Everyday our department takes calls from patients lost that need help finding where their appointments are. Our group does an outstanding job helping them, but one day in April our very own Patrice Holland was declared an "angel" by one of our patients! The patient called in running 10 minutes late because her GPS took her downtown and she was lost. She had driven 1.5 hours to get to Roanoke and had to take a day off from work.

Neuroscience nurses assist patients with brain and nervous system disorders. They work to understand and treat illnesses and injuries that affect the nervous system. Neuroscience nurses work in diverse, challenging, and rewarding environments, such as hospitals, health care clinics, brain injury units, and intensive rehabilitation units.

(6M ICU, 7S ICU, 9M ICU, 9M PCU, 12 W PCU, and Inpatient Rehabilitation)

Kudos to Melissa Addington, Child Life Specialist and Teresa Parson, RN from pre-op on a phenomenal display of teamwork, commitment, and compassion!

Mr. Battin did an amazing job hanging several pieces of Carilion art today.  The Design Group

was kind enough to allow Internal Medicine Residency to have three prints and a tackboard.  Mr. Battin

came to the office, reinstalled hanging fixtures to each of the four pieces and then expertly mounted

them to our walls.  He was so pleasant and professional.  It was a treat to meet him and we love his work!

Thank you!

Earth Week was April 19 – April 23 and Emergency Services Healthy People Heal People (HPHP) well-being program celebrated by purchasing local foods, providing reusable cutlery to generate 

Melissa Crigger, Infection Preventionist and Employee Health Nurse at CFMH, has taken the FROG (Friction Rubs Off Germs) campaign to a new level. For the 2021 Hand Hygiene Day Melissa transformed the Frog into Rosie the Ribbiter. Rosie will be visiting staff to hand out Hand Hygiene Information and goodies.  She will also kick off a new program to monitor Hand Hygiene that will include patients. The new program will provide cards to patients to allow them to participate in hand hygiene observations.

A BIG SHOUT OUT TO LUSH, JASON AND ALYSSA FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ASSIST A PATIENT IN NEED!  THIS PATIENT HAD A LATE IMAGING APPOINTMENT AT RIVERSIDE 3 AND WHEN THE WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION ARRIVED TO PICK HER UP, THE TEST HAD NOT QUITE BEEN COMPLETED.  TRANSPORT LEFT AND STATED HE WOULD SEND ANOTHER DRIVER.  TIME HAD PASSED AND NO ONE CAME BACK TO PICK THIS PATIENT UP.  THESE EMPLOYEES WORKED DILIGENTLY AND ACTED PURPOSEFULLY SO THEY COULD CONNECT WITH HER HEALTHCARE FACILITY AND TRANSPORT COMPANY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PATIEN

Caren Nelson, Employee Relations Consultant, was way ahead of the curve when it came to protecting our employees!

I'd like to give a kudos to Ashley Dalton. She does an excellent job of collaborating with our medical offices/healthcare professionals to make sure our Infusion Center will run smoothly each week. She coordinates with our physicians, nurses, pharmacy, and patient access to make sure we can appropriately schedule our patients. She is very professional, detail oriented, and has excellent customer service and communication skills. We appreciate her so much!

Elizabeth Eversole is a relatively new employee with Carilion.  She works for both Carilion home health and outpatient services as a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant.