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    Nurse’s Month Celebration

    In May we are celebrating our Nurses! All employees are encouraged to participate in our community-based activities.

    Focus on Selfcare: May 1-7

    Recognition Week: May 8-14

    • Magnet Fair
    • Years of Service Raffle
      • Every nurse will get one entry per years of service to RHC, ex: worked here 8 years – 8 entries
    • CNO Listening Tour
    • Healthcare Week – Check out this post about Healthcare Week Activities

    Professional Development: May 15-21

    • Continuing Education Activity in OLIE
    • Preceptor Raffle Baskets
    • Photo Booth in South Lobby

    Community Engagement: May 22-31

    • Bradley PD 5K
      • 1st 50 employees to email registration to get T-shirt
    • Supply Drive
      • Harbor House
        • Gas Cards for Clients. 
        • Multicultural hair products, 
        • Diapers sizes 5,6,7 (drowning in smaller sizes)
        • TP/ Paper towels
      • Salvation Army
    • Volunteer Opportunities
      • East Court Food Pantry – Contact Jessica Graziani-Simone (jsimone2@rhc.net)
        • 5/13 10:30-17:00
        • 5/27 10:30-17:00
      • Mobile Rx – Contact Jessica Graziani-Simone
        • May 26 15:00-17:00
      • The Salvation Army – contact
        • M-F Serve Lunches
          • 12:00-13:00
        • Tuesday
          • Food pantry toiletry bags
      • Pregnancy Resource Center – contact
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    A Letter from the CNO

    Riverside believes in a culture of safety where timely reporting of errors and a comprehensive, confidential peer-review process in which errors can be examined justly.

    Recently, RaDonda Vaught, a former nurse from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was criminally convicted for reckless homicide and abuse of an impaired adult after mistakenly administering the wrong medication that killed an elderly patient in 2017. 

    We do not want this incident to spark fear of criminalization for the reporting of human error amongst members of our team. The medication administration error, which she self-reported, casts a shadow over the nursing profession which has been caring for patients and communities tirelessly and wearily during the global pandemic amidst historic workforce shortages

    The nursing profession is deeply disappointed with the conviction which prompted the ANA to release the following statement:

    “The Code of Ethics for Nurses states that while ensuring that nurses are held accountable for individual practice, errors should be corrected or remediated, and disciplinary action taken only if warranted. ANA cautions against accidental medical errors being tried in a court of law. Health care is highly complex and ever-changing, resulting in a high risk and error-prone system.  Organizational processes and structures must support a “just culture”, which recognizes that health care professionals can make mistakes and systems may fail. All nurses and other health care professionals must be treated fairly when errors occur. “

    As a Magnet® designated organization, we at Riverside are committed to the development of action plans to quickly address system gaps using evidence-based practice. We have demonstrated over the past several months combatting Covid-19 our commitment to guide our staff through in-time training, the creation of policies and procedures, and increased leader visibility and support.

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