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    A Message from our Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer LaTivia Carr

    In today’s video with LaTivia Carr, Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer, we learn some very exciting news about the Magnet re-designation process. Watch it here:

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    New Grad RNs: Transition to Practice Workshop

    Our New Grad RNs completed an Escape Room activity during a recent Transition to Practice Workshop. These nurses demonstrated exceptional teamwork and critical thinking while learning how to care for and prevent complications with our surgical patients.  

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    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.

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    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.

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