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The Triangle Business Journal (TBJ) honored 25 local professionals this year with Health Care Hero Awards, including four from WakeMed. All four WakeMed finalists – Susan Evans, Rosemary Kenny, Dr. Duncan Phillips and Tiffany Young – won in their respective categories.

Winners were nominated by their peers and selected by a TBJ-appointed committee. All winners have made significant contributions to health care in this community.

Sue Evans, IBCLC, RNEvans is the director of the WakeMed Milk Bank, a non-profit organization that screens donors and collects, processes and distributes human donor milk since its beginning in 1992. WakeMed’s Milk Bank is one of only 10 milk banks in the United States. Most of the milk that passes through our bank goes to premature babies who need it to thrive.

Evans oversees the entire milk donation and distribution process at the WakeMed Milk Bank. She and her staff of four send out more than 200,000 ounces of human donor milk each year.

Rosemary Kenny, BSN After retiring in 1999, Kenny began volunteering at WakeMed, combining her love of children and nursing. She provides a tender, reassuring presence to infants and families in crisis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) as she conducts hearing tests for premature babies.

During her more than 1,500 hours of service to WakeMed, Kenny has served on the board of directors of The Volunteers at WakeMed Raleigh Campus. She works on special projects such as fundraising, blood drives and contributing knitted items for patients, and serves as a tour guide for active and on-boarding volunteers.

TeleiCU Coming to WakeMedCritically ill patients and the physicians, nurses and support staff who care for them in WakeMed’s adult critical care units will soon benefit from an innovative new service – TeleICU. WakeMed is the first health system to introduce this type of lifesaving technology to the Triangle.

TeleICU involves the use of off-site monitoring technology and staff to enhance the care of patients in the 88 adult critical care beds at Raleigh

Campus and Cary Hospital. The off-site staff, consisting of critical care nurses and physicians, will be located in the TeleICU Center in the WakeMed Operations Center on Atlantic Avenue in Raleigh.

Through the use of computers and carefully placed cameras in patient rooms, the off-site staff can monitor critically ill patients’ vital signs, medications and test (such as blood and imaging) results right along with nurses and physicians who will remain at the bedside.

“We excel in the critical care field because of our steadfast focus on ensuring our practices are safe and enhancing the quality of care our patients receive,” said Dr. Bill Atkinson, WakeMed president & CEO. “WakeMed’s introduction of the new TeleICU capabilities to the Triangle demonstrates our commit-ment to continuous quality and safety improvement through innovative technology, practices and people.”

The Philips technology is in use in many hospital intensive care programs throughout the United States. Here at WakeMed, work to install the TeleICU infrastructure began in the Cary Hospital Inten-sive Care Unit on April 9.

Cooking up Cultural DiversityBangladesh Bosnia Guyana India Japan Liberia Mexico Morocco Peru Philippines Puerto Rico Rwanda Sri Lanka United States

WakeMed Cary Hospital Food & Nutrition Services employees represent these 14 different cultures. They are celebrating their diversity by offering foods from their heritages in Points West Café on Culturally Diverse Mondays throughout April. The Café 3000 staff is also tempting staff and visitor palates with goodies from around the globe.

SO COOL!As a special thank-you, all employees, volunteers and medical staff members are invited to attend one of the following ice cream socials:

Raleigh CampusTuesday, May 22 2:30 to 4 pm P1 Parking Deck

Cary HospitalWednesday, May 30 2:30 to 4 pm Points West Café & Patio

Check out the WakeMedWeb and WakeMed Weekly for night-shift festivities and events at additional WakeMed facilities.

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May is WakeMed Employee Appreciation MonthIt’s time to celebrate who we are and the amazing things we do for our patients, our community and each other.

Duncan Phillips, MD As a pediatric surgeon, Dr. Phillips helps children get back their lives by providing important access to his specialty to area families. He is the surgeon-in-chief of the WakeMed Children’s Hospital and the director of pediatric surgery for WakeMed’s physician practices.

Phillips, who performed 951 opera-tions in 2011, says the constant challenges of pediatric surgery blended with the opportunity to truly help children drew him to the specialty.

For three years, he has been named to the “Best Doctors in America” list, which includes the top three to five percent of physicians in the United States. He was an inaugural member of the UNC School of Medicine Academy of Educators and recipient of a teaching excellence award at the

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DEMONSTRATING OUR SAFE PRACTICES

Joint Commission Surveys

Every U.S. hospital and health care system that provides care for patients who are Medicare beneficiaries must demonstrate that they provide safe, reliable care in a safe environment. The way that most hospitals do this is through an on-site survey process, most commonly performed by The Joint Commission (TJC) every three years. We are due for our survey around October.

During the past several years, we have seen a few changes in how TJC conducts onsite sur-veys. For one, they do not let us know ahead of time when they are coming. They show up, usually on a Monday morning, so that they can get a better picture of our care and our environment as it is day to day. They are also very focused on what we really do, rather than what a policy may say, so they like to speak with frontline staff and follow a patient’s course of care. Finally they no longer look at our organi-zation as a whole system, but rather by what is known as CMS “provider numbers,” so WakeMed Cary Hospital, Raleigh Campus and their related sites will have separate surveys and separate reports. However, the surveys will occur at one point in time, likely for about a five-day period, with several nurses, physicians and other surveyors walking around and engaging with us in what we do.

Sometimes we take for granted the best practices we follow and great process of care we support. Survey time is our opportunity to clearly showcase these for outside experts. During the next several months, we will take opportunities to highlight for you the many important things we do to provide great care and keep patients and families safe. The JCAT through WakeMedWeb is just one important way. Stay tuned for more!

In MemoriamWakeMed mourns the loss

of four employees:

Barbara Williams (Health Information

Management)

Carmen Ridges (Surgical Services - Raleigh Campus)

Sherri Deaver (Staffing Resources)

Carol Thompson (ORPCE)

We extend our sympathies to their families, friends

and coworkers.

check out www.wakemed.org to apply for the WakeMed Perioperative Experienced Nurse Program, which will run for nine months beginning July 15. to qualify, you need to have at least one year of rN experience in an acute care hospital setting.

Apply for the Perioperative Experienced Nurse ProgramWe are now actively accepting applications for the WakeMed Perioperative Experienced Nurse Program atour Raleigh Campus, which is approximately a 9-month experience designed for new perioperative nurses.The program consists of didactic and clinical experience under the direction of dedicated PerioperativeEducators. The course covers the basic elements of perioperative nursing addressing over 25 differentaspects of patient care. Participants will work in each surgical specialty in all nursing roles includingscrubbing and circulating. Each participant will have a clinical preceptor at all times during the clinicalexperience Participants will be evaluated on the didactic program and on clinical performance on a weeklybasis.

Qualified applicants need a minimum of one year of RN experience in an acute care hospital setting.Interested applicants will need to submit an online application at www.wakemed.org. Chosen participantsthat successfully complete the experienced nurse program are asked to remain in this position for at least 12consecutive months. The selected participants will begin the program effective July 15, 2012.

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UNC School of Medicine. He has served on a variety of professional committees including the American Pediatric Surgical Association Practice Committee and the International Pediatric Endo- surgery Group Standards/Ethics Committee.

Tiffany young, RN

Pharmacy welcomes Kevin rogowski, PharmD, who will be a clinical staff pharmacist.

Food & Nutrition welcomes aaron Holloway, andrea Williams and Jessica devoe.

The Neuro ICU team wishes Stacy richardson, RN, and Meredith decker, RN, fond farewells.

The Heart & Vascular Services Midlevel Program welcomes greg anderson, ACNP-C, and Leni daniel, ANP-C.

Spiritual Care welcomes Jan rush to their team.

Strategic Sourcing wishes Karyn Mathews a happy retirement.

The Gift Shop Raleigh Campus welcomes ashley Pulley and Jan Sweatt to the team.

Observation 1 welcomes rachel Paul, RN, Sherron Mcgee, RN, and catherine gitau, RN, to the team.

Inpatient Pharmacy welcomes pharmacy techs tiffany Burris and Sarah Murray.

Clinical Nursing Resource Services welcomes Laura Zink, RN, to the inpatient wound care specialist role.

CICU welcomes amanda James, RN, Marissa Singletary, RN, Laura Lloyd, RN, Katrina driskell, RN, and rebecca Pritchett, RN.

Patient Safety/Risk Management welcomes Maureen Pitts, RN, and danise Hicklen.

Endoscopy welcomes carmen ghirmay, RN, and Kym Kloefkorn, RN.

The Rehabilitation Hospital team welcomes Nicole Phillips.

PACU welcomes audrey Kierney, RN, and Joseph Favre to the team.

Cary Hospital Cardiopulmonary Services welcomes april Fortunes, RN.

6B Orthopaedics welcomes Stephanie Wheeler, RN, and cJ Worden, RN.

CTICU welcomes tawana Fletcher-Harrison, RN, to the team.

6C Surgery & Trauma welcomes amanda Brown, Barbara Johnston, RN, rachel Mayour, RN, and Katie goodman, RN.

The Adult Emergency Department welcomes angie Weiser, RN, Nicole Hicks, RN, christie Hatch, RN, Jill Lancaster, RN, Brittany Hair, RN, Mark Weiser, Santia Bullock, RN, and Sarah Huffman, RN.

The staff and physicians of WFP-Carolina Cardiology extend best wishes to dr. david Millward upon his retirement after 40 years in practice.

Comings & Goings

Employee Recognition Ramps UpEvery day, employees, physicians and volunteers contrib-ute to our mission by supporting our patients and one another. This year, we are focused on enhancing our employee recognition programs and have developed numerous new initiatives to reward staff and provide the opportunity to interact with our senior leadership team.

Breakfast of Champions – Each month, HR and department managers select representatives from various departments who represent The Wake Way to participate in this infor-mal breakfast with Dr. Bill

Atkinson. Participants will hear about health system happenings and have the opportunity to ask questions.

Dine & Discuss – Our senior leadership teams at Raleigh Campus and Cary Hospital share in hosting informal lunches with

employees, who will have the opportunity to participate via a random selection process.

Stay tuned for additional recognition programs to be added throughout the year!

Health Care Heroes( c o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 1 )

A nurse in the WakeMed Children’s Emer-gency Department, Young can be seen juggling a shy 2-year-old who may have a broken foot, a feverish 4-year-old suffering the effects of a tonsillectomy, and a cheer-ful 5-year-old recovering from pneumonia.

Young has worked in our Children’s ED on and off for 11 years. During that “off” time she has attended to victims of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, administered end-of-life care to patients with HIV in Zimbabwe, and assisted in Kenya with an influx of famine victims from neighboring Somalia. Between tours of duty, WakeMed Children’s Emergency Department always welcomes her back with open arms.

Introducing WSP - Harnett Surgical Associates

WakeMed welcomes board-certified surgeons Sanford Rivers-Hawkins, MD, FACS, and Te-Ming Chang, MD, FACS, who will serve general surgical patients at WSP - Harnett Surgical Associates in Dunn.

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Congratulations and welcome to donna young, RN, (6A/CPU) on her new role as a supervisor /educator.

amanda cone (Rehabilitation Hospital) was promoted to occupational therapy supervisor.

osi udekwu, MD, medical director (Trauma Services) has been re-appointed as Chair of the North Carolina Trauma Registry/Research committee by the NC State Trauma Advisory Committee.

Sharon reif, RN, (Children’s Diabetes & Endocrinology) received a scholarship to attend the Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing Society national conference and was selected to be on the planning committee for the 2013 conference. She also received a promotion to patient educator.

Congratulations to tina Lynn, RN, (4C Mother/Baby) who completed her BSN at East Carolina University.

Congratulations to Barbara Honeycutt, RN, who is now a cardiovascular patient educator on 6A.

Karla Will, RN, has transitioned from 6A to the supervisor /educator role in the Chest Pain Unit.

Congratulations to Health Information Management’s tanya geiger, RN, and Joyce Vaughn, RN, who are now certified in Clinical Documentation Improvement by the American Health Information Management Association.

Susan Hester, director, (Community Services) received her fifth recertifica-tion in Healthcare Volunteer Manage-ment from the North Carolina Society of Volunteer Services and was installed as Treasurer.

WakeMed employees throughout the health system continue to meet and exceed the Joint Commission standard related to annual mandatory training with compliance rates as high as 99 percent!

North Carolina Board of Nursing recently elected Sara griffith, RN (3E) as the organization’s 2012 vice-chair.

Nursing congratulates Jill Whade, RN, (Nursing Administration) on her promotion to Magnet Coordinator for WakeMed.

Larue crowe, RN, (Clinical Administra-tors) achieved her Healthcare Accredita-tion Certified Professional (HACP) certification.

Congratulations to Clayton Medical Park Rehabilitation’s Melissa Joseph, SLP, who recently completed her clinical fellowship, and Joyce glover who achieved her Medical Office Assistant and Billing and Coding certifications.

Congratulations to Beth drossman, cardiac rehab program director, (Healthworks) in her expanded role of overseeing all WakeMed affiliated cardiac rehab programs.

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) has placed dianna Knight, RN, manager (6A & CPU) on the ANCC Content Expert Registry – a national leadership position.

The following staff from the Adult Emergency Department recently earned their certification in Emergency Nursing (CEN) and Pediatric Emergency Nursing (CPEN): Brittany Hair, CEN, RN; christopher Barnes, CEN, RN; tracy Hesla, CEN,RN; angie Weiser, CEN,RN; Lane campbell, CEN, RN; christina Mccormick, CEN, RN; Jeff Szalaj, CEN, RN; Kippy Speicher, CPEN, RN; and Jill Lancaster, CEN, RN.

Portia Walton, LRT/CTRS, (Rehabilitation Hospital) recently obtained her license to teach Zumba and Zumba Gold.

Infection Prevention congratulates Latasha Powell, RN, and Leslie terbet, RN, for receiving their certification in Infection Control.

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Certified Nurses Continue to SucceedMore and more WakeMed RNs are earning certification in their respective nursing specialties. They celebrated the extra exper-tise and confidence certification brings them during WakeMed Nursing’s fourth annual Certified Nurses Day celebration in March. Nursing certification is a mark of excellence that requires an ongoing commitment to contin-ued learning and professional development.

To date, 27 percent (650) WakeMed RNs have been certified by their specialty profes-sional organizations. If 22 more RNs earn their certification by September, Nursing will meet their 2012 certification goal. Those seeking certification should keep in mind that financial reimbursement is avail-able. Speak with your manager about this benefit.

Above (l to r): Eleanor Little, RN; Deidre Cardillo, RN; Nikita Harrington, RN; Nancy Reyes, RN, (all of HCOA); and Harriet Stephenson, RN, director, (Nursing Education).

Wellness Matters – Step 3 Is Coming UpThe last biometric screening session was held April 24, which means Step 3 – completing the BCBSNC Health Assessment – is next. Step 3 and the opportu-nity to save up to $500 ($375 for three-quarter-time employees and $250 for part-time employees) on your 2013 WakeMed BCBSNC health plan costs are only open to the 3,000 employees who completed their biometric screenings.

The Health Assessment will be available to take online on June 4. Instructions to access it will be available closer to the date. Watch for more information.

Bike to Work with BobIn celebration of National Bike to Work Day on May 18, WakeMed Wellness’s Bob Nelson invites employees to join him in riding their bicycles from Crabtree Valley Mall to the Raleigh Campus (about nine miles). Care to join him and your coworkers? Contact Bob at ext. 06903 or bonelson@wakemed.org for details.

Swimsuit Season Is Coming!If you would like to join a WakeMed Weight Watchers at Work group, contact Bob Nelson at ext. 06903 or bonelson@wakemed.org. The Benefits Wellness team is trying to start groups at several WakeMed facilities to make them convenient for employees and volunteers.

Wellness Matters – Employee Health Fair

It’s for all employees, whether you are enrolled in the WakeMed BCBSNC health plan or not! Meet with health vendors, visit the health education theatre and participate in fitness classes. Employees who are enrolled in the Wellness Matters program to improve their health and save money on their 2013 WakeMed BCBSNC health plan costs will also have access to computers and staff to help them complete Step 3 – the BCBSNC Health Assessment.

Raleigh CampusAndrews Center Monday, June 4 7 am to 4 pm

Cary HospitalPoints West Café Tuesday, June 5

7 am-4 pm

North HealthplexMini-Fair in the

Conference Room Wednesday, June 6

Noon to 4 pm

Meet Our Faces of Wellness MattersWe now have photos of our Faces of Wellness Matters participants – Matthew Cumbee, Fran Powell and Takisha Word – and are pleased to showcase them here. We featured their background information in WakeMed Weekly, which is where you can follow their progress as they work to reach their healthy lifestyle goals and navigate the WakeMed BCBSNC Wellness Matters program. WakeMed Weekly issues are posted on the WakeMedWeb if you would like to refer to them. We share their Wellness Matters goals with you here:

Matthew Cumbee (Histology): “I hope to keep up with my routine to improve my times and participate in longer runs. My other goal is to better understand what is available to employees through the Wellness Matters program via WakeMed and BCBS.”

Fran Powell (Center for Innovative Learning): “To be the best I can be – better food choices, healthy living, a 20+ pound weight loss and building my stamina.”

Takisha Word (Physician Billing): “I would like to lose weight and be healthy and active.”

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The photograph “A Mystery in Cary,” taken by Dr. West Lawson, chief medical

officer (Medical Staff Services), was selected by jury from more than 450 works

to be included in the North Carolina Museum of Art’s Art of the Auction fundraiser.

Just 160 pieces made the cut for the silent auction.

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calendarofeventsTo help you plan ahead, this calendar lists upcoming system-wide events, training classes and community events. For details and fee information, visit the WakeMedWeb. Send calendar submissions to Public Relations or e-mail microscope@wakemed.org.

Microscope is a monthly newsletter written by and for the employees of WakeMed. Our goal is

to provide employees and friends of WakeMed with the most up-to-date news on all of the hospital system’s activities. The Public Relations department

thanks all of the employees who contributed to this publication.

We welcome comments and suggestions on this publication and its content. Call (919) 350-8120,

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Notary PuBLic cLaSSFriday, april 27, 8 am to 3 pm – Nursing Education Ground Floor, Classroom A, contact drebolloso@wakemed.org for information and to register.

NurSiNg EducatioNContact Nursing Education at ext. 08024 for more information about these classes.

cPr Blitz – Thursday, May 3 – “Check-off only” is any time between 8:30 am and 8 pm, and BLS Healthcare Provider classes 9:30 am to 12:30 pm; 1:30 to 4:30 pm; and 7:30; to 10:30 pm. See Learning Link (NEAHA20 & NEAHA24) for more details.

compassion in action – Wednesday, May 23, 8:30 to 10:30 am, NED B; Monday,

June 11, 1 to 3 pm NED B. See Learning Link (NE014-12009).

StaFF dEVELoPMENt aNd traiNiNgEnroll in any of the listed classes via Learning Link or have your manager/supervisor send an e-mail to Sdregistration@wakemed.org that includes your name and employee number, and course name, date(s) and time(s). For information, visit http://wakemedweb or call ext. 08306. Please note: Some classes require an introductory course or satisfac-tory completion of an assessment test.

Management development

Employee Selection and orientation – Thursdays, May 10 & 17, 8:30 am to 3:30 pm, Raleigh Campus, Medical Office Building, SD&T Classroom #3 (Code=MDSI)

Leading change – Tuesday, May 15, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, Raleigh Campus, Medical Office Building, SD&T Classroom #3 (Code=MDLC)

HcaHPS 101 for Leaders – Thursday, June 7, 8:30 to 10:30 am, Raleigh Campus, Medical Office Building, SD&T Classroom #3 (Code=MDHCAHPS)

Employee development

Patient diversity: a customer’s Perspective – Tuesday, May 8, 8:30 to 10:30 am, Raleigh Campus, Medical Office Building, SD&T Classroom #3 (Code=SDPD)

Webinar Wednesdays – Webinars on Microsoft Hot Topics are free and can be accessed through the Internet from work or home computers. Each webinar is 45 minutes and ends with Q&As. For upcoming topics/dates and to register use code CTWW in the Learning Link catalog search.

WaKE aHEc PrograMSEducational credit is available for programs. For details /fees, call ext. 08547 or visit www.wakeahec.org and click Program Listings.

Webinar: compassion Fatigue: Who is taking care of Me? – Wednesday, May 2, noon

care considerations for cardiovascular Patients in our community: it’s a team Effort – Wednes-day, May 2, 5:15 pm, WakeMed Cary Hospital

intraoral radiography for the office trained dental assistant – Tuesday, May 8, 6 pm, through Saturday June 30, 4:30 pm, Andrews Center

Psychopharmacology update for Non-Prescrib-ing Professionals – Wednesday, May 9, 1 pm, WakeMed Cary Hospital

New Additions & AttachmentsWelcome to the WakeMed family, all new brides, grooms and babies!

6A congratulates tamara Wright, NT, on her recent marriage to terrence tippit, (Behavioral Health).

Congrats to Jasmine Palka, RN, (Observation 1) and her husband Keith on the birth of their son Griffin.

Heather Smith, RN (Staffing Resources) and her husband are proud to announce the birth of their baby boy Travis J. Smith Jr.

Congratulations to adam Meader (Campus Police) and his wife Allison on their recent marriage.

Congratulations to cristina Ward, RN (Surgery & Trauma) and husband Andre on the birth of their son Jamison Daniel.

donna Edwards, MD, (WFP Hospitalists) and her husband Kittu welcomed a son Adam Parekh.

doreen Messick, MD, (WFP Hospitalists) and her husband Peter welcomed a son Neil.

Vickie Brown Named Director of Infection PreventionWakeMed welcomes Vickie Brown as the new director of Infection Prevention. She is responsible for directing and overseeing the infection control program and staff as well as ensuring that standards of care pertaining to infection prevention are developed and maintained per legal and regulatory requirements. Welcome, Vickie!

to change or Not to change: using Motivational interviewing to overcome Patient ambivalence – Wednesday, May 9, 5:45 pm, Andrews Center

10th annual triangle Breastfeeding alliance conference: overcoming roadblocks for Breastfeeding Success – Thursday, May 10, 8:30 am, One Eleven Place, Cary

2012 annual aPPcNc Pre-conference – Boys Will Be Boys/Frenemies, Queen Bees, and girl Wars – Tuesday, May 15, 9 am, Joseph S. Koury Convention Center, Greensboro

2012 annual aPPcNc conference – the Big Picture: Finding a Whole teen approach to Prevention – Wednesday, May 16, 9:45 am through Thursday, May 17, 2 pm, Joseph S. Koury Convention Center, Greensboro

institute for Educators in Healthcare: Summer institute 2012 – ya gotta Have Heart! Fundamental Principles of adult Learning – Thursday, May 17, 10 am through Friday, May 18, 3:30 pm, Jane S. McKimmon Center – NC State University, Raleigh

resident Spring Symposium - Enhancing Patient care through clinical research – Thursday, May 17, 6 pm, Durham Regional Hospital, Durham

WakeMed Earns Honors for Disaster PreparednessOn Wednesday, March 7, the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS) presented WakeMed with a certifi-cate in recognition of our support of the Hospital Disaster Preparedness program. WakeMed was recognized for our efforts in working with our CapRAC partners, sponsoring the State Medical Assistance Team II and providing staff and equipment for deployments.

Above: Presenting the certificate to Dr. Bill Atkinson, WakeMed President & CEO is Regina Godette-Crawford, Chief of OEMS and Roy Alson, MD, Hospital Preparedness Program Medical Advisor.

Lee Hudson, PharmD, and Kenisha Hudson (Pharmacy) welcomed a son Isaac.

Brett Schmidt (Speech Pathologist) and her husband, Frederick, welcomed a baby boy Frederick Martin.

Jessica Warren (Radiology) and husband Michael welcomed a baby boy Wyatt.

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Book SerieSFor nurses and other health care professionals

Inspired Nurse B y R I C H B L U N I Friday, May 11 - 8:30 to 9:30 am, NED B. See Learning Link (NE014-11004).

Getting Your Best Health Care B y K E N F A R B S T E I N Monday, May 14 - 10 to 11 am, NED A. See Learning Link (NE014-11087).

Check out these two new Wake AHEC programs!

Behavioral Health grand roundsPhysicians and employees are welcome to attend Wake AHEC’s

new Behavioral Health Grand Rounds sessions on the first Tuesday of each month from 7:30 to 8:30 am in the Andrews Center. CEUs and CMEs are available. Visit www.wakeahec.org/grandrounds.htm or send an email to mcubillos@wakemed.org for topics, speakers or to receive announcements.

2-day Pain resource Nurse curriculumThis nationally standardized program helps participants improve pain management, patient outcomes and patient satisfaction. Attend June 18 and 19 or September 27 and 28 (Code=NEO168). For information contact Annie Brito at ext. 02983 or abrito@wakemed.org.

A Happy Doctors’ DayDr. Richard Daw (WFP-Raleigh Cardiology) shares a smile with the camera during festivities at WakeMed Doctors’ Day which happened to fall on his birthday.