[Inaudible] Hi, I'm Dana Jay, and this is Henry Ford Health System News,
a look at how our team members are making a difference in the lives of our
patients, our communities, and each other.
At Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Nurses Week kicked off with a tribute to the
resiliency of nurses.
Team members got their first look at a piece of art they helped create.
It now hangs at the end of a hallway on unit 4300.
It really makes some sense to us that we actually have this at the end of the
hallway.
It's somewhere where the staff can go and kind of contemplate what does our work
mean? And how does it inspire them to do their work?
Nurses at Macomb have selected Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring as the
foundation of their practice. The lotus is a symbol of that theory.
The lotus flower itself really symbolizes healing,
uh, and, uh,
self care and really under less than ideal conditions,
they will grow anywhere. And, uh, you know,
when you think about nursing and what nursing does and how we deliver care,
we deliver care in all settings.
Creating the artwork was an act of self care.
Nurses took time out of their busy days to work with artist, Doug Jones.
I want, um, all the nurses,
all of our staff to understand that you have to be able to take care of yourself
before you can take care of others.
The nurses painted sheets of pixels with Q-tips. Jones,
arranged them into the Lotus flower and especially meaningful project for him
too. When he was in college, he suddenly became gravely ill.
Ever since that experience at 18 years of age, um,
I have a special place in my heart, my mind,
and my practice specifically for nurses.
A big thank you to all of the nurses out there for everything you do.
We hope you had a good Nurses Week,
and we hope everyone had a good Hospital Week, too.
More than a year of battling the pandemic has taken its toll.
So as a small token of thanks,
Henry Ford is treating hundreds of team members to dinner and helping out local
businesses at the same time.
A new program called Grub with Gratitude randomly rewards hundreds of team
members with a $50 gift card to neighborhood restaurants like Whiskey's on the
Water in Wyandotte.
Whiskey's donated meals to frontline workers at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital
early in the pandemic.
Just because I love everything the hospital does.
I feel for the frontline workers and everything they've gone through.
And it's really,
I got to see firsthand some of the stuff that they had to deal with,
and I just feel blessed that I'm able to help them out.
Owner-operator Joshua Cade says he was happy to donate the meals,
even as he was figuring out how his own business would survive. Now,
the gift cards purchased by Henry Ford are helping him out.
We're still in it. We still need a lot of support.
We're still at 50 percent capacity.
We're still closing earlier than we ever have. And after, uh, uh,
just a mountain of a year, everyone's still trying to climb out of it.
Henry Ford has purchased 500 gift cards from 25 locally owned and
operated restaurants in Metro Detroit and Jackson.
Team members can nominate colleagues or themselves for a gift card.
Over the course of 10 weeks,
500 $50 gift cards will be randomly awarded to team members.
For more information on how you can nominate someone or yourself search Grub
with Gratitude on OneHenry.com. A
partnership between Henry Ford and the U.S Department of Health and Human
services is boosting access to monoclonal antibody therapy in Southeast
Michigan and Jackson. With the support of HHS,
Henry Ford opened a new monoclonal antibody infusion center at Community Health
and Social Services, or CHASS,
Center in Southwest Detroit and expanded existing clinics and Henry Ford
Hospital, Henry Ford Macomb Hospital and Henry Ford Allegiance Hospital.
If administered quickly enough after the onset of symptoms and a positive
COVID-19 test,
monoclonal antibodies are effective in neutralizing the coronavirus.
My sister had told me,
one of her friends had got it done and she got better quicker.
So I went ahead and came in and got it done.
They talked to me and they were like,
do you want to come in and do this infusion?
It slows down the chances or stops the chances of you ending up in the hospital.
And I was like, yeah, of course I want to do that.
CHASS center CEO and Henry Ford physician, Felix,
Valbuena personally calls eligible patients to schedule their appointment.
What we're all trying to do is to get past this, to get,
get it under control and get past this pandemic.
So the fact that we're able to partner with Henry Ford to actually do the
monoclonal antibody infusions right here in the community,
makes it a lot easier for individuals to say yes.
Early indications are that patients are saying yes at all the clinics.
Monoclonal antibody therapy is for anyone 12 and older,
who's experiencing mild to moderate symptoms and is at high risk for becoming
severely ill. Now it's time for our featured photo.
It's a shout out to the Care Experience Department at Henry Ford Allegiance
Hospital.
They delivered bagels and donuts to inpatient units and delivered snack boxes to
each clinic during patient experience week. It was a reminder.
It takes all of us every patient, every time.
We want to see all the wonderful things you and your teammates are up to.
So send us photos and story ideas to
newstips@hfhs.org. Thanks for watching.
And I'll see you around.
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