Flo Sheet Winter 2011

Winter 2011 

FEATURE ARTICLES

Extra-CHLA: Lives Outside the Hospital
Casting Call - RN on the Set 

Volunteers in Action
Planting the Seeds of Hope  

Inside the Anderson Pavillion 
Nurses Adjust to New, Larger Environment While Providing State-of-the-Art Patient Care  

Bedside's Best
Infection Control Detective  

CHLA Originals
Huddle Up 


FloSheet - Archive Issues

Summer 2011 

  • Extra-CHLA: Taking Marathons to the Next Level  
  • Volunteers in Action: Making Dreams Come True for Campers  
  • As Patients Nurses See the World Through New Eyes   
  • Bedside's Best: Preparing for the Move to the Anderson Pavillion 
  • CHLA Originals: Reducing Medication Errors  

Spring 2011 

  • Extra-CHLA: On the Fast Track 
  • Volunteers in Action: A World of Caring 
  • Nurse Practitioners Create a Bridge Between Physicians and Nurses  
  • Bedside's Best: Leader, Mentor, Researcher 
  • CHLA Originals: RN Bloggers Create Dynamic Community Education Forum  

Winter 2010 

  • Extra-CHLA: Feeling the Salsa Energy
  • Volunteers in Action: BMT Nurse Rides the Trail
  • You Can Go Home Again 
  • Bedside's Best: Creating a Smooth Transition for Patients Going Home
  • CHLA Originals: Diverse Work, Camaraderie Keep ED Nurses Up at Night 

Spring 2010 

  • Extra-CHLA: Lives Outside the Hospital
  • NICCU Nurse Guides Float in Tournament of Roses
  • Volunteers in Action: CHLA Nurses Provide Aid in Haiti
  • "DR. RN" - On the Track of the Ultimate Academic Degree
  • Bedside's Best: It's Official: PICU is Among the Best
  • CHLA Originals: Bringing Art Therapy to Patients

Fall 2009 

  • Extra-CHLA: Diane Grade, RN, and her daughter help young people learn horse handling skills through participation in the California Rangers. 
  • Volunteers in Action: Nurses run, bike and swim for research
  • Air Traffic Controllers Keep CHLA Running
  • Each of our ten house supervisors are responsible for handling the traffic of patients in our hospital.
  • Bedside's Best: Kathryn Smith, RN, MN, manages the Autism Warm Line in the Boone Fetter Clinic. 
  • CHLA Originals: The Perfect Tag-Team
    New Magnet Program co-managers, Margaux Chan, RN, BSN and Susan Crandall, RN, BSN work out a job-sharing partnership so that they can remain involved in patient care.

Summer 2009

  • Extra-CHLA: Peggy Hoyt, RN, BSN, MHA, is putting her love for quilt making to work for the New Hospital's Building's Neonatal and Infant Critical Care Unit. 
  • Volunteers in Action: Susan Cline, RNC, MSN, MBA hosted Maka Chawoneka from Harere Zimbabwe while she received care from our Division of Maxillofacial and Plastic Surgery.
  • Making the Pain Go Away: Nurses, Deborah Jury, RN and Meghan Middleton, RN use a variety of ways to treat pain in children.
  • Getting Strength from Her Patients: Irene Ramos Klecha, RN, MSN, sometimes has to bear the most difficult news to expectant mothers.
  • Sharing a Commitment to Help Others: Three nurses form the PICU's Social Morale Committee help the hospital's High-Risk Youth Program.
  • Noche de Niños Honors Our Veteran Nurses
  • Nurse Week Celebration Recap

Spring 2009

  • Extra-CHLA: Joan Clark, RN, is a nurse and an officer, providing care on our Newborn and Infant Critical Care Unit and serving as a Reserve Officer of the Navy
  • Volunteers in Action: Denise Henry, RN, MSN, is the hospital's "Queen of CPR"
  • Balance: Nurses Share How They Balance Work and Family
  • Bedside's Best: Neuro-oncology Nurse, Barbara Britt, Finds a Cure in Caring
  • CHLA Originals: RN Residency Program Celebrates 10 Years and Graduates a New Fellow

Fall 2008

  • CHLA Extra: Bonnie Brennan, RN, BSN, a nurse with a passion for acting
  • Volunteers in Action: Marion Antoku, RN is the force behind the DAISY Award
  • A World Perspective: Our nurses' multicultural background helps families heal in comfort
  • Bedside's Best: Educating Emergency Department Nurses
  • Bridge to Nursing Program
  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles nurses participate in Nautica Malibu Triathlon to raise funds for pediatric cancer research at our hospital.

Summer 2008

  • 6 West nurses star in television commercial for Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Lotion
  • Volunteers in Action: 5 East Nurses - Raising Money and Awareness for Cystic Fibrosis
  • Learning the CHLA Way: Student Nurses Gain Invaluable Experience During Their Pediatric Rotation  
  • Bedside's Best: Playing to an Audience, One Kid at a Time
  • CHLA Originals: Guardians in the Operating Room
  • Recognition of Compassion and Dedication
  • FloSheet Chronicles
  • In Celebration and Gratitude: Patient's Perspectives J&J Gala, and Nurse Essay Contest winners

Spring 2008

  • Extra-CHLA: Nurses of 5 East and Neonatal and Infant Critical Care Unit create second cookbook
  • Volunteers in Action: Suzanne Taylor and Lisa Hatter call their experience providing care in Africa "life-changing"
  • It's All Relative: Family members enjoy each other's company on and off the job
  • Bedside's Best: Profile of Neonatal and Infant Critical Care Unit nurse 
  • Voice of the Profession: Message from Chief of Nursing
  • CHLA Originals: Director of Family-Centered Care
  • FloSheet Chronicles
  • Announcement of Magnet Recognition for hospital's nurses
 

Fall 2007

  • Focus on physical fitness
  • Renal Teen Prom
  • Hospital passes major Magnet Milestone
  • Nurse develops support group for tracheostomy patients and families
  • Nursing Excellence award received by hospital employee
  • Spotlight on two-decade nursing veteran
  • Nurse wins Telly Award
  • Nurse referral program

Summer 2007

  • Combining a career in nursing with a career in spiritual care for others
  • "Love through the Lens" - photography of our nurses caring for children
  • Nurses bond with patients
  • Education for patients with diabetes
  • Making the move "west" to work at Children's Hospital Los Angeles
  • Nurses Week festivities

Spring 2007

  • Nurse attends traveling seminar in China
  • Educating the community about HIV/AIDS
  • Providing scoliosis screenings
  • Teen drinking and driving awareness
  • Sickle-cell educators
  • Wound management expert
  • Training nurses to work with children with developmental disabilities

Fall 2006

  • Singing from the heart
  • Volunteer for Project Angel Food
  • Caregivers instrumental in separation of conjoined twins
  • Highest Hematology/Oncology nurse ranking claimed by one of our own
  • CAMP CHLA - Nursing field exposure for high school students
  • First annual Hospital Hero Award

Summer 2006

  • Pediatric Intensive Care Unit book club
  • Nurse joins medical mission in Amazon
  • Nurses presenting nationally
  • Nurse returns to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit after 12-year absence
  • Nurse adopts "medically fragile" children
  • Celebrating Nurse Week

Spring 2006

  • Preparing future caregivers
  • Volunteering for Huntington Gardens
  • Magnet Recognition program preparation becomes journey of enlightenment
  • Leader in congenital heart disease
  • Reconstructing dreams, supportive organization for children with cleft lip palate and other facial deformities
  • Fifth Annual Nurse essay contest
  • Sharing professional insights on the radio

Fall 2005

  • Country dancing helps nurse recuperate from a bicycling accident
  • Providing care for Katrina victims
  • Planning for disaster
  • Decreasing bloodstream infections
  • Working on clinical trials for CLOLAR to help  leukemia / lymphoma patients
  • Nurses recognized for excellence

Summer 2005

  • Mastering sign language
  • Volunteering for Children's Day in Little Tokyo
  • Star selected for LA Nurses, unscripted documentary following lives of nurses
  • Spotlight on CTICU role model
  • Focus on two-decade veteran of the CNICC
  • Lending program makes home ownership a reality for nurses

Spring 2005

  • Caregiver makes African trek
  • Retreats remedy caregiver fatigue
  • RN Residency in Pediatrics sustains new nurses
  • Teaching patients about advocacy
  • Nurse cares for fellow passengers after Metro commuter train accident
  • First-ever grants made to new nurse recruits

 

Fall 2004

  • Mountain biking for fitness
  • Nurses collaborate to restart nursing school
  • Patient safety first with new KIDS data system
  • CTICU honored for exemplary patient safety improvements
  • Operating room caregivers perform surgeries for children in Vietnam
  • Professional ladder for nurses
  • DAISY Foundation

Summer 2004

  • Scrapbooking as a tonic
  • Telemedicine program serves are PICUs
  • Garden reveals first view of the New Hospital Building
  • Caregiver is portrait in humanism
  • Nurse essay contest winners
  • Grass roots injury prevention
  • National magazine spotlight on our caregivers in hematology-oncology

Spring 2004

  • Nurse adapts to adopting
  • Rental Teen Prom
  • Focus on neonatal nursing
  • Jack-of-all-Trades caregiver
  • Donating hair to the Locks of Love program to benefit cancer patients
  • Benefits for nurses
  • Hospital launches nationwide nurse recruitment program

Fall 2003

  • Painting - hobby that brings serenity
  • Pain management services benefits from nursing staff
  • Focus on pediatric nurse practitioners
  • Spotlight on 33-year veteran nurse
  • Hillary Clinton gives keynote address for opening of The Saban Research Institute
  • Providing care at diabetes camp

Summer 2003

  • Passion for the culinary arts helps destress
  • Good patient care begins at home
  • Elite ECMO nursing core leads the field
  • A patient of the hospital becomes a nurse
  • Bone marrow transplant coordinator volunteers throughout the world
  • Nurses awarded top honors for nursing excellence during Nurses Week

 

Spring 2003

  • Nurse gives vocal performances
  • CHLA graduates 7th class of RN Residents
  • Anne Wilson Endowment for Nursing Excellence
  • Nurse essay contest
  • Focus on Orthopaedic Nurse
  • In service in Sinaloa
  • Nurse Benefits
  • Market adjustments made for nursing salaries