Care System, St. Paul
- Mental Health: Holly Dasinger,
PrairieCare, Brooklyn Park
- Neonatal: Susie Denton,
Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis
- Oncology: Shirley Kern, North
Memorial Health, Robbinsdale
- Pediatric: Mary Amundson, St.
Cloud Hospital
- Rising Star: Maggie McLaird,
St. Cloud Hospital
- Staff Nurse – Critical Care:
Cassandra Flo, Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare, St. Paul
- Staff Nurse – General Care:
Wokie Johnson, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis
- Women’s Health: Diane Miller,
Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis
Learn more on the March of Dimes website. return to top
FluSafe
registration open through Nov. 30
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is once again offering
the FluSafe program to support and publicly recognize hospitals and long-term
care facilities’ commitment to high flu vaccination rates among health care
personnel. Registration is open through Nov. 30.
Each year, hospitals and long-term care facilities across the state commit to
preventing the spread of flu in their facilities by encouraging vaccination of
health care workers. Promoting vaccination of health care staff demonstrates
hospitals’ and health systems’ commitment to patient safety. This simple step
protects patients as well as employees.
This season, facilities will select a barrier to health care personnel flu
vaccination during registration to work to address throughout the season.
Facilities will track health care personnel flu shots and report at the end of
the season how they worked to address the selected barrier. MDH will recognize
facilities that achieve vaccination rates of 90 percent and higher and report
on the work done to address selected barriers.
Learn more and register on the MDH website. return to top
Minnesota
receives $17.7 million for opioid epidemic
Minnesota will invest more than $17.7 million it
received in federal grant funding to help combat the opioid epidemic throughout
the state. The State Opioid Response grant will provide $8,870,906 a year for
the next two years and will be used to quickly provide life-saving treatment,
reduce deaths from opioid overdose and prevent opioid use disorder in
Minnesota’s most vulnerable communities.
A grant application process is scheduled to begin next month. To learn more,
view the DHS announcement. return to top