Great Job 8 Mountain ICU!!

The Professional Recognition Council would like to thank 8 Mountain ICU for their dedication to recognition!

8 Mountain ICU is a 12-bed closed unit ran by pulmonologists. Its patient population includes sepsis, cardiac arrest, respiratory failure/distress, renal failure, Pna, COPD exacerbation, Pulmonary hypertension, DKA, and OD. This unit has won many awards for its work:

• 2017 Quality Award Hold-the-Gains Winner
• 2016 Quality Award MVP Award Winner
• 2016 Carilion Clinic Values Award- Compassion
• 2013 Carilion Clinic Values Award- Compassion
• 2012 Quality Award Pioneer Award Winner
• 2009 Organ Donation Medal of Honor

A unit can't function without its staff and this team does a great job of celebrating each other. Check out all the fun things the unit does:

• Birthday cards
• Star board and star jar
• Employee of the quarter
• Break room boards with updates from Shared Governance and thank-you cards from students
• Board to celebrate DAISY Award winners
• CCRN wall
• Banners to celebrate anniversaries, achievements, and to welcome new staff members
• Bingo game with spaces like, "Help with an admission" or "Run labs downstairs for someone"
• Annual staff retreat
• Begin leader and staff meetings with recognition
• Thank-you cards and incentives/rewards
• Inspiration jar
• Volunteering together
• Secret buddies
• Tournament bracket for March Madness 
• New-hire lunches
• Secret Santa
• Easter-egg hunt
• Potlucks

WOW! Well done 8 Mountain ICU! Thank you for what you do and what you give back to staff from the Professional Recognition Council!