Congratulations to Rene Hudson on her retirement!    Rene started work at Carilion in 1998 as a flex time Radiology employee at Community Hospital and transitioned to a full time CT Technologist.  She also worked at the previous Community Hospital location, Daleville location and then Riverside 3 when it opened.  She has been a great resource for those who have worked there.   Thank you for your knowledge and friendship!  We will miss you and your holiday baked goods!  Enjoy your retirement!!

These ladies are spending their lunch time each Tuesday traveling around to various hospital departments asking questions and giving out "Nerds" to those staff that answer Joint Commission questions.  They have amazing dedication to our team members and are doing their best to ensure everyone is ready for Joint Commission when they visit.  Pictured L to R; Katrina Burda, Kris Patel, Heather Sadler, Melanie David

Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital has been named as one of the 391 hospitals nationwide with C-diff rate of zero for last year. There were only 8 other Virginia hospitals that made the list. 

Thanks to Julie Blanchard for coming out to Vinton Family and bringing out her prize wheel for fun and games all while educating the team on ways to stay healthy. Not to mention the warm aromatherapy towel perk. My team had a blast. 

The Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA) published a quarterly newsletter showing the HCAHPS data released by CMS for the state of Virginia from October 1, 2022- September 20, 2023.  For patients who gave their hospital a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest), CGCH tied for second place in the state with the highest scores!  CGCH had an overall average of 80%, which exceeded the state average of 70%, and US average of 72%.  The national 75th percentile score was 78%.

Cyndee Karners, RN Operations Manager for 7MTPCU, Cindy Beckner, CA for 7MTPCU, and Susan Wicks, CVI receptions, celebrated their 25th Carilion Service Anniversary. CVI is very lucky to have them on our team! We appreciate everything they do for our patients and our team. 

Congrats to the wonderful team on 9W for receiving their advanced recertification for ortho.  The team did a tremendous job really showing their commitment to quality care and compassion for their pts.  The unit celebrated with a lovely breakfast feast.  Special thanks to Katrina Leonard, Operations Manager, Brianna Hobbs RN, and Beth Gray ACPP for their wonderful interactions with the surveyors.

The Carilion Nursing Center of Excellence presented three Outstanding Preceptor Award at the 2024 SOAR Nurse Extern Celebration. This award is presented to those that exemplify their passion of teaching and guiding others by demonstrating the four different roles of the preceptor: Protector, Evaluator, Educator, & Facilitator. 

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Imagine waking up and realizing your teeth are no longer in your mouth. That is what happened to our patient on 6S, unfortunately. Patient's partial was removed and then went into the lost world of Carilion. The patient made Brandon, PACU RN aware of the situation. Thank goodness for Brandon Bushnell, RN and the saving grace of Lisa Kaye, RN they went to the rescue. Upon digging and digging in numerous dirty linen bags in the Cath Lab, Lisa Kaye earned her tooth fairy wings and found the missing teeth.

CNRV ICU team recognizes new symptom onset in patient, calls a rapid response/stroke alert, transports to CT, consults teleneurology, and starts administration of IV TPA within 65 minutes!  The patient was transported by life flight to CRMH for immediate intervention within 1-1/2 hours!  Great teamwork, under the guidance of Dr.