Author: Liz Healy
TREE-Mendous Newsletter
In honor of the white oak trees that previously grew on the land beneath Riverside Medical Center, we have created an employee/RMG provider contest called TREE-Mendous (replaces previous Brightest Star contest).
TREE-Mendous is the highest recognition we can grant any Riverside employees/providers with recognition and prizes focused on our consistently best of the best providers and staff from all departments/areas of our entire health system.
Eligible providers and employees are those who rise high each day, consistently living in words and actions the behaviors that create remarkable journeys for coworkers and patients/residents and in good standing according to Human Resources records.
Tree-mendous staff branch out as role models to us all—living our keywords and Professional Standards of Behavior with every patient and coworker, striving for caring, positive connections with every person ALWAYS.
Well in Mind: May is Mental Health Awareness Month!
What is Mental Health?
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.
Over the course of your life, if you experience mental health problems, your thinking, mood, and behavior could be affected. Many factors contribute to mental health problems, including:
- Biological factors, such as genes or brain chemistry
- Life experiences, such as trauma or abuse
- Family history of mental health problems
Mental Health and Wellness – Positive mental health allows people to:
- Realize their full potential
- Cope with the stresses of life
- Work productively
- Make meaningful contributions to their communities
Ways to maintain positive mental health include:
- Getting professional help if you need it
- Connecting with others
- Staying positive
- Getting physically active
- Helping others
- Getting enough sleep
- Developing coping skills
Learn More About Mental Health: The importance of prevention and wellness
Well In Mind is here for you. Call 815-933-2240 to schedule an appointmentor to ask about your EAP benefits.
Gratitude Symposium
Forty-five well-known experts are banding together to provide healthcare workers and students with a month-long series of presentations meant to thank, teach, and inspire those in healthcare. Topics range from the future of healthcare, role of the board, employee and physician engagement, patient experience, medical group management, process improvement, diversity, equity, inclusion, and more. Each talk will offer inspiration and learning opportunities.
How Are We Saying Thank You? Let Us Count the Ways!
- A month’s worth of specialized experts. One to three experts will be featured each weekday throughout the month of May, speaking on a variety of fresh, relevant, helpful topics. Each presentation will be 15 – 50 minutes in length and available in an OnDemand format for 7 days.
- 100% Virtual. Providing virtual content makes it more convenient for healthcare workers. They will not have to leave their department or community.
- Free to attend. There is no cost to attend the Gratitude Symposium so that as many people as possible will have access to this great group of experts.
- Supports two great causes. Thanks to the generosity of the presenters, $100,000 will be donated to two organizations. $75,000 will be donated to The Daisy Foundation and $25,000 to The Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA). (See below for more info on their missions.)
- Connecting hearts and minds. Each presentation is meant to thank, teach, and inspire those in healthcare. This Symposium will connect great minds and hearts of healthcare workers. The sessions are designed to immerse you in new ideas and innovations, reinforce best practices that are already taking place and introduce additional information.
Well in Mind: Letting go of stress at the end of the day
Peaceful Transition Ritual: Letting go of stress at the end of the day
You are likely more overloaded at work now than ever before, and with changes to your routine at home and work, stress may be steadily increasing. If you feel spent at the end of your shift, try this peaceful transition exercise so you can return home in a more relaxed mindset:
Engage in this routine sometime between getting in your car at work and before entering your house:
- Honor the difficult parts of your day.
- Take a few deep exhales to release these parts.
- Celebrate the good parts of your day.
- Take a few deep inhales to enhance these parts.
- Anticipate your evening going well, visualize it happening, and identify how you’ll feel as those anticipated events occur:
Example: I come home from work and see my hound dog wagging his tail, I feel happy. I give my husband a hug and kiss and feel connected and safe. I take a relaxing bath, eat a tasty dinner, and then get cozy on the couch with my dog and husband and watch a show we enjoy together. I go to bed feeling grateful and at peace, and I sleep soundly through the night.
Well In Mind is here for you. Call 815-933-2240 to schedule an appointment or to ask about your EAP benefits.
Marketplace Gift Shop Closes for Inventory on 4/26
Riverside Marketplace Gift Shop will close Monday 4/26 for annual inventory and reopen Saturday 5/1. Thank you in advance for your understanding.
You can order from our online logo wear shop 24/7 at riversidemarketplace.org.
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