Our People - SSM Health Care
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The Gifts Gift shops around SSM Health Care have everything from cute to classy to bring comfort to patients and families. Here’s a sampling of a few favorite items from our gift shops. of Healing SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center, St. Louis Ernie and Zoe, Sesame Street Muppets, await children. St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Inc.-Centralia campus, Southern Illinois St. Mary’s Health Center, Jefferson City, Mo. According to Mary Kay Hoelscher, volunteer coordinator, these Willow Tree products are hot items with employees, patients, and families. St. Clare Hospital and Health Services, Baraboo Wis. All the handmade items in St. Clare’s Unique Boutique Gift Shop are created by auxiliary members, including this sweater with matching cap, pink dress, floral bag, and quilt. Toy helicopters lined up for takeoff. St. Mary’s Hospital, Madison, Wis. Happy Flowers are giant flowers made of brightly colored tissue paper. In 2009 St. Mary’s volunteers made more than 600 of them and netted about $4,000 to support patient needs.Volunteers have been making and selling the Happy Flowers for five decades at the hospital. St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City Loreal Gatewood, oncall representative-planning and marketing, models a Brighton trio — necklace, earrings, and bracelet. Brighton is a top seller in Odilia’s Gifts at St. Anthony Hospital. 22
THE S.P.A.T.U.L.A. MEETS NEVER LIFT ALONE You’re in a hurry. You need assistance lifting a patient or an item and no co-worker is nearby to help. What do you do Count Von Shortcut and Bad Habitus want you to (what else) take a shortcut that is a bad habit. They want you to risk injury to your patient and yourself by making you believe you can handle it alone. Yes, they want to sell you on going solo, but SSM’s Super Carol says . . . “NO SALE!” 23
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- Page 5 and 6: The Twins Even before birth, the Lo
- Page 7 and 8: The Young Leader Maurine Free is he
- Page 9 and 10: The Fixers Throughout SSM Health Ca
- Page 11 and 12: The Safety Champion Growing up, Deb
- Page 13 and 14: Record Is Better for… Nurses Mary
- Page 15 and 16: Green Roofs St. Mary’s Hospital i
- Page 17 and 18: Other Green Efforts Reported Around
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THE S.P.A.T.U.L.A. MEETS<br />
NEVER LIFT ALONE<br />
You’re in a hurry. You need assistance lifting a patient or an item and no co-worker is<br />
nearby to help. What do you do<br />
Count Von Shortcut and Bad Habitus want you to (what else) take a shortcut that<br />
is a bad habit. They want you to risk injury to your patient and yourself by making<br />
you believe you can handle it alone. Yes, they want to sell you on going solo, but<br />
<strong>SSM</strong>’s Super Carol says . . .<br />
“NO SALE!”<br />
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