2017 Annual Nursing Report

Magnet Champions In 2017, the Magnet Champions took their creativity for educating the staff to a new high. The Magnet Champions kicked off the spring with a very successful Easter egg hunt! Committee members donned their bunny ears and hid eggs throughout the hospital, resulting in housekeeping taking the first-place prize of finding the most eggs and answering the most questions correctly! In the summer, the champions utilized the newly constructed LewisGale Hospital Facebook page and created a fun, selfie scavenger hunt highlighting why staff love working at this facility. With this scavenger hunt, the champions created their own hashtag, #lghmmagnetize, to organize all the magnet events that would be taking place at the hospital. In the fall, the champions pulled out the tried and true Magnet cart! The “super” champions rounded on both day and night shifts, educating the staff on the patient care delivery model and Patient and Family Center Care, in addition to shooting down super heroes with nerf guns and punching a blow up spider man with Hulk hands! To round out the year, the champions again utilized the employee Facebook page. They made videos targeting the 12 Days of Magnet, asking questions in their videos for staff to post answers. The videos were both fun and educational! The champions used entertaining new ways to educate the entire hospital about our Magnet journey. In anticipation for an upcoming site visit, the Champions will continue their successful journey into 2018 with more creative, enjoyable games and activities.

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