June 22, 2015

Welcome New Employees!

Please welcome these new staff members who
joined our ministry in May 2015:

Danielle Barnsdale

General Surgery

Anisha Petigara

Nursing Float Pool

Jonelle Broaddus

Physical Therapy-SRM

Jennifer Piccolo

Nursing Float Pool

Timmie DeWan
Sarah Fonteno

Sterile Processing
Respiratory Care

Amy Ramirez
Salene Rivera

Case Management
Acute Rehab

Vaneza Harrington

Nursing Administration

Raymond Rochioli

Nutrition Services

Patrick Hughes

ICU/CCU

Julio Roman

Nutrition Services

Sherlie Jefcoats

ICU/CCU

Sarah Stone

Ambulatory Surgery Services

Ritchell Labog

Pathology

Anne Sulonen

General Surgery

Mary Lapeere

Acute Rehab

Shelly Tolbert

Radiology Diagnostic

Gary Ludwig

Pathology

Lee Vu

Radiology Diagnostic

Coralie McFarland

Emergency Room

Zuhra Dabner

Post Anesthesia Care Unit

Jose Medina Oliva

Nursing Administration

Kathryn Hodson

Physical Therapy

Rigoberto Mijangos Pacheco

Medical Telemetry (4W)

Selena Luis

Surgical Services

Caren Nguyen

Pharmacy

Isabelle Osterlund

Surgical Services

Martha Ortega
Ellen Pandey

Radiology Diagnostic
Regional Referral

Johna Peterson
Yolanda Ramos

Hospice, Memorial
ICU

Richard Parke

ICU/CCU

Heather Wahanik

Hospice, Memorial

Dr. James DeVore Named Finalist in Press Democrats Best Doctor Category!

In the Press Democrats Best of Sonoma County 2015 poll,

family practitioner Dr. James DeVore
has been named a finalist in the
Best Doctor category!

What does this mean?

VOTING IS NOW OPEN!
Please vote for Dr. DeVore by visiting
www.pressdemocrat.com/best

Annadel Medical Group Raises Funds for Nepal at Bake Sale

Congratulations and thank you to
Site Manager Sue Scheetz and the
Annadel Medical Group at 121 Sotoyome
for their donation to the Nepal Earthquake Relief Fund.
The group raised over $300 dollars at their benefit bake sale, which
will be matched dollar for dollar by St. Joseph Health.
Sue Scheetz (left) and Traci Stockton (right)
represented Annadel medical Group, with Nicole
Ferris and Lauren Pavich (not shown).

Your efforts and kindness is an example of

our ministrys commitment to serve others.

Your Feedback is Needed: How is the St. Joseph Health

The St. Joseph Health system office would like to know how well

theyre serving you, our internal customers at each ministry.

We realize that our level of service to each of you directly affects
your ability to provide compassionate care, promote health improvement and create healthy communities.
Just as patient satisfaction at our ministries is measured by the
Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey, the system office also measures satisfaction of our internal customers by conducting an annual survey.
The system office is comprised of key departments, including human resources, IT, strategic services, marketing and communications, mission integration, legal, finance, and revenue cycle services (RCS). Please complete the short five question survey based on how the system office as a whole (not individual departments)
addresses your needs. At the end of the survey you will have the opportunity to provide open ended feedback
about the specific departments mentioned above.
If you feel as though you have not interacted enough with the system office to respond to the survey, you have
the option to opt out.

Please click here to complete this survey by June 30.

Thank you in advance for your honest feedback. If you have questions about this survey, please contact
James Sudakow at james.sudakow@stjoe.org.

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT. FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA!

Join Us for the Schwartz Center Rounds, July 10, 2015

Caring for the Combative Patient

Rob Alessi, MD, Psychiatrist,

Annadel Medical Group

Lila Bugarske, RN
Staff nurse, 2 East

Linda Espinosa, MSW

Social worker, 2 East & 2 Center

Brandon Ingles,
Security officer

Conversations about clinical care are common. But what about the emotional and social issues that inevitably arise with patient care? To allow health professionals to openly, honestly discuss these challenging issues, St. Joseph Health recently introduced The Schwartz Center Rounds
to all Sonoma County staff, physicians and volunteers. This ongoing program offers nurses, therapists,
social workers, physicians and representatives of other disciplines an opportunity to share experiences
and thoughts arising from actual cases.
Our next lunch-time rounds convene at 12:30 p.m. Friday, July 10, and focus on Caring for the
Combative Patient.
Guest panelists will include SRMH team members Rob Alessi, MD, psychiatrist; Lila Bugarske, RN,
staff nurse on 2 East; Linda Espinosa, MSW, social worker on 2 East and 2 Center, and Brandon
Ingles, security officer.
Andrew Wagner, MD, will facilitate. SRMH Chief of Staff Jeannette Currie, MD, and Chaplain Brian
Plaugher also lead and support our Schwartz rounds.
After listening to a brief presentation, attendees will be invited to share their own perspectives about the
case in point or about broader, related issues.
Friday, July 10
12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m.
lunch served, starting at noon
SRMH Conference Rooms B - D
CEUs and CMEs offered
NO RSVP REQUIRED
For more information, please contact Chaplain Brian Plaugher at Brian.Plaugher@stjoe.org
or (707) 525-5300, extension 6344.

WALK IN MY SHOES: Foundation Director Andrea Learned Spends Time With Hospice
I manage to arrive early. The first thing that catches me on the donor wall are the words: What is
it you plan to do with this one wild and precious life? I notice the warmth of the staff greetings
and sense the trust and competence of the team There is an easy focus on all that is precious.
Craig Sheffer catches me up on the news of his daughter. She has one accomplishment
after another while waiting for acceptance on the heart/lung transplant list. She is alive
and off to Europe.
A Buddhist bell rings, we stand together and hold hands and after a few computer glitches
the Interdisciplinary Team begins. There are five new admits, 16 other patients requiring
review and one death to report.
Dr. Kai Ander assures me that this will be a brisk and timely meeting and that all reports will be concise. I
think that sounds most unlikely and soon I am amazed by the discipline that Mindy Toth brings to the mornings proceeding. First WOW: The care partners observations and solutions are as important as Dr. Anders
interventions and the nurse and social workers reports. This is a true IDT.
The troubling array of symptoms, pain, loss and tearful family tension begins to overwhelm me. I find myself
laughing at things that are only end of life funny and I try to take in all this team must hold...to be a witness
to so much physical pain, all the secrets, all the anger of families who are overwhelmed and the valiant
struggle to manage so much illness in these dear fragile bodies. One person cant sleep, cant lie down
and battles persistent nausea. Another couple needs large quantities of care and are in the same facility but
on different floors. They spend their days longing for each other. One patient has a young son and he is angry and lashing out at all he is about to lose. The patients anger is frightening his family, and may be exacerbated by a peculiar combination of medications. One patient is so much better but may fall apart if we remove Edith, our staffer, who the patient has come to love with her whole heart.
Christina Inginito starts her report with the words, This is a very tender situation. My patient is deeply grieving for herself; she knows that she is slipping away. Another patients bones are visible; the patient is eating
more and sleeping less. We talk of hallucinations, anger and extraordinary complexity. We think about better
breathing with morphine and are stilled by the prospect of a cancer that has gone to the eyelids. There are
many women caregivers to be considered; the sheer catalogue of their stresses astonish. One patient does
a happy dance when his nurse comes to visit. It is believed that one family member may have struck a patient and the right reports must be filed. Another patient has become depressed at the thought that she might
be discharged from Hospice. Betsy Hands reports are a joy to hear. She is everywhere singing, playing the
piano for our patients and always thoughtfully engaging the spirit. I think Id like to be more like Betsy (if only
I could sing).
After 90 minutes, I realize these are the people I would most want to take care of me and my family. These
are the trained men and women who combine the best of modern medicine and the traditions of Sisters and
Shamans and those who understand the power of touch and the importance of listening. I cannot find the words

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED, June 28

Volunteers are needed

at the St. Rose Health Fair to assist with
registration, heights/weights, blood pressure
and interpreting results. Can you help?

Sunday, June 28
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Please contact Chelene Lopez at
(707) 525-5283 or Chlene.Lopez@stjoe.org