Last Thursday, April 26, 100 chil- dren of staff members got an inside glimpse of life inside our busy hospital, taking tours of the state’s largest hyperbaric cham- ber, LIFE STAR, and the Center for Education, Simu- lation and Inno- vation, where the Navy and the Na- tional Guard train medics. It was all part of the annual “Take Your Child to Work Day,” a day designed to let children grades 4-12 discover all the possibilities of working within a hospital. R x T ra A publication for the staff of Hartford Hospital April 30, 2012 Vol. 68 No. 15 Learning About Health Care Careers: Take Your Child To Work Day Staff members’ children enjoy a trip to the hospital cafeteria during Bring You Child to Work Day April 26. The students went on tours and learned about the many careers that health care offers. With the students are Hartford Hospital staff members Andrew Pete and Gina Chamberland.
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Last Thursday, April 26, 100 chil-dren of staff members got an inside glimpse of life inside our busy hospital, taking tours of the state’s largest hyperbaric cham-ber, LIFE STAR, and the Center for Education, Simu-lation and Inno-vation, where the Navy and the Na-tional Guard train medics.
It was all part of the annual “Take Your Child to Work Day,” a day designed to let children grades 4-12 discover all the possibilities of working within a hospital.
RxTraA publication for the staff of Hartford Hospital April 30, 2012 Vol. 68 No. 15
Learning About Health Care Careers:
Take Your Child To Work Day
Staff members’ children enjoy a trip to the hospital cafeteria during Bring You Child to Work Day April 26. The students went on tours and learned about the many careers that health care offers. With the students are Hartford Hospital staff members Andrew Pete and Gina Chamberland.
Sandra Brown-Lewis, a PCA on Bliss 9I, passed away unexpectedly on April 20. Sandra, 46, was employed at Hartford Hospital for 18 years. She was previous-ly a PCA at Jefferson House.
“Sandra quickly proved herself to be a wonderful addition to the Bliss 9I after transitioning from the Jefferson House,” said Michele Kolios, Sandra’s supervisor. “When I interviewed Sandra, she told me confidently that she was the one for the job and that she could do it. She ori-ented quickly, and became a very highly respected PCA.”
“Sandra was very kind and compassion-ate with our patients,” Kolios contin-ued. ”Both families and patients always loved her. Her work ethic was amazing. She never stopped moving from patient to patient.”
Kolios said Sandra was known on the unit for her sense of humor. “It would bring a smile to the many that she touched,” she said. “She was very special We will all miss her a great deal.”
Many friends and coworkers signed the Legacy Guest Book on the Courant site: (http://www.legacy.com/guestbook/hartfordcourant/guestbook.aspx?n=sandra-brown-lewis&pid=157230745&sign=3) Here are two of those entries:
“Losing Sandy is such a profound loss. However I will never forget the wonder-ful memories she has left for me to cher-ish. I feel blessed to have known her and worked with her at Hartford Hospital.”
“We are deeply saddened by the sud-den death of Sandra. She took very good care of our dad Thomas Donza at The Jefferson House - he loved her. We are proud to have known such a kind, warm and lovely person.”
Sandra leaves her her husband Regi-nald Lewis, daughter Marcia Brown; stepdaughter Diamond Lewis; son Peter Brown; stepson Reginald Lewis, Jr.; son-in-law, Jay Watkins; and granddaugh-ter, Jayda Watkins. She also leaves her mother, father, four sisters, and five brothers.
Condolences go out to her coworkers, friends and family.
To view Sandra’s obituary, go to: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartford-courant/obituary.aspx?n=sandra-brown-lewis&pid=157230745&fhid=4097.
Patient Resource Room for Ostomy Care Dedicated on Bliss 8
Hartford Hospital Mourns Passing of Sandra Brown-Lewis
Sam Dolfi and the Dolfi family and their friends made a gift in support of a pa-tient resource room for ostomy care in memory of Sam's wife, Jan Dolfi. The room was dedicated on April 24.
It was Sam Dolfi’s wish that ostomy pa-tients confidently transition their care to the home environment through edu-cation and support.
Sam’s wife of 53 years, Jan Dolfi, passed away in August 2010 after a courageous battle against bladder cancer.
The room, located on Bliss 8, is available to patients throughout the institution.
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Left to right: Sam Dolfi, Scott Bell, Lisa Dolfi Bell, Jeff Dolfi, Becca Dolfi and Dr.
Anoop Meraney, director of urologic on-cology at Hartford Hospital, dedicate the Patient Resource Room for Ostomy Care
in memory of Jan Dolfi.
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Sandra Brown-Lewis
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Walk With a Doc
Security Changes Name to Public Safety The Hartford Hospital Security Depart-ment will now be known as the Public Safety Department.
The name received the most support within the department, as they believe it suggests more accurately what they do. In addition, other medical institutions are trending to use this title for their security teams.
In the future, as the hospital logo is changed on the security cruisers and uniforms, they will say “Hartford Hospital Public Safety Department.”
Compliance Questions or
Concerns? If you need to obtain information about compliance issues or raise concerns regarding internal and regulatory practices or policies,
please contact your supervisor or call the ComplianceLine, a
confidential and toll-free service, at
1-855-HHC-OCAPor online at
HHC.OCAPComplianceLine.com
Hartford HealthCare will offer monthly sessions of its popular “Walk with a Doc” program. The next three are scheduled on Saturdays, in Avon on May 19, Cheshire on June 16 and Wallingford on Sept. 22.
Walk with a Doc hosts free community physician-led walks at area parks. Each event will include a 30-min-ute walk, and a brief talk on a health care topic. Sign-in is at 8:30 a.m.
Walk participants receive a free hat, pedometer, and wa-ter bottle.
To register, visit hartfordhealthcare.org/walkwithadoc, or call 1-877-914-WALK.
• May 19 in Avon’s Sperry Park: Dr. Steven Zweibel, car-diologist/electrophysiologist, speaking about “Irregular Heartbeats and Quality of Life.”
• June 16 in Cheshire’s Farmington Canal Linear Park: Dr. Walt Kupson, internist, speaking about “Preventing Lyme Disease.”
• Sept. 22 in Quinnipiac River Linear Trail in Walling-ford: Dr. Julian Falla, internist, speaking about “Vitamin D: Why It’s Important for Your Health.”
Craft Fair & FundraiserCelebrate the Talent on the IOL Campus
Friday, May 4th: 10am – 3pm
In the Hartford Room/Commons BuildingTo benefit the Children’s Clinic
Shop for Mother’s Day, Graduations or pick up a treasure for yourself!
Auction Items Include:For the Handy Man
Garden Basket
“Cup Cakes & Martinis”“Just For Her”Pizza Party!!!
Electronics for the Techie Gift Certificates, inc: Max’s, Theatre Works,
Friendly’s, Mozzicato’sAnd the list keeps growing!
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Craft Items Include:Memory Boards
Hand crafted, all natural soapsKnitted creations
A variety of creations from the Rehab Dept.And what’s a craft fair without our jewelers!
For more information contact Alison Wellman: 545-7746
Sign Up To Walk To Fight Against Arthritis
Sign up Tuesday, May 1 in the main lobby from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. to join the team from the Joint Center at Hart-ford Hospital at the Greater Hartford Ar-thritis Walk, which will be on Sunday,
May 20, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. at Saint Joseph College in West Hartford. For more infor-mation, e-mail team leader Cecilia Ko-zlowski at [email protected].
Symposia This Week The 5th annual Perinatal Symposium will be held Wednesday, May 2 from 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information go to www.harthosp.org/perinatalsymposium.
There will be a therapeutic hypothermia symposium on Thursday, May 3 which will address EMS to ED to ICU manage-ment of post cardiac arrest patients, and feature CESI hands-on sessions. 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m. in the ERC. For info contact Kathryn Kircher at [email protected].
Spring Marketplace FridayA Spring Marketplace will be held Friday, May 4, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in the Special Din-ing Room/Cafeteria. This is a showcase for our merchants, many of whom fea-ture one-of-a-kind handcrafted goods. Everyone who makes a purchase will be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift cer-tificate to The Auxiliary Store.
Also Friday is the “IOL’s Got Talent” Craft Fair and Cup Auction, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. See poster on page 3.
Sunday: Fight Epilepsy at Sharon’s Ride-Run-Walk
The 8th Sharon’s Ride-Run-Walk for Epi-lepsy will be Sunday, May 6 in West Ha-ven. Join the HH Epilepsy Center team; call Dr. Erica Schuyler or Kirsteen at 860-545-5208, or use this link: http://www.epi-lepsyct.com/sharon_register.php?id=15
Staff Health and Safety Fair To Be Held May 8There will be an Employee Health and Safety Fair on Tuesday, May 8 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the back of the cafeteria. This event promotes health and wellness, and offers free cholesterol, blood pressure, and hearing screens along with health and wellness in-formation. To pre-register for choles-terol testing, Reiki or hearing screen-ing, call 860-545-3077 or [email protected].
Day of Care May 12 to Benefit Cancer CenterThere will be a Day of Care For Cancer Pa-tients on Saturday, May 12 to benefit the Helen & Harry Gray Cancer Center held at Nassau’s, in 15 Waterville Road in Avon from 12-3 p.m. There will be speakers, demonstrations, games, music, food and a silent auction. For more info, contact Sharon Schreiber at 860-677-9499.
Scholarship DeadlineApplications are being accepted until Monday, May 14 for the Second Annual Lyndora P. Perry Scholarship. This $500 scholarship is open to non-licensed Hart-ford Hospital PCAs or PAAs who are full time students in an accredited RN or BSN undergrad program. For more informa-tion, contact Ann Vale at 860-545-1613.
Grey Lecture in DiabetesThe 5th Annual Neil J. Grey, M.D. Memo-rial Lecture in Diabetes will be held on Tuesday, May 15 featuring nationally re-nowned researcher in diabetes and car-diovascular disease Dr. Henry Ginsberg speaking on “Optimal Treatment of Di-abetic Dyslipidemia.” The lecture is 11 a.m.-12 noon in Gilman Auditorium. This annual lecture is a tribute to Dr. Grey, who founded HH’s Diabetes LifeCare Pro-gram. For more information, contact Ni-cole Attardo at [email protected].
ERN’s Student Athlete Summer ProgramEastern Rehabilitation Network’s athletic trainers are gearing up for their summer “get-in-shape” program for students aged 10-18 years. The program will be July 9-13 at Wethersfield High School with morn-ing and afternoon sessions. Attendees will work on their agility, flexibility, and speed (vs. sport specific training). Ses-sions will be 2.5 hours at a cost of $70. To sign up your student athlete, please email [email protected]. If you have any questions e-mail Bill La-Bruna at [email protected].
Race for the Cure June 2Support breast can-cer awareness and research, and join Team Hartford HealthCare for the 19th annual Susan G. Komen CT Race for the Cure. It will be held on Saturday, June 2 in Bushnell Park. You can regis-ter online at www.komenct.org (click on “Join Existing Team - Hartford Health-Care); or call Linda Skiff at 860-545-5387.
Classified - Car For Sale2002 Audi A4. One owner, excellent condition, 153K miles. $6,200. Call 860.653.1423 evenings.
Happening at Hartford Hospital
Questions or comments about RxTra? Contact editor Annie Emanuelli at [email protected] or 860-545-2199
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